Balıkesir University Achieves Success in TÜBİTAK 1002 Rapid Support Program Project
20 May 2026
Dr. Selman Bölükbaşı, Assistant Professor from the Department of Gerontology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Balıkesir University (BAÜN), served as the researcher; Assoc. Prof. Dr. Hüseyin Elbi, from Manisa Celal Bayar University, served as the project leader; and the project team included Prof. Dr. Derya Kaya, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Aynur Çetinkaya, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Fatih Özcan, Dr. Çağlar Solak, Research Assistant Dr. Emine Ar, Research Assistant Dr. Ece Kürklü Topçu from Manisa Celal Bayar University; Prof. Dr. Hayriye Boyacıoğlu from Ege University; Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nil Tekin from the Health Sciences University; and Specialist Dr. from the Istanbul Provincial Directorate of Health of the Ministry of Health. The project titled “Health-Related Social Vulnerability: A Multi-Method Approach from Conceptual Framework to Scale Development,” in which Sıdıka Ece Yokuş serves as a researcher, has been deemed worthy of support under the TÜBİTAK 1002-A Rapid Support Module.
We congratulate the project team and wish them continued success.
