VESSELKA  LALEVA  DULEVA, MD, PhD

Work address:
National Center of Public Health Protection
15, blvd. ?Acad. Iv. Ev. Geshov?
1431 Sofia, Bulgaria
e-mail: v.duleva@ncphp.government.bg
phone: + 359-2-58 12 457

Home address:
Dragan Tzankov blvd.
bl. 59-63/B, app. 16
1172  Sofia, Bulgaria
phone: + 359-2-68 26 08

Personal Information

Marital status: married, 1 child

 

Education

2003 - 2006    International Food Law (Distance Education Certificate Program) ? Institute for Food Laws and Regulations, Michigan State University,
USA

1991 ? 1994    High Training on Food Hygiene, Nutrition and Dietetics -
National Center of Hygiene, Medical Ecology and Nutrition,
Sofia, Bulgaria

1986 ? 1990    Ph.D in the field of Nutrition and Vitaminology - National Institute of Nutrition, Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow, Russia

1977 ? 1983    MD, Higher Medical Institute, Sofia, Bulgaria

1974 ? 1977    Secondary School, Sofia, Bulgaria

 

Professional background

1990 ? 2006       Assistant Professor
2006 ? present    Associate Professor, Department of Nutrition and Public Health, National Center of  Public Health Protection, Sofia, Bulgaria

1986 ? 1990    Postgraduate Training (PhD student) in the field of Nutrition and Vitaminology, National Institute of Nutrition, Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow, Russia

1983-1986       Medical Doctor, General Practitioner, Department of Internal Diseases, Lovech District Hospital, Bulgaria

 

Additional professional qualification

2002 ? International Food Laws and Regulation - Institute for Food Laws and Regulation, Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA

1998 - Assessment of Nutrition and Physical Activity -
organized by Preventive Nutrition Unit, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm

1995 - International Summer School on Public Health Nutrition, Arkhangelsk, Russia - organized by Nutrition Unit of the WHO, Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen

 

Professional experience

  • Studies on food intake and nutritional status of the different groups of high nutritional risk: infants, children and adolescent, young women aged 19 -24, pregnant women, adults, elderly people
  • Assessment of nutritional status of the different population groups especially of infants, children and adolescent : anthropometry, nutrient intake, food consumption, dietary habits and attitudes
  • Assessment of health risk associated with diet, and nutritional status and prevention of diet-related chronic diseases
  • Development and implementation of intervention programs for control of nutritional risk factors
  • Development of the national legislation related to foods and nutrition and its harmonization with the corresponding EU Directives
  • Consultation on export, import and production of Foods and Food supplements in Bulgaria
  • Regular lectures to Medical Doctors on Food Hygiene, Nutrition and Dietetics
  • Basic skills in medical statistics
  • Computer literacy ? Microsoft Office

 

Professional memberships

  • Nutritional Society, Union of Bulgarian Scientists
  • Bulgarian Union of Medical Doctors
  • BASORD - Bulgarian Association of Obesity and Related Diseases
  • IASO - International Association of Obesity
  • Bulgarian Lipid League

Languages

  • English,
  • Russian,
  • Bulgarian