Monica Tarcea, MD, PhD, is a Professor and Head of the Community Nutrition and Food Safety and a Department Professor at the GE Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science, and Technology of Targu Mures, Romania. Tarcea was a Senior Specialist in Hygiene and Food Safety, a former Dean of the Faculty of Medicine (2013-2016), and a member of the Hygiene Committee from the Romanian Ministery of Health, Romanian Association of Hygiene. Tarcea was the Head of the Environmental Health Department at the regional Public Health Center from Targu Mures (with a part-time job) branch of the Romanian National Public Health Institute (from Bucharest). Tarcea authored 10 hygiene and nutrition books, seven manuals for students, 156 articles (20 in ISI journals), 95 scientific conferences participations, and is the coordinator of 10 national conferences. Tarcea is also a Director and a member of seven national and four international projects. Tarcea's research interests include Community Nutrition, Public Health, Food safety, and Risk Behavior Management.