My Academic Writing Setup: Why Writing Has Already Changed
Academic writing is not about to change — it changed while we were arguing about whether it would. Here is how I organise projects, references, analyses and tools now that…
Jul 20, 2026
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.
What I do
Research
Research in epidemiology, health economics, and policy evaluation — published in peer-reviewed journals with reproducible code and open data.
Teaching
Lecture slides, handouts, 15-minute guides, and interactive notebooks for public health students.
kkstatfun
An R toolkit for medical statistics — from 2×2 tables to causal inference, survival, and HTA.
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