Prof. Dr. Karolina Lubomirova was born on 13.07.1974 in the town of Shumen.

  Education:

1988 – 1991 – English language high school – Shumen city;

1991 – 1998 – completed higher education in Medicine, Master of Medicine at Medical University – Sofia, Faculty of Medicine

Professional development:

1999- 2001 – PhD student in toxicology at the National Center for Hygiene, Medical Ecology and Nutrition

2002- 2007 – Research associate at the National Institute of Health and Medical Sciences with participation in the development of research projects, standard-setting and expert activities

2007-2013- associate professor in the Faculty of Public Health, Sofia University

2012 - until now, Deputy Rector for Academic Activities, Organization of Academic Activities at Sofia Medical University

2013 - until now, professor, Teaching students in various disciplines of occupational and preventive medicine, participation in scientific projects

Specializations and qualifications:

2000 – National Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway;

2000 – Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, Lodz, Poland;

2002 – specialization in Toxicology;

2004 - second master's degree in Health Management - FOZ, MU - Sofia;

2006 - "Safety and Health Policy", Tokyo, Japan;

2007 - Lecturer in international training programs in the field of public health: the Stability Pact, "Academic Programs for Training and Research in Public Health in South Eastern Europe" (FPH-SEE),

2008 – INTERREG III – Creation of cross border network for research, education and training in public health of Bulgaria and Greece cross border region

2009 – specialty in Occupational Medicine;

Over 30 participations in Bulgarian and international courses in the field of occupational medicine and risk assessment

Academic Development:

2002 - Obtained the educational and scientific degree "candidate of medical sciences" in "Toxicology"

2007 – 2008 Associate Professor in the Department of Preventive Medicine at the Faculty of Public Health, Sofia University.

2009 – 2013 Associate Professor at the Department of Occupational Medicine

2013 – and currently professor in the department of "Occupational Medicine"

2014 - Head of the "Toxicology" section at the Department of Health and Human Services, MU-Sofia

Learning activity:

Participates in the creation of the curriculum - bachelor's and master's programs in OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE AND EMPLOYMENT

Since 2009 is a teacher in the first in the history of higher medical education in Bulgaria Department of "Occupational Medicine", he teaches students, specialists - doctors and doctoral students in occupational medicine and toxicology at FOZ, Medical University - Sofia.

- Training of students - bachelors, masters and graduates in the specialty "Occupational medicine", "Occupational medicine and work ability" - in the thematic areas of health, safety, work ability, prevention of professional and work-related and workplace disabilities, promotion of health at work , epidemiology of socially significant diseases and health risk assessment, health analyzes and projections for workforce reproduction, evidence-based medicine, toxicology. A modern vision of occupational medicine and the European dimensions of state and company policy for health and safety at work - foundations and challenges.

– Training of medical and non-medical staff and experts from occupational medicine services - from TELK, from regional health inspectorates, from labor inspectorates and divisions of NIIs from all over the country on the problems of research, analysis and assessment of occupational health, industrial safety, sustainable work ability, occupational health management, health consequences of work accidents and occupational diseases - algorithm and insurance, toxicology.

- Member of the state examination commission for the specialty "Occupational Medicine".

– Supervisors and doctoral students in occupational medicine and graduates in occupational medicine and work capacity.

Scientific research activity:

Coordinator of the project "Introduction of distance education in public health" approved and financed by the European Social Fund and Operational Program "Development of Human Resources" 2007-2013 at the Ministry of Education, Youth and Science under Scheme BG051PO001-4.3.04 "Development of electronic forms of distance learning in the higher education system".

Participation in the project "Building an integrated information system in Sofia University BG051PO001-3.1.08-0036", approved and financed by the European Social Fund and the Operational Program "Human Resources Development" 2007-2013 under the Ministry of Education, Youth and Science Scheme: BG051PO001-3.1.08

"Improving Management Systems in Higher Education Institutions"

National coordinator of a project under the program PUBLIC HEALTH EU Public Health Outcome Research and Indicator Collection – EUPHORIC”, “EUPHORIC”- 2003- OJ 2003/C62/04.  

Head of scientific projects:

"Health risk assessment and opportunities to improve the quality of life of the population from areas located near refineries and petrochemical plants" МУ-Л-1000-1, won first place in the "Young Scientists" competition. Certificate from the "Scientific Research" fund and awarded first prize for significant results achieved in the development of the project, MES 2000.

"Epidemiology and prevention of childhood skin diseases", MU-Sofia, grant 2011

Study and analysis of the trend of disability from occupational accidents of the working population in Bulgaria", MU-Sofia, GRANT 2012

Participation in scientific projects:

International project under the 5th Framework Program of the EU, topic "Quality of life and Management of Living Resources" - "Effects of PAHs in environmental pollution on exogenous and endogenous DNA damage (EXPAH)".

"Assessment of the risk of exposure to carbon disulfide, with a view to revision of the limit value for the working environment in force in Bulgaria" No. MU-732/31.03.2005, MES.

Update with comprehensive data for 2007-2008 of the National Register of Occupational Morbidity. Study of the occupational-medical characteristics of the occupationally ill in the Republic of Bulgaria" MU-Sofia, grant 2009 - a project that won the first prize for high scientific achievements Signumlaudis pro scientific merits" of the MU-Sofia

75 presentations at national and international forums on toxicology, occupational medicine, risk assessment and health management

Over 100 publications in Bulgarian and international scientific publications.

 Language qualification:

He speaks English and Russian. He speaks Italian and German.  

Membership in academic and scientific organizations:

National consultant on occupational medicine

National coordinator for priority areas of cooperation between the Ministry of Health and WHO

Member of the Expert Council on Biocides at the Ministry of Health

Member of the Expert Council of BNAEMPC (Bulgarian National Association of Cosmetics, Essential Oils and Perfumes)

Recognized as a European Registered Toxicologist (ERT)

European and International Organizations of Toxicology (EUROTOX, IUTOX) - since 1999;

Member of the board of the Bulgarian Scientific Society of Toxicology at the Union of Scientific Societies in Bulgaria - since its establishment in 2004;

National Secretary for Bulgaria at the International Commission on Occupational Medicine (ICOH);

Member of MEDICHEM (Organization of doctors involved in health risk assessment in the work and production of chemical substances) since 1999 and member of the board in the period 2010-2013.

Member of the board of the Bulgarian Academic Society of Occupational Medicine at the Union of Scientific Societies in Bulgaria - since 2012.

Member of the National Association for Health Policy and Management.

Collective membership in the European Health Management Association (EHMA); in the European Association of Graduate Schools of Public Health (ASPHER) in the European Health Management Association (EUPHA).