Professor Akgun is a Professor of Public Health and Medicine in Baskent University
School of Medicine and University of North Carolina-Pembroke, USA with more than 35
years of strong experience in leading and evaluating public health, quality and accreditation in health care, patient safety and epidemiological studies including the assessment of burden of diseases and health and nutritional status indices. She is also a quality expert and serves as Chief Quality Officer for Baskent University, 10 hospitals and 16 hemodialysis centers that belong to the University since 1997.

During the past 20 plus years, Professor Akgun has been serving as an expert and evaluator for European Commission on its different programs e,g. Horizon 2020, Marie Curie, COST Innovation and Research (EIT), Public Health, Food Quality and Safety and many more. She is a highly sought after consultant in quality and accreditation in healthcare and higher education, hospital surveys, system assessments, gap analyses, healthcare reforms and performance measurements worldwide.

Professor of Public Health and Medicine, Baskent University
Adjunct Professor, University of North Carolina-Pembroke, USA
Expert, Evaluator, European Commission, Belgium
Chief Quality Officer, Başkent University Hospitals and Affiliated Health facilities and Schools
Consultant and Reviewer, NCAAA Educational Evaluation Commission, Higher Education Sector, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,
Consultant and Hospital Surveyor, CBAHI (KSA) and Joint Commission Accreditation(JCI)

President, Health Academician Society, TURKEY

Occupational Health Consultant, Quality Coordinator, Baskent University schools and factories,

Coordinator of In-Service Training at Baskent University Hospital Network,

Coordinator of Calibration Laboratory, Facility Management and Employee

Health Clinics at 10 hospitals within the Network

Auditor, National Accreditation System, School of Medicine, Turkey