Mădălina Coman, PhD
Assistant Professor
Biography
Mădălina Coman is an Assistant Professor within the Department of Public Health at Babeș-Bolyai University. With a PhD in Administrative Sciences and Public Policy, focused on health and food literacy in policy and practice, a master’s degree in Health Psychology, a bachelor’s degree in Psychology, and a bachelor’s degree in Public Health, she combines her training in psychology and public health by focusing her teaching activities and work on topics related to behavioral sciences, community mental health, health promotion, and social determinants of health.
In addition to her academic career, Dr. Coman is also active in research, with experience in areas such as population-level health literacy, health promotion through programs and public health policies, and capacity building in the field of public health, with a particular emphasis on violence and injury prevention. Dr. Coman was involved in over 20 projects working in teams at national and international level to improve public health in Romania.
Dr Coman’s main research interest focuses on helping people achieve literacy skills and, through them, better health. She aims to use her research knowledge to improve the status of health literacy in Romania and find the right words for better health.
Research Interests
Publications
- Coman, M. A., Marcu, A., Chereches, R. M., Leppälä, J., & Van den Broucke, S. (2020). Educational interventions to improve safety and health literacy among agricultural workers: a systematic review. International journal of environmental research and public health, 17(3), 1114.
- Coman, M. A., Forray, A. I., Van den Broucke, S., & Chereches, R. M. (2022). Measuring health literacy in Romania: validation of the HLS-EU-Q16 survey questionnaire. International Journal of Public Health, 67, 1604272.
- Glodici, E. A., Brînzac, M. G., Rusu, A., Cherecheș, R. M., Ungureanu, M. I., & Coman, M. A. (2024). Digital Health Literacy Predictors and COVID-19 Online Information-Seeking Behaviors Among University Students from Romania. SAGE Open, 14(4).
- Coman, M. A., Dulf, D., Marga, P. M., et al. (2025). Assessing Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury and Health-Related Quality of Life in Three Eastern European Countries. Journal of Pediatric Health Care.
Current Projects
- ENACT - Streamlining health and cancer literacy in policies and actions aimed at reducing cancer-related inequities in Romania, 2022-2023; Role: Principal investigator
- iCREATE - Increasing Capacity for Injury Research in Eastern Europe (NIH 2D43TW007261), 2022-2027; Role: Co-PI UBB/Researcher
- BRITE-EU - Boosting R&I Talent Interoperability and employability in Europe, 2026-2029; Role: Researcher/WP3 leader
Courses
- Introduction to Public Health - BA - English
- Mental Health - BA - English and Romanian
- Behavioral change theories and models - MPH - English
- Dissertation Preparation - MPH - English