TED Community » Valentin Nadasan

About Me

1. Personal information
First name: Nădăşan
Surname: Valentin
Address: Str. Arinului no. 6, Sintana de Mures, Romania
Nationality: Romanian
Date of birth: May 17, 1964
Gender: Male
Marital status: Married, two children

2. Education and training
1983-1989 University of Medicine and Pharmacy Targu Mures
2008-2011 University of Medicine and Pharmacy Targu Mures, PhD in Medicine. Research topic: The Quality of Health Related Information on the Romanian webspace
2011- Medical residency in hygiene and preventive medicine

4. Work experience
1989-1991 Municipal Hospital, Reghin
1991-1992 Felowship in Lifestyle Medicine, Wildwood Lifestyle Center and Hospital, GA, USA
1993-1995 Administrator, Health and Preventive Medicine Center, Herghelia, Mureş County
1995 - 1997 Editor- medical publications, Idea Publishing House, Cluj
1997 - 2010 Editor- medical publications, Prisma Publishing House, Tîrgu Mureş
1999-2012 Editor, Life&Health Magazine, national monthly health education journal
1999-2012 Regional Coordinator of the „Health&Education” Society
2011 - Hygiene and preventive medicine resident
2012 - Assistant professor at University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Tirgu Mures, Romania

5. Scientific papers
As first author:
• General characteristics of the Romanian Medical Webscape. Acta Medica Marisiensis 2011; 57(2):94-97.
• The quality of information about influenza on the Romanian Internet. Acta Medica Transilvanica 2011;2(3):312-314.
• Edified or confused? How complete and accurate is the information about vitamin B12 on the Romanian Websites? Revista de Igienă şi Sănătate Publică, Timişoara 2011;61(4):48-56.
• The Credibility, Completeness and Accuracy of Information about First Aid in Case of Choking on the Romanian Websites. JAQM Fall 2011 issue.
• An assessment of the Romanian Internet users' perception of preventive and curative properties of food and dieting, Journal of Medicine and Pharmacy, Tîrgu Mureş, vol 55, 2, 2009.
• Hereditary angioedema patient education and professional web resources, Journal of Medicine and Pharmacy, Tîrgu Mureş, vol 55, Supl. 3, 2009.

As co-author:
• Life style - risk factors during pregnancy in a women group from Mures area. Papers of the Sibiu Alma Mater University International Conference – Sibiu, 26-27 mar. 2009:412-419.
• Bolile rare: o prioritate europeană. Revista Societăţii Române de Alergie şi Imunologie Clinică 2009;6(3):61-68.
• The Romanian Network for Hereditary Angioedema. Four years experience. Revista de Medicină şi Farmacie, Tg.Mures 2009;55(suppl.3):50-56.
• Diet habits in a group of pregnant women from Mures County. Revista de Igienă şi Sănătate Publică, Timişoara 2010;60(4):20-25.
• Breast feeding of the newborns and the obesity risk – Connections on a Mures County study group. Revista de Igienă şi Sănătate Publică, Timişoara 2011;61(4):39-47.

6. Health education activities
• Authored and published 8 books about healthy lifestyle, risk factor modification and prevention of chronic non-communicable diseases.
• Authored over 200 health education articles published in the Life&Health Magazine, 1999-2012.
• Authored and published over 30 brochures on health education topics, prevention of chronic non-communicable diseases, healthy eating, smoking cessation etc.
• Held dozens of lectures, conferences and public seminars on various preventive medicine topics, 1993-2012.
• Translated into Romanian the „Breathe Free plan to stop smoking", 1994.
• Designed and edited audio-visual materials in electronic format (CD, DVD) on chronic non-communicable disease prevention and healthy nutrition, Prisma Publishing House, Tîrgu Mureş, 2000-2011.
• Founder and principal contributor of two health education websites: www.sanatateplus.net, www.sanatateplus.ro, 2005-2012.
• Administrator and contributor to www.haenet.ro, the Romanian Hereditary Angioedema Network's website.

7. Languages
English: reading, speaking, writing (advanced)
Hungarian, reading, speaking (medium)
French: read (medium), spoken (beginner)

8. IT skills and experience
Operating knowledge and advanced skills text editing software (MS Word, Open Office, Adobe PageMaker), DTP (Adobe InDesign, Corel), image processing (Adobe Photoshop), video editing (Adobe Premiere, Adobe EncoreDVD), webdesign (Drupal platform)