Dr. Aysun Ünal is a Professor of Neurology and Head of the Department of Neurology at Tekirdağ Namık Kemal University Faculty of Medicine, Türkiye. She received her M.D. from Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, and completed her neurology residency at the Bakırköy Prof. Dr. Mazhar Osman Mental Health and Neurological Diseases Training and Research Hospital in Istanbul, with a thesis on cognitive impairment in multiple sclerosis. She served as Assistant and Associate Professor at Bülent Ecevit University before joining Namık Kemal University, where she has held the rank of Professor since 2013.
Her research focuses on multiple sclerosis and neuroimmunology, with particular interest in cognitive impairment, disease-modifying therapies, and neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric aspects of neurological disease. She has served as Principal Investigator in international multicenter clinical trials in multiple sclerosis, as well as on several TÜBİTAK-funded national research projects. She is the author of numerous peer-reviewed international publications and book chapters on multiple sclerosis and neuroimmunology, and is a member of the Turkish Neurological Society, the Turkish MS Study Group, and the Turkish Epilepsy Society.