Dr. Ozge Karadag works as a Senior Research Scholar at the Center for Sustainable Development of the Earth Institute at Columbia University. She also holds an associate professor of public health title in Turkey with 15 years of research and teaching experience in different higher education settings. Dr. Karadag earned her Medical Doctor (MD) degree from Istanbul University, and her MSc and PhD Degrees in Public Health from Hacettepe University. She also holds a postgraduate degree in health promotion from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Dr. Karadag has nearly 20 years of experience working in multidisciplinary teams to conduct research, develop public health policies and programs for different vulnerable/disadvantaged populations with a special focus on refugees/migrants and youth. Her main research interests are health care access among vulnerable populations, migration and health, health promotion and education, community mental health, stigma and discrimination, community participation in health care, and sustainable development. She has worked as a consultant for WHO, UNFPA, UNICEF, UNHCR, UNDP, IOM, and the European Commission in addition to different governmental and non-governmental organizations. Her current work focuses on research, advocacy, and training activities regarding the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the most vulnerable populations and how to use digital technologies to increase access to health information and care among refugee and disadvantaged local youth in Turkey, Lebanon, and Jordan. She is a member of The Lancet COVID-19 Commission Scientific Secretariat and one of the experts of the Global Happiness Council, where she co-chairs the Vulnerable Populations Thematic Group.

Roles

  • Columbia University

    University, New York, United States
    Public Health Researcher

  • Bahçeşehir University

    University, Istanbul, Turkey
    Professor of Public Health

  • Columbia University

    University, New York, United States
    Senior Research Scholar (Public Health)

Research

Youth health promotion in countries affected by forced migration: The role of mHealth technologies

Authors O Karadag, S Karabey, N Yazbik-Dumit, ...
Year 2022
Journal Name European Journal of Public Health
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3 Journal Article

Photovoice as a research, advocacy, and harmonization tool for refugee and local youth in Turkey

Authors O Karadag Caman, DI Ceyhan, I Sumbuloglu, ...
Year 2021
Journal Name European Journal of Public Health
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11 Journal Article

THE RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY OF THE TURKISH FORM OF BERGER HIV STIGMA SCALE

Authors Mevhibe Irem Yildiz, Koray Basar, Ozge Karadag Caman, ...
Year 2021
Journal Name Archives of Neuropsychiatry
13 Journal Article

THE NEUROLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES OF CONTRACTING COVID-19

Authors Lara B. Aknin, Jan Emmanuel De Neve, Elizabeth W. Dunn, ...
Year 2021
Journal Name Acta Neuropsychologica
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16 Journal Article

Curriculum update for future pharmacy technicians to enhance rational use of antibiotics in Turkey

Authors O Karadag Caman, S Uner, B Arica Yegin, ...
Year 2020
Journal Name European Journal of Public Health
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18 Journal Article

Co-designing mHealth technologies with youth: REACH Initiative in Turkey and Lebanon

Authors O Karadag Caman, S Karabey, I Sumbuloglu, ...
Year 2020
Journal Name European Journal of Public Health
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19 Journal Article

The Lancet COVID-19 Commission

Authors Jeffrey D Sachs, Richard Horton, Jessamy Bagenal, ...
Year 2020
Journal Name The Lancet
22 Journal Article

Posttraumatic Stress and Depression Among Syrian Refugees Living in Turkey

Authors Edip Kaya, Cengiz Kiliç, Özge Karadağ Çaman, ...
Year 2019
Journal Name Journal of Nervous & Mental Disease
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23 Journal Article

Need for and barriers to accessing mental health care among refugees in Turkey: a mixed methods study

Authors E Kaya, O Karadag Caman, C Kilic, ...
Year 2018
Journal Name European Journal of Public Health
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25 Journal Article

A newly developed health literacy scale for Turkish speaking literate adults

Authors S Bahar Ozvaris, B Guciz Dogan, O Karadag Caman, ...
Year 2018
Journal Name European Journal of Public Health
26 Journal Article

Refugees' access to and utilization of health services: challenges and solutions in Turkey

Authors E Kaya, O Karadag Caman, C Kilic, ...
Year 2018
Journal Name European Journal of Public Health
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28 Journal Article

Family physicians’ awareness and use of cognitive impairment screening tests in Ankara, Turkey

Authors O Karadag Caman, S Kiran, S Karahan, ...
Year 2017
Journal Name European Journal of Public Health
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33 Journal Article

Use of antibiotics among adults in Turkey and Turkish migrants in Germany, Netherlands and Sweden

Authors S Uner, O Karadag Caman, P Brzoska, ...
Year 2017
Journal Name European Journal of Public Health
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34 Journal Article

Cognitive impairment and healthcare needs: findings from a population based study in Turkey

Authors O Karadag Caman, S Kiran, S Karahan, ...
Year 2017
Journal Name European Journal of Public Health
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35 Journal Article

Community-Based Participatory Action Research in Mental Health: A Special Focus on Photovoice

Authors O Camar
Year 2015
Journal Name European Journal of Public Health
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38 Journal Article

Stigma and Discrimination towards Migrants in Health Care

Authors O Karadag Caman
Year 2015
Journal Name European Journal of Public Health
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39 Journal Article

Urinary Cotinine and Breath Carbon Monoxide Levels Among Bar and Restaurant Employees in Ankara

Authors O. K. Caman, B. I. Erguder, H. Ozcebe, ...
Year 2013
Journal Name Nicotine & Tobacco Research
44 Journal Article

Evaluation of Occupational Health Teaching Sessions for Final Year Medical Students

Authors Ali Naci Yildiz, Nazmi Bilir, Derya Camur, ...
Year 2012
Journal Name Safety and Health at Work
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47 Journal Article

Parallel presentations: oral presentations

Year 2011
Journal Name European Journal of Public Health
48 Journal Article

Moderated poster sessions: abstracts

Year 2010
Journal Name European Journal of Public Health
50 Journal Article

COVID-19: Marking the Gaps in Migrant and Refugee Health in Some Massive Migration Areas

Authors Stephen A. Matlin, Ozge Karadag, Claudio R. Brando, ...
Year 2021
Journal Name International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
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52 Journal Article

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