פרופסור (אמריטוס) אריאלה לבנשטיין
Professor Ariela Lowenstein, PhD
Professor Ariela Lowenstein, Professor Emerita of Gerontology, was recipient of the 2021 Israel Prize in Sociology and Criminology. She is currently a member of the Center for Research & Study of Aging (which she established 20 years ago) at the Faculty of Welfare and Health Sciences, UoH. She has wide research collaborations in Israel and globally with scholars from the US, Canada, Europe, Japan, and Latin America. She received an MA in Public Administration from NYU and a PhD in Sociology and Criminology from Hebrew University, Jerusalem. Professor Lowenstein has published extensively, with close to 200 publications, including books. She is the recipient of numerous competitive research grants, scholarships, and awards, past Chair of the Social Science Section of IAGG–EU & Israeli Gerontological Society, an Honorary Fellow of GSA, and a member of the Advisory Board of the World Demographic Forum, IFA and INPEA (International Network for fighting elder abuse). She has been chair of a national advisory committee to the Ministry of Senior Citizens. For many years Professor Lowenstein headed an advisory committee for the Foundation assisting Holocaust Survivors in Israel and was recently asked to head a forum to advise Israel's Welfare Minister on issues related to elders.
Research Interests:
- Elders, their functioning and needs
- Family intergenerational relations
- Elder abuse and neglect
- Elders in old age homes
Keywords:
Elders’ quality of life; Family intergenerational relationships; Elder abuse and neglect
SDG Keywords: Ageism; Physical abuse
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Professor Tova Band Winterstein, PhD
Dr. Tova Band Winterstein is a Professor at the Department of Gerontology, Faculty of Social Welfare & Health Sciences, University of Haifa, Israel. She is Chair of the Minerva Center on Intersectionality in Aging (MCIA) and the head of the PhD Committee at the Department of Gerontology. Her work combines knowledge generated from practice and theories aimed towards development of theory in gerontology, elder abuse, and intimate partner violence. She is an experienced qualitative researcher and addresses issues of health, family, and needs of older adults from a life course perspective. She has recently been doing qualitative research on marginalized older adults (e.g., families aging with disabilities, older person suicidality, older prisoners, and sexual assault in late life).
Research Interests:
Elder abuse and neglect, including self-neglect and intimate partner violence along the life course
Family members’ perspectives on intimate violence over the life course
- The experience of older abused women in the therapeutic encounter; sexual assault in late life
- Older parents’ experiences of their relationships with adult mentally ill abusive offspring
- Intersectionality in old age
- Cross-generational perspectives
Keywords:
Qualitative research; Elder abuse and neglect; Self-neglect; Intersectionality
SDG Keywords: Vulnerable; Marginalized; Gender equality; Sexual violence; Self-neglect; Intersectionality
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Professor Gil Atzmon, PhD
Professor Gil Atzmon is currently a faculty member in Epigenetics and Genomics at the Faculty of Natural Sciences, UoH, Israel. A graduate in Population Genetics from Hebrew University, he completed a fellowship in Human Genetics at Albert Einstein College of Medicine where he then joined as a faculty member and rose to the rank of Associate Professor. The foremost focus of Professor Atzmon's research career has been the understanding of the association of the whole genome to disease, performance, health, and longevity. He has had international collaborations with scientists and researchers across the world and has had more than 160 scientific publications in leading scientific journals. He has been invited to present his work at numerous international scientific conferences and meetings. He has been an expert reviewer for many leading scientific journals on genetics and genomics and serves on the editorial board of several journals.
Research Interests:
- The role of epigenetics in diseases
- Aging and longevity
- Healthy longevity
Keywords:
Epigenetics; Genetic; Aging and longevity; Centenarian
SDG Keywords: Disability
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Professor Yuval Palgi, PhD
Professor Palgi is a clinical psychologist, and professor at Department of Gerontology at the University of Haifa. He is the co-founder and co-director of the School for Psychotherapy with Older Adults and past chair of the Center for Research and Study of Aging and Department of Gerontology. His research focuses on the tension created by past adversities alongside physical and mental deterioration in old age, and on how subjective views of aging may enhance positive aspects of well-being. His studies include large-scale longitudinal data sets, diary studies, and trials of clinical interventions. He is the developer of two new theoretical concepts, life crossroads and positive solitude, and two measurement tools (Subjective Traumatic Outlook and Positive Solitude). His research has been funded by the Israel Science Foundation, the Israeli Ministry of Science and Technology, and the Social Security Institute. He serves on several editorial boards and is a fellow in national committees.
Research Interests:
- Post-traumatic stress disorder
- Psychotherapeutic interventions
- Subjective views of aging and wellbeing
Keywords:
Geriatrics; Gerontology; Subjective views of aging; Subjective distance to death; Holocaust; Psychiatry; Psychology; PTSD; Subjective well-being.
SDG Keywords: Agism, Vulnerable; Disability; Mental health.
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Professor Israel (Issi) Doron, LL, PhD
Professor Doron completed his Bachelor of Laws at Hebrew University of Jerusalem), Master of Laws at Washington College of Law, Washington DC and PhD at Osgoode Hall Law School, Toronto, ON., Canada. Dean of the Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences, University of Haifa, Professor Doron is the former Head of the Center of Research and Study of Aging at UoH, Past President of the Israeli Gerontological Society, and Past Head of the Department of Gerontology. He has written extensively on such topics as socio-legal construction of old age and human rights of older persons and is the editor/co-editor of key books in the field. Professor Doron is also the founder of an Israeli NGO, "The Law in the Service of the Elderly", which has been involved in key strategic-litigation regarding rights of older persons in Israel and in the international movement to promote a new International Convention for the Rights of Older Persons.
Research Interests:
- Law and ageing
- Social policy
- Human rights of older persons
- Ageism and medical care
- International law and aging
Keywords:
Law; Elder policy; Elder law; International law; Law and aging; Ageism
SDG Keywords:
Ageism; Social Justice; Disadvantaged; Vulnerable; Human rights; Justice; Rule of law
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Professor Yitzhak Brick, PhD
Professor Brick is a member of the Department of Gerontology at the University of Haifa where he lectures on Policy in the Field of Aging and is the director of the practicum program. He has lectured on Social Service Management at Bar Ilan and Hebrew Universities. He studied Sociology, Education, and Criminology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and has a PhD in Social Policy, Planning, and Administration from Brandeis University. Professor Brick held top positions in the Ministry of Welfare for 25 years, including Deputy Director-General of Israel’s Ministry of Labor & Social Affairs, and then served as a Director of JDC-ESHEL, the Association for the Planning and Development of Services for the Aged in Israel for 24 years. Professor Brick serves on many national and international boards and committees concerned with social planning and care of the aged (including the board of the Center of Study and Research on Aging). Professor Brick has been the Chairman of the Israel Gerontological Society since 2013. He is the chair of the advisory council to the Ministry of Equal Rights and Pensionaries and a board member of the Advisory Council to the National Insurance Institute. Professor Brick has edited numerous books, published many articles, and regularly gives lectures at national and international conferences.
Research Interests:
- Social policy for the aged
- Ageing in place
- Quality of life of the elderly
Keywords:
Social exclusion; Geriatrics; Gerontology; Quality of life; Judaism; Poverty
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