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Dr Burcu Ozkul
Visiting Fellow

Dr Burcu Ozkul

Dokuz Eylul University Institute of Health Sciences Ph.D. Degree in Psychiatric Nursing, 2019 (4 / 3,88)

Dokuz Eylul University Institute of Health Sciences Master of Science Degree in Psychiatric Nursing, 2016 (4 / 3,68)

Ege University Institute of Health Sciences Master of Science Degree in Neuroscience, 2019 (4 / 3,11)

Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Nursing Bachelor Degree in Nursing, 2012 (100 / 86,98)

Ordu Atatürk Health Vocational High School Nursing, 2006

Certificates

  • Cognitive Behavior Therapy Skills Education from Prof. Dr. Hakan TÜRKÇAPAR 2018
  • Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy from Prof. Dr. Hakan TÜRKÇAPAR 2018
  • Application for Clinical Research Project Writing and Project Support. Dokuz Eylul University TUCRIN 30-31 March 2017
  • Motivational Interview Technique First Stage Training from Prof. Dr. Kültegin ÖGEL, 10 June 2016/ Istanbul
  • Application guidelines for clinical research and ethics committees. Dokuz Eylul University TUCRIN. 17-18 March 2016/Izmir
  • The use of model organism: Shedding light on the molecular mechanism underlying Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease and drug discovery Neuropsychopharmacology Symposium October 9-10, 2014, Usküdar University /Istanbul
  • Psychiatry Magnetic Resonance Brain Imaging Course from Clinical Practice to Research / The Psychiatric Association of Turkey 49th National Congress of Psychiatry, 24-28 September 2013 /İzmir
  • Cadaver to molecule Basic Neuroanatomy: Multimedia Neuro-Morphology Tour Course/ 11th National Neurosciences Congress 28 April-1 May 2013 /Izmir
Medicine & Health
School of Clinical Medicine

Dr. Ozkul is a Visiting Research Fellow at UNSW and an Assistant Professor at the Izmir University of Economics. Between 2006 and 2008, she worked as a nurse in the adult internal medicine clinic of Bülent Ecevit University Training and Research Hospital. Between 2008-2014, she worked as a nurse in Dr. Behçet Uz Pediatrics and Surgery Training and Research Hospital hematology-oncology clinic, pediatric cardiovascular surgery clinic, pediatric cardiovascular surgery intensive care, and pediatric intensive care clinics. She graduated from Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Nursing in 2012. She started working as a researcher in the SoCAT laboratory (http://www.socatlab.com/index.php), a multidisciplinary research group within Ege University in 2012. In 2014, she started working as a research assistant at Dokuz Eylül University Faculty of Nursing Psychiatric Nursing Department. In 2016, she graduated from Dokuz Eylul University Institute of Health Sciences Department of Psychiatric Nursing with a master's degree. In 2018, she received Cognitive Behavioral Therapy training from Prof. Dr. Hakan Türkçapar. With her Ph.D. thesis study, she won the Research Abroad Scholarships for Research Assistants (YUDAB) and worked as a "visiting researcher" at the Sydney University Brain and Mind Centre. She graduated from the Dokuz Eylul University Institute of Health Sciences Department of Psychiatric Nursing Ph.D. program in 2019. She also graduated from Ege University Institute of Health Sciences, Department of Neuroscience, with a thesis in 2019.
E-mail
b.ozkul@unsw.edu.au
Location
AGSM Building (G27), Gate 11, Botany St, UNSW Sydney Campus, Kensington NSW 2052

  • Scholarship at TUBITAK 1001 / 214S029 "The Comparison of the Neural Network Activity Related to Default Mode, Short-term Memory Encoding and Retrieval Among the Patients with Mild Cognitive Disorder and Early Alzheimer Disease, Healthy Siblings of Alzheimer Patients and Healthy Controls”
  • Ege University Scientific Research Projects Researcher/ 2016.TIP.017 “Determination of Neural Components of Loss of Social Support in Competition Process”
  • Scholarship at TUBITAK 1002 / 318S042 Effect of “Coping With Stress Program” to Depression and Anxiety Symptoms and Brain Functions in Adolescent at High-Risk for Depression

  • 2021- Neuman System Model John Crawford Research Fellow
  • 2018- V. International, IX National Psychiatric Nursing Congress, Oral Report First Prize
  • 2018- V. International, IX National Psychiatric Nursing Congress, Poster Report Second Prize
  • 2016- The Psychiatric Association of Turkey 20. Annual Meeting and Clinical Education Symposium, First Prize of Research Paper Award
  • 2016- Dokuz Eylul University Institute of Health Sciences, Master’s Degree Graduate Second Degree
  • 2016- 8th International Congress on Psychopharmacology and the 4th International Symposium on Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology, Research encouragement Award Third prize
  • 2014- 1st Joint Turkish-German Symposium on Human Neuroscience, June 5-7, 2014/ Berlin, Poster Report Third Prize

 

Original Articles in SCI, SCI-E, SSCI indexes

  1. Serçe, O; Çelik İnce, S; Ozkul, B, Partlak Günüşen, N. (2021). The predictive role of nursing students' individual characteristics and psychological resilience in psychological distress. Perspective in Psychiatric Care, Version of Record online:02 February 2021 https://doi.org/10.1111/ppc.12731
  2. Ozkul, B; Günüşen, NP. (2020). Stressors and Coping Methods of Turkish Adolescents with High and Low Risk of Depression: A Qualitative Study. Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association.  Jan 22;1078390319895088. doi: 10.1177/1078390319895088
  3. Ozkul, B; Günüşen, NP. (2020). Investigation of depressive symptom prevalence and affecting factors in high school students: an epidemiological research. Anadolu Psikiyatri Derg. 21(2): 203-210.
  4. Şengün İnan, F; Günüşen, N; Özkul, B; Aktürk, N. (2019). A Dimension in Recovery: Return to Working Life After Breast Cancer. Cancer Nursing: October 21 - Volume Publish Ahead of Print - Issue – p doi: 10.1097/NCC.0000000000000757
  5. Ozkul, B., Partlak Günüşen, N. (2019). Predictive Effect of the Symptoms of the Adolescents with Cancer and Their Mothers’ Stress Levels on the Adolescents’ Quality of Life (in Turkish). Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Hemşirelik Fakültesi Elektronik Dergisi, 12(2):134-142.
  6. Partlak Günüşen, N., Wilson, M, Aksoy, B. (2018). Secondary Traumatic Stress and Burnout Among Muslim Nurses Caring for Chronically Ill Children in a Turkish Hospital. Journal of Transcultural Nursing, Vol. 29(2) 146–154.
  7. Durmusoglu E, Ugurlu O, Akan S, Simsek F, Kizilates G, Kitis O, Ozkul BA, Eker C, Coburn KL, Gonul AS. (2018). Hippocampal shape alterations in healthy young women with familial risk for unipolar depression. Compr Psychiatry. Apr; 82:7-13. doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2018.01.004. Epub 2018 Jan 9.
  8. Günüşen NP, Duman ZÇ, İnan FŞ, İnce SÇ, Sari A, Aksoy B. (2017). Exploration of the Factors Affecting the Choices of Nursing Students Who Choose Psychiatric Nursing as the First and Last Choice. Issues Ment Health Nurs. 2017 Jul 26:1-8. doi: 10.1080/01612840.2017.1349223.
  9. Gonul AS, Cetinkalp S, Tunay S, Polat I, Simsek F, Aksoy B, Kizilates G, Erdogan Y, Coburn KL. (2017). Cortisol response patterns in depressed women and their healthy daughters at risk: Comparison with healthy women and their daughters. Journal of Psychiatr Research Feb; 85:66-74. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2016.11.001.
  10. Bilgi MM, Taspinar S, Aksoy B, Oguz K, Coburn K, Gonul AS. (2017). The relationship between childhood trauma, emotion recognition, and irritability in schizophrenia patients. Psychiatry Research May; 251:90-96. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2017.01.091
  11. Ozalay O, Aksoy B, Tunay Akan S, Simsek F, Chandhoki S, Kitis O, Eker C, Gonul AS. (2016). Cortical thickness and VBM in young women at risk for familial depression and their depressed mothers with positive family history. Psychiatry Research:Neuroimaging 252: 1–9 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pscychresns.2016.04.004
  12. Bilgi MM, Simsek F, Tunay Akan S, Aksoy B, Kitis O, Gonul AS. (2015). The Common Brain Structures Correlated with Personality Traits in Healthy Mothers and Their Daughters. Bulletin of Clinical Psychopharmacology 25(3):213-27 DOI: 10.5455/bcp.20150815033406
  13. Gonul AS, Aksoy B. (2014). Chasing Sea Horses in The Depressed Seas: A Ten Years Journey. Düşünen Adam The Journal of Psychiatry and Neurological Sciences 27:181-185  DOI: 10.5350/DAJPN20142703001.

 

Abstracts in SCI, SCI-E, SSCI indexes

  1. Gönül AS, Çetinkalp Ş, Polat Nazlı I, Tunay Ş, Şimşek F, Aksoy B, Kızılateş G, Keskin Gökçelli D. (2016). Depresif kadınlar ve risk altındaki sağlıklı kızlarında kortizol yanıt şekilleri: Sağlıklı kadınlar ve kızlarıyla karşılaştırma. Türk Psikiyatri Dergisi 27(Ek 1): 11.
  2. Turgut C, Yildiz M, Akgoz-Anik Y, Aksoy B. (2015). Regional gray matter alterations in schizophrenia: a voxel-based morphometric study. Bulletin of Clinical Psychopharmacology, 25 (Ek1) :S184-S5, 2015
  3. Ozalay O, Polat Nazli I, Tunay S, Simsek F, Aksoy B, Kizilates G, Hepdurgun C, Kitis O, Gonul AS. (2015). Cortical gray matter variations in young women at high risk for familial depression and their depressed mothers with (positive) family history. Bulletin of Clinical Psychopharmacology, 25 (Ek 1):S65-S7, 2015.
  4. Other Articles
  5. Ozkul, B., Partlak Günüşen, N. (2019). Kanser Tanısıyla Hastanede Yatan Ergenlerin Semptomları ile Annelerinin Stres Düzeyinin Ergenlerin Yaşam Kalitesi Üzerine Yordayıcı Etkisi. Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Hemşirelik Fakültesi Elektronik Dergisi, 12(2):134-142. (in Turkish)

 

 

Abstract Presented at International Scientific Meetings And Published In The Proceedings Book

  • Özgü Serçe Yüksel, Sevecen Çelik İnce, Burcu Özkul, Neslihan Partlak Günüşen. The Predictive Role Of Nursing Students’ Individual Characteristics And Psychological Resilience In Psychological Distress. VI. International X. National Psychiatric Nursing Congress Book online 20 th -23th October, 2021 p.661
  • Burcu Özkul, Neslihan Günüşen, Özgü Serçe, Caroline Hunt. Adolescents’ Experiences With School-Based Depression Prevention Program In Turkey: A Qualitative Study. VI. International X. National Psychiatric Nursing Congress Book online 20 th -23th October, 2021 p. 478
  • Burcu Özkul, Neslihan Günüşen, Ali Saffet Gönül, Melek Hande Demir Bulut, Fatma Neslihan İnal. Effect Of “Coping With Stress Program” To Depression And Anxiety Symptoms And Brain Functions In Adolescent At High-Risk For Depression. VI. International X. National Psychiatric Nursing Congress Book online 20 th -23th October, 2021 p.387
  • Invited Oral Presentation. Ozkul B. Biological Psychiatry and Psychiatric Nursing in BILATERAL CONFERENCE: Biological Aspects of Mental Illness.  VI. International X. National Psychiatric Nursing Congress Book online 20 th -23th October, 2021 p.134
  • Invited Oral Presentation – Ozkul B. Experience of University of Sydney Brain and Mind Research Center in PANEL: Coming Together with Young Research Assistants: Our Overseas Experiences. VI. International X. National Psychiatric Nursing Congress Book online 20 th -23th October, 2021
  • Figen Şengün İnan, Neslihan Partlak Günüşen, Burcu Özkul, Nesrin Aktürk. İyileşmede Bir Boyut: Meme Kanseri Sonrasi Çalişma Yaşamina Dönme. Sözel bildiri, özet metin. Psikiyatri Hemşireliği Dergisi V. Uluslararası IX. Ulusal Psikiyatri Hemşireliği Kongresi Ek 1. 20-23 Kasım 2018, Antalya. S:136-137
  • Burcu Özkul, Neslihan Partlak Günüşen. Depresyon Riski Yüksek Olan Ergenler İle Düşük Olan Ergenlerin Stresörleri Ve Başetme Yöntemleri: Kalitatif Bir Araştırma. Sözel bildiri, özet metin. Psikiyatri Hemşireliği Dergisi V. Uluslararası IX. Ulusal Psikiyatri Hemşireliği Kongresi Ek 1. 20-23 Kasım 2018, Antalya. S:80.
  • Burcu Özkul, Neslihan Partlak Günüşen. Lise Öğrencilerinde Depresif Semptom Sıklığının ve Etkileyen Faktörlerin İncelenmesi: Epidemiyolojik bir Araştırma. Poster bildiri, özet metin. Psikiyatri Hemşireliği Dergisi V. Uluslararası IX. Ulusal Psikiyatri Hemşireliği Kongresi Ek 1. 20-23 Kasım 2018, Antalya. S:68-69.
  • Burcu Özkul. HEM/S-14 Türkiye’de Depresyonu olan Ergenlere İlişkin Yapılan Lisansüstü Tezlerin İncelenmesi. İzmir Demokrasi Üniversitesi Uluslararası Sağlık Bilimleri Kongresi 2020 (ICHES-IDU 2020) Özet Bildiriler Kitapçığı 20-21 Haziran 2020 s: 260. ISBN No: 978-605-69933-6-7.
  • Burcu Özkul. Hem/S-13 Psikiyatri Hemşireleri Nörobiyolojiyi Neden Bilmeli?. İzmir Demokrasi Üniversitesi Uluslararası Sağlık Bilimleri Kongresi 2020 (ICHES-IDU 2020) Tam Metin Bildiriler Kitapçığı 20-21 Haziran 2020 S:388-391.  ISBN No:978-605-69933-7-4.
  • Burcu Özkul. Hem/S-12 Sağlık Politikalarının Psikiyatri Hizmetlerine ve Psikiyatri Hemşireliğine Yansımaları. İzmir Demokrasi Üniversitesi Uluslararası Sağlık Bilimleri Kongresi 2020 (ICHES-IDU 2020) Tam Metin Bildiriler Kitapçığı 20-21 Haziran 2020 S:384-387. ISBN No:978-605-69933-7-4.
  • Aksoy B, Gunusen N. Kanser tanısıyla hastanede yatan ergenlerin semptomları, annelerinin stress düzeyi ve ergenlerin yaşam kalitesi arasındaki ilişki. IV. Uluslararası ve VIII. Ulusal Psikiyatri Hemşireliği Kongresi. 6-9 Kasım 2016 Manisa
  • Gunusen N., Çetinkaya Duman Z., Şengün İnan F., Çelik İnce S., Sarı A., Aksoy B. Psikiyatri hemşireliğini ilk ve son sırada tercih eden intern hemşirelerin görüşlerinin incelenmesi. IV. Uluslararası ve VIII. Ulusal Psikiyatri Hemşireliği Kongresi. 6-9 Kasım 2016 Manisa
  • Gonul, AS, Cetinkalp, S, Tunay, S,Polat, I, Simsek, F, Aksoy, B, Coburn KL. Which came first, the chicken or the egg?: cortisol response patterns in depressed women and their healthy daughters.  American Psychiatric Association 168th Annual Meeting 16-20/05/2015 Canada
  • Eroglu S., Aksoy B., Tunay S., Simsek F., Kitis O., Gonul AS. Neural Correlates of Emotion Regulation Difficulties in Individuals At Risk For Major Depression. 1st Joint Turkish-German Symposium on Human Neuroscience, June 5-7, 2014/ Berlin

 

    Abstract Presented At National Scientific Meetings And Published In The Proceedings Book

  • C Candemir, K Oğuz, B Özkul, AS Gonul, MA Selver, S Korukoğlu. Fonksiyonel MR Görüntülerinden Aktivasyon Bölgelerinin Belirlenmesinde Kontrast Vektör Analizi: Sosyal Destek Deneyi Uygulaması. 11. Tıp Bilişim Kongresi 16-17 Kasım 2018
  • Aksoy B., Şimşek F., Bilgi M., Tunay Ş., Gönül AS. Major Depresyon Riski Taşıyan Bireylerde Duygu Düzenleme Güçlüklerinin Nöral İzdüşümleri. / Türkiye Psikiyatri Derneği 49. Ulusal Psikiyatri Kongresi Program ve Bildiri Özet Kitabı, 24-28 Eylül 2013 /İzmir
  • Hepdurgun C., Özalay Ö., Eroğlu S., Aksoy B., Gönül AS. Sol Orbitomedial Prefrontal Bölge Hasarlı Bir Olguda Intra ve İnter Hemisferik İlişkinin Traktografi ile İncelenmesi/ Türkiye Psikiyatri Derneği 49. Ulusal Psikiyatri Kongresi Program ve Bildiri Özet Kitabı, 24-28 Eylül 2013 /İzmir
  • Aksoy B., Eker MÇ., Gönül AS. Şizofrenide Negatif ve Kognitif Belirtilerin Nöroanatomik Bölgeler ve Nörotransmitterler ile İlişkisi/ 1. ODTÜ Sinirbilim Günleri 16-17 Şubat 2013 / Ankara