– On April 4th, 2018, Dr. Zuhal Yapıcı established the ‘Translational Neurodevelopmental Medicine Ph.D. Program’ to be carried out under the Department of Neurology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, and on May 15th, 2018, she was appointed as doctorate program manager.
– On July 10th, 2018, Dr. Zuhal Yapıcı established the ‘Unit of Tuberous Sclerosis’ in Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, and she was appointed as unit coordinator.
– She has been a member of the “Journal of European Paediatric Neurology” editorial board for two years, starting from 2022.
– On March 16, 2023, Dr. YAPICI established the “Turkey NBIA Working Group” with the support of the Turkish Parkinson Disease Association. As the leader of the group, she made the first speech at the 15th National Congress of Parkinson and Movement Disorders, and called to invite the Turkish neuroscientists for new projects on these rare diseases.
– At the 2023 NBIA Warsaw meeting, it was decided to hold the 9th International Symposium on NBIA in Istanbul. The link containing Prof Dr Zuhal YAPICI’s invitation for the symposium to be held on 17-19 October 2024 at Istanbul University Campus is below: