Engin Ozertugrul received his Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Aegean University, Izmir, Turkey in 1987. He earned his Master of Education degree in Instructional Technology from American Intercontinental University, Illinois, in 2004 and his PhD in Health Psychology from Walden University, Minnesota, in 2015. His dissertation, Heuristic Self-Search Inquiry into One Experience of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, was supervised by Dr. Brent Robbins (Committee Chairperson, Psychology Faculty) and Dr. Jay Greiner (Committee Member, Psychology Faculty). Areas of interest include: Qualitative Research (Heuristic Self-Search Inquiry), Educational Psychology, Counseling, and Psychotherapy (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder).
Dr. Ozertugrul is currently a full time research staff member of research review and compliance team in pre-clinical research. Research review areas include Alzheimer's disease, depression, schizophrenia, aging, circadian rhythms, brain plasticity; and the mechanisms of visual perception. Other review areas cover research protocols with a broad range of fields, including mechanistic links between the biology of the brain and particular psychological/ behavioral states.
In his earlier years Dr. Ozertugrul authored a book, 'Zamanin Icinden’ (Turkish; Psychological/Philosophical Poetry works), Azim Publishing House, Istanbul, Turkey, 1995. His recent community involvements include Tri-institutional Investigator Training programs (Speaker, New York City, 2002-2010), Allied Health Course Program, 'A Primer on Obsessive Compulsive Disorder’, Raritan Valley Community College (Instructor, New Jersey, 2009-2010), and University Community Newsletter (Natural Selections, Editor, New York City, 2007-2013).
Dr. Ozertugrul resides in New Jersey with a loving wife and two beloved cats.
