High Advisory Board

Mehmet Dinç graduated from the Department of Psychological Counseling and Guidance at Marmara University. He earned a master’s degree in Education from RMIT University, in Clinical Psychology from Okan University, and in Narrative Therapy from the University of Melbourne. He completed his PhD at Marmara University with a focus on internet addiction. He also spent one year as a visiting scholar at the University of Melbourne.

He is currently working in the Department of Psychology at Hasan Kalyoncu University and serves as a member of the International Faculty Board at the Dulwich Centre. His research interests include digital addictions, psychological resilience, and narrative therapy. He is married and has two children.

He was born in 1965, in Eskişehir. He completed his primary, secondary and high school education in Eskişehir. He graduated from the medical faculty at the Hacettepe University in 1990. After completing his education at Istanbul University in the field of pediatric residency in 1997, he has become an expert of child and adolescent psychiatry. He became associate professor in 2000 and professor in 2007. Currently, he is an academician in the department of psychology at the Hasan Kalyoncu University. He published books such as the School Phobia in 2006, the Child Psychiatry in 2007, the Children of Divorced Families in 2008, and the Impulsivity of Children in 2015. He is married and has 3 daughters.

Dr. Ahmad Fairuz PhD was born in Malaysia's Johor province. He works as an occupational physician. He received a doctorate in medicine from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) and a postgraduate master's degree in public health from Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM). He holds a PhD from Management & Science University in the field of biomedicine in the public health (occupational safety and health) discipline (MSU). He holds medical licenses in Malaysia (M-02557) and Brunei (M-02557) (MMC 45824). He is a licensed occupational health doctor registered with DOSH, Malaysia, and his OHD number is HQ/14/DOC/00/354. He is a certified AOEMM (Medical Review Officer) for drug and alcohol testing. He received his education and certification as an basic aviation medicine medical officer from the Royal Malaysian Airforce. He serves as the appointed medical examiner for Brunei Shell Petroleum and Petronas Brunei (AME). He enlisted with DOSH as an ETP after receiving extensive ergonomic training. He has received NIOSH and HRD Corp. approval as an accredited trainer (TTT).

Throughout his career, he concentrated on occupational safety and health and public health. He has delivered speeches, published papers, and published books at several regional and international publishers. He received invitations to speak, instruct, and participate on panels for regional and global conferences, seminars, trainings, and gatherings. He has a wealth of expertise working with many business sectors to provide training and public health services. He is involved with Green Crescent Malaysia and is a vocal opponent of addiction. He works tirelessly as a volunteer for both national and local organizations.

A registered Pharmacist, holder of Master of Clinical Pharmacy, Doctor of Pharmacy, Fellow of Postgraduate College of Pharmacist and has an Executive Diploma in Supply Chain. Since graduation from ABU Zaria has been in the Service of Niger State Government, rising from Intern Pharmacist, HOD Quality Assurance, Director Production and QC to his present position. As an Executive Director of Niger State Drug and Hospital Consumables Management Agency: he oversees the entire activities of the Agency, particularly in area of her core mandate that involves ensuring medicine security in production, procurement, storage, distribution and dispensation of good quality and affordable drugs, hospital consumables and medical devices to all levels of health care facilities in Niger state and beyond.

He is a onetime PSN Representative on the Board of Niger State Primary Healthcare Development Agency. currently a Chief Consultant Clinical Pharmacist at the General Hospital Minna and an Ad-hoc Committee member of Pharmacists Council of Nigeria on Development of E-Learning Program for Pharmacists in Nigeria and in Diaspora. He is also a member of the National health Insurance Authority (NHIA) Medicine Branding Initiative and Nigerian Governors Forum Technical committee on Establishment of Drug Management Agency in state without the Agency. On Addiction prevention He has had several trainings in and outside Nigeria particularly in Turkey and Switzerland. He equally heads IMAN Addiction working group and the current National President of Green Health Development Initiative an affiliate of the International Federation of Green Crescent based in Istanbul Turkey. He is currently a Board member representing Nigeria and West Africa. He is a onetime l Secretary of the Islamic Medical Association of Niger State and currently the Chairman of the branch. He is also at onetime the National Secretary and the current National Vice Chairman 1 of IMAN. He has served in both the State and National Hajj Medical Teams for many years.

Psychiatry at the Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre. Master in Health Sciences at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul/ Brazil.Training in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) by the Behavioral Tech Institute. Professor at the medical school of the University of Vale do Taquari. Professor at the residency in psychiatry of Hospital Bruno Born and Hospital Divina Providência.

He was born in 1968, in jerba. Tunisia. He completed his primary, secondary and high school education in Bizerte. He graduated from the Tunis medical faculty in 1993. After completing his education at Tunis University in the field of pediatric residency in 1999, he has become a Consultant Pediatrician. Currently, he is working in Private practice office. He trained youth in the project of Social life auxiliary. He Founded NGO ( Madinaty network, Tunisian green crescent, fight against addiction).

He was born in 1972, in Kyrgyzstan. He completed his all school education levels in Kyrgyzstan. He graduated from the management faculty, industrial engineering department at the Istanbul Technical University (ITU) in 1997. He did MBA at Cardiff Metropolitan University in UK in 2010. He worked in different international companies between 1997 and 2012 like as Evyap, Colgate&Palmolive, Anadolu Grubu and MegaCom in Istanbul, Almaty and Bishkek cities. Beginning from 2013 he is managing own business in distribution and construction fields.

Mohamed Mukthar Marikkar is an engineer by profession. Having being educated at Zahira College Colombo, and North West London University in Mechanical Engineering specializing in Air-Conditioning & Refrigeration and thereafter in the field of Sales & Marketing, presently being a fellow member of the Institute of Marketing UK