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Prof. Ivelina Gancheva Ivanova, MD, PhD
Ivelina Gancheva Ivanova, MD, PhD, is Chief Assistant Professor of Anatomy at the Faculty of Medicine of Trakia University. A medical doctor specialised in Pulmonology and in Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, she teaches Anatomy, Cytology, Histology, Embryology and Clinical Anatomy. Her research focuses on pulmonary morphology, mast cells, neuroimmune mechanisms and their role in inflammatory, fibrotic and neoplastic lung diseases.
ivelina.ivanova@trakia-uni.bg
Education and Positions
2021–to date
Chief Assistant Professor of Anatomy, Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Trakia University, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria.
2013–2021
Assistant Professor of Anatomy, Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Trakia University, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria.
2020
Specialisation in Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Trakia University, Faculty of Medicine.
2019
PhD in Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Trakia University, Faculty of Medicine.
2016
Specialisation in Pulmonology, Trakia University, Faculty of Medicine.
2008
MD, Faculty of Medicine, Trakia University.
The most significant publications:
IVANOVA, I.G. Metachromatic, tryptase- and ghrelin-positive mast cells in the blood vessels of the rat lung. Bulgarian Journal of Veterinary Medicine, 2023, 26(2): 266–271.
IVANOVA, I.G.; STEFANOV, I.S. Tryptase- and ghrelin-positive mast cells in the interalveolar septa of the rat lung. Bulgarian Journal of Veterinary Medicine, 2021, 24(4): 469–477.
IVANOVA, I.; STEFANOV, I.; ATANASOVA, D. Mast cells in the intrapulmonary airways in rats of different ages. Acta Morphologica et Anthropologica, 2018, 25(3–4): 54–60.
IVANOVA, I. Mast cells and neuroendocrine cells in the human and rat lung. Science & Technologies, 2017, 7(1): 1–4.
SIVREV, D.; GEORGIEVA, A.; DIMITROV, N.; STOYANOV, J.; IVANOVA, I.; TOMOV, N. Comparative characterisation of plastination methods. Science & Research, 2017, 1(2): 48–55.
Professional Activities
Teaching Activities
Teaching Anatomy to first- and second-year medical students and Cytology, Histology and Embryology to first-year medical students at the Faculty of Medicine, Trakia University.
Teaching Anatomy to students enrolled in the Medical Assistant and Nursing programmes.
Teaching elective courses in Special Embryology for first-year medical students and Clinical Anatomy for second-year medical students.
Research Activities
Research focused on the histochemical, immunohistochemical and quantitative characterisation of mast cells in the human and rat lung.
Comparative analysis of tryptase-positive, ghrelin-positive and metachromatic mast cells in the airways, alveoli, pleura and pulmonary blood vessels across different age groups.
Investigation of the role of immune and neuroimmune cells in pulmonary homeostasis and in the pathogenesis of allergic, inflammatory, fibrotic and neoplastic lung diseases.
Professional Memberships
Member of the Bulgarian Medical Association, the Bulgarian Anatomical Society, the Bulgarian Society of Pulmonary Diseases and the Union of Scientists.
