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PhD Consultant | Oncology, Ophthalmology, (Pre)Clinical Research & Regulatory Writing

Profile Summary

PhD-level biomedical consultant with expertise in oncology, ophthalmology, and (pre)clinical research. I provide support in clinical trial design, regulatory writing, and scientific communication. Experienced in NIH, VA, DoD, and Innosuisse-funded projects, I specialize in aligning research with HIPAA, ICH GCP, and ISO 10993 standards. I also advise on AI in healthcare, LLM evaluation, and ethics. With a strong academic record and patient-centered insight from Stanford Health Care, I offer reliable, cross-functional expertise tailored to high-stakes projects.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Biochemistry
• ☆ Apoptosis
• ☆ Oxidative Stress & Mitochondrial Function
• ☆ Enzyme Activity Assays
• ☆ Binding Assays
• ☆ Cell Biology
• ☆ Cell-Based Assays
• ☆ Membrane Biology
• ☆ Biophysics
• ☆ Biotechnology & Bioengineering
• ☆ Nanobiotechnology
• ☆ Biomedical Engineering
• ☆ Biomimetics
• ☆ Microscopy
• ☆ Light Microscopy
• ☆ Electron Microscopy
• ☆ Fluorescence Microscopy
• ☆ Chemical Engineering
• ☆ Process Chemistry
• ☆ Reactor Design
• ☆ Environmental Engineering and Technology
• ☆ Cell Culture
• ☆ Primary Cells
• ☆ Cell Surface Receptors
• ☆ 3D Cell Culture
• ☆ Biosensors
• ☆ Tissue Engineering
• ☆ Cytometry
• ☆ Clinical Trials
• ☆ IRB Applications
• ☆ Patient Recruitment
• ☆ Clinical Trials Data Analysis
• ☆ Hematology
• ☆ Hematology-Oncology
• ☆ Leukemia & Lymphoma
• ☆ Health Technology Assessment
• ☆ Medical Sciences
• ☆ Cancer Research
• ☆ Cancer Biology

Services

• Writing
• Consulting

Writing Clinical Trial Documentation, Medical Writing, Non-Medical Regulatory Writing, Technical Writing

Consulting Business Strategy Consulting, Healthcare Consulting, Scientific and Technical Consulting, Regulatory Consulting

Work Experience

Senior Scientist

Adolphe Merkle Institute

September 2020 - Present

Postdoctoral Scholar

University of Fribourg

September 2019 - August 2020

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine

August 2018 - July 2019

Graduate Research Assistant

Washington University in Saint Louis

August 2013 - July 2018

Research Assistant

Boğaziçi Üniversitesi

June 2010 - August 2013

Education

PhD

Washington University, Saint Louis - United States

August 2013 - August 2018

PhD (Energy, Environmental, and Chemical Engineering)

Washington University in Saint Louis

August 2013 - August 2018

PhD Training in Ophthalmology (Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences)

Washington University in Saint Louis School of Medicine

October 2013 - October 2017

MS (Energy, Environmental, and Chemical Engineering)

Washington University in Saint Louis

August 2013 - December 2016

MS (Environmental Technology)

Boğaziçi Üniversitesi

September 2008 - May 2011

BS (Environmental Engineerng)

Istanbul Technical University

September 2004 - August 2008

Certifications

• Project Management Professional

  PMI

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  September 2024 - Present

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Fabienne Schwab, Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser, Aline Scherz, Thierry Meyer, Bedia Begüm Karakoçak, Alke Petri-Fink (2023). The need for awareness and action in managing nanowaste . Nature Nanotechnology.

Bedia Begum Karakocak, Manuela Estermann, Ricardo Coelho, Francis Jacob, Yen-Lin Huang, Ching-Yeu Liang, Ana Bela Faia-Torres, Dedy Septiadi, Barbara Drasler, Irini Magdelina Dijkhoff, et al.(2023). A 3D multi-cellular tissue model of the human omentum to study the formation of ovarian cancer metastasis . Biomaterials. 294. p. 121996. Elsevier {BV}

Amine Laradji, Bedia B. Karakocak, Alexander V. Kolesnikov, Vladimir J. Kefalov, Nathan Ravi(2021). Hyaluronic Acid-Based Gold Nanoparticles for the Topical Delivery of Therapeutics to the Retina and the Retinal Pigment Epithelium . Polymers. 13. (19). p. 3324. {MDPI} {AG}

Bedia Begum Karakocak, Amine Laradji, Alexander V. Kolesnikov, Vladimir J. Kefalov, Nathan Ravi (2021). Hyaluronic Acid-Based Gold Nanoparticles for the Topical Delivery of Therapeutics to the Retina and the Retinal Pigment Epithelium . Polymers.

Hana Barosova and Kirsty Meldrum and Bedia Begum Karakocak and Sandor Balog and Shareen H. Doak and Alke Petri-Fink and Martin J.D. Clift and Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser(2021). Inter-laboratory variability of A549 epithelial cells grown under submerged and air-liquid interface conditions . Toxicology in Vitro. 75. p. 105178. Elsevier {BV}

Amine M. Laradji, Alexander V. Kolesnikov, Bedia B. Karakoçak, Vladimir J. Kefalov, Nathan Ravi(2021). Redox-Responsive Hyaluronic Acid-Based Nanogels for the Topical Delivery of the Visual Chromophore to Retinal Photoreceptors . ACS Omega. 6. (9). p. 6172--6184. American Chemical Society ({ACS})

Bedia Begüm Karakoçak, Amine Laradji, Tina Primeau, Mikhail Y. Berezin, Shunqiang Li, Nathan Ravi(2021). Hyaluronan-Conjugated Carbon Quantum Dots for Bioimaging Use . ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 13. (1). p. 277--286. American Chemical Society ({ACS})

(2020). Impact of airborne particulate matter on skin: a systematic review from epidemiology to in vitro studies . Particle and Fibre Toxicology.

(2020). An Inflamed Human Alveolar Model for Testing the Efficiency of Anti-inflammatory Drugs in vitro . Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology.

(2020). An In Vitro Lung System to Assess the Proinflammatory Hazard of Carbon Nanotube Aerosols . International Journal of Molecular Sciences.

Bedia Begum Karakocak, Hana Barosova, Dedy Septiadi, Alke Petri-Fink, Vicki Stone, Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser(2020). An In Vitro Lung System to Assess the Proinflammatory Hazard of Carbon Nanotube Aerosols . International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 21. (15). p. 5335. {MDPI} {AG}

Bedia Begum Karakocak, Hana Barosova, Dedy Septiadi, Alke Petri-Fink, Vicki Stone, Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser (2020). An In Vitro Lung System to Assess the Proinflammatory Hazard of Carbon Nanotube Aerosols . International Journal of Molecular Sciences.

(2020). Bioinspired Thermosensitive Hydrogel as a Vitreous Substitute: Synthesis, Properties, and Progress of Animal Studies . Materials.

(2019). Engineering Stable Pt Nanoparticles and Oxygen Vacancies on Defective TiO2 via Introducing Strong Electronic Metal-support Interaction for Efficient CO2 Photoreduction . Chemical Engineering Journal.

Bedia Begüm Karakoçak, Sameer Patel, Nathan Ravi, Pratim Biswas (2019). Investigating the Effects of Stove Emissions on Ocular and Cancer Cells . Scientific Reports.

Karakoçak, B.B., Patel, S., Ravi, N., Biswas, P.(2019). Investigating the Effects of Stove Emissions on Ocular and Cancer Cells . Scientific Reports. 9. (1).

Santhanam, S., Shui, Y.-B., Struckhoff, J., Karakocak, B.B., Hamilton, P.D., Harocopos, G.J., Ravi, N.(2019). Bioinspired Fibrillary Hydrogel with Controlled Swelling Behavior: Applicability as an Artificial Vitreous . ACS Applied Bio Materials. 2. (1). p. 70-80.

Lin, L.-Y., Kavadiya, S., He, X., Wang, W.-N., Karakocak, B.B., Lin, Y.-C., Berezin, M.Y., Biswas, P.(2019). Engineering stable Pt nanoparticles and oxygen vacancies on defective TiO<inf>2</inf> via introducing strong electronic metal-support interaction for efficient CO<inf>2</inf> photoreduction . Chemical Engineering Journal.

(2018). Optimizing the Synthesis of Red-Emissive Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Dots for Use in Bioimaging . ACS Applied Nano Materials.

Lin, L.-Y., Karakocak, B.B., Kavadiya, S., Soundappan, T., Biswas, P.(2018). A highly sensitive non-enzymatic glucose sensor based on Cu/Cu<inf>2</inf>O/CuO ternary composite hollow spheres prepared in a furnace aerosol reactor . Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical. 259. p. 745-752.

Karakocak, B.B., Liang, J., Biswas, P., Ravi, N.(2018). Hyaluronate coating enhances the delivery and biocompatibility of gold nanoparticles . Carbohydrate Polymers. 186. p. 243-251.

Lin, L.-Y., Kavadiya, S., Karakocak, B.B., Nie, Y., Raliya, R., Wang, S.T., Berezin, M.Y., Biswas, P.(2018). ZnO<inf>1−x</inf>/carbon dots composite hollow spheres: Facile aerosol synthesis and superior CO<inf>2</inf> photoreduction under UV, visible and near-infrared irradiation . Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 230. p. 36-48.

Karako&#231;ak, B.B., Raliya, R., Davis, J.T., Chavalmane, S., Wang, W.-N., Ravi, N., Biswas, P.(2016). Biocompatibility of gold nanoparticles in retinal pigment epithelial cell line . Toxicology in Vitro. 37. p. 61-69.

Liang, J., Karako&#231;ak, B.B., Struckhoff, J.J., Ravi, N.(2016). Synthesis and Characterization of Injectable Sulfonate-Containing Hydrogels . Biomacromolecules. 17. (12). p. 4064-4074.

Karako&#231;ak, B.B., Yenig&#252;n, O., Toraman, R.T.(2013). An integrated approach to water management in Kayseri: Rainwater collection and use in an amusement park . Water Science and Technology. 67. (5). p. 1137-1143.