Dr. Nikolova graduated Secondary School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences "Geo Milev" in Stara Zagora. She has a bachelor and a master's degree in Healthcare Managemet. In 2007 she defended a second master's degree in Special Education for children with low vision. For the period August 2007 August 2009 Dr. Nikolova jouns a master's research program in Social Sciences at the Univesidad Autónoma de Nuevo León [UANL], Monterrey, Mexico after which she obtains a master's degree in Social Sciences. Since 2009 until 2013 she is a doctoral candidate in a bilateral doctoral program at UANL and the University of Texas-Arlington [UTA]. Her dissertation addresses the issues of people with disabilities in Monterey and Dallas for which she receives a UTA grant for best dissertation in 2013. In July 2014 the dissertation wins first place in a national competition organizaed by the American Council on Social Work Education for a scientific research on the problems of people with disabilities. In September 2014 she starts work as an Assistant Professor of Social Medicine and Biostatistics at the Department of Social Medicine and Health Care Organization at MU-Varna. In 2021 Dr. Nikolova becomes an Associate Professor at MU-Varna. Additionally, she is a former 2018-2019 Fulbright scholar. Her research work has focused on disability, social inequalities and international development.
Dr. Nikolova has published oved 65 publications in national and international scientific journals and has participated in national and international scientific conferences abroad and in the country. Her main scientific focus is in the field of global health and problems concerning people with disabilities, public health, inequalities, AIDS, etc.
Scientific publications
Open Access
Council on Social Work Education
European Social Work Research Association
