Assoc. Prof. CEMAL KOÇAK

He graduated from Dokuz Eylül University. Faculty of Medicine in 2012. After working for a short time in Karabük State Hospital Emergency Service, he received his public health specialty from Gazi University Faculty of Medicine in 2017. He worked as head of the community health center and district health director in Adıyaman Kahta District in 2017. He completed his epidemiology upper specialization training in Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Public Health in 2019.

He worked at Ministry of Health, General Directorate of Public Health. In this process, in addition to COVID-19 Crisis Desk duty; he held positions such as general manager consultancy, SABİM Coronavirus Hotline consultant, Social Security Institution High Health Board consultant. He worked at Vaccine Preventable Diseases Department as responsible for Control Programs for Hepatitis A, B and Invasive Diseases Related to H.influenzae type b and S.pneumoniae, member of Commission for Evaluation of Research Requests in Field of Primary Health Care, member of COVID-19 Post Vaccine Adverse Effect Preliminary Investigation Commission and member of Pandemic Vaccine Practices Commission.

He has been working at Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Public Health since October 2022. At the Faculty of Medicine; he is a member of the Research Development and Support Strategies Coordination Board, a member of the Community-Based Medicine Group, a member of the Evidence-Based Medicine Education Group, a Social Contribution Unit Representative, the head of the "Introduction to Medicine and Public Health" module in the Term 1 medical education program, Member of the Ankara University Commission for Evaluating International Cooperation and Training Requests in the Field of Health, and the editor of Journal of Ankara University Faculty of Medicine. He has been serving as the Head of the Epidemiology Division since June 16, 2025. He received the title of Associate Professor on February 6, 2026. He has a good command of English.