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Prof. Rozalina Yordanova, MD, PhD
Rozalina Yordanova, MD, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Microbiology at the Faculty of Medicine of Trakia University and a specialist in Clinical Microbiology. She teaches Medical and Clinical Microbiology to Bulgarian and international students and heads a clinical microbiology laboratory. Her research focuses on antimicrobial resistance, bacterial virulence, quorum sensing, hospital-acquired infections and the optimisation of microbiological diagnostics, infection control and antimicrobial stewardship.
Education and Positions
2023
PhD in Microbiology, Trakia University, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria.
Dissertation: Quorum-Sensing-Determined Factors of Pathogenicity and Virulence in Enterococcus spp.
2017–present
Assistant Professor of Microbiology, Medical College, Trakia University, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria.
2015–present
Head of the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Multidisciplinary Hospital for Active Treatment, Galabovo, Bulgaria.
2015
Specialisation in Clinical Microbiology, Trakia University, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria.
2013–present
Assistant Professor of Microbiology, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Trakia University, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria.
2011–2018
Clinical Microbiologist, University Hospital “Prof. Dr. Stoyan Kirkovich”, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria.
2009–2022
Pharmaceutical Consultant, Community Pharmacy, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria.
2009
Doctor of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Trakia University, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria.
Professional Activities
Teaching Activities
Teaching Medical Microbiology, Clinical Microbiology and General Microbiology to undergraduate medical students.
Teaching Bulgarian and international students enrolled in the English-language Medicine programme.
Teaching microbiology to students in Medical Laboratory Technician, Assistant Pharmacist, Nursing and Midwifery programmes.
Delivering lectures, practical laboratory classes, small-group teaching, case-based learning and laboratory demonstrations.
Participating in student assessment, curriculum development, practical-skills training and quality assurance in medical education.
Clinical and Laboratory Activities
Head of a Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, responsible for its organisation, management and quality assurance.
Isolation and identification of bacterial pathogens from clinical specimens.
Antimicrobial susceptibility testing and interpretation of antibiograms according to international standards.
Consultation with clinicians regarding microbiological findings and antimicrobial therapy.
Participation in antimicrobial stewardship, hospital microbiological surveillance and infection prevention and control.
Training and supervision of junior laboratory personnel.
Research Activities
Research focused on antimicrobial resistance, bacterial virulence and quorum sensing.
Study of pathogenicity and virulence factors in Enterococcus species.
Research into hospital-acquired and healthcare-associated infections.
Investigation of diagnostic microbiology, microbiological surveillance and public-health microbiology.
Study of laboratory methods for improving microbiological diagnostics in healthcare settings.
Clinical Expertise
Clinical microbiology and diagnostic bacteriology.
Culture-based microbiological diagnostics.
Antimicrobial susceptibility testing and laboratory interpretation.
Hospital microbiology, antimicrobial stewardship and infection control.
Laboratory biosafety and quality management.
Professional Memberships
Member of the Bulgarian Medical Association.
Member of the Bulgarian Association of Microbiology.
Member of the Bulgarian Public Health Association.
Member of the European Public Health Association.
Member of the World Federation of Public Health Associations.
