Researcher: Prof. Tanya Deneva, PhD

Prof. Tanya Deneva, MD, PhD graduated in medicine in 2000 and started working as a physician in emergency medical care system and as a pharmaceutical representative at Abbott Diagnostics. In 2004, she was appointed as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Clinical Laboratory at the Medical University of Plovdiv. In 2007 she defended a specialty in Clinical laboratory. She finished her PhD in 2009 on the topic “Towards the clinical laboratory assessment of endothelial dysfunction”. She graduated with a master’s degree in health management (2010) and a master’s degree in applied psychology (2015). She works in the field of clinical and counselling psychology. She is currently the head of the Department of Clinical Laboratory at the Medical University - Plovdiv and the head of the Clinical Laboratory at the University Hospital “St. George”. Scientific supervisor and consultant of doctoral students, member of the research team in several national and international research projects. Her scientific interests are in the field of research on biomarkers for active vascular processes, oncoproteins, activation markers in haemostasis, salivary diagnostics for mental health assessment. She has conducted scientific research on the influence of work environment factors on biomarkers and bioelements for acute and chronic mental stress. Author and co-author of more than 70 scientific publications referenced in global databases, including in international journals with an impact factor. She is a member of the Union of Scientists in Bulgaria, the Bulgarian Society of Clinical Laboratory and the Expert Council on Clinical Laboratory at the Ministry of Health. Representative for Bulgaria of the expert group “Green and Sustainable Laboratories” of the European Federation of Laboratory Medicine (EFLM).