Prof.Dr. PERRAN BORAN

Biyografi

Personal Information:

DegreeTitle:Professor of Pediatrics (16.02.2017)

Qualification: PhD on Social Pediatrics 

Date of Birth: 9.06.1974

e-mail:drperran@yahoo.com,perran.boran@marmara.edu.tr

ORCHID ID: 0000-0002-9885-7656

Education and qualifications

Graduate Thesis and Supervisor: Impact of antiepileptic drugs on thyroid function, lipid and bone metabolism, Yüksel Yılmaz, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Doctoral Thesis and Supervisor: Evaluation of fontanel size variation and closure time in children followed up from birth to 24 months

Fatma Oguz, MD, Professor of Pediatrics

Foreign Language:UDS 2007, score 96,250, YDS 2017 score 91,25

Career:

Teaching Experience:

• Lectures for phase 5 students at Marmara University Medical Faculty (well child visits, breastfeeding counselling, complementary feeding, growth in children, sudden infant deaths, environmental hazards and child rights)
• Lectures for interns at Marmara University Medical Faculty (well child visits, growth and development)
• Lectures for pediatrics research assistants at Marmara University Medical Faculty (well child visits, growth and development, breastfeeding counselling, complementary feeding, immunization)

International Courses/Workshops

• Marie S. Curie Actions Infoday Roadshow event, 17.5.2019, TÜBİTAK, European Commission

• Workshop on PhD supervision in Biomedicine and Health Sciences, Orpheus, 3-4^thMay, 2019
• 1^stInternational Eurasian Congress of Social Pediatrics, 28^thNov-1^stDec, 2018

·      Thinking Healthy Programme: Workshop for Trainers, Nov 2018

• Responsive Behavioural Sleep Intervention for infants aged 6-18 months. The Blunden Responsive GeMSS Method, Australian Centre for Education in Sleep, 2^ndDec 2018
• ISSOP Kongress 2018, Bonn, 27-29 September, Early childhood intervention, science, systems and policies promoting healthy development of vulnerable children
• Process-based ACT: An intermediate ACT II Workshop-Steven C. Hayes (Spain, 2017)
• Evidence based care of mothers and babies (0-6 months): gaps and controversies (Australia, 2016)
• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (Australia, 2016)
• 1^stInternational Developmental Pediatrics Congress (2015)
• WHO/UNICEF Care for Child Development Intervention (2015)
• I. International Congress on Child Protection (2014)
• Child and Family Training, Child protection and decision making (2014)
• Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development (Bayley-III) (2014)

• National Alliance of Children’s Trust and Prevention Funds, Bringing the

           protective factors framework to life in your work, 7 courses completed online              

          (2012)

• XIX. ISPCAN International Congress on Child Abuse and Neglect (2012)

On-going/recent research grants in global health 

·       Marmara University Scientific Research Commission (BAPKO): SAG-A-130313-0060. The impact of vitamin B12 levels on immune response in infants. Total budget49.395.05 TL Date: 13.03.2013-13.03.201

·       Marmara University Scientific Research Commission (BAPKO): SAG-C-TUP-100216-0036. Early childhood sleep problems: efficacy of parental education. Total Budget25.000.00 TL Date: 10.02.2016-10.02.2017

·       Marmara University Scientific Research Commission (BAPKO): SAG-A-091116-0488. Assessment of infant gut microbiota in vitamin B12 deficient and healthy infants. Total Budget: 53.100,00 TL. Date: 09.11.2016-2019

·       Marmara University Scientific Research Commission (BAPKO): SAG-C-TUP-131217-0647. Evaluation of factors affecting preterm sleep-wake cycles by actigraphy, aEEG, sleep diaries, and direct observation. Total budget: 29.589.00 TL. Date: 13.12.2017, ongoing

International book translation

·       Translation of Thinking Healthy: a manual for psychological management of perinatal depression. Sağlıklı Düşünmek: perinatal depresyonun psikososyal yönetimi için el kitabı/çev Prof.Dr.Perran Boran, İstanbul, Marmara Üniversitesi yayınları; No.850. ISBN: 978-975-400-411-3. http://www.who.int/mental_health/maternal-child/thinking_healthy/en/

Selected invited lectures on global health – last 5 years 

·       Invited Lecture-National Social Pediatrics Symposium

Title: Approach to frequently encountered breastfeeding problems, 12^thOct, 2019

·       Invited Lecture-I. International Congress of Breastfeeding Reality, 

Title: Optimal latching techniques for effective breastfeeding, 2^ndSep, 2019

·       Invited Lecture-Marmara University, Faculty of Health Sciences, 10^thMay, 2019

Title: Pediatrician approach to Developmental Coordination Disorder

·       Invited Lecture-Turkish Pediatrics Congress,Cyprus, 4^thApril, 2019

Title: Frequently encountered problems in breastfeeding

·       Invited Lecture: Turkish National Association Education Meetings, 25^thApril 2019

Title: Frequently asked questions by the parents

·       Invited Lecture: University of Health Sciences, Çocuk Dostları Congress, 7^thMarch 2019

Title: Early Childhood Sleep Problems

·       Invited Lecture: Marmara University, Congress of Pediatrics, 22^ndFebruary 2019

Title: Thinking Healthy: The impact of perinatal depression on child health

·       Invited Lecture: Marmara University, Congress of Pediatrics, 23^rdFebruary 2019, Istanbul

Title: Vaccines-Autis-Thiomersal 

·       Invited Lecture: 1^st International Eurasian Congress of Social Pediatrics, 28^thNov 2018, Istanbul

Title: Sleep Disorders in Early Childhood Course Programme, Cued based sleep training methods for breastfeeding mother-infant pairs

·       Invited Lecture – Turkish Pediatrics Congress, Cyprus, 9^th  May 2018

Title: Frequently encountered problems in children-Baby who does not sleep

·       Invited Lecture – National Social Pediatrics Symposium, Izmir, 14^thOctober 2017

Title: Nutritional supplements in children-evidence based use of omega-3

·       Invited Lecture-Istanbul University Congress, Istanbul, 4^thApril 2016

Title: Vaccines and autism

·       Invited Lecture – 59 th Turkish National Pediatric Congress, 7^thNovember 2015

Title: Sleepless baby

·       Invited lecture – Turkish Pediatrics Congress, 17^thMay 2015, Izmir

Title: Well Child Visits

·       Invited lecture – National Social Pediatrics Congress, Ankara, 20^thDecember 2014

Title: Pediatric Sleep Problems