Bayram Yilmaz is a Professor of Medical Physiology at Yeditepe University in Istanbul, Turkey. He has a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from Firat University (Türkiye) and PhD in Medical Physiology from University of Glasgow (Scotland). He worked as a Research Assistant Professor at the State University of New York at Albany, and Visiting Scientist at the King’s College, London and at the University of Oxford. He is an author of seven book chapters and 145 refereed articles (h-index 28, >2300 citations, Scopus, WoS; h-index 40, >5000 citations Google Scholar). His research interest include neuro-endocrine regulation of energy homeostasis and reproductive hormones in experimental models. He also works on presence of endocrine disrupting chemicals in human (breast milk) and environmental samples using in vitro and in vivo test models.
Prof. Dr. Bayram Yilmaz served as Secretary General at Federation of European Physiological Societies (FEPS) between 2014 and 2022. He is the president of Turkish Neuroscience Society and Vice President of Turkish Society of Physiological Sciences. He founded and chaired the Turkish Neuroendocrinology Society between 2008 and 2018. Professor Yılmaz served as founding Secretary General (2016-2019) and acting President (2018-2019) at the Health Institutes of Turkey (TÜSEB). He lectures to both medical students and post-graduate students on medical physiology, research methodology, ethics and publication methods. His administrative responsibilities include Vice Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Director of the Graduate School of Health Sciences at Yeditepe University since 2014.
Prof. Dr. Bayram Yilmaz
Yeditepe University
Faculty of Medicine
Head of Department of Physiology
Kayisdagi cad. 34755, Atasehir
Istanbul, Turkey
Tel: +90 533 429 9153
E-mail: byilmaz@yeditepe.edu.tr