Tomris Ozben
Specialist in Clinical Biochemistry, EFLM, President
Prof. Dr Tomris Ozben, Ph.D., D.Sc., Med. Lab Specialist is the President of the European Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (EFLM). She is the Chair of the EFLM Task Force-Green Labs and Chair of the EFLM 3rdStrategic Conference held in May 2022. She is the IFCC Executive Board Member as the EFLM Representative. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the IFCCFoundation for Emerging Nations. She is the FORUM Consultant of the IFCC Task Force-Young Scientists.She isthePast-IFCC Treasurerand BCLF Past-President. She is a supervisor at theDoctorate Program entitled “Clinical and Experimental Medicine”at the Medical Faculty, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy. She is an external examiner for the Post-graduate Master and Ph.D. education at the University of Zimbabwe, College of Health Sciences, Department of Chemical Pathology.
Over her tenure at Akdeniz University, Prof. Ozben has been the Vice Rector, Director of the Central Laboratoryof the University Hospital, and Chair of the Dept. of Clinical Biochemistry. She works in the identification of early diagnostic and prognostic markers in cancer, acuteand chronic diseases, liquid biopsy in cancer, validation of new tests, quality control, and laboratory management. She is the Editorial Board member of several Scientific Journals. She has published over 150 papers, edited several books, and invited to speak at more than 200 international conferences.
