Jale Refik Rogers (born 1977) is a Turkish Cypriot molecular biologist and politician. She was elected as a

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of the Assembly of the Republic of

Northern Cyprus Northern Cyprus ( tr, Kuzey Kıbrıs), officially the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC; tr, Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti, ''KKTC''), is a ''de facto'' state that comprises the northeastern portion of the Geography of Cyprus, isl ...

in 2018.

Early years and education

Jale Refik Rogers was born in North Nicosia in 1977. She completed her secondary education at the

Türk Maarif Koleji Türk Maarif Koleji (), commonly referred to as Kolej, is a selective secondary education institute in Nicosia, Northern Cyprus. Access to the school is only open to students with top score in a nationwide entrance exam. It is an English-medium sch ...

. She received the

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and enrolled to the University of Maine. She graduated ''

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'' with a bachelor of science degree, majoring in biochemistry with a minor in Chemistry in 1998. Before starting to her doctoral studies at the Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences of the Cornell University, she worked as a research assistant for the Harvard Medical School. She received a PhD degree from the Cornell University in Molecular Biology in 2006.

Professional career

Rogers was a research fellow at the

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from 2006 to 2007. She returned to Cyprus in 2007, co-founding and becoming a lecturer as an assistant professor for the Faculty of Pharmacy of the

Near East University Near East University (NEU; tr, Yakın Doğu Üniversitesi, commonly referred to as YDÜ) is a private university located in North Cyprus. It was founded in North Nicosia in 1988, by Suat Günsel, a Turkish Cypriot who is the 100% owner of NEU. ...

in Nicosia. She became the founder of the Molecular Genetics Laboratory of the Burhan Nalbantoğlu State Hospital in 2010. She still works as the head of the laboratory.

Political career

Jale Refik Rogers was amongst the founding members of the People's Party. She was named to the provisional Central Executive Body of the party and was reelected to her position after the first congress. She took a critical stance, expressing her concerns on the quality of health services provided by the state and suggested important reforms to reevaluate the health system. In the 2018 parliamentary election, she was the candidate of the People's Party for the Girne District, and was 4th on the party list. She was officially elected to be a Member of Parliament with the formal announcement of the results. She was re-elected in the 2022 election.

External links

Profile at the People's Party website

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Refik Rogers, Jale 1977 births Living people Türk Maarif Koleji alumni University of Maine alumni Cornell University alumni Members of the Assembly of the Republic (Northern Cyprus) People from North Nicosia Turkish Cypriot women in politics Turkish Cypriot expatriates in Turkey Academic staff of Near East University