I’m Dr. Kostadin Kostadinov, a medical doctor, Chief Assistant Professor and researcher in the Department of Social Medicine and Public Health at the Medical University of Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
I hold an MD and PhD, as well as an MPH from MU–Plovdiv. I also completed an MSc in Economics and Finance and a Master’s in Impact Assessment and Policy Appraisal from Sofia University, and a Master’s in Statistical Business Consulting from the D. A. Tsenov Academy of Economics in Svishtov. I am currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Law at Burgas Free University.
Alongside my academic work, I am training as a resident physician in Infectious Disease Epidemiology at MU–Plovdiv and serve as an Associate Editor of the Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR).
I am the founder of the Social Epidemiology Lab, a private research company dedicated to advancing evidence-based approaches in social medicine, public health, and health policy.
My academic and professional interests focus on data science, epidemiology, policy evaluation, and health services research.
This website serves as a space to share my research projects, my R packages (like kkstatfun), teaching materials, 15-minute learning materials, learning tasks, and reflections on public health and social epidemiology. All learning and task materials are developed in collaboration with my colleagues, although I bear full responsibility for any errors or omissions.
All opinions expressed here are my own and do not necessarily represent the views of any affiliated institution or organization.
Research in epidemiology, health economics, and policy evaluation — published in peer-reviewed journals with reproducible code and open data.
Lecture slides, handouts, 15-minute guides, and interactive notebooks for public health students.
An R toolkit for medical statistics — from 2×2 tables to causal inference, survival, and HTA.
Social Epi Lab
Independent analytics for universities, clinicians, NGOs, and public institutions.
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