Diana Dulf, MSc, PhD
Assistant Professor
Biography
Dr. Dulf is an Assistant Professor within the Department of Public Health, Babes-Bolyai University, Romania, coordinating the work on injury and violence prevention in the department. She has coordinated several pilot grants funded under the NIH trauma training grant (3D43TW00062) and built a strong Romanian research team and sustainable research activities in trauma and injury prevention in Romania.
Dr. Dulf’s PhD work was on road traffic safety, with a focus on children as vulnerable populations, and set groundwork for a multi-sectorial approach to increase child passenger safety in Cluj-Napoca, funded by the Fondation Botnar. One of the major results was the development of the Child Car Safety App. Currently, Dr. Dulf is leading the research work on the Safe Journeys to School in Cluj-Napoca project, funded by FIA Foundation.
Dr. Dulf works in the field of gender-based violence prevention and is focusing on how to better identify and refer survivors of GBV to different specialized support systems, from health care to police. With the role of national coordinator of the TACTICS Project, implemented across 7 different European regions, she collaborates for improving police authorities’ responses and follow-up procedures regarding victims and perpetrators of domestic violence.
Research Interests
Publications
- Dulf, D., Coman, M., Marga, P.M. et al. Assessment of quality of life after traumatic brain injury in adults from Armenia, Georgia, and Moldova using EQ-5D-5L. Sci Rep 15, 41994 (2025).
- 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.
- Ciobanu, E., Cheptea, D., Cociu, S., Marga, P. M., Cebanu, S., Dulf, D., & Peek-Asa, C. (2025). Workplace violence against healthcare workers in the Republic of Moldova during COVID-19 pandemic. Frontiers in Public Health, 13.
- Dulf D, Peek-Asa C, Jurchiș F, Bărăgan EA. Safety seat and seat belt use among child motor vehicle occupants, Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Inj Prev. 2020 Feb;26(1):18-23.
Current Projects
- iCREATE - Increasing Capacity for Injury Research in Eastern Europe (NIH 2D43TW007261), 2022-2027; Role: Principal Investigator UBB
- TACTICS - Improving the response and follow-up of victims and perpetrators of domestic violence by police authorities, 2023-2026; Role: Project Director UBB
- Safe Journeys to School (FIA Foundation), 2024-2026; Role: Research Lead
Courses
- Grant Writing - BA - English
- BA Capstone - BA - English
- Violence and Injury Prevention - BA - English
- Health Impact Assessment - MPH - Romanian & English
- Global Road Traffic Safety and Mobility - MPH - English