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Directors

Prof. Ruth Defrin

School of Health Professions

Dept. of Physical Therapy

Research: Pain perception, mechanism of chronic pain following a nervous system injury, pain and stress

 

Dr. Silviu Brill 

Sourasky Medical Center

Director, Chronic & Acute Pain Center

Research: Neuropathic pain. Invasive procedures, Use of cannabis as pain treatment

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Faculty of Medicine- School of Medicine

Prof. Chagi Pick

Dept. of Anatomy & Anthropology

Research: Cognitive and behavioral alterations following traumatic brain injury (both blunt- and blast- induced), and various other aspects of sub-threshold brain pathologies

Lab Website

Prof. Gregory Livshits

Dept. of Anatomy & Anthropology

Research: Genetic and metabolic research of age-dependent chronic degenerative disease

Dr. Murat Bahar

Dept. of Anesthesiology

Research: Anesthesiology

Prof. Bernard Attali

Dept. of Physiology & Pharmacology

Research: Structure, biophysics and physiology of normal and diseased potassium channels in brain and heart

Lab Website

Dr. Yehonatan Haitin

Dept. of Physiology & Pharmacology

Faculty of Medicine- School of Dental Medicine

Efraim Winocur, DMD

Orofacial Pain Clinic 

Research: Dental neuropathic pain, Orofacial pain

Website

Prof. Ilana Eli

Dept. of Oral Biology

Research: Stress, pain and behavior in dental care

Dr. Emodi Perlman Alona

Dept. of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery

 

Faculty of Medicine- School of Health Professions

Dr. Semyon Melnikov

Dept.of Nursing

Research: Organ donation; Health system preparedness in case of disaster

Tami Bar-Shalita, Ph.D., O.T.

Dept.of Occupational Therapy

Research: Elucidating Sensory modulation disorder (SMD) and pain processing

Dr. Oren Asman

Dept.of Nursing

Research: Bioethics and health law

Nirit Geva

Dept.of Physical Therapy

Research: Interactions between pain and stress

Merav Bar Yoav

Dept.of Physical Therapy

Research: Predicting neuropathic pain in spinal cord injuries

Faculty of Life Sciences

Prof. Nava Zisapel

Dept. of Neurobiology

Research: Neurobiology, Neuropharmacology, Biological clock, Melatonin, Sleep

Deborah Rapaport, Ph.D.

Dept. of Cell Research & Immunology

Tom Schonberg

Dept. of Neurobiology

Research: Neural basis of behavioral change, Value-based decision making, Learning, Effort and motivation 

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Other Faculties

Prof. Itay Barnea

Faculty of Engineering

Dept. of Biomedical Engineering

Prof. Karni Ginzburg

Faculty of Social Work

Dept. of Social Work

Research: Reciprocal relations between stress and somatic illness and the dynamics of adaptation to various types of traumatic events

Prof. Zahava Solomon

Faculty of Social Work

Dept. of Social Work

Research: Mass trauma research

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Affiliated Hospitals

Dr. Jacob (Kobby) N. Ablin

Sourasky Medical Center

Fibromyalgia Clinic Director

Research: Fibromyalgia; Rheumatology​

Prof. Jean-Jacques Vatine

Reuth Medical & Rehabilitation Center

Director, Outpatient Rehabilitation Division

Research: Neuropathic pain; Osteoarthritis

Gabi Zeilig, M.D.

Chaim Sheba Medical Center

Research: Neurological rehabilitation

Yulia Levin Meletz

Reuth Medical & Rehabilitation Center

Research: Rehabilitative Psychology

Dr. Ido Strauss

Sourasky Medical Center

Research: Neurosurgical pain treatment

Motti Ratmansky, M.D.

Loewenstein Rehabilitation Hospital

Research: Pain after a stroke, pain and sleep, use of TDCS treatment for pain

Dr. Meidan Goldfinger

Sourasky Medical Center

Pain Care Unit

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