Marius-Ionuț Ungureanu is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Public Health at Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca. He is Founding Director and Senior Fellow for Policy and Strategy of the university’s Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy, and Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University.
He serves on the editorial boards of Health Policy and Human Resources for Health.
PUBLIC SERVICE & INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
From national policy to global dialogue.
He has served as Deputy Minister of Health in Romania, and as Chief of Staff and Advisor to the Health Minister. He has consulted for the World Health Organization, the International Labour Organization, UNICEF, the OECD and the World Bank on health workforce and health systems reform.
EDUCATION
A multidisciplinary foundation.
MD & PhD in Medicine (Public Health)“Iuliu Hațieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca
BA in ManagementBabeș-Bolyai University
Master’s degree in Healthcare ManagementLucian Blaga University, Sibiu
Fogarty International Scholar at the University of Iowa and the University of California, Berkeley, and visiting scholar at UCLA.
RESEARCH
Stronger systems. Better access.
His research covers health workforce planning, policy and governance; medical deserts and rural access to care; community health workers; health service management education; patient safety and the second victim phenomenon; informal payments in health care; and quality management in health services.
Health workforce planning, policy and governanceHealth systems and health policy analysisHealthcare management and quality of careAccess to care, medical deserts and rural healthPrimary, community and school health servicesPatient safetyHealth promotion and disease preventionMaternal and child healthDigital health
TEACHING
Developing the next generation.
At the Cluj School of Public Health, he teaches graduate courses on health systems; healthcare organization, delivery and financing; healthcare management; and public health leadership.
At Johns Hopkins, he coordinates the Global Health Established Field Placement program in Romania and co-teaches the summer school course on Prospective Policy Analysis.