Demet Dingoyan

Dr. Demet Dingoyan is a Research Fellow at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) within the Faculty of Medicine's Institute of Medical Sociology. Her primary affiliation is with the Center for Psychosocial Medicine. She holds a doctoral degree (Dr. phil) and specializes in psychological psychotherapy. Her work focuses on health equity, migration health, mental health disparities, and health literacy, particularly among populations with migration backgrounds.

Research interests include oral health literacy interventions, discrimination in healthcare, cultural competence in medical practice, and pandemic-related health behaviors. She has contributed to developing digital health interventions and cross-cultural assessment tools for healthcare professionals. Her interdisciplinary approach combines epidemiological studies with qualitative insights to address systemic barriers in healthcare access.

Notable contributions include the MuMi Study on oral health disparities among migrants and the DIA-X/CIDI Turkish adaptation for mental health diagnostics. She collaborates with migrant self-organizations to design culturally sensitive health promotion programs, such as the Bewusst-Gesund-Aktiv initiative. Her work emphasizes participatory methods to ensure interventions are tailored to community needs.