Get to know our masters, PhD and post-doc fellows who work in collaboration with IS-PEC
Joshua Porat-Dahlerbruch, PhD, RN
Dr. Joshua Porat-Dahlerbruch is a Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellow at Ben-Gurion University's Department of Health Systems Management. He completed his Ph.D. at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing's Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research. Dr. Porat-Dahlerbruch's research interests are in health systems, the healthcare workforce, health policy, and implementation science. His current project explores barriers and facilitators to integrating the new nurse practitioner role into the Israeli healthcare system. Dr. Porat-Dahlerbruch aims to leverage this research to explore potential solutions that can help better position nurse practitioners to enhance healthcare access and quality.
ד"ר יהושע פורת דלרברוך
ד"ר יהושע פורת דלרברוך הוא עמית פולברייט לבתר דוקטורט במחלקה לניהול מערכות בריאות באוניברסיטת בן גוריון. הוא השיג את הדוקטורט באוניברסיטת פנסילבניה בארצות הברית במרכז לתוצאות מטופלים ומחקר מדיני בבית הספר לסיעוד. ד"ר פורת דלרברוך מתמקד במערכות בריאות, כוח האדם הסיעודי, מדיניות בריאות, ומדע יישומי. מחקרו מתעסק בהבנת החסמים והגורמים המסייעים להשתלבותן של אחיות מומחיות במערכת הבריאות הישראלית. ד"ר יהושע פורת דלרברוך מתכנן להשתמש בתוצאות המחקר על מנת להגדיר פתרונות אפשריים שיוכלו לסייע לאחיות מומחיות לשפר את נגישות ואיכות שירותי בריאות.
Contact: poratdah@post.bgu.ac.il
Alon Rasooly, MD-PhD Candidate
Alon Rasooly is an MD-PhD candidate at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (expected graduation 2022-3). He received his Master in Health Administration (MHA) degree with honors at Ben-Gurion University, and his Master in Public Health (MPH) degree at Nanjing South-East University, China. The topic of his PhD is “Quality Measurement in Shanghai's Primary Healthcare – the Question of Knowledge Transfer & Exchange". Within the scope of this project, he collaborates with policy makers and researchers from Shanghai Health Development Research Center to study how quality measurements are currently implemented within their primary healthcare context and how international knowledge exchange can improve patient-centered care, focusing on diabetes as a case study. Also, he analyzes the current exchange of quality measures in diabetes care between countries with the goal of developing a roadmap for evidence-informed standards in low- and middle- income countries. His academic advisors are: Prof. Nadav Davidovitch (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev), Prof. Orly Manor (Hebrew University of Jerusalem) and Prof. Shanlian Hu (Fudan University, China).
Alon is involved in collaborations with the World Health Organization (WHO) Evidence Informed Policy Network (EVIPnet). This includes mapping of tools as part of WHO's Evidence Informed Decision Making project, and organizing an international workshop on Evidence Informed Policy. In addition to research, Alon also served as a teaching assistant for several graduate degree courses in Ben-Gurion School of Public Health, including: “Leadership in Healthcare" with Prof. Moriah Ellen, “Research Seminar" with Dr. Dina Van-Dijk, "Selected Topics in Health Systems Policy and Management" with Prof. Dan Greenberg and "Health inequities - global and local perspectives" with Prof. Nadav Davidovitch.
Contact: rasooly@post.bgu.ac.il
Saritte Perlman, PhD Candidate
Ms. Saritte Perlman obtained her undergraduate degree in Biological Science and Theatre Studies from the University of Guelph in Canada, and subsequently completed her Masters of Public Health at Tel Aviv University. Her research interests include epidemiology of communicable diseases, healthcare quality, public engagement, health policy, and health policy issues where the individual and systems approach cross paths. She is currently conducting research under Prof. Moriah Ellen. Her PhD is focussed on the relationships between knowledge users and knowledge producers in evidence-informed decision making and evidence-informed policymaking within health systems.
Contact: sarittem@post.bgu.ac.il
Opeyemi R. Kolade, MPH, PhD Candidate
Opeyemi holds a bachelor's degree in Microbiology from the University of Ilorin, Nigeria, and a Master's in Public Health from the University of Ghana. She is currently a doctoral student at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and KU Leuven. Her PhD under Prof. Moriah Ellen is focused on best practices for involving senior citizens and their informal caregivers in health policy decision making. Her research interests are in health systems and health policy. As a research assistant in University of Ghana, in collaboration with Yale University, she previously worked on the Becoming Breastfeeding Friendly (BBF) program, an evidence-informed global initiative that is designed to help countries identify the strength of their breastfeeding friendly environment and develop recommendations as well as plans for scaling up their breastfeeding policies and programs.
Contact: lasisiop@post.bgu.ac.il
Gila Zarbiv RN, CNM, MSN, PhD CandidateGila Zarbiv is a certified nurse midwife and a prominent advocate for women's health and midwifery autonomy and independence. She holds a master's degree in women's health from Hebrew University and is currently pursuing a PhD under the guidance of Prof. Moriah Ellen, focusing on the feasibility of implementing midwifery-led continuity of care in Israel. As a clinician, educator, preceptor, researcher, policymaker, and midwife leader, Gila brings extensive experience and expertise. Gila's involvement in policy implementation includes; a former executive board member of the Israel Midwives Association and currently serves as the Emerging Midwife Leader for the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) European Regional Committee. She also contributes to multiple international women's health committees. Throughout her career, Gila has lectured globally on topics including COVID-19, women's health, midwifery, and health equity. Her research spans areas such as COVID-19 in pregnancy and postpartum, the maternal, fetal, and neonatal microbiome, leadership, and midwifery-led continuity of care. Dedicated to advancing women's health, Gila is a staunch advocate for midwifery autonomy and independence in Israel and worldwide. Her research interests include maternal and neonatal microbiology, virology, implementation science, and health policy.
Contact: zarbig@post.bgu.ac.il
Shifra Unger, PhD Candidate
Shifra Unger is a PhD candidate at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Her research focuses on "Barriers and Facilitators for Evidence-Informed Policy in Israel." She examines models and theories of knowledge transfer and exchange in Israel's health and welfare systems. This research is supervised by Prof. Moriah Ellen and Dr. Tahila Kalagy.
Shifra's research interests include health policy, health inequity, emergency nursing, structural competency, and mental health stigma.
Contact: shifrag@post.bgu.ac.il
Ofek Eliad, MHA Candidate
Mr. Ofek Eliad obtained his undergraduate degree in behavioural sciences (Psychology, Sociology and Anthropology) from Ben Gurion University, where he continues to study for his Masters of Health Administration degree (MHA) under the guidance of Prof. Nadav Davidovich. His research interests include health policy, mental health, Leadership in health and in particular the sociological aspects which interrelate with mental health. He is currently researching burnout among public health nurses, and the use of simulations as a training tool for leadership, de-escalation strategies and conflict resolution.
Contact: ofekel@post.bgu.ac.il
Eliana Ben-Sheleg, MPH Candidate
Eliana Ben-Sheleg holds a Bachelor's in Interdisciplinary Social Sciences (Psychology, Sociology and Criminology) from Bar Ilan University. She is currently pursuing a Masters of Public Health at Ben-Gurion University. Her master's with Prof. Moriah Ellen and Prof. Natasha Belinko is focused on Israeli physicians' perceptions on Choosing Wisely recommendations and de-implementation of low value care.
Contact: benshele@bgu.ac.il
Former Fellows
Joseph Dov Bruch, PhD, Post-Doc
Joseph Dov Bruch completed his Postdoctoral on implementation science research in health care focused on shared decision making at the Guilford Glazer Faculty of Business & Management, he is currently at U of Chicago. He is also a Visiting Research Scholar at the Department of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School and directs the Health Care Finance Team at the Harvard GenderSci lab. Joseph graduated from Harvard University with a Ph.D. in Population Health Sciences and a Master’s Degree in Biostatistics. As a social epidemiologist, Joseph attends to the ways social structures and policies impact health and health equity. Broadly, the bulk of his research is focused on financial systems, policies, and institutions and their influence on population health. Much of his work draws on mergers and acquisitions research in health care, which he uses as a case study to explore the impacts of health care privatization and corporatization.
Contact: jbruch@g.harvard.edu
