Marius Ungureanu, MD, PhD, MHA

Director of Education

marius.ungureanu@publichealth.ro

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Dr. Marius Ungureanu is a Lecturer at the Department of Public Health where he also serves as Director of Education. Dr. Ungureanu has been trained as a medical doctor and has completed a residency program in family medicine. Over time, he completed his education in public and healthcare management with a Master in Health Administration and a PhD in medicine/public health. Dr. Ungureanu’s work is focused on producing evidence for policymaking in health systems. In his academic work, he has studied the impact of health workforce policies on health professionals’ retention in Romania. Dr. Ungureanu’s work has been published in leading peer-review journals, such as The Lancet and Health Policy. Apart from his academic work, Dr. Ungureanu has provided consulting services to the World Health Organization, International Labor Organization and OECD. Dr. Ungureanu is a member of the European Public Health Association’s (EUPHA) Governing Board and has served as a Deputy Health Minister.

Research Interests

Global HealthHealth LiteracyHealth PolicyHealthcare LeadershipHealthcare ManagementHospital AdministrationResearch Capacity BuildingTranslational ResearchHealth SystemsHuman Resources for HealthPrimary CareHealth Sercive Delivery

Selected Publications

The future of work in the health sector / International Labour Office, Sectoral Policies Department. Geneva: ILO, 2019. Working Paper: No. 325. Prepared by Marius Ungureanu, Christiane Wiskow, and Delphine Santini, under the overall supervision of Deputy Director, Akira Isawa, and Director, Alette van Leur, of the Sectoral Policies Department.

Kuhlmann E, Batenburg R, Wismar M, Dussault G, Maier CB, Glinos IA, Azzopardi-Muscat N, Bond C, Burau V, Correia T, Groenewegen PP, Hansen J, Hunter DJ, Khan U, Kluge HH, Kroezen M, Leone C, Santric-Milicevic M, Sermeus W, Ungureanu MI. A call for action to establish a research agenda for building a future health workforce in Europe. Health Research Policy and Systems 2018;16:52

Ungureanu MI, Gheorghe A, Voinea S. Patients are denied care because of corruption in Romania. The Lancet 2017;390:10108

Kuhlmann E, Maier CB, Dussault G, Larsen C, Pavolini E, Ungureanu MI. EU law, policy and health professional mobility, In: Hervey TK, Young CA, Bishop LE (editors). Research Handbook on EU Health Law and Policy. Edward Elgar Publishing 2017

Paina L, Ungureanu MI, Olsavszky V. Implementing the Code of Practice on International Recruitment in Romania – exploring the current state of implemnetation and what Romania is doing to retain its domestic health workforce. Human Resources for Health 2016, 14 (Suppl 1):22

Ungureanu MI, Paina L, Olsavszky V. Health Workforce Management in Romania. The Lancet 2015, 386(10009):2139–2140

Cherecheș RM, Ungureanu MI, Sandu P, Rus IA. Defining informal payments in healthcare: A systematic review. Health Policy, 2013, 110(2):105-114

Cherecheș RM, Ungureanu MI. 2012. The saga of the Romanian healthcare reform, The Lancet, 379 (9829):e52