Dr. Kubra Aykac is a Pediatric Infectious Disease Specialist at Hacettepe University, Ankara, Türkiye. Her research focuses on viral and bacterial infections in children, including respiratory viruses, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, and invasive fungal infections. She has led and co-authored several multicenter clinical and molecular studies, integrating cytokine profiling and transcriptomic analyses to understand host–pathogen interactions. Dr. Aykaç is an active member of the European Society of Pediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID), ECCMID (Congress of the European Society of
 Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases), and the Turkish Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (KLİMİK). Her academic mission is to advance evidence-based strategies for managing emerging infections in children.