
Prof. Tomris Ozben
Prof. Dr Tomris Ozben is the President of the International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (IFCC) and current Executive Board member of the European Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (EFLM) as Past-President. She is also the Past-President and Executive Board member of the Balkan Clinical Laboratory Federation (BCLF). She is the Chair of the EFLM Task Force-Green and Sustainable Laboratories (TF-GSL). She is one of the Board of Directors of the IFCC Foundation for Emerging Nations (FEN). She is the FORUM Consultant of the IFCC Task Force-Young Scientists. She is the Honorary member of the Italian Society of Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Molecular Biology (SIBioC), Slovak Society of Clinical Biochemistry (SSKB), Society of Medical Biochemists of Serbia (DMBS) and Kosova Association of Clinical Chemistry (KACC). She is the supervisor for the Doctorate Program entitled “Clinical and Experimental Medicine” at the Medical Faculty, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy. She is an external examiner for the Post-graduate Master and Ph.D. education at the University of Zimbabwe, College of Health Sciences, Department of Chemical Pathology. Over her tenure at Akdeniz University, Prof. Ozben has been the Vice Rector, General Director of the Central Laboratory of the University Hospital, and Chair of the Dept. of Medical Biochemistry, Ethical Committee member for Clinical studies. She works in the identification of early diagnostic and prognostic markers in cancer, acute and chronic diseases, liquid profiling/biopsy in cancer, validation of new tests, and laboratory management. She is the Editorial Board member of several Scientific Journals. She has published over 300 papers, edited several books, and invited to speak at more than 500 international conferences.