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.
