Fellow

Vasiliki-Rafaela Vakouftsi is the President of the Hellenic Society of Crohn’s Disease’s and Ulcerative Colitis’ Patients, President of the Greek Patients’ Association and Governing Board Member of International Alliance of Patients’ Organizations (IAPO).

In addition, she works as Youth Coordinator at International Federation of Crohn’s and Ulcerative Colitis Associations (IFCCA).

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 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.