Manuela Staneva
Instructor
Department:
SPH-Population Health Science
Email:
mstaneva@umc.edu
Work Phone:
(601) 984-1197
Biography
Manuela Staneva is an instructor at the John D. Bower School of Population Health at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. Before joining the medical center, Staneva worked as an epidemiologist at the Mississippi State Department of Health. She holds a medical degree from the Medical University of Sofia and a Master's in Epidemiology and Biostatistics from the University of Southern Mississippi. A 12-year veteran epidemiologist, she is the lead author on more than 40 epidemiological reports and her work has been published in such prestigious academic journals as JAMA, Health Affairs and Emerging Infectious Diseases. Her research interests include identifying new morbidity and mortality trends, delving into disease causality, and detangling the complex impact of the social, economic, and cultural environment on health outcomes.
Education
| Sofia Medical University, MD, Medicine | |
| University of Southern Mississippi, MPH, Epidemiology and Biostatistics |
Current Positions
| Instructor, School of Population Health | 09/2023 - Present |
| The University of Mississippi Medical Center Jackson, Mississippi 39216 | |
Academic Appointments or Other Previous Appointments
| Epidemiologist, Mississippi State Department of Health | 2012 - 09/2023 |
Publications
Journal Article | |
| Dobbs T, Staneva M. Resurgent Maternal and Congenital Syphilis in Mississippi-Pathways for Prevention Dobbs T, Staneva M. Resurgent Maternal and Congenital Syphilis in Mississippi-Pathways for Prevention. JAMA Health Forum. 2024 Jun 7;5(6):e241278. doi: 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2024.1278. PMID: 38904951. | |
| Staneva M, Hobbs CV, Dobbs T. Spike in Congenital Syphilis, Mississippi, USA, 2016-2022 Staneva M, Hobbs CV, Dobbs T. Spike in Congenital Syphilis, Mississippi, USA, 2016-2022. Emerg Infect Dis. 2023 Oct;29(10):1965–72. doi: 10.3201/eid2910.230421. PMID: 37735714; PMCID: PMC10521607. | |
| Dobbs T, Staneva M, Byers P Surviving The Surge: Nonurgent Elective Procedures, Intensive Care, And Mississippi’s COVID-19 Waves Dobbs T, Staneva M. Byers P.Surviving The Surge: Nonurgent Elective Procedures, Intensive Care, And Mississippi’s COVID-19. Health Affairs. 2023 Waves/doi/full/10.1377/hlthaff.2022.00961 | |
| Dobbs T, Staneva M, Gholar V. One Ounce of Prevention-Maternal Screening and the Fight Against Congenital Syphilis D JAMA. 2025 Jun 10;333(22):1962-1964. doi: 10.1001/jama.2025.7039. PMID: 40358925. | |
Abstracts | |
| Staneva M, Dobbs T. A Dangerous Comeback: Delivery Hospitalizations and Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Mississippi, 2016-2021 Open Forum Infectious Diseases, Volume 10, Issue Supplement_2, December 2023, ofad500.2291 | 2023 |
| Staneva M. and Dobbs T. An Ongoing Battle from a Forgotten War: Long COVID in Mississippi, October 2021 - September 2022 Open Forum Infectious Diseases, Volume 10, Issue Supplement_2, December 2023, ofad500.515 | 2023 |
Presentations
| Poster Presentation, Staneva. Poverty and Breast Cancer Deaths in Mississippi, 2024 Xavier University Health Disparity Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA | 04/2024 |
| Oral Presentation, Staneva. Hospitalizations for Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Mississippi. The American Public Health Association 2023 Annual Meeting and Expo. Atlanta, GA | 11/2023 |
| Oral Presentation, Staneva. Entangled Epidemics: COVID-19, Substance Use, and Pregnancy in Mississippi. 2023 CityMatCH. New Orleans, LA | 09/2023 |
| Oral Presentation, Staneva, Dobbs, Byers. Pregnancy Hospitalizations and COVID-19: Mississippi’s Morbidity and Mortality Crisis. The American Public Health Association 2022 Annual Meeting and Expo, Boston, MA | 11/2022 |
| Oral Presentation, Staneva, Dobbs. Demographic and Clinical Risk Factors for COVID-19 In-Hospital Deaths, Mississippi The American Public Health Association 2021 Annual Meeting and Expo, Denver, CO | 10/2021 |
| Oral Presentation, Staneva, Dobbs. Not all ICU Care is Created Equal. COVID-19 ICU Hospitalizations in Mississippi, 36th Annual Meeting National Association of Healthcare Data Organizations. Virtual Conference. | 09/2020 |
| Oral Presentation, Staneva, Dobbs, Pearson, Preacely, Byers. Ongoing Prescription Opioid Epidemic and Mississippi Prescription Monitoring Program Data: Numbers, Rates and Trend Analyses, 2011-2014. The American Public Health Association’s 145th Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA | 10/2017 |
| Oral Presentation, Staneva, Dobbs, Preacely, Pearson, Byers. Coexisting Substance Use Disorders and HIV/AIDS in Mississippi Hospitalizations, 2010-2011. The American Public Health Association’s 145th Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA | 10/2017 |
| Poster Presentation, Staneva M, Pinell-Janson C, Zhang L “Mississippi Cancer Hospitalizations: Economic Burden, Demographics, and Outcomes.” Poster Session, The American Public Health Association’s 144th Annual Meeting, Denver, CO | 10/2016 |
| Oral Presentation, Staneva M, Dobbs T, Pearson M, Collier C “Hospitalizations for Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome in Mississippi, 2010-2011.” The CityMatCH Leadership and MCH Epidemiology Conference, Philadelphia, PA | 10/2016 |
| Poster Presentation, Staneva M. Collier C. Sepsis in Neonatal Hospitalizations: An Analysis of Mississippi Hospital Discharge Data. The American Society of Infectious Diseases, Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA | 09/2016 |
| Oral Presentation, Staneva M, Zhang L, El-Sadek L “Comorbidity in Mississippi Patients Hospitalized with Diabetes: The Use of Hospital Discharge Data for Conducting Evidence-Based, Population-Level Research.”, Oral Presentation, The American Public Health Association’s 143ed Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL | 11/2015 |
| Platform Presentations, Staneva M, Dobbs T, Pearson M. Opioid-Related Hospitalizations in Mississippi: The Use of Hospital Discharge Data for Understanding the Opioid Epidemic and Building State Surveillance Systems. Speaker, The National Association of Health Data Organizations, 30th Anniversary Annual Meeting, Washington D.C. | 11/2015 |
| Oral Presentation, Staneva M, Collier C, Hypertension among Delivery Hospitalizations in Mississippi, 2010-2011: Prevalence, Associated Severe Maternal Morbidity, and Outcomes. The CityMatCH Leadership and MCH Epidemiology Conference, Salt Lake City, UT | 09/2015 |
| Oral Presentation, Staneva M Implementation of Health Care Data for Identifying, Measuring, and Mapping Chronic Comorbidities in Mississippi, 2010-2012. The American Public Health Association’s 142ed Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA | 11/2014 |
| Platform Presentations, Staneva M “The Implementation of Hospital Discharge Data for Identifying, Measuring and Monitoring Chronic Conditions and Chronic Comorbidities in Mississippi.” Speaker, The National Association of Health Data Organizations, Annual Conference, San Diego | 09/2014 |
| Poster Presentation, Staneva M and Dobbs T. Comorbidity in HIV-positive patients: A Comparative Study of HIV- and Non- HIV-related Hospital Admissions in Mississippi, 2010 and 2011. The American Public Health Association’s 141st Annual Meeting, Boston, MA | 11/2013 |
Honors, Awards, and Recognition
| Outstanding Master of Public Health Research Award, Department of Community Health Sciences, The University of Southern Mississippi | 2011 |
| Top Yarbrough Paper for the 2011 Graduate Student Research Symposium, The University of Southern Mississippi | 2011 |
| Lynn Cook Hartwig Hattiesburg Clinic Scholarship, Hattiesburg Clinic | 2011 |
Teaching Experience
| PHS 704, Population Health, Course, Epidemiology II | Spring - 2024 |
| PHS 704, Population Health, Course, Epidemiology II | Spring - 2025 |