Dr. Marius UNGUREANU is a medical doctor with extensive training in healthcare management and policy, and a background in health workforce, health systems & public health research. He is an Associate Professor, currently serving as Chair of the Department of Public Health, and Founding President & Distinguished Fellow for Strategy and Policy of the Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy, both within the School of Political, Administrative and Communication Sciences at Babeș-Bolyai University (BBU) in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. He has served in Government in various capacities, including as Advisor to the Health Minister, Chief of Staff to the Health Minister, and Deputy Health Minister, in the Romanian Ministry of Health. His main areas of expertise are: human resources for health research, policy, and development; leadership & healthcare reform; quality management in healthcare; health services research; primary and community health care; research design; research management. Dr. Ungureanu is member of the board of the European Health Management Association (EHMA), member of European Public Health Association’s (EUPHA) Governing Board, representing BBU’s Department of Public Health, and President of EUPHA’s Health and Care Workforce Section. Dr. Ungureanu is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of International Health.