User:Zgokem

I am Associate Professor at TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Department of International Entrepreneurship in Ankara, Turkey since 2013 with extensive experience on international and nationally funded research projects working as a coordinator and a researcher in the field of health economics and policy, health and long-term care systems. I teach health ecosystem and innovation, introduction to economics and micro-economics.

I graduated in Economics in 1989 from the Department of Economics, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey. I obtained a M.Sc. in Health Administration from Hacettepe University, Ankara in 1993 and a M.Sc in Health Services Management from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK in 1994. In 2007 I obtained a PhD in Economics from the Department of Economics, University of Marmara, Istanbul, Turkey.

In my previous assignment in Brussels, I worked as a Research Fellow in Centre for European and Policy Studies (CEPS, Belgium) and was responsible for research in health economics, health and long-term care systems. I was the project coordinator of the Assessing Needs of Care in European Nations –ANCIEN (FP7, 2008-2012), contributed to Indicators for evaluating international performance in service sectors –INDICSER (FP7, 2010-2012) projects, and was the lead researcher of Turkey for Health Care Reform: the iMpact on practice, oUtcomes and costs of New roles for health pROfeSsionals –MUNROS (FP7, 2012-2017) project. I involved in the project of Harmonization of the Turkish Health Accounts System with the OECD 2011 System, as a Senior Expert as Health Economist. I completed the research on Innovation in the Health Sector in Turkey; and coordinated the study on Epidemiological and Economic Assessment of Hepatitis C Virus in Sixteen CEE and CIS Countries. I worked as a consultant in health economics and finance in the Social Security Institution during the health sector reforms in Turkey between 2005-2007 and was responsible for planning and execution for transition to the universal health insurance.