Octavian Buda

Octavian Buda is a Professor in the History of Medicine at Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy Bucharest, Romania, since 2009. He also serves as a Senior Forensic Psychiatrist at the National Institute of Legal Medicine ‘Mina Minovici’ since 2005.

• Education: MD (1992), MA in Philosophy (1997), PhD in Medical Sciences (2001)

His research spans intellectual history, bioethics, forensic psychiatry, and the social history of medicine, with a focus on epidemics and medical humanities. He has held leadership roles in international academic societies, including Past-President of the European Association for the History of Medicine and Health (EAHMH).

• 1996 Young Investigator Awardee (IAFS)
• 2000 Posterprize Winner (DGRM)
• 2011 & 2014 ISHM Prize Winner
• 2017–2019: Academic society memberships and book prizes

Buda has contributed to editorial boards of prominent journals like Medical History and Rechtsmedizin. His affiliations include the Society for the Social History of Medicine (SSHM), International Society for the History of Medicine (ISHM), and the New York Academy of Sciences (NYAS).