Profile
Prof. Dr. Toker Ergüder is one of Türkiye’s most experienced specialists in public health, non-communicable diseases, tobacco control and risk factor research. He has held roles in Ministry of Health and World Health Organization processes, and has worked on the development and coordination of national tobacco control policy and large-scale health research.
Academic & professional experience
- His career is a strong example of how public health research turns into policy. He held management roles at the Ministry of Health in family medicine, substance dependence and tobacco control, and took part in the establishment of the unit focused on combating tobacco and alcohol use in 2007.
- Represented Türkiye in the negotiations of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and played a role in the preparation of Türkiye’s national tobacco control programme.
- Took part in the design and coordination of large-scale studies in Türkiye including the Global Adult Tobacco Survey, the Global Youth Tobacco Survey and the National Chronic Diseases and Risk Factors Survey.
- As of 2026 he is a faculty member in the Department of Public Health at the Gülhane Faculty of Medicine, University of Health Sciences, Director of the Centre for the Prevention, Control and Management of Non-Communicable Diseases and Risk Factors, and a member of the Presidential Health Policies Board.
Advisory areas at ID
- Health policy perspective
- NCD and risk factor surveys
- Tobacco control research
Sectors & project types
- Health
- Public policy
- Non-communicable diseases
