Mariana Mărdărescu MD, PhD, Consultant in Infectious Diseases, Senior Doctor in Epidemiology.
Mariana Mărdărescu began her activity after graduating the Institute of Medicine and Pharmacy Bucharest “Carol Davila” Bucharest in 1979. In 1982 she becomes Assistant Professor at Department for Pharmacology and Infectious Diseases and in 1985 Senior Doctor in Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology, having as main area of expertise Paediatric Infectious Diseases. Her academic career expanded on 10 years until 1991 when she enters the National Institute for Infectious Diseases “Prof. Dr. Matei Bals” as Consultant in Infectious Diseases.
Since early 1990s Dr. Mardarescu has been dedicating her activity to HIV/AIDS patients, especially young children from the 1988-1990 Romanian cohort. Her activity and research let at her PhD in HIV, in 2006. In this context, Dr. Mardarescu ran the Paediatric HIV Department, from the National Institute for Infectious Diseases “Prof. Dr. Matei Balș” between 1992-2022 and continues to coordinate the Compartment for Monitoring and Evaluation of HIV/AIDS Data in Romania (since 2002).
She has been representing Romania at international meetings and boards including ECDC as National HIV/AIDS Focal Point (ongoing representation). She has been part of several Advisory Groups: Women for Positive Action Faculty, Penta Steering Committee, SHE Faculty. In 2016 dr. Mardarescu was elected in EACS as Representative for Eastern Europe until 2020 when she has become part of WAVE Steering Group (Women against Viruses in Europe). Also in 2016, she has become part of the The Euroguidelines in Central and Eastern Europe (ECEE) Network Group. Starting with April 2024 she has entered the European HIV Outcome’s Steering Group (https://hivoutcomes.eu/about-us/team-members/)
Dr. Mardarescu has published and presented on HIV/AIDS phenomenon in Romania at various national and international conferences.
In 2010, she receives the “Sanitary merit Order” from the Romanian Presidency for the entire professional activity and in 2016 the prize for the most committed physician offered by The Coalition of Chronic Patients’ Organizations.
