Prof. Nuray Şahinler
Prof. Nuray Şahinler
Uşak University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Animal Science
E-mail: nuray.sahinler@usak.edu.tr · Tel: +90 276 221 21 21 · Mobile: +90 552 848 95 85
She graduated from Yüzüncü Yıl University Faculty of Agriculture, Animal Science (1988). She earned her M.Sc. (1992) and Ph.D. (1998) in Animal Science at Çukurova University; her doctoral thesis addressed royal jelly production methods in Caucasian, Muğla and Carniolan honey bee genotypes under Çukurova conditions.
She served as research assistant, assistant professor and associate professor at Harran and Mustafa Kemal Universities; she was Professor at Mustafa Kemal University (2011–2013) and has been Professor at Uşak University Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Sciences, Department of Animal Science since 2013.
She has supervised M.Sc. and Ph.D. theses on beekeeping, propolis, bee genotypes, royal jelly production and beekeeper health, including structural analysis of beekeeping in Erzincan, chemical composition of Marmara and Aegean propolis, and antibacterial effects of bee venom and apilarnil.
Biography and Expertise of Prof. Nuray Şahinler
Ankara University, Faculty of Medicine, Internal Medicine, Pathophysiology Department
Ankara University, Institute of Health Sciences, Interdisciplinary Food, Metabolism and Clinical Nutrition Department, Ankara, Turkey
E-mail: nyazihan@ankara.edu.tr nurayyazihan@yahoo.com
Phone Number : +90-312-5958056, +90-505-4568343
Memberships:
- Turkish Society of Physiological Sciences (TFBD), 2000
- The Physiology Society-UK, 2002
- American Physiological Society, 2005
- Turkish Association of Study of Liver Diseases 2018
- The ECA Validation group (ECA´s Process Validation Good Practice Guide) 2018
- The ECA Pharmaceutical Microbiology Working Group 2018
- European Association of Preventive Cardiology (EAPC) 2018
- European Association of Systems Medicine 2018
- The International Consortium for Personalized Medicine (ICPerMed) -Turkey expert 2018
- Mentor Association 2018
- Well-being Association 2021 (Board Member)
- Board Member of Food Safety and Food Supply Security Council- Presidency of The Republic of Turkey- Council of Science Technology and Innovation Policies 2020
- Sports Health, Nutrition and Performance association (SPORD)-2024 (Founding President and Board Member)
- Clinical Enteral Parenteral Nutrition Association (KEPAN) 2024
SHORT BIOGRAPHY
Prof. Dr. Nuray Yazihan is graduated from Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine (English program). She received his Physiology specialization from Osmangazi University Faculty of Medicine and her PhD in Pathophysiology from the Department of Internal Medicine, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine. She has Associate Professor degrees in Physiology and Internal Medicine-Pathopathology. She got Professor degree in 2004.
Currently Prof. Yazihan is the Head of the Department of Pathophysiology, Internal Medicine Department, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine (2017-), and the Head and founding faculty member of the Department of Interdisciplinary Food Metabolism and Clinical Nutrition, Ankara University Institute of Health Sciences (2017-). She is a member of the Board of Directors of the Ankara University Food Safety Institute.
She conducted research at Heidelberg University Faculty of Medicine (Germany – 2008-2010, with project support from TUBITAK and IntenC at different times) on respiratory physiology and the immune modulation in respiratory diseases, artificial lung modeling, organoid models and hypoxia/inflammation in the lungs. Prof. Dr. Nuray Yazihan worked as the scientific coordinator for the COVID-19 nasal vaccine and was a member of the board of directors of the Turkish Ministry of Health’s TUSEB Vaccine Institute.
She received training in “Mastering Brain Chemistry” at the Walsh Institute in the USA. Prof. Dr. Yazihan holds international masterclass instructor certificates and training in “Medical Simulation” from CB Lyon University, France, and “Medical Informatics” from AAF, Salzburg.
She conducted research on mathematical modelling in complex systems at the Santa Fe Institute (USA-2004). Since 2005, she has participated as project leader and expert in projects for the Turkish Ministry of Health, the United Nations (UNDP), UNICEF, the World Bank, etc., within the scope of her modeling studies. She has numerous national and international publications, books, and reports on “Health Economics and Policies, risk/benefit analyses,” “cancer screening programs,” and “public health and preventive medicine,” and has been involved in the establishment of the “National Cancer Institute” and the drafting of legislative proposals on “Tobacco and its health effects.”
She has served as a member of the TUSSIDE health focus group and the TÜBİTAK Science, Technology and Innovation Policies Board (BTYPK) Food Supply Security Working Group.
She also held positions as the chairperson of the Faculty of Medicine’s Research Strategies Coordination Board, chairperson of the Human Research Ethics Committee, and member of the Clinical Research Ethics Committee.
Her research continues in areas such as “Personalized Medicine and Nutrition”, “Amino Acids and Peptides”, “Integrative and Functional Medicine”, “Nutrition in Exercise and Sports”, “Clinical Nutrition”, “Healthy Living, Well-being”, “Women’s Health and Nutrition”, “Functional Foods”, “ Artificial Digestion Models and Mucosal Immunity” and “Health Policies and Economics”.
Dr. Yazihan has over 200 scientific publications and presentations. She has served as a project leader, researcher, and consultant in numerous scientific projects supported by national and international organizations.
She is a member of the Clinical Research and Projects Scientific Board of the Traditional and Complementary Medicine Institute (TÜGET) of the Turkish Health Institutes Presidency (TÜSEB).