Dr Androulla Eleftheriou obtained her graduate and postgraduate degrees in
Biochemistry, Microbiology, Virology, and Business Administration from the University
of London and the University of Leicester, UK, receiving fellowships from the World
Health Organization and the Fulbright Commission.
Her postdoctoral studies were completed at the Centre for Disease Control in Atlanta,
GA, USA. From 1990 until August 2006, she was Head of the Virus Reference Centre
of the Cyprus Ministry of Health. Since 2006 she serves as the Executive Director of
the Thalassaemia International Federation, after 13 years of being a volunteer and
Scientific Coordinator of the Federation’s renowned educational programme.
Dr Eleftheriou is an expert patient advocate, having attended seminars on Patient
Advocacy offered by the Harvard University in Boston, MA, USA. She served as
Member of the Board of Directors of IAPO, EPHA, President of the Cyprus Alliance for
Rare Disorders and participated in several committees and bodies (EUCERD, ESTM,
SITA) as both a scientist and patient advocate.