Associate Professor Magdalena Ninova, Ph.D.

Education and Career

• 1999 – Bachelor’s degree in Healthcare, Medical University – Sofia;
• 2004 – Master’s degree in Public Health and Health Management, Medical University – Sofia with professional qualification “Health Manager”;
• 2009 – Acquired specialization in Hospital Hygiene (“Infection Prevention and Control”, Medical University – Sofia);
• 2010 – Master’s degree in Health Care Management, Medical University – Sofia with professional qualification “Manager of Health Care”;
• 2018 – Educational and scientific degree PhD in “Social Medicine and Health Care and Pharmacy Organization”, Medical University – Sofia;
• 2025 – Associate Professor at NSA “Vasil Levski”, Department of Health Care

Teaching Activity

Teaches students in the bachelor's degree program in “Nursing”.

Scientific Interests

Scientific interests focus on regulatory guidelines in health care management; prevention and control of nosocomial infections in the organization and management of health care; training of health care professionals for prevention and control of healthcare-associated infections; organizational culture as a change based on values, perceptions, thinking, awareness, ideas; improving the health literacy of hospitalized patients and their families – promotional health care.

Publications, Textbooks, Manuals

Author of 33 scientific works outside the list of publications related to the dissertation for the PhD degree. Author of a dissertation for the PhD degree titled: “Prevention and Control of Nosocomial Infections in the Organization and Management of Health Care” and a habilitation thesis – monograph titled: “Conceptual Models for Prevention and Control of Healthcare-Associated Infections”.

The scientific works have been cited in 34 Bulgarian and 30 foreign sources, including 13 in refereed and indexed internationally recognized scientific databases and 44 in non-refereed peer-reviewed journals.

Member of the Bulgarian Scientific Society of Public Health, Bulgarian Scientific Society of Epidemiology of Infectious and Non-Infectious Diseases. Participates in national and international scientific forums with over 120 reports, lecturer in postgraduate training at MU-Sofia, lecturer at the Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care at MU-Sofia, trainer in Practical training programs for continuing education at MU-Sofia, participant in working groups at the Ministry of Health. Awarded in scientific forums for best presentation, best report, innovation, and good practices in health care. Recipient of a Certificate of First Place in the category “Head Nurse”; Honorary Certificate for high achievements and professionalism in health care; Certificate for outstanding contribution to the establishment, development, and promotion of the “Alexandrovska” Society; Certificate for demonstrated high professionalism in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic – 2020.