Prof. Sedef Yenice is a laboratory medicine leader with over four decades of experience in clinical chemistry, laboratory management, quality, accreditation, clinical research, and education. From 1997 to 2026, she led Clinical Biochemistry and Core Clinical Laboratory Services at Group Florence Nightingale Hospitals, overseeing patient safety, method evaluation, autoverification, and accreditation.

She serves on the Executive Committee of the IFCC Education and Management Division and has been appointed Vice Chair for 2027–2029. She chairs the IFCC Visiting Lecturer Program, serves on the IFCC Accreditation Committee, and represents Türkiye within IFCC. An Executive Committee Member of the EFLM Division of Education and Profession, she led the development of European CPECS®. She founded IFCC PROCEED® and advises on CLSI clinical chemistry standards.

Her interests span laboratory quality, measurement science, professional competence, and responsible AI and clinical decision support. She serves on the Editorial Advisory Board of Critical Reviews in Clinical Laboratory Sciences.

She earned her PhD at Dokuz Eylül University, undertook doctoral research at the University of Minnesota and postdoctoral research at the University of Edinburgh, and completed executive management education at the University of Notre Dame. Her awards include the 2023 EFLM Academy Award and the 2025 IFCC FEN Research Project Award.