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.
The division has appointed the academic lecturers with different specialties as follows:
- Prof. Dr. Vanya Atanasova Boycheva (Birdanova), PhD,
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- assoc. professor Dr. Irena Yordanova-Stoilova, PhD - Occupational diseases, Occupational medicine, Internal diseases
assistants:
- Ch. assistant Dr. Tsvetelina Georgieva Vitkova, PhD – Social Medicine and Health Management, Nutrition and Dietetics, General Hygiene
- Ch. Assistant Dr. Ivelina Ruseva Drambozova, PhD – General Hygiene, Nutrition and Dietetics
- Assistant Dr. Nikolay Kirilov Statev - General Hygiene, Occupational Medicine
- Assistant Dr. Ludmil Boyanov - General hygiene
- Assistant Dr. Ivan Hristov Yordanov - Nutrition and dietetics, Social Medicine and Health Management
- Assistant Dr. Martin Yordanov Markov
- Emilia Krasimirova Bankova – Master in Ecology and Environmental Protection, Master in Public Health and Health Management, Toxicology, doctoral student in the doctoral program in Hygiene
- Suzana Tunchayeva Gafurova - inspector of Public Health Protection and Control and Master of "Biotechnologies - Food Analysis and Control", Master in Public Health and Health Management
guest lecturers:
- Prof. Michel Salvator Israel, PhD – Biophysics, Medical Sanitary Engineering;
- Assoc. Dr. Kosta Raykov Vassilev, PhD – Communal hygiene
- Assoc. Dr. Rositsa Kirilova Enikova-Kosovska, PhD – Nutrition and dietetics, Microbiology;
- Prof. Dr. Mariyana Rasheva Stoynovska, PhD – Occupational medicine, occupational diseases
Participation in the programs by the Division staff in the Bachelor’s and Master degree programmes at the Medical University–Pleven:
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Medicine, Master’s degree
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Pharmacy, Master degree
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Prevention and Control of Public Health
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Rehabilitation and Occupational therapy
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Nurse
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Midwife
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Roentgen technician
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Medical technician
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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
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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.
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Risk assessment on working environment
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Well-being and work. Prevention of occupational pathology
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Ecological problems and legislation inBulgaria
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Prevention for different groups of the population. Migrant health.
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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.
