Nadezhda Mihaylova was born in the city of Varna.
Education: She graduated from the 4th Language High School “Frédéric Joliot-Curie" with a specialization in French. She continued her studies at the College of Tourism, where she earned a Professional Bachelor's degree. She also holds a Bachelor's degree in International Relations from Varna Free University. She has two Master's degrees – one in International Negotiations from Varna Free University, and another in Public Health from the Medical University of Varna. In 2024, she successfully defended her doctoral dissertation on the topic: Infant mortality in Bulgaria - health, political, cultural and historical aspects.
Project Participation:
She took part in the project Prevention of Drug Use among Students from Ethnic Minorities (funded by Varna Municipality, 2004). This was followed by the Bulgarian-French Daphne project, funded by the European Commission (2010–2012). She participated in The Cost of Inaction – a UNICEF project implemented by the Medical University of Varna (2021). Currently, she is working with a team on a project funded by the Science Fund at the Medical University of Varna titled Infant Mortality in Bulgaria – A Source of New Approaches to Optimizing Child Healthcare (2021–2024).
Since September 2023, she has been a part-time lecturer, and since 2024, she has held the position of Assistant Professor at the Department of Social Medicine and Healthcare Organization.
Courses Taught:
She participates in teaching the following disciplines: Introduction to Public Health, Introduction to Health Informatics and Information Systems and Technologies, and Social Medicine, for students in the Health Management and Medicine programs.
Languages:
She uses English, French, Spanish, and Russian.
Bulgarian Public Health Association, Bulgarian Society for the History of Medicine, and the NGO Public Health-99.
