Vassilia Costarides has graduated from National Technical University of Athens, from the School of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering with a specialisation in Materials Engineering. She proceeded her studies in Biomedical Engineering and she has worked in the medical device industry for 6 years, as a technical specialist. Since 2013 she has been participating in projects regarding public health, medical device nomenclature, health technology assessment and medical device technical specifications. Among her interests is also quality in Health Care, as she is an ISO9001 & ISO13485 lead auditor and Android Development. She is currently a PhD Candidate in Biomedical Engineering in the National Technical University of Athens, at the Biomedical Engineering Laboratory and Applied Informatics in m-Health research team, developing mHealth applications. She is an IEEE member and a member of the Technical Chamber of Greece