Team members University of Ioannina (UOI), Greece

Areti-Angeliki Veroniki, PhD

Areti-Angeliki Veroniki is a Mathematician, holds a Master´s degree in Statistics and Operations Research, and a PhD in Epidemiology. She is a Research Fellow at the Department of Primary School Education at the University of Ioannina in Greece, and an Affiliate Scientist at the Knowledge Translation Programme of St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto, Canada. Her research focuses on the statistical modelling for knowledge synthesis and the methodology of systematic reviews, with more than 45 publications relevant to (network) meta-analysis. She is a convenor of the Cochrane Statistical Methods Group (SMG), and works closely with the Comparing Multiple Interventions Methods Group (CMIMG) and Individual Patients Data Meta-Analysis Methods Group (IPDMAG) of the Cochrane Collaboration. She is an associate editor for the Systematic Reviews journal, and a statistical editor for two Cochrane groups: the Cochrane Depression, Anxiety and Neurosis Group (CDANG), and the Cochrane Developmental, Psychosocial and Learning Problems Group (CDPLPG). She is a collaborator of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Drug Safety and Effectiveness Network Meta-Analysis team ‘Methods and Applications in Indirect Comparisons’ (MAGIC).

Christos Christogiannis, MSc

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Mr. Christos Christogiannis is MSc student in the Department of Mathematics and Research Associate in the Department of Primary Education at the University of Ioannina. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from the Mathematics Department in the University of Ioannina. His research interests focus on statistical modelling for meta-analysis and network meta-analysis.

Dimitris Mavridis, PhD

Dimitris Mavridis is an Assistant Professor in statistics for the social sciences at the Department of Primary School Education at the University of Ioannina. He has published more than 40 papers relevant to network meta-analysis (NMA). His works include both methodological papers and applications of NMA in various fields. He is an editor for the journal `Evidence Based Mental Health´ and `Research Synthesis Methods´ and a statistical editor for two Cochrane groups, the Developmental, Psychosocial and Learning Problem Group and the Sexually Transmitted Infections Group.

Giorgos Seitidis, MSc

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Mr. Georgios Seitidis is Research Associate in the Department of Primary Education in the University of Ioannina. He holds a Master’s degree in Statistics from the Statistics Department in the Athens University of Economics and Business. His research interests focus on statistical modelling for meta-analysis and network meta-analysis.

Katerina Maria Kontouli, MSc

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Ms. Katerina-Maria Kontouli is Research Associate in the Department of Primary Education in the University of Ioannina. She holds a Master’s degree in Biostatistics from the Medical School of the University of Thessaly. Her research interests focus on statistical modelling for meta-analysis and network meta-analysis.

Sofia Tsokani, MSc

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Ms. Sofia Tsokani is PhD student and Research Associate in the Department of Primary Education in the University of Ioannina. She holds a Master’s degree in Statistics and Operations Research from the Mathematics Department in the University of Ioannina. Her research interests focus on statistical modelling for meta-analysis and network meta-analysis.

Stavros Nikolakopoulos, PhD

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Dr Stavros Nikolakopoulos is a (bio)statistician. He completed his undergraduate studies in Greece (BSc, University of Piraeus) and postgraduate studies in the Netherlands (MSc & PhD, Utrecht University). He is a Research Associate at the University of Ioannina and holds postdoctoral research positions at the Athens University of Economics and Business (Department of Statistics) as well as at the Department of Biostatistics, Utrecht University (guest Assistant Professor). His research interests include clinical trial design and analysis as well as evidence synthesis methods.

Stella Zevgiti, PhD

Stella Zevgiti works at the Department of Primary Education at the University of Ioannina since 2014. She holds a Master´s degree in the Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry (Clinical Biochemistry and Immunochemistry-Microbial Biotechnology). Her PhD was on Bioconjugate Peptide Chemistry, contributing to the diagnosis and discrimination between avian and human influenza virus infections. Stella Zevgiti´s current research interests and expertise are in meta-analysis and network meta-analysis.