Prof Hafiz Khan
Professorial Fellow at the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing, University of Oxford, UK
Professor of Public Health at the University of West London (UWL), UK
Hafiz T.A. Khan is a Professor of Public Health & Statistics at the University of West London and a Professorial Fellow at the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing, University of Oxford. Trained as a statistician, he earned his PhD in Applied Statistics in 2006 from Edinburgh Napier University.
For over three decades, Professor Khan has been involved in teaching and research in Applied Statistics, Public Health, Demography, and Health Economics. His principal research interests lie in population ageing, health, and well-being in later life, with a special focus on longevity, multi-morbidity, and long-term care support.He is a Chartered Statistician of the Royal Statistical Society and a Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health in the UK. He serves as an advisor to several international organizations and academic journals.
Prof. İsmet Şahin
Vice President of Lokman Hekim University, Turkey
Prof. Dr. İsmet Şahik is a faculty member at Lokman Hekim Üniversitesi. He specializes in health management and health sciences, with academic interests focusing on health systems, health policy, and healthcare management.
He teaches at the undergraduate and graduate levels and actively contributes to scientific research projects. Throughout his academic career, he has authored and co-authored national and international publications, contributing to the advancement of scholarship in health management and related fields.
Prof. Fatma Pakdil
Dean's Fellow and Professor at Eastern Connecticut State University, USA
Professor Pakdil’s research focuses on operations management, with a particular emphasis on quality engineering and healthcare management. Her research has been published in leading journals, including the International Journal of Production Research, International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management, Health Care Management Science, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, and Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, among others..
At Eastern, she teaches courses in operations management and healthcare management, as well as the core Evidence-Based Decision Making course in the M.S. in Management program. Her contributions to research and mentorship have been recognized through several honors, including the 2025 Excellence in Research Award, the Undergraduate Research Mentor Award (2021), and the CSCU Board of Regents Research Award (2018)..
Dr. Pınar Guven-Uslu
Associate Professor in Accounting, Norwich Business School Member at University of East Anglia Norway
Dr. Pinar Guven Uslu is an associate professor in accounting. She worked for University of Essex and University of East Anglia. Prior to entering into academia she was employed by Deliotte and Touche International and took part in audit and tax consultancy projects for several companies and financial institutions. She holds a BSc Economics, MSc. Accounting & Finance and PhD Accounting.
Pinar currently teaches management accounting, performance management and control at both undergraduate and post graduate courses. Her specialism is in the area of performance management and benchmarking in public sector and in health service organisations. She published her research in academic journals such as; Management Accounting Research, Financial Accountabilty and Management, Accounting Forum, Public Money and Management, Production Planning and Control.