Dr. Alin Maerean is a resident doctor currently in specialty training in Public Health and Management at the "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Bucharest, Romania. Alongside his residency, Dr. Alin Maerean has commenced PhD studies at the same university. His research interests are broad within public health and healthcare management, with a keen focus on applying advanced statistical techniques in medicine, including survey validation, psychometrics and clinimetrics, big data analysis, clinical studies and evidence-based research in public health.