Dr. Nuray Kuşcu received her Bachelor’s degree in Health Administration from Hacettepe University, one of Türkiye’s leading universities in the field of health sciences. She completed her Master’s degree in Health Management at Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University and earned her PhD in Health Management from Selçuk University. Prior to her academic career, she worked for four years as a hospital manager in A-class private hospitals in Istanbul, gaining extensive hands-on experience in healthcare delivery, hospital operations, and patient management processes. Since 2017, she has been working as a faculty member at Hatay Mustafa Kemal University, Health Services Vocational School, where she currently holds the position of Assistant Professor. Her research interests include health anxiety, digital health literacy, cyberchondria, patient behavior in healthcare utilization, healthcare management, and the psychosocial and economic determinants of healthcare decision-making.