Prof. Em. Jan De Maeseneer, MD, PhD
Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, Ghent University, Belgium
" Multimorbidity, Goal-oriented Care and Equity: A Complex Research Agenda"

Short Biography

Jan De Maeseneer (°1952), graduated from Ghent University (Belgium) as MD in 1977. He defended the first PhD-thesis on Family Medicine in Belgium in 1989. From 1978-2017 he worked as a part-time Family Physician in the inter-professional Community Health Centre Botermarkt-Ledeberg ( www.wgcbotermarkt.be ). He was HOD in Family Medicine and PHC at Ghent University from 1991-2017. His research focuses on health promotion, equity in health care, health professional education and PHC in Africa ( www.primafamed.ugent.be ). He was Chair of European Forum for Primary Care (www.euprimarycare.org ) 2005-2017. Since 2013, he is the Chairperson of the Expert Panel on Effective Ways of Investing in Health (https://ec.europa.eu/health/expert_panel/home_en ), advising the European Commission.

Prof Sibel Sakarya, MD
Koç University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Public Health, İstanbul

"The use of Digital Patient Records in Primary Care Research"

Short Biography
After graduating as a Medical Doctor from Ege University Faculty of Medicine (1989), completed residency on Public Health in Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine in Ankara. She completed her MSc degree for Public Health in Jerusalem Hebrew University in 1998 as well as MSc degree for Medical Education from Dutch Maastricht University in 2006.

She worked in Marmara University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Public Health between the years 1996-2018. Since 2018, she is actively forking in the same department in Koç University. Her research fields include the epidemiology and management of chronic diseases, improving health and immigration health.

She has been an active member of National Medical Education Accreditation Board (UTEAK) since 2011. She is the chief editor of Turkish Public Medicine Journal since 2009.