On July 11, 2024, the public defense of Lela Serebryakova's dissertation, titled "Value for Money in Public Health Spending in Georgia: A Decade of Progress Towards Universal Health Coverage," was held at Caucasus University. Lela Serebryakova is a student in the English-language doctoral program of economics at the School of Economics.

Her scientific supervisor was Professor Nino Davitaia.

The dissertation board comprised of:

• Erekle Pirveli: Professor, School of Business, Caucasus University
• Vano Benidze: Professor, School of Economics, Caucasus University
• Tengiz Verulava: Professor, School of Business, Caucasus University
• Nino Davitaia: Professor, University of Georgia
• Sofiko Skhirtladze: Guest Lecturer, ISET - International School of Economics at Tbilisi State University

During the defense, Lela Serebryakova presented her work and answered questions from the board. The reviewer, Professor Tengiz Verulava of Caucasus University, presented his evaluation of the dissertation.

According to the assessment of the thesis board, Lela Serebryakova successfully defended her dissertation and was awarded the degree of Doctor of Economics.