Ayşen Mert, MD, PhD, was born in Ankara, Türkiye, in 1978. She graduated from the Faculty of Medicine at Selçuk University in 2002. After completing her residency in Family Medicine at Dokuz Eylül University in 2011, she became a board-certified Family Medicine Specialist. Since 2021, she has served as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at Afyonkarahisar Health Sciences University, Türkiye. Dr. Mert received an Associate Degree in Health Institutions Management from Atatürk University in 2017 and earned her PhD in Elderly Health and Care from Aydın Adnan Menderes University in 2024. She is currently pursuing a thesis-based Master's degree in Phytotherapy at Afyonkarahisar Health Sciences University. Her academic and clinical work focuses on Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, with particular interests in preventive medicine, healthy ageing, geriatric medicine, frailty, sarcopenia, chronic disease management, women's and reproductive health, and population-based cancer screening. She is also actively involved in occupational health, addiction medicine, family counseling, phytotherapy, and multidisciplinary clinical research. Dr. Mert has authored peer-reviewed scientific articles, book chapters, and conference presentations. She serves as a reviewer for international peer-reviewed journals. Her current research focuses on healthy ageing, preventive healthcare, evidence-based primary care, and multidisciplinary clinical resear