Dr. Yuliya Rumenova Bazdarska was born on August 3, 1988, in Varna, Bulgaria. She completed her secondary education at the Mathematics High School “Dr. Petar Beron" in Varna in 2007. In 2013, she graduated with a degree in Medicine from the Medical University of Varna.
In 2014, she was awarded a position as a full-time PhD student in the Department of Pediatrics at the Medical University of Varna. She successfully defended her dissertation in 2020 and obtained a PhD degree with the thesis titled: “Innovations to improve treatment success in children and adolescents with diabetes."
Her academic career began as a part-time assistant in the Department of Physiology in 2013 and 2015. In 2016, she was appointed as a part-time assistant in the Department of Pediatrics. After successfully passing a competitive examination in 2017, she became a full-time assistant. Since 2021, she has held the position of Senior Assistant Professor in the same department.
In 2020, she earned her specialty in Pediatrics, followed by a second specialty in Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolic Disorders in 2023.
Dr. Bazdarska has received advanced training in pediatric endocrinology and diabetology, including: The Edmond and Lily Safra Children's Hospital, Israel (2014) and University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Slovenia – training on automated hybrid closed-loop systems for type 1 diabetes management (November 2024)
She has participated in over 40 national and international scientific congresses and forums, such as:
ESPE Annual Meeting, ISPAD Conferences, ESPE Winter and Summer School, Advanced Postgraduate Course on Growth and Growth Disorders, Henning Andersen Educational Programme, and others.
In 2023, she was elected Chairperson of the Board of the Varna Society of Pediatric Endocrinology.
Research Activities and Projects
Dr. Bazdarska has participated as a research fellow in international research projects, including: ToyBox, Feel4Diabetes, SWEET Register (www.sweet-study.eu )
She has also been involved in national and institutional projects, such as: Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Children and Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes – Advantages (2016–2020, Medical University of Varna); Biomarkers of Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Patients with RASopathies
Her scientific work focuses primarily on pediatric diabetology, innovations in diabetes care, rare forms of diabetes, and rare endocrine disorders. She has over 10 publications in national and international peer-reviewed journals. H-index: 9 (Google Scholar)
Selected publications:
- Mahmood L, Moreno LA, Schwarz P, Willems R, Cardon G, Hilal S, Rurik I, Iotova V, Bazdarska Y, Dimova R, Anastasiou K, Manios Y, Gonzalez-Gil EM; Feel4Diabetes-Study Group. A snapshot of country-specific dietary habits and obesity in European children: the Feel4Diabetes study. Eur J Pediatr. 2025;184(3):214. doi:10.1007/s00431-025-06037-4
- Semánová C, Szőllősi GJ, Ilyés I, Cardon G, Latomme J, Iotova V, Bazdarska Y, et al. Differences in Anthropometric Parameters of Children in Six European Countries. Children (Basel). 2023;10(6):983. doi:10.3390/children10060983
- Bazdarska Y., Iotova V., Petrova Ch., Savova R., Popova G., Koleva R., Moskova M., Kaleva N., Nedyalkova D. Frequency of Continuous Glucose Monitoring Use Among Bulgarian Children with Type 1 Diabetes and Its Impact on HbA1c Levels (2016–2018). Pediatrics (Bulgaria). 2020; 4: 36–40
