סגל אקדמי

John Gal

E-mail: john.gal@mail.huji.ac.il

Higher Education

1996-1997 Postdoctoral Studies (London School of Economics)

1990-1996 Ph.D., (Hebrew University)

1984-1989 M.A. (Tel Aviv University)

1980-1984 B.A., (Tel Aviv University)

Awards and Excellence Scholarships (Within the Past Five Years)

Ministry of Welfare Award for Outstanding Contribution to Social Work and the Welfare State, 2019

Centreid - L. Jacque Menard Chair in Social Work for the Study of Volunteer and Nonprofit Organizations, 2015

Visiting Scholar, Silver School of Social Work, New York University, 2014-2015

ESPAnet Prize for an Outstanding Contribution to Social Policy Research, 2014

Appointments at the Hebrew University

2010 Full Professor

2006 - 2010 Associate Professor

2001 - 2006 Senior Lecturer

1997 - 2001 Lecturer

Additional Functions (Within the Past Five Years)

Joint Head of the Center for Social Work and Employment, Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Principal Researcher and Welfare Policy Chair, Taub Center for Social Policy Studies in Israel

Associate Editor, International Journal of Social Welfare

Joint Series Editor, Research in Social Work, Policy Press and European Social Work Research Association

Chair of the Full Professor Promotion Committee in the Humanities and Social Sciences, Hebrew University

Research Grants (Within the Past Five Years)

2019-2020 NII “ Passport Benefits in Israel”, Momi Dahan, Avishai Benish, Roni Holler, $60, 300.

2017-2018 NII “Active take-up”, Mimi Ajzenstadt, Avishai Benish, Roni Holler, $35,000.

2017-2019 GIF “ The transnational history of social work between Germany and Israel in the 1930s and 1940s”, Stefan Kongeter, €150,000.

2014-2016 Davis Institute "Gender, civil society and welfare in international comparative perspective", Michal Almog-Bar, $15,000.

2013-2015 IASSW "When Academia and Policy Meet", $5000.

2014-2016 ISF "When Knowledge, Social Work and Social Policy Meet", Idit Weiss-Gal, $40,000.

2013-2016 EU FP7 “European Citizenship”, David Levi Faur, EUR 100,000.

List of Publication (Within the Past Five Years)

Books & Edited Books

Gal, J. and Holler, R. (eds.). (2019). 'Justice instead of charity': Chapters in the Development of Social Work in Israel. Beer Sheva: Ben Gurion Institute.

Gal, J. and Benish, A. (eds). (2018). For the welfare state: Selected essays by Abraham Doron. Tel Aviv: Resling. (Hebrew)

Gal, J. and Weiss-Gal, I. (eds.). (2017). Where academia and policy meet. Bristol: Policy Press.

Chapters in Collections

Shavit, Y., Friedman, Y., Gal, J. & Vaknin, D. (2019). Poverty in early childhood and inequality in education. In H. Ayalon, N. Blass, Y. Feniger & Y. Shavit (eds), Educational Inequality in Israel: From Research to Policy. Jerusalem: Taub Center for Social Policy Studies in Israel.

Gal, J. and Bleikh, H. (2019). The welfare system: An overview. In A. Weiss (ed.), The State of the Nation Report 2019. Jerusalem: Taub Center for Social Policy Studies in Israel.

Weiss-Gal, I. & Gal, J. (2019). Social work academia and social policy in Israel. In Klammer. U., Leiber, S. & Leitner, S. (eds), Social Work and the Making of Social Policy. Bristol: Policy Press.

Avnir, Y. & Gal, J. (2019). Settlement Houses and the origins of social work in Mandatory Palestine. In Gal, J. and Holler, R. (eds.), 'Justice Instead of Charity': Chapters in the Development of Social Work in Israel. Beer Sheva: Ben Gurion Institute.

Holler, R. & Gal, J. (2019). Introduction: Exploring the history of social work in Israel. In Gal, J. and Holler, R. (eds.), 'Justice Instead of Charity': Chapters in the Development of Social Work in Israel. Beer Sheva: Ben Gurion Institute.

Jawad, R. & Gal, J. (2019). The Middle East. In B. Greve (ed), The Routledge Handbook of the Welfare State. (Second Edition). London: Routledge.

Gal, J. and Madhala, S. (2018). The social welfare system: An overview. In A. Weiss (ed.), The State of the Nation Report 2018. Jerusalem: Taub Center for Social Policy Studies in Israel.

Luppi, M. Oomkens, R. & Gal. J. (2018). Precarious migrant care workers in Italy, Israel and the UK. In T. Knijn & M. Naldini (eds.), Gender and Generational Division in EU Citizenship. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.

Shalev, M. & Gal, J. (2018). Bullets and benefits in the Israeli welfare state. In Herbert Obinger, Klaus Petersen & Peter Starke (eds), Warfare and Welfare. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Gal, J. (2018). The historical development of the welfare state in Israel. In J. Gal & A. Benish (eds), For the Welfare State: Selected Essays by Abraham Doron. Tel Aviv: Resling.

Gal, J., Madhala, S. and Bleikh, H. (2017). Social service budgeting in local authorities. In A. Weiss (ed.), The State of the Nation Report 2017. Jerusalem: Taub Center for Social Policy Studies in Israel.

Gal, J. and Madhala, S. (2017). Developments in Israeli social welfare policy. In A. Weiss (ed.), The State of the Nation Report 2017. Jerusalem: Taub Center for Social Policy Studies in Israel.

Gal, J. (2017). The Israeli Welfare State System: With Special Reference to Social Inclusion. In C. Aspalter (ed.), The Routledge International Handbook to Welfare State Systems. London: Routledge.

Weiss-Gal, I. and Gal, J. (2017). Conclusion. In J. Gal and I. Weiss-Gal, (eds.), Where Academia and Policy Meet. Bristol: Policy Press.

Weiss-Gal, I. and Gal, J. (2017). Where academia and policy meet in Israel. In J. Gal and I. Weiss-Gal, (eds.), Where Academia and Policy Meet. Bristol: Policy Press.

Gal, J. and Weiss-Gal, I. (2017). Where academia and policy meet: An introduction. In J. Gal and I. Weiss-Gal, (eds.), Where Academia and Policy Meet. Bristol: Policy Press.

Madhala-Brik, S. and Gal, J. (2016). The outsourcing of welfare services: Trends and changes. In A. Weiss, (eds.), The State of the Nation Report 2016. Jerusalem: Taub Center for Social Policy Studies in Israel.

Gal, J. and Madhala-Brik, S. (2016). Public spending on social welfare. In A. Weiss, (eds.), The State of the Nation Report 2016. Jerusalem: Taub Center for Social Policy Studies in Israel.

Gal, J. & Madhala-Brik, S. (2015). Social welfare expenditure. In D. Chernichovsky, D. & A. Weiss, (eds.), The State of the Nation Report 2015. Jerusalem: Taub Center for Social Policy Studies in Israel.

Journal Articles

Gal, J. & Weiss-Gal, I. (2020). Social workers and the policy process: When does opportunity knock? Journal of Policy Practice and Research, 1, 6-22.

Weiss-Gal, I., Gal, J., Schwartz-Tayri, T., Gewirtz-Meydan, A. & Sommerfeld, D. (2020). Social workers' policy practice in Israel: Internal, indirect, informal and role contingent. European Journal of Social Work, 23(2), 203-214.

Weiss-Gal, I. & Gal, J. (2020). Explaining the policy practice of community social workers. Journal of Social Work, 20:2, 216-233.

Weiss-Gal, I. & Gal, J. (2019). Social work educators and social policy: A cross-professional perspective. European Journal of Social Work, 22:1, 145-157.

Elmaliach-Mankita, H., Weiss-Gal, I. & Gal, J. (2019). Preparing Social Workers to Affect Policy: The Parliament as a Venue for Training. Social Work Education, 38:4, 530-54.123. 124. 125.

Lightfoot, L., Gal, J. & Weiss-Gal, I. (2018). Social policy in social work doctoral programs in the United States. Research on Social Work Practice, 28:3, 234-242.

Weiss-Gal, I. & Gal, J. (2017). Academia, social work and social policy: What can we learn from faculty engaged in social policy formulation? Social Security,10, 85-118 (Hebrew).

Weiss-Gal, I, Gal, J. & Schwartz-Tayri, T. M. (2017). Teacher, researcher and…policy actor? Social work academics' involvement in social policy. Social Policy and Administration, 51:5, 776-795.

Keidar, E. & Gal, J. (2017). The policy process of formulating adjusted minimum wage policy: Israel as a case study, Social Security, 102 (Hebrew),

Gal, J. & Kongeter, S. (2016). Exploring the transnational translation of ideas: German social work education in Palestine in the 1930s and 1940s. Transnational Social Review, 6:3, 262-279.

Gewirtz-Meidany, A., Weiss-Gal, I. & Gal, J. (2016). Social workers' policy practice in nonprofit human service organizations in Israel. British Journal of Social Work, 46, 1890–1908.

Gal, J. & Weiss-Gal, I. (2015). The “why” and the “how” of policy practice: An eight country comparison. British Journal of Social Work, 45:4, 1083-1101.

Almog-Bar, M., Weiss-Gal, I. & Gal, J. (2015). Bringing public policy into policy practice. Journal of Social Work, 15(4), 390-408.

Ajzenstadt, M. & Gal, J. (2015). Social work and the construction of poverty in Palestine in the 1930s. Qualitative Social Work, 14, 154-169.

ITAI BERGER

E-mail: itai.berger@mail.huji.ac.il

Higher Education

1985-1992                 M.D., (Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of  

                                  the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel).      

1992-1993                 Internship, Shaare-Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel  

1993-1998                 Residency in Pediatrics, Shaare-Zedek Medical Center,

                                  Jerusalem, Israel

1998-1999                 Fellowship in Pediatric Neurology, Children’s National Medical

                                  Center, Washington DC, USA                        

1999-2003                 Fellowship in Pediatric Neurology, Shaare Zedek, Medical    

                                  Center, Jerusalem, Israel

Since 2003                Specialist in Pediatrics

Since 2008                Specialist in Pediatric Neurology and Child Development

   2007                  Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of

                             Jerusalem                                

   2014                   Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of   

                              Jerusalem                              

2019                     Associate Professor (adjunct), School of Social Work and Social   

                             Welfare, The Hebrew University of  Jerusalem    

Additional Functions (at the Hebrew University within the Past Five Years)

University committee membership
2007-2018           Member, Ethics committee, School of Occupational Therapy 

                            Faculty of Medicine

2009-2018           Member, Academic committee, School of Occupational Therapy 

                            Faculty of Medicine                                   

2013-2018           Member, MD Thesis Committee (Vaadat Avodot Gmar)

                            Faculty of Medicine

2015                   Member, Steering Committee Israel Autism Center for Excellence     

                            (IACE), Faculty of Medicine                                

2015-2018       Member, Academic Committee, Autism Center, HUJI and Hadassah,    

                        Faculty of Medicine

2017               Member, Curriculum revision committee, School of Occupational    

                       Therapy, Faculty of Medicine

Centers Head

2012-2014       Head, the Neuro-Cognitive Center, Hadassah-Hebrew

                         University Medical Center

2014-2018        Head, Pediatric Neurology Unit and the Neuro-Cognitive Center,

                          Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center                      

2018-present     Head, Pediatric Neurology Service, Assuta Ashdod University Medical

                          Center

National and international committees

2016-present   Member, The International Committee, The American Professional    

                        Society of ADHD and Related Disorders (APSARD)         

2012-present    Member, Behavioral Neurology Section, American Academy of                              Neurology                 

2010-2014        Member (Hadassah representative), The scientific council, IMA                              (Israel Medical Association)

2010-2016        Treasurer, The executive board of the ISPND (Israeli Society of  

                          Pediatric Neurology and Development)      

2015                 Member, Establishment Committee of The Israeli Society for ADHD,     

                         Israel Medical Association                                                   

2016-present    Co-Founder, Israel Forum of Neonatal Neurology (ISFNN)

                         Israel Medical Association

2016-present    Treasurer, The executive board of the Israeli ADHD Society (The                                 Israel Medical Association)              

2017                 Chairperson, Residency Accreditation Committee by the Scientific

                         Council, Israel Medical association (IMA) for: Adults day care Dept,

                         Women A Dept, and Adolescents B (Autism) Dept. Abarbanel Mental                          Health Center, Bat-Yam

2019                 Chairperson, Residency Accreditation Committee by the Scientific  

                         Council, Israel Medical association (IMA) for: Departments B, C, and                           D. Beer Yaakov-Ness Ziona Mental Health Center.

2020                 Chairperson, Residency Accreditation Committee by the Scientific  

                         Council, Israel Medical association (IMA) for: Pediatrics Dept,   

                         Barzilai Medical Center, Ashkelon

Research Grants (Within the Past Five Years)

2016                 Beyond Verbal, The Emotions Analytics Company. “Vocal Speech

                         Variability in ADHD Children Treated by Stimulants”. Berger I.

2017                  Inno-Sphere Ltd. “Non-invasive Brain Stimulation for Pediatric

                          ADHD”. Berger I.                                                   

2018                  HUJI International. “Cog-Fun treatment model for pediatric ADHD –

                          Continuing professional course development for foreign medical

                          professionals program”. Maeir A, Traub R, Berger I.

2018                  The Shalem fund support. “Growth and Development Course" - the

                           development and establishment of digitalized course for 2nd year

                           medical students, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University. Berger I.

2018                   The National Institute for psychobiology in Israel. “Neural correlates

                            and everyday manifestation of emotion dysregulation in youth with

                           ADHD”. Nahum M, Berger I.

2019                    Israel Innovation authority. Inno-Sphere Ltd and Assuta-Ashdod

                            Medical Center. “Clinical Trial for pediatric ADHD treatment by

                            tDCS/tRNS technology”. Berger I, Hochberg O.

2019                     The National Institute for Psychobiology in Israel.

                              “Neural correlates and everyday manifestation of emotion

                              dysregulation in youth with ADHD”. Extended 12 months. Nahum

                              M, Berger I.                     

List of Publication (Within the Past Five Years)

Books & Edited Books

Berger I, Remington A, Leitner Y, Leviton A: Editors. Brain Development and the Attention Spectrum (Frontiers E-Book). Frontiers Research Topic. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 2015. ISSN 1664-8714; ISBN 978-2-88919-533-6; DOI 10.3389/978-2-88919-533-6.

Berger I, Maeir A: Editors. ADHD – A transparent impairment, clinical, daily-life, and research aspects in diverse populations. Nova Science Publishers Inc. NewYork, 2014.

Chapters in Collections

Slobodin O, Berger I. In: ADHD – A transparent impairment, clinical, daily-life, and research aspects in diverse populations. Nova Science Publishers, Inc. New York. It takes a village to care for Attention-  Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Improving management collaboration between tertiary care centers and the community. pp: 1-15, 2014.

Berger I. In: ADHD – A transparent impairment, clinical, daily-life, and research aspects in diverse populations. Nova Science Publishers, Inc. New York. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder among children with chronic diseases. pp: 133-151, 2014.
 

Ofek-Shlomai N, Berger I. In: Caring for the Newborn: A Comprehensive Guide for the Clinician. Nova Science Publishers, Inc. New York. Newborn Neurology. Pp: 207-228, 2014.
 

Ofek-Shlomai N, Berger I. In: Child Health and Human Development Yearbook 2016. Nova Science Publishers, Inc. New York. Neonatal Neurology.pp: 25-46, 2016.

Original Articles in Scientific Journals

Maeir A, Fisher O, Traub Bar-Ilan R, Boas N, Berger I, Landau YE. Effectiveness of Cognitive Functional (Cog-Fun) occupational therapy intervention for young children with ADHD: a controlled study. Am J Occup Ther. 68(3):260-267, 2014.

Berger I, Cassuto H. The effect of environmental distractors incorporation into a CPT on sustained attention and ADHD diagnosis among adolescents. J Neurosci Methods. 222:62-68, 2014.

Shany E, Meledin I, Gilat S, Yogev H, Golan A, Berger I. In and Ex utero maturation of premature infants electroencephalographic indices. Clin Neurophysiol. 125:270–276, 2014.

Wilschanski M, Abbassi M, Blanco E, Lindberg I, Yourshaw M, Zangen D, Berger I, Shteyer I, Pappo O, Martín MG, Elpeleg O. A Novel Familial Mutation in the PCSK1 Gene That Alters the Oxyanion Hole Residue of Proprotein Convertase 1/3 and Impairs Its Enzymatic Activity PLoS One. 2014 Oct 1;9(10):e108878.

Dubnov-Raz G, Khoury Z, Wright I, Raz R, Berger I. The effect of alpha-linolenic acid supplementation on ADHD symptoms in children: a randomized controlled double-blind study. Front Hum Neurosci. Oct 7;8:780, 2014.pages:1-6.

Grossman ES, Hoffman YS, Berger I, Zivotofsky AZ. Beating their chests: University students with ADHD demonstrate greater attentional abilities on an inattentional blindness paradigm. Neuropsychology. 2015 Nov;29(6):882-887.

Zach S, Inglis V, Fox O, Berger I, Stahl A. The effect of physical activity on spatial perception and attention in early childhood. Cogn Dev. 36:31-39, 2015. 

Shany E, Berger I, Karplus M, Gilat S, Benzaquen O, Yogev H, Shalev R. Do prenatal corticosteroids affect brain maturation? An Electroencephalography study. Clin EEG Neurosci. 2017 Mar;48(2):79-87.   

Hahn-Markowitz J, Berger I, Manor I, Maeir A. Impact of the Cognitive-Functional (Cog-Fun) intervention on executive functions and participation among children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: a     randomized controlled trial. Am J Occup Ther.                                               Sep/Oct 2017;71(5):7105220010p1-7105220010p9.  

Amichai T, Eylon S, Dor-Haim H, Berger I, Katz-Leurer M. Cardiac autonomic system response to submaximal test in children with cerebral       palsy. Pediatr Phys Ther. 29(2):125-128, 2017.

Berger I, Slobodin O, Cassuto H. Usefulness and validity of  continuous performance tests in the diagnosis of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity       Disorder children. Arch Clin Neuropsychol. 32(1): 81-93, 2017.

Cohen-Israel M, Berger I, Martonovich EY, Klinger G, Stahl B, Linder N. Short- and long-term complications of in utero exposure to lamotrigine. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 84(1): 189-194, 2018.

Cohen-Cymberknoh M, Tanny T, Breuer O, Blau H, Kadosh D, Mussaffi H, Gartner S, Salinas A, Bentur L, Nir V, Gur M, Reiter J, Shoseyov D, Kerem E, Berger I. Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder symptoms in patients with cystic fibrosis. J of Cystic Fibrosis. 17(2): 281-285, 2018.

Hahn-Markowitz J, Berger I, Manor I, Maeir A. Cognitive-Functional (Cog-Fun) dyadic intervention for children with ADHD and their parents: impact on parenting self-efficacy. Phys Occup Ther Pediatr. 38(4):444-456, 2018.

Harel T, Quek DQY, Wong BH, Cazenave-Gassiot A, Wenk MR, Fan H, Berger I, Shmueli D, Shaag A, Silver DL, Elpeleg O, Edvardson S. Homozygous mutation in MFSD2A, encoding a lysolipid transporter for docosahexanoic acid, is associated with microcephaly and hypomyelination. Neurogenetics. 19(4):227-235, 2018.

Slobodin O, Cassuto H, Berger I. Age-related changes in distractibility: Developmental trajectory of sustained attention in ADHD. J Atten Disord. 2018 Dec;22(14):1333-1343.

Amichai T, Eylon S, Berger I, Katz-Leurer M. The impact of breathing rate on the cardiac autonomic dynamics among children with cerebral palsy compared to typically developed controls. Developmental       Neurorehabilitation. 2019 Feb;22(2):98-103.

Goffer A, Cohen M, Berger I, Maeir A. Beyond academic outcomes: Occupational profile and quality of life among college students with and without ADHD. Br J Occup Therapy. 2019, Vol. 82(3) 170–178.

Kalig-Amir M, Berger I, Rigbi A, Bar-Shalita T. An exploratory study of parent-child association in sensory modulation disorder involving ADHD-related symptoms. Pediatric Research. 86(2):221-226, 2019.

Hahn-Markowitz J, Berger I, Manor I, Maeir A. Efficacy of Cognitive-Functional (Cog-Fun) occupational therapy intervention among children with ADHD: An RCT. J Atten Disord. 2020 Mar;24(5):655-666.

Peled J, Cassuto H, Berger I. Processing speed as a marker to stimulant effect in clinical sample of children with high functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder. Nordic Journal of Psychiatry. 74(3):163-167, 2020.

Slobodin O, Blankers M, Kapitány-Fövény M, Kaye S, Berger I, Johnson B, Demetrovics Z, van der Brink W, van de Glind G. Differential diagnosis inpatients with substance use disorder and/or attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder using CP. European Addiction Research. 26:151-161, 2020.

Choshen-Hillel S, Ishqer A, Mahameed F, Reiter J, Gozal D, Gileles-Hillel A, Berger I. Acute and chronic sleep deprivation in residents – cognition and stress biomarkers. Medical Education – accepted for publication.

 Berger I, Dakwar-Kawar O, Grossman ES, Nahum M, Cohen Kadosh R. Scaffolding the Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Brain Using Transcranial Direct Current and Random Noise Stimulation: a Randomized Controlled Trial. Clinical Neurophysiology; 132:699-707, 2021.

 Gillentine MA, Wang T, ……Berger I,………….Eichler EE (97 authors). Rare deleterious mutations of HNRNP genes result in shared neurodevelopmental disorders. Genome Medicine; 13(1):63, 2021. doi: 10.1186/s13073-021-00870-6.

 Damari E, Farfel A. Berger I, Ron R, Yeshayahu Y. Pediatric residents' perception of medical education, general wellness and patient care following the shortening of shifts during the COVID-19 pandemic. Israel Medical Association Journal; 23:214-218, 2021.

 Lavi E, Maree A, Eisenstein EM, Wexler I, Berger I#, Berkun Y#. (#Equal contribution). Increased prevalence of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder symptomatology in patients with Familial Mediterranean Fever. Modern Rheumatology – accepted for publication.
Editorials and reviews

Ofek-Shlomai N, Berger I. Inflammatory injury to the neonatal brain - what can we do? Front Pediatr. Apr 9;2:30, 2014.

Haimov-Kochman R, Berger I. Cognitive functions of regularly cycling women may differ throughout the month, depending on sex hormone status; A possible explanation to conflicting results of studies of ADHD in females.  Front Hum Neurosci. Apr 1; 8:191, 2014.

Berger I, Remington A, Leitner Y, Leviton A. Brain Development and the attention spectrum (Editorial). Front Hum Neurosci. Feb 5;9:23, 2015.pages: 1-2.

Ofek-Shlomai N, Berger I. Neonatal neurology. Int J Child Health Hum Dev. 9(1):23-38, 2016. (Open Access).

Shabtay Levit (PhD.; M.S.W)

E-mail: shabtaylevit284@gmail.com

Higher Education

2004-2010       Ph.D., Social Work (Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel).

1995-1999       M.A., Social Work (Research, Direct Clinical program) (Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel).

1980-1985       B.A., Judaism Studies and Education (Teaching Certificate) (Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel).

Awards and Excellence Scholarships (Within the Past Five Years)

1995                "Amit Ashalim" prize for at-risk children.

2007                Shulamit Yusifovitch prize for outstanding PhD students.

2009                Travel Award for research presentation, National Institute on Drug Abuse, College on Problems of Drug Dependence.

2010                Travel Award for research presentation, National Institute on Drug Abuse, College on Problems of Drug Dependence.

2013-2015         Teaching Fellow, School of Social Work and Social Welfare, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.

2007-2013         External Teacher, School of Social Work and Social Welfare, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.

1997-1999         Teaching Assistant, School of Social Work and Social Welfare, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.

Additional Functions (Within the Past Five Years)

2005-2021

Board of directors' membership, HADARIM association (Parental guidance and parenting skills development).

2018-2021

Training course for instructors in social work.

2016-2019

Advanced three-year training program in psychotherapy, Psychoanalytic Institution, Jerusalem.

2012-2014

External teacher, School of Social Work, University of Ariel.

Research Grants (Within the Past Five Years)

2007-2009                   Public Health Association, "Connection between Addicts Characteristics in the Beginning of Treatment, Process Variables – Methadone Dosage, Social Network Support, Doctor and Social Worker Therapeutic Alliance, and between Outcome Variables – Persistence Rate, Abstinence Rate from Opiates and Risk Behaviors, During the First Year of Treatment", 50,000 shekels.

1995                            Israel Authority for Prevention of Drug Abuse, "Connection between Social and Demographic characteristics and Success in Rehab and Methadone treatments", 5,000 shekels.

1994                            Israel Authority for Prevention of Drug Abuse, "Follow-up on Dropouts from Prevention Programs: the Connection between Social and Demographic characteristics and Success in Rehab and Methadone treatments", 5,000 shekels.

List of Publication (Within the Past Five Years)

Books & Edited Books

Levit, S. (2010). Connection between Addicts Characteristics in the Beginning of Treatment, Process Variables – Methadone Dosage, Social Network Support, Doctor and Social Worker Therapeutic Alliance, and between Outcome Variables – Persistence Rate, Abstinence Rate from Opiates and Risk Behaviors, During the First Year of Treatment. Jerusalem: Hebrew University.

Chapters in Collections

Levit, S. (1995). Parenting support system for an addict mother, whose daughter is in an out-of-home placement. In: N. Barr (Ed.) Above and beyond: What else is possible for at-risk children (pp. 78-95). Ashalim, Jerusalem.

Levit, S. & Ben-Levi, A. (1999). Connection between Social and Demographic characteristics and Success in Rehab and Methadone treatments. In: R. Hamburger (Ed.) Ten years of drug-related research: 1988-1998 (pp. 117). Israel Authority for Prevention of Drug Abuse, Jerusalem.

Levit, S., Ben-Levi, A. & Galkoph, M. (2002). Methadone treatment and agonists therapy. In: M. Hovav (Ed.) Treatment and rehabilitation of drug victims in Israel: Development, status and issues (pp. 75-88). Cherikover, Tel Aviv.

Levit, S. & Schiff, M. (2008). Built-in difficulties with drug addicts treatment in Israel. In: H. Mel, M. Hovav & M. Golan (Eds.) Addictions, Violence and sex offenses in light of the law (pp. 79-93). Carmel, Jerusalem.

Mahell, H., Levi, A., Levit, S. & Shem-Tov, D. (2008). Leaving no one behind: How the system handles homeless addicts. In: H. Mel, M. Hovav & M. Golan (Eds.) Addictions, Violence and sex offenses in light of the law. Carmel, Jerusalem.

Shem-Tov, D., Levit, S., Mahell, H., Margollis, A., Levi, A. & Leventhall, A. (2008). Clean inject: The Israeli attempt of syringe replacement and prevention of infectious diseases. In: H. Mel, M. Hovav & M. Golan (Eds.) Addictions, Violence and sex offenses in light of the law. Carmel, Jerusalem.

Schiff, M. & Levit, S. (2010). Trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder among female clients in methadone maintenance treatment in Israel. In: Morell (Ed.), Evaluation in the Face of Uncertainty (pp. 263-269). New York: Guilford.

Journal Articles

Bell, J., Dru, A., Fischer, B., Levit, S., & Sarfraz, M. A. (2002). Substitution therapy for heroin addiction. Substance Use & Misuse, 37(8-10), 1149-1178.

Cohen-Moreno, R., Schiff, M., Levit, S., Bar-Hamburger, R., Strauss, S. & Neumark, Y. (2010). Knowledge about Hepatitis-C among methadone maintenance treatment patients in Israel. Substance Use & Misuse, 45(1-2), 58-76.

Gelkopf, M., Levit, S., & Bleich, A. (2002). An integration of three approaches to addiction and methadone maintenance treatment: The self-medication hypothesis, the disease model, and social criticism. The Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Sciences, 39(2), 140-151.

Malnick, S. D., Sheidvasser, V., Basevitz, A. & Levit, S. (2009). A Model for treating HCV Hepatitis in patients receiving methadone maintenance therapy. Gastroenterology, 136(5), A831-A831.

Malnick, S. D., Sheidvasser, V., Basevitz, A. & Levit, S. (2014) A model for treating HCV Hepatitis in patients receiving methadone maintenance therapy. Israel Journal of Psychiatry, 51(4), 303-306.

Massini, G., & Levit, S. (1998). Use of a constraint satisfaction network model for the evaluation of the methadone treatments of drug addicts. Substance Use & Misuse, 33(3), 625-656.

Morse, D. S., Schiff, M., Levit, S., Cohen-Moreno, R. & Neumark, Y. (2009). Using motivatioanl enhancement to reduce barriers for Hepatitis-C virus treatment among individual in Israeli methadone clinics. Journal of General Internal Medicine, 24, 210-211.

Morse, D. S., Schiff, M., Levit, S., Cohen-Moreno, R., Williams, G. C. & Neumark, Y. (2012). A pilot training program for a motivational enhancement approach to Hepatitis C virus treatment among individuals in Israeli methadone treatment centers. Substance Use & Misuse, 47(1), 56-66.

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