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Name Zeynep Güldem Ökem School (Cohort) TOBB University of Economics and Technology (2021 cohort) Majoring in International Entrepreneurship Country Turkey Email Special:EmailUser/Zgokem

Bio

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. I also worked as a national expert for the WHO, research assistant at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, ca health economist in developing the NICE Clinical Guidelines as health economist in London, lecturer in Baskent University, and research assistant in Hacettepe University in Ankara.

Achievements

UIF Faculty Champion

Social media profiles

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