Ursoniu Sorin

Professional experience

Current workplace / Occupational field	Professor of Public Health and Health Management Associate Professor Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara

Period	1992-present
Position occupied	Specialist Public Health and Health Management Associate Professor Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara
Main activities and responsibilities	Responsible for management, Department of Institutional Development Projects Lectures and seminars with undergraduate students Master Courses in Social and Health Services Management Coordinating residents in Public Health and Health Management Research activities
Name and address of employer	Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie „Victor Babes” Timisoara
Type of activity or field of activity	Medicine

Period	2008-until present
Position occupied	Associate professor
Main activities and responsibilities	Teaching undergraduate and graduate students, research
Name and address of employer	Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara
Type of activity or field of activity	Medicine

Period	1998-2008
Position occupied	Lecturer
Main activities and responsibilities	Teaching undergraduate and graduate students, research
Name and address of employer	Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara
Type of activity or field of activity	Medicine

Period	1990-1998
Position occupied	Assistant
Main activities and responsibilities	Teaching undergraduate and graduate students, research
Name and address of employer	Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara
Type of activity or field of activity	Medicine

Education and Formation

Period	1982-1988
Qualification / Degree obtained	MD
Main disciplines studied / Professional competencies acquired
Name and type of the teaching institution	Institute of Medicine Timisoara - Faculty of General Medicine
Nivelul in clasificarea nationala sau internationala	ISCED 5

Period	1990-1993
Qualification / Degree obtained	PhD –Social Medicine
Main disciplines studied / Professional competencies acquired
Name and type of the teaching institution	Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara
Nivelul in clasificarea nationala sau internationala	ISCED 6

Period	1996-2001
Qualification / Degree obtained	Consultant Public Health and Health Management
Main disciplines studied / Professional competencies acquired
Name and type of the teaching institution	Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara
Nivelul in clasificarea nationala sau internationala	ISCED 6

Aptitudes and personal competencies

Mother tongue	Romana
Other languages	English,French
Self-evaluation	Understanding / Speaking / Writing
European Level (*)	-
English	5 5 5
French	5 4 4
Driving license	B category

Suplimentar information

Specific experience related to the project	Leonardo da Vinci Project: European Harmonization of Nursing Curricula in Romania, University of Sunderland, United Kingdom, 18 September – 1 Octomber 2006


References	Prof. Cristian Vladescu MD, PhD; e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Organizational competencies and abilities	Head of the Dept. of Public Health and Health Management 1995-2002 Coordinating residents in Public Health and Health Management, appointed by the University’s Senate since 1996 Member of the Organizing Committee of the 9th National Congress of Hygiene, Timisoara, 4 to 6 November 2004 Member of the Organizing Committee of “The 8th Conference of DKMT Euro-region: Environmental Medicine, Nutrition and Health”, Timisoara, 22 to 24 June 2006 Member of the Scientific Committee of the National Conference of Public Health, Timisoara, 16 to 18 November 2007, 12 to 14 November 2008, 28 to 30 May 2014 Member of the Organizing Committee of the 9th National Congress of Hygiene, Timisoara, 4 to 6 November 2004 Member of the Organizing Committee of “The 8th Conference of DKMT Euro-region: Environmental Medicine, Nutrition and Health”, Timisoara, 22 to 24 June 2006 Member of the Scientific Committee of the National Conference of Public Health, Timisoara, 16 to 18 November 2007, 12 to 14 November 2008, 28 to 30 May 2014 Member of Organizing Committee of the The International Conference for Human Reproductive Health “The Normal and Pathological Pregnancy” Timisoara, 26 to 28 November 2010 Member of the Scientific Committee of “The 13th Conference of DKMT Euro-region: Conference on Integrative Medicine, Nutrition and Health, Timisoara, 8 to 10 September 2011 Representing Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy in developing specialized curriculum for Hygiene and Public Health nurses at the request of the National Commission of Public Health, Epidemiology and Health Promotion (2008) Member of Scientific Committee "Sleep Training Course Central Europe", Cluj-Napoca, October 2009 Responsible for management in two national projects: "The impact of multicomponent functional food in the control of obesity and atherosclerosis (ANTIATEROALIM)" and "Antioxidants functional foods synergistic bioactivity study in reversibility of metabolic syndrome (MET-ANTIOX)" (2006-2008) carried on under the Programme of Research of Excellence (CEEX). Participant in EU funded projects: Implementing Coordinated Alcohol Policy in Europe, 2007-2009; FP7: A Pan European Research Network to Complementary and Alternative Medicine 2010-2012. Hu-Ro Cross-border joint projects in S&T 2008/2009: Epidemiological modelling of risk factors of human papilloma virus and cervical carcinoma in Csongrad and Timis counties.

Other skills and competencies	More than 20 years experience as public health specialist in prevention, health surveys, clinical trials, biostatistics and health management. Experience in using statistical analysis software since 2001: Epi Info, SPSS, STATA. Working with neurologists in scientific research since 2006. This work resulted in publishing the following papers: Petrica L, Vlad A, Petrica M, Jianu CD, Gluhovschi G, Gadalean F, Dumitrascu V, Ianculescu C, Firescu C, Giju S, Gluhovschi C, Bob F, Velciov S, Bozdog G, Milas O, Marian R, Ursoniu S. Pioglitazone delays proximal tubule dysfunction and improves cerebral vessels endothelial dysfunction in normoalbuminuric patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2011 Oct;94(1):22-32. DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2011.05.032 Jianu DC, Muresanu DF, Bajenaru O, Popescu BO, Sanda Maria Deme, Moessler H, Sibilla Meinzingen Zimmermann, Petrica Ligia, Ursoniu S - Cerebrolysin adjuvant treatment in Broca’s aphasics following first acute ischemic stroke of the left middle cerebral artery, Med. Life 2010; 3(3):297-307. Print ISSN 1844-122x, Online ISSN 1844-3117, Online ISSN 1844-3109 BDI Pub Med, Index Copernicus, EBSCO Publishing Petrica L, Petrica M, Gluhovschi Gh, Matcau L, Gadalean F, Ursoniu S, Jianu C, Velciov S, Bob F, Gluhovschi C, Trandafirescu V, Matcau D, Bozdog Gh, Muresan C. Does chronic kidney disease define a particular risk pattern of cerebral vessels modifications in patients with symptomatic ischemic cerebrovascular disease? Central European Journal of Medicine 2010, 5(3):329-337 DOI: 10.2478/s11536-009-0131-5 Petrica L., Petrica M., Vlad A., Bob F., Gluhovschi C., Gluhovschi G., Jianu C.D., Ursoniu S., Schiller A., Velciov S., Trandafirescu V., Bozdog G. Cerebrovascular reactivity is impaired in patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus and microangiopathy Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift 2007,119(11-12):365-371DOI: NA

Membership in professional bodies	International Epidemiological Association European Public Health Association L’Association Latine Pour l’Analyse des Systèmes de Santé (ALLAS) Global Health Network Pittsburgh & Supercourse Romanian Association of Public Health and Health Management Society of Hygiene and Public Health from Romania National Alliance for Rare Disease (founding member)