Researcher: Assoc. Prof. Eleonora Hristova-Atanasova, MD, PhD

Assoc. Prof. Eleonora Hristova-Atanasova, MD, PhD is a physician, academic, and researcher specializing in public health, reproductive health prevention, and maternal and child health. Her primary research focus is on preconception prevention and the relationships between preconception health, genetic risk, pregnancy, and the health of future generations.
A major focus of her research is preconception care and the prevention of reproductive risks. Her work encompasses family planning, preconception health, health-related behaviors, the role of primary healthcare, access to genetic counseling, preconception genetic screening, and the organization and financing of preventive services. She is the author of the monograph Preconception Care for Healthier Families.
Her research interests also include prenatal and genomic diagnostics, psychosocial risk factors and mental health during pregnancy, rare diseases, and preventive care in maternal and child health. She conducts original epidemiological studies, health services analyses, and research on the implementation of contemporary preventive and diagnostic approaches.
She has participated in six research projects and maintains active national and international scientific collaborations. Through the Erasmus+ programme, she has undertaken teaching activities and academic mobility visits in Lithuania, Greece, Poland, Türkiye, Portugal, and the Czech Republic, as well as specialized training in preconception care in The Hague, Copenhagen, and London.
She is the founder of the web-based health education platform “I Want a Healthy Child”, designed to raise awareness of family planning, reproductive health, and preparation for pregnancy.
She is actively involved in international editorial and peer-review activities. She serves as a member of the Editorial Board of BMC Public Health and as an Academic Editor of the Journal of Pregnancy. She also acts as a reviewer for international scientific journals in public health, reproductive and women's health, pediatrics, and preventive medicine.
She is a member of the Bulgarian Medical Association, the Bulgarian Scientific Society of Public Health, the Bulgarian Association of Public Health, the Union of Scientists in Bulgaria, and the European Public Health Association (EUPHA). She also participates in the international research networks Preconception EMCR Network and HiPPP Early and Mid-Career Researcher Collective International.