Background
Mutafova-Yambolieva, Violeta Nikolova was born on April 18, 1954 in Svishtov, Bulgaria. Daughter of Nikola Anastassov Mutafov and Bogdanka Ivanova Mutafova.
Mutafova-Yambolieva, Violeta Nikolova was born on April 18, 1954 in Svishtov, Bulgaria. Daughter of Nikola Anastassov Mutafov and Bogdanka Ivanova Mutafova.
Doctor of Medicine, Medical Academy, Sofia, Bulgaria, 1978; specialty Pharmacology, Medical Academy, Sofia, Bulgaria, 1985; Doctor of Philosophy, Medical Academy, Sofia, Bulgaria, 1987.
Physician Department Internal Medicine, District Hospital, Svishtov, Bulgaria, 1979-1982; assistant professor pharmacology, Medical Academy, Sofia, 1982-1987; research assistant professor pharmacology, Bulgarian Academy Sciences, Sofia, 1987-1993; Fogarty International fellow School Medicine, U. Nevada, Reno, 1993-1995; research assistant professor physiology and cell biology, U. Nevada, Reno, since 1996.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Bulgarian Pharmacol. Society (Executive Committee, Best Young Pharmacologist award 1988), Society Bulgarian Physicians, New York Academy Sciences.
Married Ilia Angelov Yamboliev, March 24, 1984. Children: Irena, Kalina.