Maja Sočan is an assistant professor at the Faculty of Nursing and a lecturer for public health and health promotion. She also gives lectures at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences for Ph.D. students. She graduated from medical school in Ljubljana with a Ph.D. in Zagreb in 2002. She is a specialist in public health. She is currently working at the National Institute of Public Health. Her work experience encompasses public health aspects of communicable disease surveillance and response. She takes part in national and international research projects. Her research topics include socio-economic determinants of vaccine acceptance, and the impact of changing society and environment on the prevalence and incidence of respiratory and vector-borne diseases.