Rachel Sarig promoted to Associate Professor

Prof. Sarig is at the Goldschleger School of Dental Medicine, where she is a principal investigator and the head of the Dental Anthropology Laboratory. Sarig is a graduate of Tel Aviv University, having completed her D.M.D. and her Ph.D. in anatomy and anthropology, and her post-graduate studies in orthodontics (summa cum laude), all at the Faculty of Medicine. As of Jan. 1, 2023, Prof. Sarig is the Head of the Dan David Center for Human Evolution and Biohistory Research, and Head of the Shmunis Family Anthropology Institute. Prof. Sarig’s main research interest is in studying the evolutionary and environmental effects on oral health in prehistoric populations and their implications on modern societies. The study of the masticatory apparatus is conducted both on prehistoric and modern samples using laboratory models, micro-CT scans and clinical studies.

More information at: https://cris.tau.ac.il/en/persons/rachel-sarig