Prof. Valentina Petkova graduated from Faculty of Pharmacy, Medical University – Sofia in 1996.  Since 1997 she is working in the department of Social Pharmacy at the Faculty of Pharmacy, MU-Sofia as a PhD student and assistant professor. In 2008 she became associate professor and in 2012 – full professor. She is a specialist in OEDPP, OEPM, Clinical pharmacy and Hospital pharmacy acquired in MU-Sofia and in 2012 graduated second master degree in MIPH. She graduated with a master’s degree in marketing and management from the Technical University – Sofia in 1998. She is delivering lectures, practicals, seminars, supervision of master and PhD theses in the mandatory and free eligible subjects taught in the department: History of pharmacy, medical devices, Social pharmacy, Pharmacoeconomics and Pharmaceutical care in Bulgarian and/or English language.

She is an expert in the field of Pharmaceutical legislation. She is member of the expert commissions of pharmacy practice and pharmaceutical promotion at BDA. She is a member of the BADI executive council and secretary of the Bulgarian section of Balkan Medical Union. Member of the Supreme Council of Pharmacy and of the Expert Council on Organization and Economics, Drug Technology and Hospital Pharmacy.

Author and co-author of more than 300 scientific papers and textbooks, with 600 citations in the peer reviewed and indexed journals in J. Citation Reports of ISI Web of Knowledge-Thomson Reuters, Google scholar etc. Leading scientist and participant in 12 scientific projects, funded by EU, ME, CMS.

Editor and member of the Editorial board of Pharmacia, The “Archives of the Balkan Medical Union”, WJPR, WJPPS, WJPLS, Journal of Pharmacovigilance, EJPMR, UKJPB. Reviewer of a number of leading international journals, such as Patient Education and Counseling, International Journal of Dermatology, American Journal of Research Communication.

The scientific and research work of Prof. Petkova is focused on several areas of modern pharmaceutical science and practice, such as pharmaceutical care, communication, pharmaceutical marketing and management and pharmaceutical legislation.