Position

• Associate professor
• Head of Career Development Center
• Member of the Board of the Association for Career Guidance and Development in Higher Education (AKORVO)

Contacts

тел. 064 884 124
e-mail: georgieva_sl@yahoo.com; Stela.Georgieva@mu-pleven.bg

Birthdate and birthplace: 11.02.1965, Svishtov, Bulgaria

Education and training

• 1984 - 1990 Medical doctor, Higher Medical Institute – Pleven, Bulgaria
• 2003 Specialty on Social medicine and Health management
• 2014 PhD on "Social Medicine and organization of healthcare and pharmacy", Medical University – Pleven.
• 2018 Specialty on Health Economics

Academic positions

• Assistant professor at the department of Social Medicine and Health Management (1998 – 2003)
• Senior Assistant professor at the department of Social Medicine and Health Management (2003 – 2006)
• Chief assistant professor at the department of Social and preventive medicine, Medical statistic, Pedagogy and Psychology (2007 – 2015)
• Chief assistant professor at the department of Public health sciences (2015 - 2016)
• Associate professor at the department of Public health sciences (2016 - 2022)
• Associate professor at the department of Social medicine and Health management (2022 until now)

Specializations

• 18-20.11.1998. Training and workshop in the project “Problem Solving for Better Health”, held by Dreyfus foundation, Open society and High medical institute of Pleven.
• 08 – 10. 12. 2006. Current issues of medical pedagogy, Medical University of Pleven.
• 04 – 17. 11. 2007. Research work methodology. Medical university of Pleven.
• 03-09.05.2009. „Family Medicine“ – international training held by American Austrian foundation (AAF) и Open Medical Institute, Salzburg, Austria.
• 14 – 17. 11. 2009. Foundation of Pedagogy, Medical university of Pleven.
• 09.09.2011. Training course on Global health as a part of the Project: DCI-NSA ED/2011/239-187 of EU: “Equal Opportunities for Health; Action for Development”, Medici con I’Africa Coamm (Italy), Medical university of Pleven.
• 15-16.03.2013. „Epidemiology, observation and control on HPV. Intercession and information campaigns” as a part of the AURORA Project of EU.
• 18.06.2015. A round table with international participation on "Visiting nurses - an effective means for improving maternal health and child welfare at early age", organized by UNICEF, the Trust for alternative social and Bulgarian Pediatric Association
• 04-10.10.2015. “Medical education” - international training held by American Austrian foundation (AAF) и Open Medical Institute, Salzburg, Austria.
• 11-15.05.2016. Erasmus mobility course “Train the trainer”, Barcelona, Spain
• 18-22.05.2018. Erasmus mobility course “Understand yourself, Undertand your Learners (Enneagram)”, Prague, Check republic
• 21-25.03.2022. Erasmus mobility course “Cross-cultural issues in education”, Limassol, Cyprus

Teaching experience

• Social medicine practical and seminars (English and Bulgarian)

• Lectures on Social medicine, Epidemiology of non-communicable diseases, Health promotion, Medical sociology, Global health in Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Public health, Faculty of Health care and Medical college.
• Lecture course on Workplace Health Promotion in Master degree on Public health and Health management
• Erasmus mobility for teaching, Sumi State University 14-18.10.2019., Sumi, Ukraine

Member of the examination committee for the Social medicine state exam in:

• Medicine (English and Bulgarian)
• Nurse
• Midwives
• Protection and control of public health

Member of the State examination committee for acquiring specialty:

• Social medicine and Health management

Scientific interests

• Medical and social problems of specific population groups
• Epidemiology of non-communicable diseases
• School health promotion
• Workplace health promotion
• Organization of health care
• Global health

 Membership

• European Public Health Association (EUPHA)
• The Association of Schools of Public Health in the European Region (ASPHER)
• Forum for Public Health in Sought Eastern Europe (FPH-SEE)
• European Health Management Association (EHMA)
• Balkan Medical Union
• Bulgarian medical association
• Bulgarian Union of scientists
• Bulgarian Association on Preventive medicine
• Bulgarian Association on Public health
• Bulgarian Scientific Society of Public Health

 Publications

• Author of monography “School health promotion”

• Author and co-author of more than 80 publications in scientific journals in Bulgaria and abroad.
• Participant with reports and posters in more than 40 national and international scientific events
• Abstracts published in refereed and indexed journals

 Other activities

• Teaching activities in the Project: DCI-NSA ED/2011/239-187 of EU: in common with “Equal Opportunities for Health; Action for Development”, Medici con I’Africa Coamm (Italy).
• Academic advisor in the Project BG051PO001 – 3.3.07-0002 „Students practice“  
• Participation in the Project BG051PO001 – 4.3.04-0049 „Innovative and contemporary education in Medical University – Pleven.
• Scientific projects: Study of the organizational model of health care for cancer patients 2019/2021; Health and demographic characteristics of the working population in Bulgaria - 2018/2020; Health of migrants - public attitudes and challenges facing the country's health system - 2017/2019; Comprehensive medical and social survey of the health status of the Roma population, 2016/2018Conditions and prerequisites for health promotion at the workplace in Bulgaria, 2015/2017

Prizes awarded

• Plaque for participation as a plenary speaker and contribution to the holding of an International Student Scientific Conference at the State University - Sumy, Ukraine, 2019.
• Plaque for acquiring the academic position "Docent", 2016, MU - Pleven.
• Most outstanding teacher for 2015, MU - Pleven
• Plaque "40 years of Medical University - Pleven" - for obtaining the educational and scientific degree "Doctor", 2014, MU - Pleven.
• Letter of thanks from the educational company "Junior healthy life" for methodical assistance in creating an interactive organizer for a healthy and environmentally friendly lifestyle, 2013.
• Honorary award on the occasion of the 5th anniversary of the establishment of the Faculty of Public Health for active teaching activity and contribution to the development of the Faculty, 2010, MU - Pleven.
• Award from the Union of Scientists in Bulgaria for the best presentation of scientific work by a young scientist, 2004

 Language skills:

• English – certified skills, level C1
• Certificate of English Medical terminology
• Russian – written and spoken