Division of Hygiene, Medical Ecology and Professional Diseases

The Division of Hygiene, Medical Ecology and Occupational Diseases works in two major branches: teaching of students and scientific researches. It afford an opportunity for specialization of Occupational medicine, General hygiene, Nutrition and dietetics, Communal hygiene, Hygiene of children and adolescent.

The Division of Hygiene, Medical Ecology and Occupational Diseases works in two major branches: teaching of students and scientific researches. It afford an opportunity for specialization of Occupational medicine, General hygiene, Nutrition and dietetics, Communal hygiene, Hygiene of children and adolescent.

Academic Staff of the Department
• Assoc. Prof. Dr. Vanya Atanasova Boicheva (Birdanova), PhD,
Phone: +359 64 884 192
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• Assoc. Prof. Dr. Irena Yordanova Stoilova, PhD –
Occupational Diseases, Occupational Medicine, Internal Medicine
• Assoc. Prof. Desislava Gyurova, PhD –
Specializations in Sanitary Chemistry and Toxicology

Assistants and Lecturers:
• Chief Assistant Dr. Tsvetelina Georgieva Vitkova, PhD –
Social Medicine and Healthcare Management, Nutrition and Dietetics, General Hygiene
• Chief Assistant Dr. Ivelina Ruseva Drambozova, PhD –
General Hygiene, Nutrition and Dietetics
• Chief Assistant Emilia Krasimirova Bankova, PhD –
Master's degrees in Ecology and Environmental Protection, Public Health and Healthcare Management; specialization in Toxicology (for biologists, ecologists, etc.)
• Assistant Dr. Ivan Hristov Yordanov –
Nutrition and Dietetics, Social Medicine and Healthcare Management
• Assistant Dr. Manoela Svetomirova Bogdanova –
Resident in Occupational Medicine
• Assistant Dr. Iveta Evgenieva Petrova –
Resident in Nutrition and Dietetics
• Lecturer Dr. Lyudmil Boyanov –
General Hygiene
• Lecturer Suzana Tunchayeva Nikolova –
Public Health Protection and Control Inspector, Master's in Biotechnology – Food Analysis and Control, Master's in Public Health and Healthcare Management
• Lecturer Ivalin Miroslavov Georgiev –
Public Health Protection and Control Inspector, Master's in Food Safety, Master's in Public Health and Healthcare Management

Guest Lecturers:
• Prof. Michel Salvator Israel, PhD –
Biophysics, Medical Sanitary Engineering
• Assoc. Prof. Dr. Kosta Raykov Vasilev, PhD –
Community Hygiene

 

 

 

Participation in the programs by the Division staff in the Bachelor’s and Master degree programmes at the Medical University–Pleven:

  • Medicine, Master’s degree

  • Pharmacy, Master degree

  • Prevention and Control of Public Health

  • Rehabilitation and Occupational therapy

  • Nurse

  • Midwife

  • Roentgen technician

  • Medical technician

  • Assistant pharmacist

Master’s degree after the acquisition Bachelor’s degree in Management in the Health Cares, Master’s degree after the acquisition of Master’s degree in Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Economics, Law, Psychology, etc.

Main research themes at the Division of Hygiene, Medical Ecology and Occupational Diseases

  • Public health problems bounded with urban hygiene, ecology, lifestyle, hospital hygiene and medical work, food safety and nutrition, hygiene of children and adolescent, occupational medicine and occupational diseases, ergonomy.

  • Risk assessment on working environment

  • Well-being and work. Prevention of occupational pathology

  • Ecological problems and legislation inBulgaria

  • Prevention for different groups of the population. Migrant health.

  • Education and skills in subject hygiene

Training facilities

The classes are conducted on the premises of the faculty which disposes with 2 lecture halls, 3 training halls, 3 laboratories equipped with specialized tools, 5 offices. For the purposes of the training in the specialty of Prevention and Control of Public Health the following bases are used: the University Multi-specialty Hospital for Intensive Treatment “Dr. Georgi Stranski’-Pleven, Regional Health Inspection, Executive Agency of Environment – Pleven, children’s institutions on the territory of Pleven.

History 

From a historical point of view the Division inherited the traditions and structure of the Department of Hygiene created in 1976 and Clinic of Occupational diseases established in 1981. Since 1977 till 2006 its head is prof. d-r Bojidar Fotev Stefanov, MD, DrSc.