Principal Investigator
Prof. Keren Agay-Shay
PI
Prof. Agay-Shay completed a postdoc at ISGlobal and the MIMSHAK fellowship as an advisor to the Head of the Public Health Services in Israel. She has published 27 papers and led 13 projects totaling over 2.5 million NIS. She serves on the ISEE Policy Committee, represents ISEE at INEP, and is an executive board member of the Israeli Society of Ecology and Environmental Science. She co-chairs its annual conference and is an elected member of the prestigious Collegium Ramazzini in occupational and environmental medicine.
Graduate Students
Sohini Bhattacharya
Ph.D Students
"Ambient exposure to air pollution, temperature, and greenness and chronic hormone levels measured in hair during the second trimester of pregnancy and adverse pregnancy outcomes."
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Galit Tadmor
Ph.D student
“Exposure to green environments (greenness) and Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM): A retrospective cohort study of Israeli women”
Linda Tkhawkho
Ph.D student
“How Intensive Care Units (ICU) Environments Shape Bacterial Persistence and Hospital-Acquired Infection (HIA) Risk”
Kaleab Tegegne
Ph.D student
“Ambient exposures and complications during pregnancy of all live births born in Israel during 2000-2021”
Hagar Wechsler
Ph.D student
“Infections Among Home Healthcare Patients: Environmental and Healthcare Factors”
Efrat Shaked
M.Sc student
The Effect of Short Visits to Different Outdoor Built Environments on Psychological and Cognitive Outcomes: Modification by Physical Activity and Smoking
Alumni
Dr. Diana Saadi
PhD dissertation
“The psychological, physiological, and cognitive effects of different environments, a field experiment on women from two ethnic groups.”
Dr. Inaas Kayyal-Tarabeia
PhD dissertation
Cancer Incidence in Israel during 1998-2015: Spatial approach to evaluate the associations with environmental and social determinants of health (SDH)
Dr. Hila Ben-Amram
PhD dissertation
“Hospital-acquired infection in a heterogeneous adult population in northern Israel: Risk factors, phenotypic and molecular characteristics.”
Publication:
Ben-Amram, H, et al. Biofilm Formation by Hospital-Acquired Resistant Bacteria Isolated from Respiratory Samples. J Epidemiol Glob Health 14, 291–297 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s44197-024-00215-7
Maya Levhar
MSc thesis
"The association between exposure to green environment and anxiety and depression in pregnant women: mediation by cortisol and testosterone"
Publication:
Levhar, Maya, et al. "Residential greenness and hair cortisol levels during the first trimester of pregnancy." Environmental research 204 (2022): 112378. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2021.112378
Dr. Maysoon Zidan- MD,MPH
MPH thesis
“Parental Occupational Exposure to Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals and Pregnancy Outcomes”.
Dr. Ofir Avizemel
MD student project
“Residential Greenness and Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Incidence.”
Publication:
Avizemel, Ofir, et al. "Residential greenness, gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and microbiome diversity during pregnancy." International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health 251 (2023): 114191. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheh.2023.114191
Dr. Racheli Goldstein
MD student project
“Political Violence During Pregnancy and the Incidence of Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes – A Registry-based Study”
Dr. Chen Shmuel
MSc thesis
“Characterization of reduced susceptibility to chlorhexidine among clinical and environmental isolates of Staphylococcus aureus”
Publication:
Azrad, Maya, Chen Shmuel, Tamar Leshem, Zohar Hamo, Moti Baum, Assaf Rokney, Keren Agay-Shay, and Avi Peretz. "Reduced susceptibility to chlorhexidine among Staphylococcus aureus isolates in Israel: Phenotypic and genotypic tolerance." Antibiotics 10, no. 3 (2021): 342. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics10030342
Reem Mohsen
MSc thesis
“The effects of short visits to outdoor environments compared to indoor environment on positive body image, a field experiment.”
Anat Schonblum
MSc thesis
The association between endogenous steroids, ambient temperature, and pregnancy outcomes in a prospective cohort
Publication:
Levhar, Maya, et al. "Residential greenness and hair cortisol levels during the first trimester of pregnancy." Environmental research 204 (2022): 112378. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2021.112378