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Dr. Berrak Varhan will give the "TÜBİTAK 1507 Ar-GE Başlangıç Destek Programı" training at the Topkapı Campus Lounge Meeting Hall on Wednesday, July 30, 2025, at 1:30 PM. All academics are invited.

On Thursday, July 24, 2025, at 9:30 a.m., Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gül Deniz Yılmaz Yelvar will give a "TÜBİTAK ARDEB 1002 Support Module Training and Workshop" in the Topkapı Campus, Classroom TK205. All academics are invited.

The 2024–2025 academic year graduation ceremony of İstinye University Faculty of Health Sciences was held with great enthusiasm and pride. The graduating students celebrated their achievement together with their families, faculty members, and the university administration.

Within the scope of the "TÜBİTAK ARDEB 1001 Project Writing Training," the writing process, key points to consider, committee evaluations, and project procedures were thoroughly discussed.

We thank Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gül Deniz Yılmaz Yelvar and all participating academics for their valuable contributions.

As İstinye University Nursing Department, we were very pleased to host esteemed healthcare professionals from Acıbadem Hospital at our faculty. We held an inspiring meeting with our 4th-year students focusing on professional development and career planning. We thank the Acıbadem family for their valuable contributions.

At the symposium held in collaboration between İstinye University Midwifery Department and Liv Hospital, multifaceted approaches to pain, mind-body harmony, and psychosocial support during the childbirth process were thoroughly discussed.

We congratulate the students from our faculty who participated in the "Leader Student Program" within our university and successfully completed the program, earning their certificates.

Within the scope of the TÜBİTAK 4008 Inclusive Community Practices Program for Individuals with Special Needs, the project titled “Paralympic Athlete Festival: Learn, Raise Awareness, Discover Your Talent, Play with Athletes,” led by Dr. Mirsad Alkan from the Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, has been awarded support. We congratulate our faculty member on this achievement.

Our faculty members from the Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation — Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gül Deniz Yılmaz Yelvar, Dr. Lecturer Çiçek Günday, Dr. Lecturer Kübra Kardeş, Lecturer Dr. Yunus Emre Tütüneken, Research Assistant Burcu Işıkcı, and Research Assistant Beyza Tanrıöğen — represented our university and department with their poster presentations at the 14th Congress of the European Pain Federation EFIC. We congratulate them on their achievements.

The projects titled "Automatic Oxygen Flow Control Saturation Monitor and Software" and "Weight Sensor Smart Medicine Box for Alzheimer’s and Dementia Patients," conducted within İstinye University and led by Dr. Gizem Yağmur Yalçın, faculty member of the English Nursing Department, have been awarded support under the TÜSEB 2025 Group A Emergency R&D Project Support Program (for Academics). We congratulate our faculty member and students on their achievement and wish them continued success in their work.

We proudly present the project accepted within the scope of the TÜBİTAK 2209-A Undergraduate Students Research Projects Support Program, conducted by our 4th-year students from the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, under the supervision of our department chair Prof. Dr. Funda Elmacıoğlu, Dr. Mutlu Tuçe Ülker, Dr. Elif Güner, Dr. Yeter Çelik, Research Assistants Bilge Tekin and Elif Nur Özen.

Within the scope of TÜBİTAK 2209-A undergraduate projects, 16 projects from our Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Program have been awarded support. We congratulate the faculty members whose projects were accepted, as well as the PhD candidates and undergraduate students of the Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Department, and wish them continued success.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gül Deniz Yılmaz Yelvar, faculty member of the Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, delivered a presentation titled "Respiration and Manual Therapy" at the April 8th Turkey Physiotherapists’ Day Celebration Event and Current Developments in Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Panel held at Istanbul Gelişim University.

We are deeply saddened by the loss of our Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences, Prof. Dr. Yasemin Buran Çırak and her family in a tragic traffic accident. We extend our condolences and offer patience to the relatives of our esteemed teacher who passed away with her husband and children, and to all of İstinye. May the Çırak family rest in peace and may their souls rest in peace.

Further details regarding the funeral ceremony will also be shared in due course.

Under the consultancy of Assist. Prof. Dr. Nurgül Elbaşı and Lecturer Yunus Emre Tütüneken, students of the physiotherapy and rehabilitation department carried out the event called ‘Health by Name: Screening and Education for Foot Health’.

During the 2023-2024 academic year, a Bilateral Erasmus Agreement was signed between the Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Department of our university and Escola Superior de Saúde de Santa Maria (ESSSM) Health School, which was visited by our Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation faculty members through the Erasmus Staff Mobility program. Professor José Manuel Silva, the Director of ESSSM, along with his esteemed spouse, visited Istinye University’s Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation. Positive discussions were held regarding future collaborations and projects between the universities.

The faculty members of İstinye University Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation attended the Cybernicx Future: Step into the Future Panel held at Mandarin Hotel / Istanbul on October 30, 2024. In the panel, innovative approaches such as digitalization, robotic systems and artificial intelligence applications in healthcare were discussed, and knowledge and experience were shared on the integration of these technologies into physiotherapy and rehabilitation processes.

At the Diabetes Awareness Day organized within the scope of “Community Contribution Events”, Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Department faculty members Dr. Lecturer Nalan Soydaş Engin, Res. Asst. Hatice Karabulut and PhD student Ceren Derya Gültekin provided information about diabetes and had the participants do exercises.

Research Assistant Özge Ecem ŞENEL from the Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation at Istinye University participated in the European Respiratory Society (ERS) International Congress 2024, held in Vienna, Austria, from September 7-11, 2024, with a poster presentation. We congratulate her and wish her continued success

An event on "Interdisciplinary Teamwork in Health Education" was held on 24.02.2023 at the Faculty of Health Sciences of Istinye University. At the event, Assistant Professor Begüm Yalçın from İstinye University made a presentation.

New Development with Turkey’s First Cancer Drug

1st Digital Nursing Congress

Scholars from Staffordshire University pay Istinye University a Visit

1st Symposium of Evaluation and Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation in Neuromuscular Diseases held

Partnership agreement signed with the Fachhochschule des Mittelstandes

Prof. Dr. İlhan Tomanbay Visits Fachhochschule des Mittelstandes

Prof. İlhan Tomanbay, the head of the Department of Social Services, moderated the roundtable meeting on “Social Problems and Social Work from the perspective of Social Welfare in Latvia and Turkey”, organized by the Department of Social Services of the Faculty of Health Sciences. Leva Ozola, Lecturer at Latvia University, Dr. Gülcü Urhan, Lecturer, and Nuket Atalay, Honorary President of CIF Turkey and the YÖRET Foundation, delivered a speech at the meeting.

Students of the Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation put on their white robes

Workshop on Artificial Intelligence in Cancer Treatment

Children’s Rights and Child Participation