This year at 15th Kadir Has Awards, Prof. Dr. Ivet Bahar received ‘Outstanding Achievement Award’. Bahar was presented with her award at a ceremony held at Kadir Has University Cibali Campus, on March 22nd. We talked with Prof. Dr. Ivet Bahar primarily about her studies on neurodegenerative diseases and battle with drug addiction. Kadir Has Awards have been granted in memory of Kadir Has University’s founder Kadir Has since 2003. Kadir Has Awards aim to recognize, promote and reward individuals and institutions who made significant achievements on a national and international level and contributed to the advancement of their community. Prof. Dr. Ivet Bahar Founding President and Distinguished Professor at Department of Computational & Systems Biology School of Medicine at University of Pittsburgh since 2004, was granted the “Outstanding Achievement Award” this year for developing theoretical and computational models that explain functional dynamics of biological systems on a mole...