Marina Kotsani is an internist and geriatrician. She has participated in EU funded projects, working as a researcher in INSERM, the National French Institute of Health and Medical Research. Since 2021 she is employed in the private sector as the coordinating physician in a long-term care facility in Nice, France. Her main interest lies on the development of educational and health policy strategies for the promotion of geriatric medicine in countries where it is still under development, and poursuits this goal through her activity in the European Society of Geriatric Medicine. Since November 2022 she leads the PROGRAMMING COST Action 21122, a 4-year European project aiming to the promotion of Geriatric Medicine in countries where it is still emerging, counting more than 350 participants from more than 40 countries.