Prof. Dr. G. Nurhan İnce

Prof. Dr. G. Nurhan İnce is a professor in the Department of Public Health at Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine. She served as Deputy Chief Physician of the Faculty from 2012 to 2014 and as Istanbul Provincial Director of Public Health from 2014 to 2016. In 2016, she was appointed Vice President of the Public Health Institution of Türkiye (THSK). She is one of the key figures who have contributed to the development of healthy living policies in Türkiye.

Under her leadership, significant efforts were made to ensure that current scientific knowledge was rapidly incorporated into preventive healthcare practices within Istanbul’s primary healthcare system, which includes more than 4,000 family physicians. She also pioneered the expansion of exercise-based programs for the prevention of chronic diseases.

During her tenure, Prof. Dr. İnce played a critical role in the design and nationwide implementation of Healthy Living Centers. She coordinated national programs through which family physicians and physical education teachers received training in exercise prescription and schoolchildren were provided with physical activity and fitness report cards.

In academia, she teaches epidemiology, immunization strategies, disaster health, and occupational health. She also conducts numerous research and education projects focusing on exercise, physical activity, obesity, and cardiovascular diseases. Through her executive experience and academic work, Prof. Dr. G. Nurhan İnce promotes a culture of active living and is recognized as one of Türkiye’s prominent public health figures in the prevention of chronic diseases.

In the primary healthcare system of Istanbul, where more than 4,000 family physicians serve, she has led the rapid translation of current scientific knowledge into preventive healthcare and played an active role in expanding exercise-based chronic disease prevention programs. Throughout her tenure, she assumed critical responsibility in the design and implementation of Healthy Living Centers nationwide. She also coordinated national programs in which family physicians and physical education teachers were trained in exercise prescription and physical activity report cards were issued to school-age children.

In her academic work, she teaches in the fields of epidemiology, immunization strategies, disaster health and occupational health; and conducts research and education projects focusing on exercise, physical activity, obesity and cardiovascular diseases. Contributing to the dissemination of an active living culture through her managerial experience and academic work, Prof. Dr. G. Nurhan İnce is among Turkey's leading public health figures in the field of chronic disease prevention.