Asst. Prof. BURAK KURT

Born in 1990 in Ankara, Türkiye, he completed primary school at TED Ankara College Foundation Private Primary School and high school at Ankara Atatürk Anatolian High School. In 2007, he graduated from Gazi University Faculty of Medicine in 2013 with the title of Doctor of Medicine. In the same year, he started his speciality training in medicine at Çukurova University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Public Health and became a Public Health Specialist in 2018. Between 2018-2021, he worked as a Public Health Specialist and Head of Community Health Centre at Kastamonu Central Community Health Centre. He won the interview held by the Ministry of Health and started the Field Epidemiology Certified Training Programme in Turkey within the General Directorate of Public Health in 2021. During the training, he conducted epidemic investigation studies in various regions. In August 2022, due to the floods caused by monsoon rains, he was assigned in Pakistan to carry out planning activities for public health services to be provided in this country. In February 2023, he participated in the development of infectious disease surveillance following the earthquakes centred in Kahramanmaraş province and coordinated these activities in Kahramanmaraş and Malatya. In September 2023, due to the flood disaster in Libya, he was assigned to Libya to carry out planning activities for public health services to be provided in the region. He worked as Respiratory Diseases Unit Manager and Legionnaires' Disease Control Programme Manager within the Department of Communicable Diseases and Early Warning of the General Directorate of Public Health. Since 2024 December, he has been working as an Assistant Professor at Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Public Health. He has published nearly 100 papers on Public Health, Occupational and Environmental Health and Biocidal topics. He is the Secretary of the Scientific Committee on Rural Health of the International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH). He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Biocidal Occupational and Environmental Health Association of Türkiye. He is fluent in English.