Talk:Natalia Trayanova

Performing factual updates to the page on Natalia Trayanova

Hi, I am a longtime friend, former grad student, and current employee of the subject of this page. I have been tasked with updating it to reflect new publications, awards, etc and will be attempting to do so in a neutral and factual way. Some of the information is outdated and other information simply needs to be added. I was notified I should post a disclosure on my user page at User:Brocktice and have done so.

I am reworking the article at User:Brocktice/sandbox/NataliaTrayanova and will seek some kind of approval before moving further edits here. Brocktice (talk) 14:26, 28 December 2025 (UTC)

I have created a heavily revamped version of this page here: User:Brocktice/sandbox/NataliaTrayanova, I propose the contents be used to replace the current page. Brocktice (talk) 16:52, 17 February 2026 (UTC)

For COI edits, it usually works much better to explain what specifically you think should be changed or added and why than to write a new version. This proposal illustrates why. It incorporates vacuous and promotional text like "She is an inventor on tens of patents and patent applications filed worldwide", makes claims for the significance of the subject's research based only on the research publications themselves and on employer press releases rather than independent secondary sources, and mixes up significant recognition (the many society fellowships) with minor trivia (the JHU Hop Quiz and delivering a Ted Talk). I do not think it is in a usable state. —David Eppstein (talk) 01:46, 11 March 2026 (UTC)

I agree, and I am declining this request. Please make a new request that focuses on specific changes or additions, rather than a complete rewrite. Fiske (talk) 21:46, 17 March 2026 (UTC)

The original article is in terrible shape. It contains irrelevant and outdated information. Would you consider proposing some specific changes to the rewritten article? The new one is thoroughly fact checked and all links include archive links as well where appropriate.Brocktice (talk) 16:15, 24 March 2026 (UTC)

Given the lack of response on this, I will post each proposed edit individually. Brocktice (talk) 16:49, 7 April 2026 (UTC)

Infobox update

Per my COI disclosure above, I am a longtime friend, former grad student, and current employee of the subject. Following the guidance to propose specific changes rather than a full rewrite, I am submitting a series of focused edit requests.

Current infobox fields:

| alma_mater = [[Bulgarian Academy of Sciences]] <br>
[[Sofia University]]
| awards =

Proposed replacement:

| alma_mater = [[Sofia University]] (MS, 1982) <br>
[[Bulgarian Academy of Sciences]] (PhD, 1986)
| awards = [[NIH Director's Pioneer Award]] (2013) <br>
[[Heart Rhythm Society]] Distinguished Scientist Award (2019)

Rationale: The alma mater field currently lists institutions without degrees or dates; adding these is standard for scientist infoboxes and the information is already cited in the article body. The awards field is currently blank despite two major awards (NIH Pioneer Award, HRS Distinguished Scientist) already being discussed and sourced in the article text. No new sources needed — this just surfaces existing cited content into the infobox. Brocktice (talk) 16:53, 7 April 2026 (UTC)

Lead section

Per my COI disclosure above.

Current text:

Natalia Trayanova is a Bulgarian physicist who is a professor of Biomedical Engineering in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and a Professor of Medicine in the School of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University. She directs the Alliance for Cardiovascular Diagnostic and Treatment Innovation

Proposed replacement:

Natalia Trayanova is a Bulgarian-American physicist and biomedical engineer who holds the Murray B. Sachs Professorship in Biomedical Engineering and is a Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University. She co-directs the Alliance for Cardiovascular Diagnostic and Treatment Innovation (ADVANCE).

Rationale:

• Trayanova has held the Murray B. Sachs Endowed Chair since 2012, which is already mentioned later in the article body (sourced to the Hopkins Medicine profile). Named professorships are standard to include in the lead for academic biographies per WP:ACADEMIC.
• "Bulgarian-American" reflects that she has lived and worked in the United States since 1986 — nearly 40 years. This is standard for dual-nationality scientists on Wikipedia.
• "biomedical engineer" is added as an accurate descriptor of her field.
• "co-directs" corrects "directs" — ADVANCE is co-directed, per the existing Hub source.
• "(ADVANCE)" adds the commonly used acronym.
• The current lead has a missing period at the end and a space before the ref tag — this also fixes those minor formatting issues.
• The BME faculty citation is also updated with the current page title, website name, and access date.

No evaluative or promotional claims are added. Brocktice (talk) 17:41, 7 April 2026 (UTC)