The University of Georgia

Marina Darakhvelidze
Head of Pharmacological Department
Invited Lecturer
Master
Department of Pharmacy
School of Health Sciences

Education

Tbilisi State Medical University - Faculty of Medicine - - 1988-09-01 - 1994-06-23

Ilia Chavchavadze Tbilisi University - Humanitarian science, Pedagogical - Master - 2002-01-01 - 15/062007

Ilia Chavchavadze Tbilisi University - Law,Bus.,Soc., Hum., pedag. Science and Comp technologies - Master - 2006-05-01 - 2008-06-14

Ilia State University - Faculty of Natural Sciences and Medicine - Doctor - 2021-01-05 -

Publications

Civil law (Law of Obligations) is a methodological material for the examination of knowledge - 2008

Georgian politics - 2015

Real-world effectiveness of sofosbuvir and ledipasvir/sofosbuvir based regimens in hepatitis C virus genotype 3 infection within national hepatitis C elimination program in the country of Georgia - 2017

Antimicrobial Medicines Consumption in Eastern Europe and Central Asia – An Updated Cross-National Study and Assessment of Quantitative Metrics for Policy Action - 2019

Overview of the legal and regulatory framework for community pharmacies in Europe - 2019

Reducing the academic burden for students by improving th clinical skills teaching within peer-to-peer mentorship in preclinical environment - 2022

Conferences

Improving Quality of Health Services - 27-04-2014

Expanding Beyond The Numbers Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Case Reviews Inter-country Workshop for South Eastern Europe - 28-09-2014

National Seminar on Antimicrobial Resistance - 10-10-2014

The Barcelona Course on Health Financing Special Theme: Universal Coverage - 14-03-2015

31-th Patient Classification Systems International (PCSI) Conference - 13-10-2015

Training course – Flagship Course on Health System Strengthening, Focus on Non Communicable Diseases - 08-05-2016

Sustainable Immunization Financing (SIF) - 16-07-2016

International summer school on human rights and mental health - 20-08-2016

UK Health System:PHC and Public Helath - 04-12-2017

Quality of care: Improving effectiveness, safety and responsiveness - 22-07-2018

Implementation of the National Program for Medical Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control - 24-09-2018

Global Conference on Primary Health Care-Astana Declaration - 25-10-2018

Annual meeting of AMC focal points. Antimicrobial drug use, antimicrobial resistance, role of primary care and existing challenges in antimicrobial preparations - 26-05-2019

2020 EUA Webinar Series on Academic Career Assessment in the Transition to Open Science - 18-05-2020

Advocating for the Voice of Nurses in Armenia, Georgia, and Ukraine, February - 01-02-2021

,Health and wellbeing of the Society" - 28-04-2021

“Application of Modern Teaching Methods in Healthcare Programs – Flipped Classroom” - 27-11-2021

,,FDA medical devicepost-marketing suvillance data - What you know and What you don't know?" - 08-02-2022

COVID - 19 Prevention, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation - 04-05-2022

Increasing the effectiveness of teaching using modern learning technologies - 24-05-2022

COVID-19 National and International Experience in Health Sector Response - 04-06-2022

International conference on medication safety - 21-07-2022

Staff Mobility For Teaching - 29-05-2023

Courses

Bioethics and medical law-NRSI4140E ( 2023/2024; 2024/2025; 2025/2026; )

Bioethics in Pharmacy-PHAG4140 ( 2022/2023; 2023/2024; 2024/2025; )

Bioethics in Pharmacy-PHAG4141 ( 2024/2025; 2025/2026; )

Fundamentals of Bioethics and Medical law-HELM232150E ( 2023/2024; 2024/2025; 2025/2026; )

Fundamentals of Bioethics and Medical law-MD2150E ( 2021/2022; 2022/2023; )

Internship in Healthcare Administration-HELM4200 ( 2021/2022; 2022/2023; 2023/2024; 2024/2025; 2025/2026; )

Teaching and Learning in Pharmacy-PHAG4250 ( 2022/2023; 2023/2024; )

Teaching and Learning in Pharmacy-PHAG4251 ( 2025/2026; )

Pharmaceutical Information and Professional Communication-PHAR3151 ( 2021/2022; 2022/2023; 2023/2024; 2024/2025; 2025/2026; )

Fundamentals of Pharmacy Management-PHAG4280 ( 2020/2021; 2021/2022; 2022/2023; 2023/2024; )

Management of Health Services and Systems-HELM5230 ( 2021/2022; )

Schedule

Bioethics and medical law-NRSI4140E

Bioethics in Pharmacy-PHAG4141

Fundamentals of Bioethics and Medical law-HELM232150E

Internship in Healthcare Administration-HELM4200

Teaching and Learning in Pharmacy-PHAG4251

Pharmaceutical Information and Professional Communication-PHAR3151

Marina Darakhvelidze graduated from Tbilisi State Medical University Faculty of Medicine ინ 1994. Worked as a doctor (O&G) in the maternity ward for more than 10 years. After that she worked at the Ministry of Labor, Health, and Social Affairs for 8 years in the LEPL State Regulatory Agency for Medical Activities (which is a control body in the health care system) in various positions, and for 6 years - as the Head of the Health Care Department, which was the leading policy unit in the field of health care. The state regulatory agency for medical activity is the controlling body of the healthcare system. Accordingly, her duties in various positions in the direction of the quality of medical services included supervision and external assessment of the extent to which the requirements of existing regulations are complied with requirements for licenses, permits for medical and pharmaceutical establishments, quality of service, patient rights, etc., as well as ensuring the continuity of services of state programs by medical institutions. Healthcare Department at the Ministry was a leading policy unit in the field of health and her main responsibilities were (1) the development of state healthcare programs (all core requirements, related to purchasing medical services and pharmaceuticals in the frame of state programs) and supervision of their implementation by the agencies under the umbrella of the Ministry; (2)the development all regulations (bylaws) and often - projects of laws for further submission to Georgian Parliament in the field of medical and pharmaceutical activities (requirements of license, permissions of medical and pharmaceutical institutions, certification/accreditation of medical human resources, public health regulations and so on); (3) elaboration with appropriate stakeholders policy papers (analytical reviews, strategies, action plans, accounts of their implementation and so on, ); (4) infrastructural issues in the field of health. She also has a master's degree in civil law and is a Ph.D. student in public health program at Ilia State University. Now she is the Head of the Pharmacy Department at the School of Health Sciences, University of Georgia, and invited lecturer at the faculties of Pharmacy, Medicine, and Healthcare Administration. She lectures in bioethics and medical law, bioethics in pharmacy, foundations of pharmacy management, and directs a practical course in healthcare administration.