Ioannis trained in EPIET (the European Program for Intervention Epidemiology Training) and has subsequently been supporting FETP trainees since 2009, mostly as a full-time EPIET and United Kingdom FETP (UK FETP) coordinator. He was involved in the accreditation work of the UK FETP in the first TEPHINET accreditation cycle and has participated as a member of an Accreditation Review Team in two country visits. Apart from training, his main professional interests include global health, biostatistics, education and applied epidemiology methodology.