Tuğba Küçükkasap is an Associate Professor in the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics. Her research focuses on maternal and child nutrition, women’s health, nutritional epidemiology, dietary assessment, eating behavior, and appetite regulation. Her current interests include the relationships between diet, premenstrual syndrome, hedonic hunger, pregnancy outcomes, fermented foods, ultra-processed food consumption, and the gut microbiota. She conducts clinical and population-based research aimed at understanding how dietary patterns and nutritional factors influence metabolic and reproductive health.