Elif Ahsen Kalpar, Speaker at Public Health Congress

Research Assistant

Elif Ahsen Kalpar

Koc University, Turkiye

Biography:

Elif Ahsen Kalpar is a licensed dietitian and is currently pursuing her MSc in Global Health at Koç University, Istanbul. Serving as a research assistant for the TÜBİTAK-funded IM-EQ (Improving Equity in Obesity Prevention) project, her research centers on public health nutrition, sustainable food systems, and food security dynamics. She specializes in utilizing community-based participatory methodologies to explore urban health disparities and codesign structural, equity-driven solutions for vulnerable populations

2026

Oral Presentation (In-Person)

Title: How a participatory process with a low-SEP community in istanbul reshaped priorities for the local food environment: A participatory systems approach from Turkiye