**About the Editors**

### **Ioannis Pantazopoulos**

Dr. Ioannis Pantazopoulos is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of Thessaly in Greece and Adjunct Professor both at the University of Bern in Switzerland and the European University of Cyprus. He is both a Respiratory Medicine and Intensive Care Specialist with two Master of Science degrees and a PhD in Resuscitation from the University of Athens, Greece. His extensive field of expertise includes the European Diploma in Adult Respiratory Medicine (HERMES) and the Diploma in Prehospital Emergency Medicine. He participates as a member of the organizing committee and as an active instructor in four Master of Science courses at the University of Athens and the University of Thessaly focusing in Respiratory, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine. Director of the "Emergency Medicine and Resuscitation"course as well as in Life Support courses and Head of the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Thessaly. An avid researcher, he co-authored various book chapters, has published dozens of research articles in international medical journals and conferences, having been awarded twelve times for his work to this day. His research work has focused mainly on respiratory failure and resuscitation.

#### **Ourania S. Kotsiou**

Ourania S. Kotsiou is an Assistant Professor of Human Pathophysiology in the Faculty of Nursing at the University of Thessaly, Greece. She was licensed as a respiratory physician in 2017. Since then, she has served as principal, co-chief, or sub-investigator in several research programs and clinical trials in the Department of Respiratory Medicine at the University of Thessaly, in Greece. Ourania S. Kotsiou holds a Ph.D. in Pleural Pathophysiology from the University of Thessaly. With a background comprising many years of teaching, academic advising, and research, Ourania S. Kotsiou has gained considerable project management experience, communication skills, and expertise in identifying gaps in scientific knowledge and clinical research priorities.
