Gulali is a professor in Internal Medicine Department of Abant Izzet Baysal University Hospital in Bolu, Turkey. He received his MD and PHD degrees at Ondokuz Mayis University Faculty of Medicine in 2000 and 2008, respectively. After working in Lice State Hospital as a consultant in internal medicine for 3 years, he started his academic life at Abant Izzet Baysal University in 2011 as an assistant professor. He deserved the title of associate professor in 2015 after accomplishment of significant research and by meeting the necessary conditions by the local regulations. He is working in the same institution as a professor currently. Gulali Aktas is an educator who devotes himself to the education of medical students and internal medicine residents, as well as an academic researcher who is involved in many original researches. He has been the thesis advisor of 6 PhD students to date and has around 200 articles published in peer-reviewed journals. Gulali has published more than 200 articles in international peer reviewed journals. Additionally, he has written 12 chapters in medical books. Believing in the importance of peer review in academic publishing, he reviewed more than 1200 papers in various prestigious journals. Inflammation, metabolic syndrome and nutrition are the main focuses of his current research. Type 2 diabetes and related conditions are also within his research interests. He has been nominated for Elsevier’s Osmosis Raise The Line Faculty Award in 2022. Gulali