University of Vlora "Ismail Qemali" (UV) is a public higher education institution established in 1994 with the Council of Minister’s decision no. 105 and located in the South of Albania in the city of Vlora. The Accreditation Board of the Quality Assurance Agency of Higher Education, through Decision no.50 accredited and recognized UV with a positive Institutional Accreditation for a period of 5 years until 2025. The mission of UV focuses on a) Contributing to the promotion and dissemination of scientific knowledge through the provision of a wide range of teaching and research disciplines; b) Providing the necessary tools for a successful career for students and academic/administrative staff support; c) Meeting the social cultural and development needs of the country by providing a leading role in the local economy as well as in the cultural development. University of Vlora provides excellent and a wide variety of programs through the four Faculties (Faculty of Humanities, Faculty of Economy, Faculty of Technical and Nature Sciences; and Faculty of public health). UV has defined internalization as one of the important points of its institutional development based on the Strategic Plan’s line of Internationalization, International Strategy of the university and the history of the mobility’s in the framework of Erasmus+.
I have served as Vice Rector of Vlora University for around two terms and currently I'm the Dean of the Faculty of Health. My research focuses mainly on Health Policy, Public Health, Epidemiology and Tobacco Cessation. Since January 2016 he is a research associate at Clinic of Social and Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete. I'm also member of the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Collaborator Network. Prof. Mechili has more than 75 published articles in peer review journals, is (co)author of chapters in different books and has participated and presented scientific research in many international conferences.