Ali Yağız Üresin
Prof. Dr. Ali Yağız Üresin Born 1962 in Istanbul. Graduated from Istanbul College 1980, Istanbul Medical Faculty 1986, finished specialization in Pharmacology on 1990. Worked in Istanbul Medical Faculty Dept. of Cardiology 1987-88, Human Pharmacolgy Sandoz Basel 1991-1993. Became associate professor at 1997, professor at 2004, head of the department at 2006, head of the division of Clinical Pharmacology at 2014. He performed clinical trials on phase I to IV and has documents in FDA, was principal investigator of international multicenter hypertension study. Erasmus coordinator of the Istanbul Medical School. He is vice director of the IU Clinical Research Center of Excellence and medical director of the IU Drug Research Center, chairperson of the Ethics Committee of Istanbul Medical Faculty. He is also board member of the Istanbul University Biotechnology and Genetical Engineering Center, member of the State Representatives Group of Innovational Medicines Initiative of EU, ethics consultant of the IMI SAFE-T project, member of the Steering Board and chairperson of the International Clinical Trial Center Network, chairperson of Turkish Atherosclerosis Society, hypertension specialist of the European Society of Hypertension. Speaks Turkish, German & English, is married, has a daughter. Scientific interests; translational science, clinical research, biomarkers, atherosclerosis (hypertension and dislipidaemia in particular) stress and neuroscience. Personal interests; music, writing, variety of sports.