Research Interest: Protein Engineering, Adjuvant and Vaccine Delivery Systems, Vaccinology, cGMP Quality Management, Immunology.

Research Interest: Clinical Immunology.

Since July 2008, assistant in the Department of Epidemiology, MU- Plovdiv

From April 2020 epidemiologist at the Hygiene and Epidemiology Department, University Hospital "St. George" EAD

From September 2022 Acting Head of the Hygiene and Epidemiological Department, University Hospital "St. George" EAD

On 27.12.2020 applied the first vaccine in the history of the vaccination campaign against COVID-19 in Plovdiv

In 2021, she was part of the Ministry of Education and Culture of the Republic of Bulgaria campaign to educate teachers about vaccines against COVID-19.

In 2021-2022 advises on vaccines againstCOVID-19 on the National Patient Helpline toll-free Organization.

2021-2022 cooperates with the foundation "For our children"

2021-2023 participated in expert meetings on epidemiology at the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Bulgaria.

In 2022,  she was part of a working group at the Council of Ministers- Republic of Bulgaria.

Member of:

International epidemiological association (IEA) Bacti Vac Network. Bulgarian Scientific Society for Epidemiology of Infectious and Non-Infectious Diseases Bulgarian Association of Preventive Medicine. The South Bulgarian Society of Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Parasitology. Bulgarian Association for Prevention and Infection Control.

Research Interests:

Vaccines, vaccinology, infectious diseases, emerging diseases, epidemics, pandemics, COVID-19, varicella, shingles, measles.

List of Publications:

1. Tomov L, Chervenkov L, Miteva DG, Batselova H, Velikova T. Applications of time series analysis in epidemiology: Literature review and our experience during COVID-19 pandemic. World J Clin Cases. 2023 Oct 16;11(29):6974-6983. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v11.i29.6974. PMID: 37946767; PMCID: PMC10631421.
   
2. Mileva N, Vasilev GH, Ganev B, Chervenkov L, Batselova H, Tzotcheva I, Tomov L, Velikova T, Lazova S. Cardiovascular Manifestations of Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children: A Single-Center Bulgarian Study. Medicina (Kaunas). 2023 Dec 14;59(12):2175. doi: 10.3390/medicina59122175. PMID: 38138278; PMCID: PMC10744581.
3. Dimitrov, G., Valkov, T., Batselova, H., Kounchev, O., Momekov, G., Argirova, R. Nationwide analysis of the impact of COVID-19 in patients with a cardiovascular, oncological or chronic pulmonary disease in the context of an Eastern European country with a low vaccination rate, Bulgaria: March 2020-April 2022 (2023) BMJ Open, 13 (8), art. no. e068431,
4. Miteva, D., Kitanova, M., Batselova, H., Lazova, S., Chervenkov, L., Peshevska-Sekulovska, M., Sekulovski, M., Gulinac, M., Vasilev, G.V., Tomov, L., Velikova, T. The End or a New Era of Development of SARS-CoV-2 Virus: Genetic Variants Responsible for Severe COVID-19 and Clinical Efficacy of the Most Commonly Used Vaccines in Clinical Practice (2023) Vaccines, 11 (7), art. no. 1181.
5. Ivanov N, Krastev B, Miteva DG, Batselova H, Alexandrova R, Velikova T. Effectiveness and safety of COVID-19 vaccines in patients with oncological diseases: State-of-the-art. World J Clin Oncol. 2023 Sep 24;14(9):343-356
6. Tomov, L., Batselova, H., Lazova, S., Ganev, B., Tzocheva, I., Velikova, T. Role of children in the Bulgarian COVID-19 epidemic: A mathematical model study (2023) World Journal of Experimental Medicine, 13 (3), pp. 28-46.
7.  Sekulovski, M. Mileva, N. Vasilev, G.V. Miteva, D. Gulinac, M. Peshevska-Sekulovska, M. Chervenkov, L. Batselova, H. Vasilev, G.H.; Tomov, L.; et al. Blood Coagulation and Thrombotic Disorders following SARS-CoV-2 Infection and COVID-19 Vaccination. Biomedicines 2023, 11, 2813.
8. Slabakova, Y.; Gerasoudis, S.; Miteva, D.; Peshevska-Sekulovska, M.; Batselova, H.; Snegarova, V.; Vasilev, G.V.; Vasilev, G.H.; Sekulovski, M.; Lazova, S.; et al. SARS-CoV-2 Variant-Specific Gastrointestinal Symptoms of COVID-19: 2023 Update. Gastroenterol. Insights 2023, 14, 431-445. https://doi.org/10.3390/gastroent14040032 .
9. Tomov, L.P., Batselova, H., Velikova, T.Changes in Patterns of Infectivity and Mortality with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant in Bulgaria.Computer Science and Education in Computer Science. CSECS 2023. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 514. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-44668-9_15.
10. Tomov, L.P., Batselova, H.M., Velikova, T.V. COVID-19 Delta Wave Caused Early Overburden of Hospital Capacity in the Bulgarian Healthcare System in 2021 (2022) Healthcare (Switzerland), 10 (4), art. no. 600.
11. Tomov, L., Batselova, H., Velikova, T.V. Estimating COVID Case Fatality Rate in Bulgaria for 2020–2021(2022) Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, LNICST, 450 LNICST, pp. 102-115.
12. Snegarova V, Miteva D, Gulinac M, Peshevska-Sekulovska M, Batselova H, Velikova T. COVID-19 inpatients with gastrointestinal stromal tumors: Recommendations for management and vaccination. World J Gastrointest Pathophysiol 2022; 13(5): 170-177
13. Vasilev G, Kabakchieva P, Miteva D, Batselova H, Velikova T. Effectiveness and safety of COVID-19vaccines in patients with diabetes as a factor for vaccine hesitancy. World J Diabetes 2022; 13(9): 738-751.
14. Miteva D, Peshevska-Sekulovska M, Snegarova V, Batselova H, Alexandrova R, Velikova T. Mucosal COVID-19 vaccines: Risks, benefits and control of the pandemic. World J Virol 2022; 11(5): 221-236.
15. Tomov L, Miteva D, Sekulovski M, Batselova H, Velikova T. Pandemic control-do's and don'ts from a control theory perspective. World Journal of Methodology 12.5 (2022): 392.
16. Velikova, T., Kukov, A., Mihova, A., Snegarova, V., Batselova, H., Nakov, R. Gastrointestinal mucosal immunity and covid-19 (2021) World Journal of Gastroenterology, 27 (30), pp. 5047-5059.
17. Tomov, L., Velikova, T., Batselova, H. HEALTH RISK MANAGEMENT IN KINDERGARTENS AND SCHOOLS DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC (2021) General Medicine, 23 (6), pp. 22-27.
    
18. Velikova, T., Batselova, H., Jenkov, V. IMPACT OF COVID‐19 PANDEMIC ON MENTAL HEALTH: A CROSS‐SECTIONAL SURVEY OF 1,020 BULGARIAN CITIZENS. Bulgarian Journal of Psychiatry (2020), 5 (3) , 10-18.
19. Velikova TV, Kotsev SV, Georgiev DS, Batselova HM. Immunological aspects of COVID-19: What do we know? World J Biol Chem. 2020 Sep 27;11(2):14-29.
20. Бацелова Х., Кеворкян А., Райчева Р., Бойкинова О., Балтаджиев И., Шопова Й., Стоилова Й. Епидемиологично проучване на хоспитализираните пациенти с варицела в Пловдивска област за периода 2000-2011г. Обща медицина, 2013, XV (3).
21. Baltadzhiev, I., Stoilova, J., Popivanova, N., Bazelova, H. Changes in the Viral Hepatitis B (VHB) morbidity 1987-2006 (2009) Problems of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, 37 (1), pp. 39-40. 

Research Interest: Antigen processing and presentation, relating to the understanding of these processes and manipulation of them in order to treat.

Research Interest: Molecular epidemiology, Development of diagnostic tests for viral disease, Cell culture, Bioinformatics.

Research Interest: Epigenetic regulation of virus or autoimmune diseases on host immune cells such as Treg, Th17 and innate lymphoid cells (ILCs).

Research Interest: HTA and to new communication strategies with people about vaccination, especially in consideration of the rising phenomena of anti-vaccination movements.

Research Interest: Infection diseases prevention, epidemiology of infectious diseases, vaccination, vaccines, travel and tropical medicine.

Research Interest: The keywords of my research interest: Reproductive immunology, Thymic stromal lymphopoietin, The costimulatory signal, Trophoblast, Gamma-delta T cell, CD4+CD25bright regulatory T cell, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, The maternal-fetal immune.

Research Interest: Inflammation, Immunology, Innate immunity, Infection, Antimicrobial peptides
Lipid mediators.

Research Interest: Allergy test in clinical diagnosis, Immunotherapy and in vitro cell assay, Anti-inflammatory properties of natural compounds, Allergy and vaccination, Basophil activation tests.

•    Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Botswana, Gaborone, August 2021-Present

•    Senior Consultant (Covid-19), Botswana Harvard AIDS Partnership, Gaborone, March 2020-Present

•    Mentor/Advisory (Undergraduate Students), University of Botswana, Gaborone, January 2017-Present

•    Research Laboratory Scientist, Botswana-UPenn Partnership, Gaborone, February 2015- July 2021

•    Intern, UCSI University, Kuala Lumpur, January 2013- July 2013

•    Research Laboratory Assistant, UCSI University, Kuala Lumpur, October 2012- December 2013

Research Interest:  Pharmacokinetics/genomics in HIV and Malaria, HIV infection on the distribution of human papillomavirus genotypes, Pathogenesis of persistent cervicovaginal infections of oncogenic HPV genotypes, Host epigenetic changes associated with cervical cancer progression, Clinical trials work to improve meningitis outcomes in Botswana, Examining the utility of novel diagnostics to improve outcomes in HIV-associated meningitis patients, Molecular Surveillance of Plasmodium falciparum Drug Resistance Markers and Plasmodium falciparum multi drug resistance gene 1 mutations in symptomatic patients.

Grants: Identification of differential expression of host genes in cervical cancer, U54-, U54, Co-PI and Graduate Student, 05/24/17-05/28/21 and Human papillomavirus infection in HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected women from Botswana and Kenya: HPV genetic variation by phylogenetic type. Project Leader, 2019 to 2021.

Research Interest: Nanoparticles, liposomes, solid lipid naonparticles, and anhydrous reverse micelles, drug/vaccine carriers, freeze-drying of pharmaceutics, design, carrying out and analysis of in vivo tests, separation and purification of chemicals, extraction and analysis of therapeutic.

Research Interest: Public Health and Health Technology Assessment, particularly for vaccines. 

Research Interest: Self-nonself discrimination in innate immunity, Host-pathogen interactions Autoimmune diseases.