Assoc. Prof. NİMETCAN MEHMET ORHUN

Nimetcan Mehmet Orhun completed his PhD in Community Health through a collaborative program involving the Community Health Department at the Faculty of Medicine of National University Malaysia (UKM) and the United Nations University, International Institute for Global Health (UNU-IIGH).

His professional journey includes significant roles such as a research assistant at UNU-IIGH from September 2009 to April 2013, and a post-doctoral position there from 2013 to 2015. Later, he served as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Health Management, Faculty of Health Sciences of Necmettin Erbakan University from July 2015 to April 2017. Subsequently, he joined Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University as an Assistant Professor in the Public Health Department, Faculty of Medicine, from April 2017 to November 2022.

In November 2022, Dr. Orhun was promoted to the position of Associate Professor of Public Health by the Turkish Higher Education Council and has continued his tenure at Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University since then. Throughout his career, he has authored over 60 scientific papers in peer-reviewed international journals, contributed to several books and book chapters, and actively participated in numerous international and national projects.

Dr. Orhun's primary research interests encompass public health, health policy, health economics, health equity, and primary healthcare services.