Assoc. Prof. Petya Dimitrova Trendafilova, MD

Biography:

Master of Public Health and Health Management. Full-time doctoral student and assistant at the Department of Health Policy and Management, FOH, MU – Sofia. “Doctor” of Medicine in the scientific specialty “Social Medicine and Organization of Healthcare and Pharmacy”. Defended a dissertation on the topic “The Marketing Approach in the Process of Ensuring Quality Hospital Service”. Master of Business Administration with specialization “Health Management”, UNWE. Acquired specialty in “Medical Pedagogy”, MU – Sofia, FOH. In 2013, he acquired the scientific title of Associate Professor. Second specialty in “Healthcare Economics”, MU – Sofia, FOH.

• 2007-2009 – Assistant and Chief Assistant Professor at the Department of Health Policy and Management, FOH, MU – Sofia.
• 2009-2016 – Chief Assistant Professor and Associate Professor at the Department of Medical Pedagogy, FOH, MU – Sofia.
• 2016-2019 – Associate Professor at the Department of Health Technology Assessment, FOH, MU – Sofia.
• Since July 2019 – Associate Professor at the Department of Health Care, FOH, MU – Sofia.

 Participant in research teams in the development of three international and four national projects:

1. Project funded by the EC under the “Leonardo da Vinci” program – training of trainers on domestic violence issues (HEVI 2008 – 2010), coordinated by the University of Helsinki, Finland, No. 2008-1-FI1-LEO05-00457.
2. Project funded by the EC, coordinated by Azienda Ulss20 Di Verona (Italy), EC Grant Agreement No. 2006123, PHASE – Public Health Action for a Safer Europe.
3. Participation in a project funded by the World Health Organization “Reorienting Strategies, Programmes and Activities on MDG 4 And 5 Towards Greater Health Equity, with an Explicit but Not Exclusive Focus on the Roma Population”, 2012-2013.  
4. Project "Reporting of adverse drug reactions among medical specialists", Contract No. 53 project 26/2012, competition "GRANT - 2012", funded by the Ministry of Health, Medical University - Sofia.
5. Project "Analysis of the safety system for medicinal products and reporting of adverse drug reactions by patients", Contract No. 74 project 82/2013, competition "GRANT - 2013", funded by the Ministry of Health, Medical University - Sofia.
6. Lead researcher in the Project "Pilot data collection and initial experience for the implementation of the European Trauma Database in Bulgaria", Contract No. D–95/03.05.2018, competition "Grant – 2018", funded by the Ministry of Health, Medical University-Sofia.
7. Lead researcher in the Project "Study of motivation among high school students and students of the "Nursing" specialty for choosing and working in the nursing profession", Contract No. D–150/29.05.2024, competition "Grant – 2024", funded by the Ministry of Health, Medical University-Sofia.

Participation in short-term courses and training abroad (Netherlands, Austria, Germany, Greece, Great Britain, Portugal, Spain, USA, New Zealand, etc.).

Publications and scientific interests:

He is the author of over 100 publications and has over 80 citations. 

Scientific interests: 

• Marketing of medical institutions and quality of hospital services 
• Health Policy and Management 
• Drug policy and drug information
• Pharmacovigilance and reporting of adverse drug reactions.
• Violence prevention and pedagogical approaches to overcoming it
• Education and upbringing
• Traumatism

Membership in organizations:

Member of the National Association for Health Policy and Management (NAHPM) – since 2008. Member of the Union of Scientists in Bulgaria – since 2015. Member of The European Public Health Association.