Rumyana Dimova

Chief Assistant Professor
Department of Diabetology, Clinical Centre of Endocrinology, University Hospital of Endocrinology "Acad. Ivan Penchev", Medical University Sofia, Bulgaria

Research Interests

• New technologies in diabetes – CGM and CSII therapy
• Implementation of CGM in prediabetes
• Diabetic neuropathy, in particular autonomic neuropathy in diabetes and prediabetes
• Strategies for screening
• Diabetes prevention
• Lifestyle interventions

Academic Career

• 2008: Degree in Medicine, Medical University Sofia, Golden Hippocrates Medal
• 2016: PhD Thesis: “Autonomic diabetic neuropathy – contemporary diagnostic and therapeutic opportunities”, Medical University Sofia
• Since 2016 ongoing: Chief Assistant Professor, Department of Diabetology, University Hospital of Endocrinology “Acad. Ivan Penchev”, Medical University Sofia
• 2017: Board Certified in Endocrinology and Metabolic Disease, Medical University Sofia
• 2017: Best young scientist in clinical medicine, prize of the Medical University Sofia
• 2017: Best young researcher in endocrinology for 2017, prize of Servier.
• 2017: Donnell D. Etzwiler Scholar for 2017, scholarship of IDC, Minneapolis, USA

Goals

• Collaboration with a leading European diabetes group
• Gain knowledge from well-known experts in the field of diabetes
• Transfer some good clinical practice to my Clinical Centre
• Improve clinical research skills - elaboration of study design, protocol and implementation and tracking of the whole process
• Transfer my knowledge and skills in clinical research to the everyday clinical practice to help the fight against diabetes in my country