Dr. Asher Pardo

External lecturer in the Department of Occupational Health at the School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Tel Aviv University, and executive of the occupational hygiene program within the MOccH program. 

Senior researcher in the Department of Research at the Institute for Safety and Hygiene (previously the head of the research department). 

External lecturer in the Department of Environmental Quality Sciences, The Multidisciplinary Academic Center in Jerusalem. 

A member of the Israeli National Council for Occupational Health. 

Dr. Asher Pardo earned his PhD in Medical Sciences from the University of Tel Aviv, having investigated  mechanisms of transdermal delivery. He is one of the founders of the occupational hygiene (OH) profession in Israel and has developed an expertise in this scientific field for 50 years through involvement in research, academic and non-academic teaching, service and consultation. He took part in the establishment of the occupational hygiene program as part of the Master Program of Occupational Health at Tel Aviv University, where he has taught hundreds of students and supervised students’ theses and he has trained hundreds more to become occupational hygiene practitioners under regulatory certification. He was twice recognized as a distinguished lecturer by the School of Public Health, University of Tel Aviv. 

Dr. Pardo worked at the Institute for Occupational and Environmental Health (affiliated to the University of Tel Aviv) for 29 years, where he served as the head of the occupational hygiene department.  As the head of the Israeli Association of Occupational Hygiene for many years, he contributed to the promotion of the OH field and was active in planning professional conferences. He is a member of the Israeli National Council for Occupational Health, and of the Advisory Committee for Hazardous Dust under the Ministry of Environmental protection, of the Occupational Hygiene Committee in the Ministry of Labor and of the Environmental Carcinogens Committee in the Israel Cancer Association. 

Dr. Pardo published a book on Occupational Hygiene (Heb) and contributed a chapter in: "Occupational Health in Aviation, " a reference book for professionals. 

Dr. Pardo's research interest has focused on occupational exposure to chemical and physical hazards and their assessment, but over time his interest has extended to biological, ergonomic and psychosocial hazards. Included among his research topics are occupational exposure assessment and modelling in various working populations, nanoparticles, control banding, occupational exposure to biological hazards, Occupational exposure to hand-arm and whole-body vibrations, Occupational burnout, hearing conservation, Indoor environmental quality, , health policy and national safety and health indicators.  

1. Braier L., Levy A., Dror K., Pardo A. (1981). Benzene in blood and phenol in urine in mionitoring bezene exposure in industry.  Am. J. Ind. Med. 2:119-123. 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7349038 

2. Gitter S., Pardo A,, Kariv N., Yinon U. (1988). Enhanced electroretinogram in cats induced by exposure to mercury acetate. Tosicology 51:67-76. 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Enhanced+electroretinogram+in+cats+induced+by+exposure+to+mercury+acetate. 

3. Pardo A., Shiri Y., Cohen S. (1990), Percutaneous absorption of Physosigmine: Optimization of delivery from a binary solvent by thermodynamic control. J. Pharm. Sci. 79: 573-578. 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Percutaneous+absorption+of+Physosigmine%3A+Optimization+of+delivery+from+a+binary+solvent+by+thermodynamic+control 

4. Pardo A., Shiri Y., Cohen S., (1991). Partial molal volumes and solubilities of physostigmine in isopropanol: isopropyl mysristate solvents in relation to skin penetrability. J. Pharm Sci. 80: 567-572. 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Partial+molal+volumes+and+solubilities+of+physostigmine+in+isopropanol%3A+isopropyl+mysristate+solvents+in+relation+to+skin+penetrability 

5. Pardo A., Shiri Y., Cohen S. (1992). Kinetics of transdermal penetration of an organic ion pair: the case of physostigmine salicylate. J. Pharm. Sci. 81:990-995 . 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Kinetics+of+transdermal+penetration+of+an+organic+ion+pair%3A+the+case+of+physostigmine+salicylate 

6. Peretz H., Froom P., Pardo A., Goren A. (2000). Exposure to benzene in fuel distribution  installations: monitoring and prevention. Arch. Environ. Health  55:439-446. 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Exposure+to+benzene+in+fuel+distribution++installations%3A+monitoring+and+prevention 

7. Ratzon NZ., Ornoy A., Pardo A., Margolin R., Hatch M. (2004). Developmental evaluation of children born to mothers occupationally exposed to waste anesthetic gases. Birth Defects Res. A. Clin. Mol. Teratol., 70:478-82. 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Developmental+evaluation+of+children+born+to+mothers+occupationally+exposed+to+waste+anesthetic+gases 

8. Lazarov A., Nevo K., Pardo A., Froom P. (2005). Self-reported skin disease in hydrotherapists working in swimming pools. Contact Dermatitis, 53; 327-331. 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Self-reported+skin+disease+in+hydrotherapists+working+in+swimming+pools. 

9. Pardo A., Nevo K., Vigiser D., Lazarov A. (2007).  The Effect of Physical and Chemical Properties of Swimming Pool Water and Its Close Environment on the Development of Contact Dermatitis in Hydrotherapusts. Am. J. Ind. Med.  50:122-126. 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=The+Effect+of+Physical+and+Chemical+Properties+of+Swimming+Pool+Water+and+Its+Close+Environment+on+the+Development+of+Contact+Dermatitis+in+Hydrotherapusts 

10. Froom p., Almog S., Pardo A. (2008). Is cancer in Israeli professional divers exposed to polluted waters an occupational disease? Human and Ecological Risk Assessment. 14:807-818. 

11. Israeli E., Pardo A. (2011). The sick building syndrome as a part of theautoimmune (auto-inflammatory) syndrome induced by adjuvants. Modern Rheumatology. 21(3):235-239. 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21188456 

12. Stark M., Lerman Y., Kapel A., Pardo A., Schwarz, Y., Newman, L., Maier, L., Fireman, E. (2014). Biological metrics of exposure of beryllium-exposed dental technicians. Arch. Env. Occ. Health. 69(2):89-99. 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Biological+metrics+of+exposure+of+beryllium-exposed+dental+technicians. 

13. Fireman E., Lerman Y., Stark M., Pardo A., Schwarz, Y., Van Dyke MV., Elliot J., Barkes B., Newman L., Maier L. (2014). A novel alternative to environmental monitoring to detect workers at risk for beryllium exposure related health effects. J. Occ. Env. Hyg. 11:809-818. 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=A+novel+alternative+to+environmental+monitoring+to+detect+workers+at+risk+for+beryllium+exposure+related+health+effects. 

14. Egozi L., Reiss‑Hevlin N., Dallasheh R., Pardo A., (2021) Couriers’ safety and health risks before and during the COVID‑19 Pandemic. Int. Arch. Occup. Environ. Health. (2021 Oct. 17 - Online ahead of print). 

Couriers’ safety and health risks before and during the COVID-19 pandemic (springer.com) 

15. Luria S., Khatib H., Pardo A., El Hag M., Volk I., Calderon-Margalit R., (2023). Occupational hand trauma – mechanism of injury and transient risk factors in Jerusalem. Injury. 54, 110854. 

16. Egozi L., Pardo A., (2023). Demands and Resources: Weighing Interaction Effects on Occupational Burnout. J. Occ. Environ, Med. (2023 Sept. 23 - Online ahead of print). 

https://journals.lww.com/joem/abstract/9900/demands_and_resources__weighing_interaction.410.aspx 

17. Karni-Efrati Z., Egozi L., Pardo,A., (2024). A socioecological approach to work performance: a pilot study among workers with chronic skin disease. J. Occ. Environ, Med. 67(2):115-125. 

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39805127/