Anastassia Rodina-Theocharaki was born in Estonia. She received the B.Sc. degree in 2003 and M.Sc. degree in 2004 in Electronics and Biomedical Engineering at Tallinn University of Technology. During the period 2003-2004 Anastassia followed European Postgraduate Programme in Biomedical Engineering, organized by Medical Physics Department, University of Patras, Greece. She received her PhD Degree in Biomedical Engineering in 2012 with support of a scholarship from the State Scholarship Foundation of Greece (I. K. Y.).

Main scientific interests:

Health care technology assessment, Markov Chain Monte Carlo simulation, Projection modeling

Selected publications:

Markov Chain Monte Carlo Simulation for Projection of End Stage Renal Disease Patients in Greece. Rodina-Theocharaki A, Bliznakova K, Pallikarakis N. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 107(1): 90-96, 2012.

A SW Tool for Predicting Future ESRD Patients’ Number. Rodina-Theocharaki A, Bliznakova K. European Medical Physics and Bioengineering Conference — EMPEC 2012, Sofia, Bulgaria, October 18-20, 2012.

End Stage Renal Disease Patients’ Projection Using Markov Chain Monte Carlo Simulation. Rodina A, Bliznakova K, Pallikarakis N. MEDICON 2010 — XII Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing, satellite event: 7th European Symposium on Biomedical Engineering — ESBME 2010, Chalkidiki, Greece, May 27-30, 2010, IFMBE Proceedings Vol.29, pp. 796-799.

Prevalence Prognosis of the End Stage Renal Disease Patients in Greece. Rodina A, Bliznakova K, Stavrianou R. World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical