Dr. Serap Ozdemir | Nursing and Health Professions | Best Researcher Award
Assistant Professor at Gaziantep University | Turkey
Dr. Serap Özdemir is a dedicated and forward-thinking academic whose contributions to nursing and health professions reflect a continuous commitment to advancing evidence-based pediatric and neonatal care. With a strong educational foundation culminating in doctoral-level training in child health and disease nursing, she has built a research portfolio focused on enhancing clinical outcomes for newborns, preterm infants, and children within diverse healthcare settings. Her professional experience includes teaching, academic leadership, and active involvement in multidisciplinary research collaborations that integrate nursing expertise with emerging scientific and technological innovations. Over the course of her academic career, nominee Dr. Serap Özdemir has developed a growing publication record consisting of 16 scholarly documents that have collectively earned 44 citations by 43 external publications, contributing to an h-index of 3 and demonstrating measurable influence within her field. Her research interests encompass neonatal intensive care, developmental health, the improvement of comfort and stress parameters in early infancy, and the application of modern data-driven tools such as artificial intelligence to clinical assessment and decision-making. She has taken part in multiple randomized controlled studies and instrument development projects designed to enhance the measurement of nursing performance, care quality, and professional competency in pediatric nursing environments. Her scientific output extends to peer-reviewed journals indexed in major research databases, as well as contributions to academic books and professional texts that support the dissemination of current best practices to nursing practitioners and students. Additionally, her work reflects a commitment to international engagement through collaborations, conference participation, and involvement in professional associations supporting knowledge exchange and healthcare improvement. Through these combined efforts, Dr. Serap Özdemir continues to shape contemporary thinking around neonatal and pediatric care, promoting research-driven nursing standards that emphasize compassionate, culturally sensitive, and scientifically validated interventions. She remains devoted to advancing healthcare delivery through continuous scholarship, the refinement of clinical methodologies, and the pursuit of innovative interdisciplinary solutions that support improved outcomes for vulnerable patient populations. Her ongoing work reinforces the essential role of nursing research in improving health systems globally and contributes meaningfully to the development of a more advanced, responsive, and patient-centered model of pediatric and neonatal care.
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Featured Publicaations:
Özdemir, S., & Balcı, S. (2024). The effect of tub bathing on the skin and bilirubin levels of babies receiving tunnel and light-emitting diode phototherapies: A randomized controlled trial. Advances in Skin and Wound Care, 37(7), 1–9.
Özdemir, S., & Elmaoğlu, E. (2024). Psychometric properties of the pediatric ward nurses’ caring self-efficacy scale: A Turkish validity and reliability study. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 75, 41–48.
Özdemir, S., & Küçük, F. (2023). The effect of the facilitated tucking after vaginal delivery on stress, comfort, and physiological parameters of late preterm infants: A randomized controlled trial. Iranian Journal of Neonatology, 14(4), 12–20.
Özdemir, S., & Sevinç, S. (2023). Correlation between cultural competence, xenophobia, and attitudes towards brain drain in nursing students. Nurse Education Today, 131, Article 105963.
Özdemir, S., & Elmaoğlu, E. (2023). Validity and reliability of the distracting ingenuity promotion scale in pediatric nurses. HUHEMFAD-JOHUFON, 10(3), 230–236.
Özdemir, S. (2022). Design of autonomous controlled integrated system for increasing comfort in newborns: Interdisciplinary collaboration between engineering and nursing studies. Dentistry & Medical Research, 8(2), 2–6.
Özdemir, S. (2022). Interdisciplinary collaboration between engineering and nursing: Baby crying analyzing using MATLAB graphical user interface. Biomed Biotechnology Research Journal, 6(3), 410–415.
Özdemir, S., & Yılmaz E. Ç. (2022). Interdisciplinary collaboration between engineering and nursing on baby crying analyzing and classification: A biotechnology study. Journal of Preventive, Diagnostic and Treatment Strategies in Medicine, 1(2), 82–87.