Marius Ungureanu, MD, PhD, MHA
Associate Professor & Department Chair
Dr. Marius UNGUREANU is a medical doctor with extensive training in healthcare management and policy, and a background in health workforce, health systems & public health research. He is an Associate Professor, currently serving as Chair of the Department of Public Health, and Founding President & Distinguished Fellow for Strategy and Policy of the Center for Health Workforce Research and Policy, both within the School of Political, Administrative and Communication Sciences at Babeș-Bolyai University (BBU) in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. He has served in Government in various capacities, including as Advisor to the Health Minister, Chief of Staff to the Health Minister, and Deputy Health Minister, in the Romanian Ministry of Health. His main areas of expertise are: human resources for health research, policy, and development; leadership & healthcare reform; quality management in healthcare; health services research; primary and community health care; research design; research management. Dr. Ungureanu is member of the board of the European Health Management Association (EHMA), member of European Public Health Association’s (EUPHA) Governing Board, representing BBU’s Department of Public Health, and President of EUPHA’s Health and Care Workforce Section. Dr. Ungureanu is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of International Health.
Research Interests
Chronic Disease ManagementGlobal HealthHealth LiteracyHealth PolicyHealthcare LeadershipHealthcare ManagementHospital AdministrationResearch Capacity BuildingRural HealthChild HealthHealth SystemsHuman Resources for HealthPrimary CareHealth Service Delivery
Selected Publications
Ciotlăuș S, Ungureanu MI, Oprescu F. Adverse working conditions in Romanian out-of-hours primary care (OOH-PC): an interview study. Human Resources for Health. 2025 Jul 29;23:37.
Kuhlmann E, Falkenbach M, Correia T, Humphries N, Hutchinson E, Rees GH, Ungureanu MI, Zapata T, Lohmann J. Global health and care worker migration requires a global response. Health policy (Amsterdam, Netherlands).;155:105305.
Kuhlmann E, Czabanowska K, Brînzac MG, de León EA, Falkenbach M, Ungureanu MI, Wismar M, Zapata T, Correia T. New WHO Priorities in the European Region and Health Workforce Competencies: A Rapid Assessment of Capacities and Gaps in Public Health Competencies Frameworks. The International Journal of Health Planning and Management. 2025 Apr 10.
Sriharan A, Kuhlmann E, Correia T, Tahzib F, Czabanowska K, Ungureanu MI, Kumar BN. Artificial intelligence in healthcare: balancing technological innovation with health and care workforce priorities. The International Journal of Health Planning and Management. 2025 Mar 12.
Kuhlmann E, Falkenbach M, Brînzac MG, Correia T, Panagioti M, Rechel B, Sagan A, Santric-Milicevic M, Ungureanu MI, Wallenburg I, Burau V. Tackling the primary healthcare workforce crisis: time to talk about health systems and governance—a comparative assessment of nine countries in the WHO European region. Human resources for health. 2024 Dec 31;22(1):83.