Aurela Saliaj, M.D., Ph.D., is an associated professor and the Dean of the Faculty of Public Health. In 1998, she graduated as physician of general medicine from the Faculty of Medicine at the Medical University of Tirana. From 2000 to 2004, she undertook postgraduate studies as resident in pediatrics. In 2006, she obtained a master’s degree in pediatrics. From 2010 to 2015, she earned a Ph.D. in the Pediatric Department at University Hospital Center (QSUT) ‘Mother Thereza’ in Tirana. Her Ph.D. dissertation was on the topic of psychomotor development among preschoolers in the Vlora region. In 2016, she became an associate professor in the Public Health Faculty at the Medical University of Tirana. Since 2004, she has been professor, teaching courses in pediatrics and research methodology in health, at the University of Vlora. She has been the manager of several research projects, including those at the Scientific Research Center for Public Health (2019); Scientific Research Infrastructure Projects (2019), funded by the Albanian National Agency for Scientific Research and Innovation; Efficiency and Prospects for Providing Virtual Healthcare after the COVID Pandemic (2021), Research and Development Projects (2021), funded by the Albanian National Agency for Scientific Research and Innovation; and the Digital Simulation Center for Health Professionals (2021), Scientific Research Infrastructure Projects (2021), funded by the Albanian National Agency for Scientific Research and Inn