Prof. Filiz Onat
Professor of Pharmacology; Chair of the Clinical Research Ethics Committee
Department of Medical Pharmacology · School of Medicine Acıbadem Mehmet Ali Aydınlar University
About
Two decades of absence-epilepsy research with partners in Oxford, London, Lund, Toronto, Monash and New York; chairs the university's Clinical Research Ethics Committee.
- absence epilepsy
- kindling
- antiepileptic drugs
- thalamocortical circuits
- clinical research ethics
Prof. Filiz Onat has studied epilepsy since the 2000s, with a focus on genetic absence epilepsy and the kindling process. Her international collaborations include Zoltán Molnár at the University of Oxford on neuropeptidergic therapeutic strategies for absence epilepsy, Deniz Kirik at Lund University on the coexistence of epilepsy and Parkinson's disease, Sanjay Sisodiya and Philip Patsalos at University College London on climate change and epilepsy and on levetiracetam blood concentrations, and earlier work with Monash University, the University of Toronto, Cardiff University, Radboud University and Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
She chairs the Acıbadem Mehmet Ali Aydınlar University Clinical Research Ethics Committee (TİTCK code 2025-KAEK-51) and leads the School of Medicine's Neuroscience student research group.
Research output
- 517publications
- 2,512citations
- 26h-index
- 20projects
Figures as recorded in AVESİS, the university’s research information system · AVESİS profile.
Projects & funding
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Novel neuropeptidergic therapeutic strategies in the management of absence epilepsy
With Zoltán Molnár, University of Oxford. Ongoing.
- Partners
- University of Oxford (United Kingdom)
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Experimental approaches to the coexistence of epilepsy and Parkinson’s disease
With Deniz Kirik, Lund University. Ongoing.
- Partners
- Lund University (Sweden)
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Climate change and epilepsy
With Sanjay Sisodiya, University College London. Ongoing.
- Partners
- University College London (United Kingdom)
In the news
GEMSTONE Project Strengthened the Research Ecosystem Through Its Dissemination Event
Our university hosted a two-day dissemination event titled “How to Build Your Chemogenetic Research Capacity from Scratch?” on June 17–18, 2025.
The Independent Advisory Board Meeting of the Gemstone Project
The Independent Advisory Board Meeting of the Gemstone Project, conducted at Acıbadem University, took place on September 20, 2024.
Prof. Filiz Onat was Appointed to the Editorial Board of EPILEPSIA Journal
Prof. Filiz Onat was Appointed to the Editorial Board of EPILEPSIA Journal
