Assoc. Prof. Boryana Veselinova Borisova, PhD

Biography:

Assoc. Prof. Boryana Borisova graduated as a nurse at the Medical University of Sofia. In 2000, she received a bachelor's degree in healthcare management, and in 2002, she defended her master's degree in health policy and management at the National University of Bulgaria. She worked successively at the Health Insurance Company "Generali Zakrila", headed the Statistics sector at the University Hospital "Alexandrovska", was an expert in the educational department of the "Prof. Tzecomir Vodenitcharov, MD, DSc", after winning a competition she was appointed as an assistant in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the same faculty. She has a recognized specialty in Social Medicine and Organization of Healthcare and Pharmacy. After successfully defending his dissertation, he obtained the educational and scientific degree of "Doctor", and in 2014 he acquired the scientific title of "Associate Professor".

He teaches undergraduate and graduate students in the following disciplines – “Introduction to the specialty of health management”, “Strategic management in healthcare”, “Organization of outpatient medical care”, “Human resources management in healthcare”, “Time management”, “Primary medical care”, “Fundamentals of healthcare management”, “Quality in healthcare.”

Publications and scientific interests:

Scientific supervisor of two successfully defended doctoral students and 62 graduates in master's programs in "Public health and health management", "Strategic management of pharmaceutical activities" and "Healthcare management".

Author of over 110 publications in refereed journals, journals with impact factor, scientific-thematic collections and reports in Bulgarian and international journals. He has over 200 citations in Bulgarian and international journals. Author of 3 monographs, co-author of three textbooks for students of the bachelor's program in Public Health and Health Management. 

Membership in organizations:

Member of the National Association for Health Policy and Management, member of the Bulgarian Scientific Society for Public Health, International Forum of Teachers (IFT) UNESCO Chair of Bioethics.