​Our international congress named "1st International Health Sciences Research Days Congress" was hosted by Istanbul Aydın University between 14-16 September 2022. At the congress, where Prof. Dr. Haydar Özpınar was in the Organizing Board and Research Assistant Büşra Göz was in the Congress Secretariat, Nutrition and Dietetics Department sessions were held on September 15, under the moderation of IAU Department of Nutrition and Dietetics Dr. Zehra Gülsünoğlu Konuşkan and one of our students, Demet Akat. .

Vice Rector of the University of Potsdam in Germany and Head of the Department of Nutritional Sciences Prof Dr Florian J Schweigert, Faculty Member of the Department of Nutritional Sciences at Potsdam University Prof Dr Harshadrai Rawel, Assist. Prof. Zeynep Begüm Kalyoncu Atasoy from the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics at Istanbul Aydın University and Dr Ayşe from Istanbul Technical University Saygün took part in our congress as an invited speaker.

At our congress, Potsdam University Vice Rector and Head of Department of Nutritional Sciences Prof Dr Florian J Schweigert shared his valuable knowledge and experiences with us with his presentation on "Quality Control in Large Scale Food Fortification".

Prof. Dr. Harshadrai Rawel, faculty member of the Department of Nutritional Sciences at the University of Potsdam, contributed to our congress with his valuable presentation on "Coffee By-Products as Sustainable Novel Foods".

Assist. Prof. Zeynep Begüm Kalyoncu Atasoy took part in our congress as an invited speaker with her valuable presentation on "Nutrition and Culinary Acculturation to Turkish Cuisine Profile of Refugees Who Are Living in Ankara".

Dr Ayşe Saygün from Istanbul Technical University shared her knowledge and experience with us on "Evaluation of Aloe-Vera Added Edible Films for Quality Preservation of Kashar Cheese".