Flora BACOPOULOU

Dr. Flora Bacopoulou is Professor of Pediatrics-Adolescent Medicine-Clinical Pharmacology of the First Department of Pediatrics, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens at the largest Aghia Sophia Children's Hospital in Athens, Greece.

She holds a Pharmacy Degree, a Medical Degree, a PhD degree in Biopharmaceutics/Pharmacokinetics and the subspecialty of Clinical Pharmacology. She specialized in Pediatrics in the United Kingdom and further subspecialized in Adolescent Medicine (Michigan State University USA, University of Athens), Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology (International Fellowship of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology/IFEPAG & Children’s National Medical Center, Washington DC, USA), Pediatric and Adolescent Endocrinology (Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, USA), Pediatric and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology. Over the past 15 years, she is head of the tertiary “Center for Adolescent Medicine” that hosts the UNESCO Chair in Adolescent Health Care.

Professor Bacopoulou has participated in 9 funded research programs, has published 234 research papers in international peer-reviewed journals (including The Lancet και Nature Medicine), one book, 16 chapters and co-edited 3 books. She has participated in conferences/meetings with 205 presentations and 142 invited lectures.

Over the past 5 years, Professor Bacopoulou heads the Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Committee of the Greek Ministry of Health. She is the representative of Greece in the Member State Coordination Group on HTA of Medicinal Products and in the subgroups for Joint Clinical Assessments, Joint Scientific Consultations, Identification of Emerging Health Technologies, Development of Methodological and Procedural Guidance. She is also member of the European HTA Heads of Agencies Group (HAG), the HAG Communication Working Group, and has been member of the Consortium Executive Board of EUnetHTA 21.

She is the Greek delegate within the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS) Multidisciplinary Joint Committee for Adolescent Medicine, member of the Undergraduate Education Committee of the University of Athens Medical School and of the Pharmacovigilance Committee of the National Organization for Medicines.