Koc University School of Medicine
Events
Events
Virtual Workouts - HIIT 101 w/ Baris (Koc University School of Medicine)
Every Saturday – 8pm GMT+3 (1pm EST/10am PST) Join Baris and Koc University medical students for weekly virtual workouts every Saturday. Workouts are HIIT style with no equipment needed! Zoom link | password: TIMETOMOVE
Events
Docs 4 Preemies (Koc University School of Medicine)
1.1 million babies die due to complications related to prematurity each year, making prematurity the second major cause of infant deaths worldwide. This year, in the week of November 17 World Prematurity Day, we run 15 K for the fifteen million babies born preterm this year. All you need to do to participate is: Wear purple (optional), walk/run a total of 15 K over the course of the week of November 16th-22nd, take pics and hashtag #worldprematurityday and #docs4preemies (don’t forget to tag Medicine in Motion) (optional), share your walk/run on an app (like Strava), ask friends & family to support local organizations for prematurity, such as March of Dimes for the US and EFCNI for Europe (optional). Join us to help these tiny babies and their families raise their voice – worldwide!
Chapter Leads
Misra Tasci
Misra is a 3rd year student at KU. She is passionate about maintaining an active lifestyle and helping to build communities that are active physically, mentally and spiritually. Her favorite types of exercises are running and yoga, she is also very open to trying anything new to keep building a state of wellness both in herself and the people around her.
Ozlem Ozgur
Ozlem is a 3rd year medical student at KU in Istanbul. She considers herself as an energetic person and would try any sport once: her exercises began with swimming and volleyball, she then played tennis, badminton and basketball in her high school years, she has always loved ice skating. Currently she adores fitness and yoga. She expects to utilize fitness as a tool for interdisciplinary community building and to support the general well-being of the society.
Piril Okay
Piril is a 3rd year medical student at KU. She currently works as a student assistant in a human genetics lab to understand the molecular mechanisms behind ALS and similar neurodegenerative diseases. In her free time she likes to do fitness exercises in the gym and attend yoga lessons. Last year, she ran 15K in the Istanbul Marathon with her fellow med students in support of a charity for cancer fighters. She feels very lucky to have discovered the mood boost one gets from training and now wants to help other med students reduce stress and maintain their physical and mental health through exercise.
Samet Tolga Kaya
Tolga is a 3rd year medical student at KU in Istanbul. He enjoys trying different kinds of sports and just moving in general. He believes that keeping an active lifestyle helps clear his mind and elevate his mood. His favorite type of exercises are bodybuilding and football. He has experience in budget management from smaller student organizations in high school and college that he plans to utilize to fund events and find sponsorships for MiM.
Yasar Baris Gulluoglu
Baris is a 3rd year medical student at KU. He has always been into bodybuilding and fitness since childhood, starting with bodyweight training and eventually transitioning into powerlifting. He also had the chance to compete in the academic rowing league as an ace rower of the Koc Rowing Team. Lately, he grew an interest in yoga while continuing weightlifting training. He wishes to keep an active lifestyle and constant development of his mental and physical fitness.