Patricia Marga, PhD(c)
Research Assistant
Biography
Patricia Marga is a Research Assistant and PhD candidate at the Department of Public Health, Babeș-Bolyai University, where she contributes to national and international projects in injury prevention, mobility safety and maternal and child health. Her expertise covers quantitative and qualitative research methods, data analysis using SPSS and R, injury surveillance systems, and the design and implementation of community-engaged research.
She is actively involved in the NIH-funded iCREATE program, supporting multi-country efforts across Eastern Europe to strengthen injury research capacity and develop standardized trauma and TBI data systems. Patricia also leads components of citizen-science and mobility-safety projects in Cluj-Napoca, integrating participatory mapping, infrastructure assessment, and geospatial analysis.
In 2025, she was selected as an Obermann International Fellow at the University of Iowa, where she trained in virtual-environment experimental methods for pedestrian and bicyclist safety research, collaborating with interdisciplinary teams at the Hank Virtual Environments Lab.
Her work further includes research on workplace violence in healthcare, traumatic brain injury and breastfeeding experiences.
Research Interests
Publications
- Dulf, D., Coman, M. A., Marga, P. M., et al. (2025). Assessment of quality of life after traumatic brain injury in adults from Armenia, Georgia, and Moldova using EQ-5D-5L. Scientific Reports, 15, Article 41994.
- 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., et al. (2025). Workplace violence against healthcare workers in the Republic of Moldova during COVID-19 pandemic. Frontiers in Public Health, 13.
Current Projects
- Cluj-Napoca, on two wheels - Participatory research, 2025-current; Role: Coordinator
- CUBEBE2 - Impact Evaluation Study of the Baby Box Program Phase II, 2025; Role: Research Assistant
- iCREATE - Increasing Capacity for Injury Research in Eastern Europe (NIH 2D43TW007261), 2022-2027; Role: Research assistant
Courses
- Grant Writing and Implementation - BA - English
- BA Capstone - BA - English
- Violence and Injury Prevention - BA - Romanian