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Prof. Koçak was born in 1968, in Ankara. Between 1991-2000, she received her master and doctorate degrees from Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry. She became an Associate Professor of Biochemistry in 2006 and Professor in 2012. She worked as a staff member at Demiroğlu Bilim University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry between 2008-2019. During these years at Demiroğlu Bilim University, she was assigned as the ‘head of Biochemistry Department’, ‘board member of the technology transfer Office, Faculty of Health Sciences, Institute of Health Sciences and the Vocational School of Health Services’ and had ‘commission membership for Student Transfers’ for Undergraduate Programs. In addition to these, during the Integrated System Structuring Process of the Faculty of Medicine, she worked as a coordinator, assistant coordinator and as a member of educational and administrative positions in many boards and commissions. Between 2008 and 2018, she worked as a member of the board of trustees of İstanbul Section of Turkish Biochemistry Association and Scientific Activity Organization Committee. She started to work at Istinye University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medical Education in 2019. Prof. Koçak has 32 international published papers in Science Citation Index (SCI) and SCI-Exp journals, 4 published articles in national refereed journals, 17 international and 27 national presentations/posters presented at congress symposiums, and has 15 research projects. She was awarded in national scientific congresses with her three studies in 2004, 2013 and 2014 respectively. Her 32 published articles in international journals have 613 citations when searched in "Google Scholar Citations", According to the Web of Science ResearcherID, her h-index is 14.