Eleni Vergadi is currently an Assistant Professor of Paediatrics at the Medical School of University of Crete and Consultant in Paediatrics  Infectious Diseases, at Heraklion University Hospital. Dr Vergadi graduated from the Medical School of the University of Crete with honors, she obtained a Master of Science degree in Molecular Basis of Human Disease (University of Crete), a Doctoral Degree in Immunology at the University of Crete and Harvard University, a postgraduate diploma in Paediatric Infectious Diseases at Oxford University and a Diploma in Vaccinology from Pasteur Institute.

She has served as a research fellow at Harvard Medical School, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB-Forth), Dresden Bioinnovation Center and University of Crete and she has been trained in Paediatrics and Paediatric Infectious Diseases at Children’s Hospital Boston, Heraklion University Hospital, St Mary’s Hospital London (Imperial NHS Trust, UK) and Evelina London Children’s Hospital (Guys and St Thomas NHS Trust, UK).

She is actively involved in both clinical and laboratory-based translational research focusing on Paediatrics, Infectious Diseases and host defense and has relevant, highly cited publications in major peer-reviewed international journals. For her research she has received the L’Oreal-UNESCO award for “Women in Science” and Young Investigator Award from the European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases. He has also received many other honors, awards and grants and has secured significant research funding (at national and European level). Currently, she devotes her time to patient clinical care, teaching and research. She supervises postgraduate and undergraduate students towards their thesis research projects. She is an elected board member of the European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases and peer-reviewer in international scientific journals