Eugenia Yiannakopoulou works as an Academic Teacher in the Department of Biomedical Sciences of the Faculty of Health and Caring Professions, University of West Attica, Athens, Greece.  In addition, since 2015 she works as a Faculty Staff of the Master in Science  Biomedical Methods and Technology in Diagnosis organized by the Department of Biomedical Scineces, University of West Attica [lectures on hereditary and familial endocrine cancer]. Since 2004, she is Director of her own private medical practice where she works as a consultant surgeon with special interest in Endocrine Surgery and Breast Surgery. Since 2007 she works as a PI with research interests including minimally invasive surgery and surgical stress, neuroendocrine surgical stress, pharmacological modulation of neuroendocrine surgical stress, minimally invasive endocrine surgery, partial adrenalectomy, familial and hereditary breast and endocrine cancer, pharmacogenomics, epigenetics.

Eugenia Yiannakopoulou graduated from the Medical School of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Postgraduate studies: MSc Minimally Invasive Surgery; MSc Medical Biology; MSc Biostatistics; PhD Pharmacology; University Diploma in Breast Diseases Medical School University of Strasbourg, France; University Diploma of Laparoscopic Surgery Medical School University of Strasbourg, France. University Diploma of Endocrine Surgery Medical School  University Pierre et Marrie Currie Paris, University Diploma in Targeted Biotherapeis of Inflammatory and Autoimmune Diseases, Medical School University of Montpellier, University Diploma in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Medical School University Pierre et Marie Currie Paris., University Diploma in Ultrasound for Surgeons, University of Zaragoza, Spain, University Diploma ‘Εxperto en ecografia clinica y abdoaminal y musculoesceletica’ University Cardenal Herrera CEU Spain, Experto Universitario in Hepatobiliary Surgery CEU Cardenal Herrera University, Experto Universiatrio en Genetica Medica, University Rey Juan Carlos, University Diploma in Endocrine Surgery CEU Cardenal Herrera University. She has completed postdoctoral research in Pharmacology. Eugenia Yiannakopoulou is Hellenic National Board certified in Surgery. She speaks English, German, Italian, French, Russian, Spanish, Portugues, Dutch.

Eugenia Yiannakopoulou is member of the European Association of Endoscopic Surgery, of the European Society of Endocrine Surgeons, of the British Pharmacological Society, of the European Association of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, of the European Network for the study of Adrenal Tumors, of the British Association of Endocrine and Thyroid Surgeons .  Eugenia Yiannakopoulou is member of the Research Committee of the European Association of Endoscopic Surgery, since 2014.

She has authored 60 research papers published in international journals and 6 book chapters and has presented 60 papers at national and international conferences. She is a Reviewer of peer-reviewed journals including Surgical Endoscopy, British Journal of Surgery, European Journal of Pharmacology, Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, Pharmacotherapy, Annals of Pharmacotherapy, European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, Molecular Nutrition and Food Research.. She has served as a Research Program Reviewer, Grant Reviewer, International Congress Abstract Reviewer.  She is executive Editor of International Journal of Immunotherapy and Cancer Research and of Archives of Asthma, Allergy and Immunology. In addition, she is a member of the Editorial Board of a number of journals including Open Toxicology, Pharmacovigilance, Advances in Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety.  She is Editor of the Book ‘Diclofenac’’, ‘Environmenatl Pharmacology of Diclofenac’, ‘Pharmacological Guide to Meloxicam’ as well as of the Book ‘Adrenalectomies’ of Nova Science Publishers.