Active Participation in Scientific Conferences

Bergman, Y. S., Shrira, A., Palgi, Y., & Shmotkin, D. (2021): “The Hostile-World Scenario during COVID-19: Links with COVID-19 worries, loneliness, and anxiety.” Paper presented (on Zoom) in Stress, Trauma, Anxiety, and Resilience (STAR) conference. University of Haifa.

Brill, S., Hazan, H., Cohen-Mansfield, J. & Lavi, S. (Eds.). (2021) Launch of the book End of life: Medicine, law, and culture in encountering death in Israel (Hakibbutz Hameuchad Publishing, Hebrew). Organized by the Minerva Center for Interdisciplinary Study of End of Life, in Conjunction with Hakibbutz Hameuchad Publishing, and Sippur Pashut Bookstore, Tel Aviv.

Cohen-Mansfield, J. (2021). “Behavioral challenges manifested by persons with dementia as a window to understanding them.” Invited online lecture in the expert lectures series: Looking at aging in the eye, sponsored by the Israel Gerontological Society.

Koton S, Pike JR, Johansen M, Knopman DS, Lakshminarayan K, Mosley T, Patole S, Rosamond WD, Schneider ALC, Sharrett AR, Wruck L, Coresh J, Gottesman RF. (2021). “Association between incidence, severity and recurrence of ischemic stroke and risk of dementia: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study.” Presented at the American Heart Association (AHA) International Stroke Conference. (Virtual event).

Lurie, L. (2021). “Occupational welfare in Israel: A study of collective agreements and benefits.” Paper presented at the International Labour and Employment Relations Association (ILERA). Lund, Sweden.

Mizrahi, E. H. (2021). “The association between Norton Scale Scores and cognitive impairment.” Oral presentation at The 29th Alzheimer Disease Conference. Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv.

Mizrahi, E. H., Lubart, E., Stambler, I., & Adunsky A. (2021). “The association between Norton Scale Gain and functional outcome among older hip fracture patients.” The 4th International Webinar on Global Advanced Nursing, Patient Safety and Healthcare. Webinar (Online meeting).

Sasson, I. & Shomron, E. (2021). "Looking beyond differences in life expectancy: Lifespan inequality among Arabs and Jews in Israel." REVES International Network on Health Expectancy 2021 Annual Meeting.

Sasson, I. (2021). "Age and COVID-19 mortality: A comparison of Gompertz doubling time across countries and causes of death." Population Association of America 2021 Annual Meeting.

Sasson, I., Zarulli, V., & Aburto, J. M. (organizers). (2021). "New Perspectives on Lifespan Inequality." Webinar hosted by the Herczeg Institute on Aging in collaboration with Oxford University and the University of Southern Denmark.

Shmotkin, D. (2021). “Research on Holocaust survivors toward an end of an era: Lessons and insights.” Invited lecture (on Zoom) at the Herczeg Institute on Aging on the eve of Yom Hashoah.

Shmotkin, D. (2021). “Trauma and well-being in aging: The struggle of opposites.” Invited lecture (on Zoom) at the Academic Committee of the Foundation for the Welfare of Holocaust Victims.

Shmotkin, D. (2021). “Trauma and well-being in aging: The struggle of opposites.” Invited lecture (on Zoom) at the staff colloquium, School of Social Work, Tel Aviv University.

Weiss, D. & Golander, H. (2021). “The encounter between nurses from Eretz Israel and Holocaust survivors abroad, in an effort to eradicate epidemics and morbidity (1945-1948).” Paper presented at the 21st Nahariya Conference on Medicine and the Holocaust, Nahariya.

Weiss, D., & Golander, H. (2021). “Nurses from here – Epidemics from there: The tale of Israeli nurses caring for holocaust survivors in European countries (1945-1948).” Paper presented online at the European Association for the History of Nursing Workshop on Nursing care in times of Epidemics and Pandemics – Historical and Ethical Issues.  

Gendler Y, Birk E, Tabak N, Koton S. (Oct 2021). “Decision-making process of couples regarding continuation or termination of pregnancy following a prenatal diagnosis of a fetal heart defect.” Presented at the 18th Annual Conference of the Israel Nursing Research Association (Oral presentation).

Koton, S. (Nov 2021). Zoom meeting Moderator & Chair of Session 6: "Quality of Life" at the BIRAX UK-Israel “Healthy Ageing” Conference (UK-Israel Virtual event).

Eizenberg Y, Grossman E, Tanne D, Koton S.  (Dec 2021). “Association between hydration status and outcome after ischemic stroke- The National Acute Stroke Israeli (NASIS) registry”. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Israel Neurological Association 2021. (Electronic poster, Virtual event, Israel)

Shmotkin, D. (Oct 2021). “Crafting meaning for hostile-world scenarios: A look into some artistic depictions of pandemics.” Invited lecture (on Zoom) in the conference of the International Meaning Events & Community (IMEC).

Shmotkin, D. (Nov 2021). “Artworks depicting pandemics: Meanings of trauma in a hostile world.” Invited lecture at a study meeting in memory of Prof. Jacob Lomranz, Ruppin Academic Center.

Shmotkin, D. (Nov 2021). Member in the academic committee of BIRAX UK-Israel “Healthy Ageing Conference: A cross-disciplinary brainstorming conference for the benefit of society.” Tel Aviv University (pre-conference webinars were held in October 2020).

*Names in bold are those of academic faculty members of the Herczeg Institute on Aging