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Prof. Todorka Kostadinova PhD


Катедра: Department of economics and health care management
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Е-поща: kostadinova@mu-varna.bg​
Телефон: +359 52 677 089

 

Биография


Prof. Todorka Kostadinova was born on 20th October 1960 in Dobrich, where she graduated from "Geo Milev"Language High School, German and English Language Teaching. She has two Master's degrees from the University of Economics - Varna (Economics and Pedagogics) and PhD from the University of National and World Economy, Sofia (2001). Title of her dissertation thesis: "Opportunities for Portfolio Management of Medical Institutions".

Her academic career has been developing further by successive appointments as an Extraordinary Associate Professor at the Department of Economics and Health Care Management at MU- Varna (2002), Associate Professor at the same Department (2003) and Professor - in 2012 in the scientific specialty "Organization and Management outside the Sphere of Material Production". She has two specialties in the field of Health Care: "Health Economics" (2005) and "Medical Informatics and Health Management" (2006).

She delivered lectures as a guest lecturer in a Master's Programme in Health Management at the University in Bern, Switzerland (2005 - 2006) and Medical University - Vienna (2009-2011). From 2008 to 2011 she was a member of an international research team of Berkeley University, after specialization in Leadership in Health Care at the same University (Global Health Leadership Forum at Berkeley, www.ghlf.org)

She has specialized in the following areas: Hospital Management at the University Hospitals in  Zurich and Bern, Switzerland, Restructuring and Organization of University Education in Health Management at the University of Maastricht, the Netherlands and the University of Manchester, the UK; Health Policy, Financing and Management in Healthcare at George Washington University and George town University, the USA (2003-2004). After her specialization she was elected member of the academic staff of the Department of Global Health at the University of George Washington (2004-2009).

Within the period 2009 - 2013 Prof. Kostadinova combines academic work with management positions at various levels as a parliamentary secretary at the Ministry of Health (2009), Deputy Minister of Health (2009 - 2010), a member of the Control Board (2009) and Supervisory Board (2010) of the National Health insurance Fund (NHIF), Sofia, a coordinator for Bulgaria of the International Network for Health in South-Eastern Europe (2009-2010), a member of the National Commissions and Committees on European Politics – at the Foreign Ministry of the Republic of Bulgaria, on ethnic issues – at  the Ministry of Interior Affairs, Chairman of the National Council on Food Safety at the Ministry of Health (2009-2010), Deputy Minister for International Cooperation, Public Health, including work with the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis, European programmes and projects, Electronic Healthcare.

In March 2011, she was elected Dean of the Faculty of Public Health at MU - Varna and remained on this position for a year, and since March 2012 she has been a Vice Rector for International Cooperation, Accreditation and Quality.

Публикации


She has more than 120 publications and more than 150 participations at conferences in our country and abroad. Her main research developments are focused on the field of Strategic Management, Social and Health Marketing, Integrated Care, Change Management and Risk Management, International Projects and Programmes Management, Team Management, Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation.

She has been a supervisor of four PhD students - two in MU – Varna, one in MU - Sofia and one in the University of Economics - Varna. Three of them have already defended their theses successfully, and one is in the process of training.

Prof. Kostadinova is a deputy editor-in-chief of the journal "Health Economics and Management" at MU - Varna and publishing house STENO. She is also a member of the international editorial board of International Journal of Integrated Care, www.ijic.org – Holland.

Член на

Union of Scientists in Bulgaria, Bulgarian Health Management Association, Association of Hospitals in Bulgaria and the Board of the European Hospital and Healthcare Federation(HOPE) in Brussels.