Ulvi Gursoy
 DDS, PhD in Periodontology, Spec. in Periodontology


ulvi.gursoy@utu.fi

+358 29 450 4476

+358 50 514 8132

Lemminkäisenkatu 2

Turku


ORCID-tunniste: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1225-5751

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UTU - Research faculty

Asiantuntijuusalueet
Periodontology; Oral immunology; Oral biofilms

Biografia
Received his DDS from Gazi University, Turkey in 1998 and accomplished his PhD in periodontology in Cumhuriyet University, Turkey in 2004. Started his post-doctoral training in University of Helsinki, Finland and National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland in 2005. In 2009, appointed as university teacher at the Institute of Dentistry, University of Turku, Finland. Received his associate professorship at the same university in 2010 and his lecturer position in 2012, and promoted to associate professor with tenure in 2018. Serving as the past-president of Scandinavian Society of Periodontology (http://www.scsp.info) and the secretary general of the Scandinavian Division (NOF) of the International Association for Dental Research (http://www.iadr-nof.com/).




Tutkimus

Main research interests are oral biofilm-host cell interactions and analyses of salivary components in diagnosis of periodontitis. Currently supervising five PhD students and has over 120 scientific publications in international peer-reviewed journals.

For whole list of publications, please see:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=gursoy+uk




Opetus

2013 - 2020, Board member (and Director 2017-2020), Institute of dentistry university teachers' organization, University of Turku

2012 – present, Course instructor of the Basics of periodontology and inhibition of gingival inflammation (DENT0153) course, University of Turku

2012 – present, Course instructor of the Deepening periodontal knowledge (DENT0411) course, University of Turku


2012 – 2019, Member of the planning and working group, ”Multiprofessional elective course - Brain”, TUTKE, University of Turku

2014 - 2019, Board member, Personal Tutoring Program, Medical Education Research and Development Centre (TUTKE), University of Turku



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