Yeltay Rakhmanov

Yeltay Rakhmanov is an Instructor at the Nazarbayev University School of Medicine (NUSOM) in the Department of Medicine. He holds a PhD in Sports Medicine from Tongji Medical College, China, an MSc in Medicine and Surgery from the University of L’Aquila, Italy, and an MD from Western Kazakhstan Marat Ospanov State Medical University.

• PhD: Sports Medicine, Tongji Medical College, China
• MSc: Medicine and Surgery, University of L’Aquila, Italy
• MSc: Science and Techniques of Adaptive Physical Activities, University of L’Aquila, Italy
• MD: General Medicine, Western Kazakhstan Marat Ospanov State Medical University

His research focuses on the Biomechanics and Epigenetics of athletes, Tele-Rehabilitation in isolated regions, and Community health initiatives in Central Asia. Recent projects include AIoT-enhanced health monitoring and stem cell therapies for cartilage defects. His work spans interdisciplinary collaborations between Europe and Central Asia.

Scientific awards include the Lane Kirkland Fellowship and Erasmus Mundus TOSCA Scholarship, with grants from the European Commission and Autonomous Province of Trento. He has supervised educational programs at MAGI Group and contributed to developing rehabilitation systems in Kazakhstan.

• Lane Kirkland Fellowship Program
• Erasmus Mundus TOSCA Scholarship
• European Commission grants
• Autonomous Province of Trento grants

Yeltay co-developed a Bachelor of Physiotherapy program for Kazakh universities and pioneered telerehabilitation practices in isolated regions. He actively contributes to conferences and journals on topics like genetic testing, hemodynamic forces in athletes, and environmental health impacts in the Aral Sea area.