Ralitsa Raycheva currently works as an Associate Professor inthe Department of Social Medicine and Public Health, Medical University of Plovdiv, Bulgaria. She is an experienced researcher with a demonstrated history of working in the higher education industry. She is knowledgeable in health economics, health technology assessments, biostatistics, applied epidemiology, medical informatics and health management. She completed a PhD focused on health technology assessments from Medical University Plovdiv and an MEcon in macroeconomics from Paisii Hilendarski University, Plovdiv, Bulgaria.