Pavlina Peneva, M.D., Ph.D., is an Associate Professor at the Medical University of Varna, Bulgaria. Her research work has focused on pulmonary infections and sepsis. In 2019, she defended her doctoral degree on the topic "Prognostic markers for clinical and laboratory sepsis patient evaluation." She takes part in teaching medical students at the Medical University of Varna, Bulgaria. She has a Master's degree in "Health Management and Medico-Social Care," and her areas of interest are emergency medicine, intensive care, quality of patient care, and the use of artificial intelligence in medical practice.