Niki Skopeliti was born in Greece in 1983. She graduated from Athens University as a Mathematician in 2005 with concentration on Applied Mathematics and specializationin Statistics and Operations Research.Since 2009 she is a MSc degree holder in biostatistics from Athens Medical School. Right after graduation, she started working as a freelancer biostatistician and she has collaborated intensely with universities and hospitals. She has taught biostatistics at the Centre for Health Services Research of Medical School in Athens. Through the years, she has participated in many Greek and European projects as a biostatistician and a medical researcher, not only in the analysis stage but in the initial study design as well.