Draga Toncheva#
| Membership Number: | 5863 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2021 |
| Main Country of Residence: | BULGARIA |
| Homepage(s): | https://medfac.mu-sofia.com/index.php?page_id=69§ion=86&subsitenews=1 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2015 - 2020 Corresponding Member of the Bulgarian Academy of Science
- 2000 - 2020 Head of the Department of Medical Genetics, Medical Faculty, Medical University of Sofia, Bulgaria
- 2006 - 2020 Scientific secretary of the National Bulgarian Academy of Medicine
- 2010 - 2020 Member of the National Expert Board of Oncology
- 2013 - 2020 President of the Bulgarian Human Genetics Society
- 2014 - 2019 National Consultant in Medical Genetics, Bulgarian Ministry of Health
- 2016 - 2020 Member of the management board of Bulgarian Alliance for Personalized and Precision Medicine
- 2019 - 2020 Chief Coordinator of the Expert Council on Medical Genetics, Bulgarian Ministry of Health
Fields of Scholarship
- Psychiatric genomics
- Genomic medicine
- Rare diseases
- Population genetics and genomics
Honours and Awards
- 1978 Golden medal from the Bulgarian Ministry of Education
- 2004 Award “ Acad. Dimitar Orachovets” from MU-Sofia
- 2006 Honourable plaque for contribution to Tokyo Medical and Dental University
- 2007 Award "90 years Medical Faculty of Sofia"
- 2009 Award from the union of scientific medical workers “prof. Ivan Valkov” for the most productive scientist of the year
- 2010 Award for an Acknowledged Scientist in the field of Biomedical Sciences “Pythagoras”, Ministry of Education and Science
- 2010 Honourable plaque of the Institute Cantacusino, Romania
- 2011 "Signum Laudis" of the Medical University of Varna for a contribution to the development of clinical genetics in Bulgaria
- 2011 Prize of the Union of Medical Scientist "Prof. Ivan Valkov "for the most productive scientist of the year
- 2015 Honourable diploma of BAS for science contribution
- 2019 Honourable plaque from the Taipei Medical University
