Best Paper Award was presented to three manuscripts among the works published in the journal ‘From the Osteoporosis World’

Best Paper Award Jury

Merih SARIDOĞAN (President)
Elif AKALIN
Tansu ARASIL
Fatma İNANICI
Yeşim KİRAZLI
Tunay SARPEL
Tiraje TUNCER

• First Award
  THE FEMORAL GEOMETRICAL MEASUREMENTS IN POSTMENOPAUSAL TURKISH WOMEN
  Çalış HT , Eryavuz M, Çalış M, Can G, From the World of Osteoporosis (2002) 8:15-20
• Second Award
  EFFECTS OF VITAMIN D LEVELS ON QUALITY OF LIFE IN OSTEOPOROSIS
  Başaran S, Güzel R, Benlidayı İC, Uysal GF, From the World of Osteoporosis (2006) 12:35-38
• Third Award
  OSTEOPOROSIS, EDUCATION STATUS AND KNOWLEDGE LEVEL RESEARCH RESULTS
  Aksu A, Zinnuroğlu M, Karaoğlan B, Akın S, Gökçe Kutsal Y, Atalay F, Dinçer G

With the ‘Tree-for-you campaign’ donation was submitted to the Aegean Forest Foundation and a forest of trees was established in the name of the Society, with 1000 trees planted in the region of Torbali Bayindir. During the congress the participants received certificates, informing them that they each owned a tree in the forest.

The `Best Project Support Award` was given on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the Society during the 3. Congress on Osteoporosis.

Best Project Support Award Jury

Berrin DURMAZ
Nurten ESKİYURT
Sema ÖNCEL

• INVESTIGATION ON THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN RANK GENE C421T AND C575T POLYMORPHISMS AND BONE MINERAL DENSITY IN POST MENOPAUSAL WOMEN
  
  Banu İşleten*, Burak Durmaz**, Berrin Durmaz*, Ferda Özkınay**, Hüseyin Onay**, Kemal Öztekin***
  
  *Ege University, Medical Faculty, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, İzmir
  **Ege University, Medical Faculty, Department of Medical Genetics, İzmir
  ***Ege University, Medical Faculty, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, İzmir