Eirini Agapidaki holds a B.Sc. in Psychology, a MSc. in Health Promotion & Education and a PhD in Health Psychology, with a 10+ years of teaching and research experience in the fields of Public Health Policy, Research Methods in Public Health & Health Promotion, as well as in Mental Health Promotion. She has been working on several national and EU research projects as a research associate at the Center for Health Services and Research – Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, at the Medical School of Athens University. Eirini was elected Lecturer of Public Health in the School of Medicine, at the European University of Cyprus and left this position in 2019 to take over her duties as Special Secretary for the Protection of Unaccompanied Minors, at the Ministry of Migration and Asylum. She has published many research papers in peer-review journals and has presented her work in many national, European and international conferences.