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Özyeğin University

Pioneering Health Technologies

Advancing medical imaging, personalized medicine, data-driven health, and emerging technologies to transform healthcare and improve lives globally.

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Vision

To become Türkiye's internationally recognized research center in health technologies — pioneering medical imaging, personalized medicine, data-driven health, and emerging health technologies to improve human lives.

Mission

  • Deliver world-class scientific contributions in medical imaging & diagnostics, personalized medicine, data-driven health, and emerging health technologies
  • Translate research outputs into clinical applications and commercialization
  • Train the next generation of researchers and strengthen Türkiye's health technology ecosystem
  • Position ÖzÜ as a strategic research hub in health technologies
Why This Center

Why ÖzÜ HealthTech

Global Health-Tech Market

  • Global medtech market ~$600B
  • Digital health growing 15%+ annually
  • Healthcare AI projected ~$187B by 2030
  • Surgical & rehabilitation robotics expanding

Türkiye's Opportunity

  • Health-Tech Strategy 2030 targets
  • 85%+ import dependency in health tech
  • Domestic R&D is strategic priority
  • TÜBİTAK & TÜSEB priority areas

ÖzÜ's Strategic Advantage

  • Strong research infrastructure
  • Dedicated faculty & full-time researchers
  • Collaborations with Stanford & Harvard
  • Foundation university agility
Four Pillars

Four Pillars of Health Technology Research

01

Medical Imaging & Diagnostics

Biomedical Optics, Laser Technologies, Biomedical Devices

Photoacoustic imaging, diffuse optical tomography, ultrafast laser systems, computational diagnostics.

02

Personalized Medicine

Biomaterials, Computational Drug Delivery, Wearable Sensors

Patient-specific drug delivery, biomaterial design, wearable health monitoring.

03

Data-driven Health

Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, Health Informatics

AI-powered diagnostics, health data analytics, bioinformatics, computational cancer biology.

04

Emerging & Disruptive Health Technologies

Robotics, Digital Twins, Health Ethics, Brain Research, Disease Models

Rehabilitation robotics, surgical robotics, digital twin modeling, neuro-technology.

Research Team

Our Team

Dedicated researchers advancing health technologies

NÇ
Natali Çizmeciyan
Ultrafast laser systems and optical characterization for biomedical applications
BD
Barış Demirbay
Area: Computational Drug Delivery | Recent: Microfluidic-based fluorescence detection of heavy atom effects; TRAST spectroscopy for cancer cell detection
PE
Parviz Elahi
Area: Biomedical Optics & Lasers | Recent: High-power 120fs pulses at 1.23 GHz from single-mode Er/Yb-doped fiber MOPA
İE
İlknur Eruçar
Area: Computational Drug Delivery | Recent: Co-adsorption of anticancer drugs in MOF-74 series; comprehensive biomedical MOF applications review
FK
Fatemeh Kalantarifard
Optical tweezer technologies and biophotonic instrumentation
SS
Sueda Saylan
Area: Biomedical Optics & Lasers | Recent: Cu/HfO₂-based memristive devices for gamma-ray detection; deep-learning COVID-19 detection
ST
Suzan Tireki
Area: Food Technology & Functional Foods | Focus: Bioactive compounds, microwave processing, product development, shelf-life investigation
BÜ
M. Burçin Ünlü
Area: Intelligent Medical Imaging | Recent: Diffusion-model-accelerated photoacoustic microscopy for 5x faster brain microvasculature imaging
SY
Seydi Yavaş
Photoacoustic imaging systems and biomedical signal processing
DY
Defne Yılmaz
Computational cancer biology and tumor modeling
Collaborations

Partners & Networks

Collaborating with leading organizations to translate research into impact

Domestic Funding & Agencies

  • TÜBİTAK Projects
  • TÜSEB Health Research Programs
  • University-Industry Collaboration (ÜSİ)
  • Technology Transfer Office

International Research Networks

  • Stanford University
  • Harvard Medical School
  • Hokkaido University
  • Tufts, Carnegie Mellon, UC Irvine

International Grants & Programs

  • Horizon Europe Health Cluster
  • ERC Individual & Synergy Grants
  • NIH & NSF Partnered Projects
  • MedTech Industry R&D Partnerships
Updates

News & Events

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Recent Research Breakthrough

Exciting developments in our medical imaging research. More details will be shared soon.

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Upcoming Industry Partnership

New collaboration announcement with leading health technology organization.

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International Conference Participation

Our team will present latest research at major international health technology conference.

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