Graduated from Hacettepe University School of Medicine in Ankara in 1994. Completed my residency in psychiatry at Gazi University Department of Psychiatry between 1997-2002. I was an observer at Department of Geriatric Psychiatry for 6 months at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.

I have completed my clinical fellowship of geriatric psychiatry at Saint Louis University Department of Geriatric Psychiatry between 2004- 2005, Saint Louis, MO, USA.

I have been working at Hacettepe University Department of Psychiatry since 2009. I am the director of geriatric psychiatry outpatient clinic. My areas of interest are psychiatric disorders in elderly, differential diagnosis of depression and dementia, dementias, neuropsychological evaluation, and social psychiatry in old age.

I was the president of Alzheimer Association of Turkey, Ankara district,  between 2015-2017. And I was the president of Geropsychiatry Working Group of Turkish Psychiatric Association between 2020-2025.

I am a Professor of Sociology in the Department of Sociology at the University of Cape Town. I obtained a Wellcome Career Award, 2023-2028 to develop and grow a research programme in Family Caregiving of Older Persons in Southern Africa (www.familycaregiving.org.za). This is the first multi-sited qualitative longitudinal study on family caregiving in Africa. We run an extensive policy engagement programme which was recently awarded an IDRC Scaling Care Innovations in Africa Award 2024-2027 for a linked project on: ‘Transforming Elder Care through Collective Policy Action in Southern Africa (2024-2027).  I am a recipient of the Distinguished Teaching Award 2021, as well as the Vice Chancellor Social Responsiveness Award, University of Cape Town, 2023.

Dr. Leon Geffen is a family physician based in Cape Town, South Africa. He is the director of the Samson Institute For Ageing Research. He serves as an expert advisor to the WHO Clinical Consortium on Healthy Ageing & the WHO Global Network on Long-term Care. He is the chairperson of the World Organisation of Family Doctors Ageing & Health Special Interest Group. In 2022, he was named by WHO as one of 50 global leaders working to transform the world to be a better place to grow old.”  

Originally from Dublin, Ireland, Fiona Ecarnot works as a research engineer at the Cardiology Department of the University Hospital of Besançon, France. She received an MSc in biostatistics and epidemiology from the University of Franche-Comté, Besançon, and obtained a PhD at the same university in 2019 in the field of cardiovascular sciences, focussing in particular on the use of qualitative research methods in the field of cardiology. Her research areas include vaccines, geriatrics and gerontology, ethics in healthcare, palliative care and end-of-life issues. She has authored or co-authored over 100 articles in peer-reviewed journals, plus numerous book chapters.

Joël Belmin is Professor of Geriatrics at Sorbonne University in Paris. He coordinates a number of geriatrics and gerontology courses at Sorbonne Université, including the Master 2 Expertise in Gerontology speciality (Master Santé), the Capacité de Gérontologie, and 16 university diplomas covering specific areas of gerontology and geriatrics, some of which relate to Alzheimer’s disease. He runs the Trans-Innov Longévité programme for Sorbonne University, which focuses on teaching gerontology using innovative teaching methods that incorporate digital technology and distance learning. He has coordinated several books on geriatrics, including Gériatrie (collection pour le praticien, Elsevier/Masson, 2018) and Gériatrie du Collège National des Enseignants-Chercheurs de Gériatrie (collection référentiels des collèges, Elsevier/Masson, 2014). He heads the neuro-psychogeriatric geriatrics department at Hôpital Charles Foix in Ivry-sur-Seine and coordinates the hospital’s geriatrics unit. He also provides memory and geriatric consultations at the hospital.

Nicola Veronese is a certified trained geriatrician, currently working as Associate Editor in Internal Medicine at the University of Palermo, Italy. His research is mainly epidemiological and focused on the most common diseases affecting older people. In particular, his interest areas are osteoarticular, metabolic (including obesity and diabetes) and cardiovascular diseases, as well as nutrition. He is the author of more than 500 articles published in national and international scientific journals, and of numerous abstracts accepted by national and international congresses.

Dr. Meram Bekhet is a Professor of Internal Medicine, Endocrinology, and Diabetes at Ain Shams University and serves as Head of the Endocrine & Diabetes Department at the Armed Forces College of Medicine. She has a distinguished academic background, numerous international publications, and extensive clinical experience in endocrinology and diabetes management. Dr. Bekhet is also actively involved in medical education, training, and participation in national and international conferences.

Medical Assistant in Neurology at Habib Bourguiba  University Hospital and Medical School of Sfax (Tunisia) (2021-present).

Expert in neurodegenerative diseases, multiple sclerosis and inflammatory diseases, epilepsy, vascular diseases, stroke

Master’s degree in Neurosciences (2024)

Member of the association of Neurologists of southern Tunisia.

Member of a Research Laboratory LR12SP19, Habib Bourguiba University Hospital, Sfax, Tunisia (2017- present).

Professor in Neurology at Habib Bourguiba  University Hospital and Medical School of Sfax (Tunisia) (2022-present).

Expert in neurodegenerative diseases, multiple sclerosis and inflammatory diseases, epilepsy, vascular diseases, stroke, Neurovascular diseases: Experience in stroke management, neuromuscular disorders

Master’s degree in “Clinical Research” at the Faculty of Medicine in Sfax and a Master’s degree in research in the field of “proteomic genomics” (2022)

Member of a Research Laboratory LR12SP19, Habib Bourguiba University Hospital, Sfax, Tunisia (2015- present).

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Dr. Abdulaziz Alodhyani …

Dr. Aslan is working as a full professor of Public Health (PH) at Hacettepe University (HU), Faculty of Medicine (FoM), Department of Public Health (DoPH) (Ankara/Turkey).

Dr. Aslan graduated from HU-FoM in 1994 and completed her compulsory medical services in different parts of the country between 1994-1996. After completing a four years’ training program at HU-FoM-DoPH, she has been a public health specialist in 2000. She completed her post doc training by conducting a 10 months’ fellowship program funded by the USA-National Institute of Health, Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Program (Fogarty International Program). In the first part of the Project, she worked in USA at a Harvard University affiliated Boston’s Children’s Hospital (From July to December 2002). During this period, she completed some courses at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Dr. Aslan also completed her MSc training at HU-Health Sciences Institute-Nutrition and Food Sciences Program in 2004.

Dr. Aslan’s main academic interests in PH are aging, community nutrition, international health, and tobacco control. Since the pandemic, she has been involved in Infodemic Management work. In this regard, she completed WHO certificated training which was held between November and December 2021. She has been appointed as a member of the Technical Advisory Group on Risk Communication and Community Engagement-Infodemic Management (RCCE-IM) in World Health Organization European Region since February 2023.

Dr. Aslan has been working in geriatrics fields with the scope of her public heath background. Her experiences started with a certified “in-situ” Geriatrics and Gerontology Training Program jointly organized by the UN International Institute on Aging (INIA) and the Turkish Geriatrics Society (TGS) in 2006. Since then, she has been involved in similar training programs as trainer (and organizer). The last program was held in 2019 in Turkey. Dr. Aslan has been organizing and/or attending several national and international congresses, symposiums, courses on geriatrics for over 15 years. She also conducts courses on aging at the academy. She has been involved in different PH Projects.

Dr. Aslan worked as an Editorial Board member of the Turkish Journal of Geriatrics between 2006 and 2019. Since March 2022, she has been involved in the Editorial Review Board for the Gerontology and Geriatrics Medicine Journal.

She has been author (or co-author) of several publications including book chapters (national, international), scientific articles, reminders for public. She has been the editor (or) the co-editor of several national books since 2007. She is also contributing the Ministry of Health studies in geriatrics in organizing workshops, protocol preparation, guideline preparation, etc.

Dr. Aslan is the General Secretary of Turkish Geriatrics Society. Her contribution to the TGS started in 2005. Since then, she has been actively involved in the activities of the Society. She also has other memberships in both professional medical organizations and NGOs.

Senior Consultant Geriatrician, National Lead for Healthy Ageing, Medical Director of Rumailah Hospital and QRI, Chairperson of Geriatrics and Long-Term Care