Vasiliki – Rafaela VAKOUFTSI

Vasiliki-Rafaela Vakouftsi is the President of the Hellenic Society of Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis patients and President of the Greek Patients’ Association.

In addition, she is a Clinical Trial Ambassador, participates as a Patient Advisor in the Health Outcomes Observatory, and in 2021 she became a Fellow of the Crohn’s and Colitis Young Adults Network and is registered in the European Medicines Agency (EMA) expert base.

She has completed the EFCCA Academy – Training Certified Patient Experts: training on ClinicalTrials, EFCCA YOUTH Academy: Leaders for Tomorrow and in October 2023 she graduated from the European Patients’ Academy on Therapeutic Innovation (EUPATI).

During her years of involvement with patients’ associations she has participated in numerous conferences at national, European and international level, in several of them as a speaker, while as a patient representative she actively participates in numerous committees and working groups in national and European bodies concerning PHI, health policy making, patients’ rights, drug shortages, clinical trials, etc.

Finally, articles in which she has participated as an author have been published in reputable scientific journals and have been presented at conferences.