Pioneering health technologies
that heal, learn & scale
A research center working in medical imaging, personalized medicine, data-driven health, and emerging health technologies at Özyeğin University.
A research hub
built for lasting impact
Faculty of Engineering · Istanbul
Research and translation in health technologies
We work on medical imaging, personalized medicine, data-driven health, and emerging technologies, and aim to translate research outcomes into clinical practice.
Four principles that guide our work
- M·01Conduct research in medical imaging, personalized medicine, data‑driven health, and emerging health technologies.
- M·02Translate research outputs into clinical applications and products.
- M·03Train new researchers and contribute to Türkiye's health-technology landscape.
- M·04Establish ÖzU as a research center in health technologies.
Four pillars of health-technology research
Each pillar combines fundamental science with translational work.
Optical imaging
& biomedical applications
Photoacoustic imaging, diffuse optical tomography, ultrafast laser systems, and computational diagnostics.
Personalized
medicine
Patient-specific drug delivery, biomaterials, and wearable monitoring systems.
Data-driven
health
AI-assisted diagnostics, health data analytics, bioinformatics, and computational cancer biology.
Emerging
technologies
Rehabilitation and surgical robotics, digital-twin modeling of patients and clinical pathways, neuro-technology, and health ethics.
Researchers advancing the frontier
A cross-disciplinary group working across optics, computation, materials, and clinical translation.
Partners & collaborators
We collaborate with domestic agencies, international research groups, and grant programs.
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, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
International
grants & programs
- Horizon Europe Health Cluster
- ERC Individual & Synergy Grants
- NIH & NSF Partnered Projects
- MedTech Industry R&D Partnerships
Ongoing & funded projects
A selection of active research projects led by our faculty, supported by national and international programs. Where a public record exists, the project links to it.
Join ÖzU HealthTech
We welcome motivated students at the undergraduate, master's, and PhD levels who are passionate about contributing to health technology research.
Undergraduate Research Program
Research internships, project participation opportunities, and mentorship programs designed for university students.
Undergraduate Research Program ↗Master's Programs
Thesis-based master's applications in biomedical engineering, data science, and health technologies.
Graduate School ↗Doctoral Programs
Apply to our funded PhD programs to participate in pioneering research projects and shape your academic career.
Graduate School ↗Open positions
News & events
Laser-driven motion of metallic Janus microparticles
Natali Çizmeciyan and Parviz Elahi reported temperature-driven motion of metallic Janus microparticles under nanosecond pulsed-laser exposure, in the Journal of Physics: Photonics.
Read the paper →TÜBİTAK 3501 grant for microfluidic fluorescence modeling
Barış Demirbay leads a TÜBİTAK 3501 project (124F110) on numerical modeling of dark and transient electronic-state transitions of fluorophores via microfluidic fluorescence spectroscopy.
More →Two faculty appointed to CA24111 COST Action working groups
Asst. Profs. Parviz Elahi and Suzan Tireki joined ENFiber — a European COST Action transforming food-processing waste into sustainable fibers, aligned with the EU Green Deal and circular economy.
Read more →GHz-rate micro-LIBS at nanojoule pulse energy
Parviz Elahi and colleagues reported micro-laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy using GHz repetition-rate pulses at nJ pulse energy, in the Journal of Physics: Photonics.
Read the paper →AI paradigms for next-generation MOF research
İlknur Eruçar co-authored a perspective on artificial-intelligence paradigms for next-generation metal–organic-framework research in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.
Read the paper →Sensing with laser-trapped fluorescent nanodiamonds
Fatemeh Kalantarifard co-authored work on near-infrared laser-trapped fluorescent nanodiamonds for sensing, published in Diamond & Related Materials.
Read the paper →TETRA COST Action — recognizing cancer with metamaterials
Fatemeh Kalantarifard takes part in TETRA (CA23125), a European COST Action developing a metamaterial-formalism approach to recognize cancer.
Read more →ENRICH COST Action — radiation-detection research network
Fatemeh Kalantarifard joined ENRICH (CA24131), a European COST Action building a network for radiation-detection-based research and innovation addressing societal challenges.
Read more →U.S. patent granted for rapid pathogen detection
Sueda Saylan and co-inventors were granted U.S. Patent 12,582,992 for methods and devices that enable rapid detection of COVID-19 and other pathogens.
View patent →NACK — a neck-assistive cervical kit
Polat Şendur and colleagues published the design, development and functional evaluation of NACK, a neck-assistive cervical kit, in the ASME Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics.
Read the paper →Health properties of quince and persimmon vinegars
Suzan Tireki co-authored a research article on phenolic and bioactivity properties of quince and persimmon vinegars published in European Food Research and Technology.
Read the paper →Anti-diabetic and antioxidant properties of Vitex Agnus-Castus vinegar
Suzan Tireki co-authored a research article on phenolic contents, antioxidant capacity and enzyme inhibition activity of Vitex Agnus-Castus vinegar and it has been accepted for publication in Chemistry & Biodiversity.
More →Spherification physics in Physics of Fluids
Suzan Tireki published a study on basic spherification as a culinary gelation process — estimating diffusion coefficients and the appearance quality of beverage pearls.
Read the paper →Invited Collaborative Researcher at Hokkaido University
M. Burçin Ünlü was appointed Invited Collaborative Researcher at the Global Center for Biomedical Science and Engineering (GCB), Faculty of Medicine, Hokkaido University, for 2026–2027.
Visit GCB →Electromagnetic levitation of single cells (Electro-LEV)
Naside Gözde Durmuş's group at Stanford — with center researcher M. Burçin Ünlü among the co-authors — introduced Electro-LEV, combining electromagnetic and magnetic levitation for dynamic 3-D control and label-free sorting of single cells, in PNAS.
Read the paper →Deep-learning magnetic-levitation device for high-throughput sorting
A Stanford team led by Naside Gözde Durmuş, with co-author M. Burçin Ünlü, reported a 3D-printed magnetic-levitation device with deep-learning-assisted particle tracking for high-throughput sorting.
Read the preprint →Femtosecond-laser microfabrication of glass microfluidics
Seydi Yavaş and colleagues submitted work on single-platform femtosecond-laser microfabrication of multilayer glass microfluidic chips to Optics Express.
More →Best Poster Award at the APS Global Physics Summit
Defne Yılmaz received the Division of Biological Physics Best Poster Award at the 2026 APS Global Physics Summit for her tumor drug-transport modeling.
More →Let's work together in health technology
Researchers, clinicians, industry partners, and funders are welcome to reach out for collaboration.