Murat Akova#
| Membership Number: | 6948 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2024 |
| Main Country of Residence: | TURKEY |
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| ORCID: | 0000-0002-6904-9473 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 1998 - present Professor of Medicine, Hacettepe University School of Medicine
- 1992 - 1993 Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Center for Adaptation Genetics and Drug Resistance, Boston, MA, USA
- 1991 Associate Professor of Medicine, Hacettepe University School of Medicine
- 1990 Assistant Professor of Medicine, Hacettepe University School of Medicine
- 1988 - 1989 Research Associate, The London Hospital Medical College, Department of Medical Microbiology, London, UK
Fields of Scholarship
- Good Clinical Practice for clinical trials
- Antimicrobial resistance
- Antimicrobial stewardship
- Febrile neutropenia
- Infections in cancer patients
- Invasive fungal infections in cancer patients
- COVID-19 vaccination
- Beta-lactamase mediated resistance in gram-negative bacteria
Honours and Awards
- 2021 Order of the Star of Italy (Ordine Della Stella D’Italia)
- 2020 Hacettepe Science Award
- 2017 Fellow of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (FESCMID)
- 2017 Fellow of the European Confederation of Medical Mycology (FECMM)
- 2016 Fellow of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (FIDSA)
- 1997 Young Scientist Award, Turkish Scientific and Technical Research Council (TÜBİTAK).
- 1988 The British Council Chevening Scholar for Scientific Research
- 1987 The Resident of the Year Award, Department of Medicine, Hacettepe University School of Medicine
- 1982 Second Place (of graduation), Class of 400, Istanbul University School of Medicine
