Curriculum vitae

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PERSONAL DATA

Address	Midwifery Research and Education Unit
	Hannover Medical School
	Carl-Neuberg Straße 1
	30625 Hannover, Germany
Telephone	+49 (0) 511 532 83593
Email	Spineli.Loukia@mh-hannover.de
ORCID iD	https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9515-582X
Web of Science ID	S-9443-2019
Loop profile	461987

EDUCATION

October 2021	Privatdozentin, Venia legendi für Evidenzsynthese im Gesundheitswesen
	Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine
	Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
	Antrittsvorlesung (in English): Network meta-analysis: more than just an evidence synthesis tool
December 2014	PhD in Evidence Synthesis
	Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, School of Medicine
	University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
	Thesis (in English): Studies with missing values in network meta-analysis
September 2010	MSc in Applied Statistics with Specialization in Biostatistics and Biometry
	Department of Statistics and Insurance Science
	University of Piraeus, Piraeus, Greece
	Thesis (in Greek): Gene expression analysis for the study of the survival time of women with breast cancer
February 2008	BSc in Statistics and Insurance Science
	Department of Statistics and Insurance Science
	University of Piraeus, Piraeus, Greecε

RESEARCH / PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

January 2025 –	Principal Investigator in Evidence Synthesis, Research Coordinator
present	Midwifery Research and Education Unit
	Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
	- Reporting and methodological quality of systematic reviews on labour duration
January 2022 –	Principal Investigator in Evidence Synthesis funded by DFG
December 2024	Midwifery Research and Education Unit
	Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
	- Enrichment of the knowledge and methodology to evaluate the transitivity and consistency assumptions in complex networks of interventions
January 2020 –	Principal Investigator in Evidence Synthesis funded by DFG
December 2021	Midwifery Research and Education Unit
	Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
	- Consolidate and advance the methodology to address missing participant outcome data in conventional and network meta-analysis of healthcare interventions
March 2019 –	Lecturer in Statistics and Principal Investigator in Evidence Synthesis
December 2019	Midwifery Research and Education Unit
	Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
	- Teaching in the European Master of Science in Midwifery Programme
	- Supervision of Master Students
	- Research on the methodology of systematic reviews with multiple interventions
March 2017 –	Principal Investigator in Evidence Synthesis funded by DFG
February 2019	Institute for Biostatistics
	Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
	- Extensive research on missing participant outcome data in network meta-analysis
June 2016 –	Systematic Reviewer for Cochrane Response
June 2017	- Participation in the development of protocols for systematic reviews
	- Participation in selecting eligible clinical studies and extracting relevant data
	- Assessment of the quality of clinical studies using the Cochrane Risk of Bias tool
	- Meta-analysis and interpretation of results
February 2014 –	Postdoctoral Researcher
February 2017	Institute for Biostatistics
	Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
	- Statistical consultation with clinicians, MSc and PhD medical students
	- Teaching meta-analysis to medical students
March 2012	Visiting Research Associate
	Department of Psychiatry, Technical University of Munich
	University Hospital, Munich, Germany
November 2010	Research Associate in Evidence Synthesis
November 2013	Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, School of Medicine
	University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
	- Research in network meta-analysis with a focus on studies with missing participant outcome data
	- Teaching biostatistics to medical students

RESEARCH GRANT PARTICIPATION

January 2022 –	TRAnsitivity & Consistency Evaluation in Network Meta-Analysis
December 2024	Principal investigator: Loukia Spineli
	Objective: Enrichment of the knowledge and methodology to evaluate the transitivity and consistency assumptions in complex networks of interventions
	(Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft 462260733; SP 1664/2-1)
January 2020 –	NEtwork and conventional meta-analysis with Missing Outcome data
December 2021	Principal investigator: Loukia Spineli
	Objective: To consolidate and advance the methodology to address missing participant outcome data in conventional and network meta-analysis of healthcare interventions
	(Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft 339420617; SP 1664/1-3)
March 2017 –	NEtwork meta-analysis with Missing Outcome data
February 2019	Principal investigator: Loukia Spineli
	Objective: To provide empirical evidence on the reporting and handling of missing outcome data in networks of interventions and a thorough empirical and simulative evaluation of the performance of different methods to handle missing binary outcome data in the context of network meta-analysis
	(Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft 339420617; SP 1664/1-1)
February 2014 –	Advances in Small Trials dEsign for Regulatory Innovation and eXcellence
February 2017	Principal investigator: Prof. dr. Kit Roes
	Objective: ASTERIX is specifically designed to optimize methodology for clinical trials in small populations to achieve more reliable and cost-efficient clinical development of treatments for rare diseases
	(FP7-HEALTH-2013-INNOVATION-1 603160)
December 2012	Missing Outcome data in Psychiatric TrIals & Meta-Analysis
November 2013	Principal investigator: Prof. Georgia Salanti, PhD
	Objective: To develop novel statistical methodology to evaluate and address bias associated with missing outcome data in the systematic reviews and meta-analyses in psychiatry
	(Hellenic General Secretariat for Research and Technology, ARISTEIA)
November 2010	Integrating the Multiple Meta-Analysis
December 2012	Principal investigator: Prof. Georgia Salanti, PhD
	Objective: To establish and enrich the emerging network meta-analysis by tackling specific controversial issues and consolidating the methodology
	(FP7-IDEAS-ERC Starting grant 260559)

AWARDS / SCHOLARSHIPS

June 2025	Teaching award in the category “Best module” of 4,615.39 € (together with Professor Helena Zacharias) for the module Einführung in die Datenanalyse
	Master in Biomedical Data Science at Hannover Medical School
June 2024	Teaching award in the category “Best module” of 5,882.35 € (together with Professor Helena Zacharias) for the module Einführung in die Datenanalyse
	Master in Biomedical Data Science at Hannover Medical School
June 2021	Individual research funding of 292,450 € for three years
	German Research Foundation
	(Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft 462260733; SP 1664/2-1)
October 2019	Individual research funding of 185,300 € for two years
	German Research Foundation
	(Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft 339420617; SP 1664/1-3)
January 2017	Individual research funding of 173,400 € for two years
	German Research Foundation
	(Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft 339420617; SP 1664/1-1)
September 2010	Scholarship of 2,000 € for the Academic Year 2009-2010
	Postgraduate Program in Applied Statistics
	Department of Statistics and Insurance Science
	University of Piraeus, Piraeus, Greece

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEES

Study Committee, Bachelor Hebammenwissenschaft, Hannover Medical School (since 2025)
Admission Committee, Master Biomedizinische Datenwissenschaft, Hannover Medical School (since 2025)
Habilitation Committee, Hannover Medical School (since 2024)

SCIENTIFIC MEMBERSHIPS

Member of the Science of Birth Cluster (since 2025)
Author of the Cochrane Incontinence Group (since 2019)
International Society for Clinical Biostatisticians (since 2013)

JOURNAL EDITORIAL BOARD

Progress in Orthodontics (since 2025)
Journal of Dentistry (since 2021)

JOURNAL PEER REVIEWING

Invitations to review mostly submitted systematic reviews with conventional or network meta-analysis (Journals in alphabetical order):

American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics
BMC Medical Research Methodology
The BMJ
BMJ Open
CNS Drugs
Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome
European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
International Journal of Epidemiology
International Orthodontics
Journal of the American Society of Hypertension
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Journal of Dentistry
The Journal of Evidence-Based Dental Practice
Journal of Mental Health
Journal of Pregnancy
Medicine
Methods of Information in Medicine
Obesity Reviews
Periodontology 2000
PLOS One
Research Synthesis Methods
Scientific Reports
Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare
Trials

GRANTS PEER REVIEWING

German Research Foundation
Medical Research Council

OTHER SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES

May 2023 – present	TRAVELS - Interdisciplinary lecture series on the scientific method in Medicine & Life Sciences
	Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany (Co-organised)
September 2019 –	Aktiv in der Lehre: Fortbildung für Lehrende an der MHH (14. Durchgang)
December 2020	Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany (Participation)
February 2019	Basisprogramm zur Qualifizierung von Lehrenden der Medizinische Hochschule Hannover
	Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany (Participation)
January 2016 –	8th Ina-Pichlmayr-Mentoring an der Medizinische Hochschule Hannover
June 2017	Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany (Participation)

LANGUAGES

Greek	Native speaker
English	Full professional proficiency
German	Independent user, good knowledge

OTHER QUALIFICATION

Office processors	Microsoft Office^TM tools
Statistical software	RStudio, SPSS
Code hosting platform	GitHub (https://github.com/LoukiaSpin)

Resumé | Evidence synthesis Lab

Curriculum vitae

PERSONAL DATA

EDUCATION

RESEARCH / PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

RESEARCH GRANT PARTICIPATION

AWARDS / SCHOLARSHIPS

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEES

SCIENTIFIC MEMBERSHIPS

JOURNAL EDITORIAL BOARD

JOURNAL PEER REVIEWING

GRANTS PEER REVIEWING

OTHER SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES

LANGUAGES

OTHER QUALIFICATION