Martina Roes
| Dr. Martina Roes, RN, PhD is the head of the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) e.V, site Witten and a Professor for Nursing Science and Health Care Research at the University of Witten/Herdecke. She is a member of the American Association of Nursing (AAN), a Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America (GSA), a board member of INTERDEM as well as chair of the INTERDEM task force ‘Context, Culture, and Intersectionality’. Martina is a member of the DZNE Patient Advisory Board and of the advisory group for participatory research of the German Research Centers as well as a network of researcher applying public involvement across disciplines in Germany. Furthermore, she is an Associate Editor of Frontiers Dementia Care and leads two special research topics (“Diversity, intersectionality, and inclusive practices in dementia care and research” as well as “Public Involvement in Dementia Care and Research”). Martina became a nurse (1982) and a nurse educator (1989), earned her PhD at the University of Bremen; she studied Sociology, Philosophy, and Psychology at the Free University in Berlin. She was a PostDoc Fellow of the Commonwealth Foundation as well as a Fellow of the Bosch Stiftung as a PhD student. Her research focus lies on person-centred dementia care, care for underserved and underresearched populations (e.g. people with rare dementias, people who experience health disparities); participatory research with people living with dementia as well as implementation science. |
Seda Güney
| Dr. Seda Güney, PhD, RN, is an Assistant Professor in Public Health Nursing at Koç University School of Nursing, Türkiye. She earned her PhD in Nursing from Koç University in 2021 and her MSc in Public Health Nursing from Istanbul University in 2011. Her research focuses on the care of older adults, dementia, community health, person-centered care, gerontological nursing competencies, and health and care disparities. She has experience in qualitative, mixed-methods, and participatory research involving people living with dementia, family caregivers, healthcare professionals, and communities. |
Kimberly Kremb
| Kimberly Kremb is a student (majoring in Law) working at the DZNE/Witten and supporting the WP 3 team. |
Deniz Arslan Kilciler
| Deniz Arslan Kilciler is a researcher at the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) in Witten and a PhD student. Within ENSURED, Deniz works on the Work Package 3 scoping review on intersectionality and social health in rarer dementias, including frontotemporal dementia, Lewy body dementia and vascular dementia. Deniz holds a BA in Sociology and an MA in Social Policy from Middle East Technical University (METU). Prior research experience includes working as a research assistant on the 2018 Turkey Demographic and Health Survey (TDHS-2018), alongside several years of experience in the NGO sector. |
Seda Sarikose Parlak
| Dr. Seda Sarıköse Parlak is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Koç University. She began her career as a registered nurse at Koç University Hospital and later pursued an academic career in nursing and healthcare management. She received her PhD in Nursing from Koç University in 2024 and subsequently worked as an Assistant Professor at Koç University School of Nursing, where she taught courses in healthcare management, leadership, and teamwork. She has expertise in mixed-methods research, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and randomized controlled trials. |
Gresa Zeka
| Gresa Zeka is Registered Nurse and Research Associate at the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE). The key areas of my work are person-centered dementia care, health inequalities, and inequities in dementia care as well as intersectionality in dementia care research. Within the ENSURED project, I conduct a sub-study examining how rare dementias, health disparities and health inequalities are addressed in National Dementia Plans, dementia-related reports and related policy documents worldwide. I am also involved in the scoping review that aims to map the existing evidence on health disparities affecting people living with rarer dementias. |
Institution(s)
German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Witten,
Germany https://www.dzne.de/en/about-us/sites/witten/
KoçUniversityhttps://www.ku.edu.tr/en/