Uğur Özbek received PhD degree on Cancer Genetics at Oncology Institute in 1995. In 1997 he became Associate Professor in Basic Oncology and in 2003 he became full Professor in Genetics. He worked as a faculty member at Istanbul University Institute of Experimental Medicine, Genetics. He became a consultant in Forensic Biology; a faculty member and director of Istanbul University Health Sciences Institute Genetics and Institute of Experimental Medicine. He worked at Acıbadem University, School of Medicine in 2016. He established Center for Rare and Undiagnosed Diseases at Acibadem University. He worked as Chair to the Horizon2020 at IBG in 2023. His research interests include delineation of the genetics and molecular biological mechanisms underlying hereditary cancers/hematological malignancies and rare/undiagnosed diseases.