SDG 3:
GOOD HEALTH AND WELL BEING

Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages

University Impact Ranking for SDG 3
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SDG3 Highlights

Food, Healthy, Schnitzel, Vegetables, Chicken, Pomegranate

Operations

Food on Campus
Old Woman, Nursing Home, Healthcare, Sickness, Chronic Diseases, Disabilities

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Prof. Anna Zisberg and Prof. Efrat Shadmi won a grant of 20 million euros as part of an international research group that aims to reduce chronic diseases in the elderly
School of Medicine, Medical Students, Medical Studies, University, Doctor's Coat

Learning & Students

Establishment of the New School of Medicine at the University of Haifa
Prof. Pavel Goldstein, Integrative Pain (iPain) Laboratory, University of Haifa

Public Engagements

New Approach to Chronic Pain fostered by Integrative Pain Laboratory at the University of Haifa
Herta and Paul Amir School of Medicine, University of Haifa, Cornerstone Ceremony

Learning & Students

The University Breaks Ground on New School of Medicine

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Population pharmacokinetics of colistin and the relation to survival in critically ill patients infected with colistin susceptible and carbapenem-resistant bacteria

By: Kristoffersson A.N., Rognås V., Brill M.J.E., Dishon-Benattar Y., Durante-Mangoni E., Daitch V., Skiada A., Lellouche J., Nutman A., Kotsaki A., Andini R., Eliakim-Raz N., Bitterman R., Antoniadou A., Karlsson M.O., Theuretzbacher U., Leibovici L., Daikos G.L., Mouton J.W., Carmeli Y., Paul M., Friberg L.E.
Published in: Clinical Microbiology and Infection
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units:   | Time: 2020 |  Link
Description: Objectives: The aim was to analyse the population pharmacokinetics of colistin and to explore the relationship between c (more…)

Correction to: Maladaptive Daydreaming Among Recovering Substance Use Disorder Patients: Prevalence and Mediation of the Relationship Between Childhood Trauma and Dissociation (International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, (2019), 17, 2, (206-216), 10.1007/s11469-018-0011-9)

By: Somer E., Abu-Rayya H.M., Simaan Z.N.
Published in: International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2020 |  Link
Description: The surname of the second author of this article, Hisham Motkal Abu-Rayya, was misspelled in the article. Please note th (more…)

Medical cannabis and insomnia in older adults with chronic pain: A cross-sectional study

By: Sznitman S.R., Vulfsons S., Meiri D., Weinstein G.
Published in: BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2020 |  Link
Description: Objectives Medical cannabis (MC) is increasingly being used for treatment of chronic pain symptoms. Among patients there (more…)

Associations between socioeconomic and family determinants and weight-control behaviours among adolescents

By: Tur-Sinai A., Kolobov T., Tesler R., Baron-Epel O., Dvir K., Harel-Fisch Y.
Published in: International Journal of Public Health
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2020 |  Link
Description: Objectives: Family factors may play a role in adolescents’ weight-control behaviours (WCB), and economic determinants st (more…)

Using machine learning-based analysis for behavioral differentiation between anxiety and depression

By: Richter T., Fishbain B., Markus A., Richter-Levin G., Okon-Singer H.
Published in: Scientific Reports
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Natural Sciences  | Time: 2020 |  Link
Description: Anxiety and depression are distinct—albeit overlapping—psychiatric diseases, currently diagnosed by self-reported-sympto (more…)

Depression Illness Representations Among Arabs in Israel: a Qualitative Study Comparing Younger and Older Adults

By: Abo-Rass F., Shinan-Altman S., Werner P.
Published in: Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2020 |  Link
Description: There has been a noticeable increase in the number of studies assessing perceptions regarding depression (illness repres (more…)

Obstacles to compassion-giving among nursing and midwifery managers: an international study

By: Papadopoulos I., Lazzarino R., Koulouglioti C., Aagard M., Akman Ö., Alpers L.-M., Apostolara P., Araneda Bernal J., Biglete-Pangilinan S., Eldar-Regev O., González-Gil M.T., Kouta C., Krepinska R., Lesińska-Sawicka M., Liskova M., Lopez-Diaz A.L., Malliarou M., Martín-García Á., Muñoz-Salinas M., Nagórska M., Ngunyulu R.N., Nissim S., Nortvedt L., Oconer-Rubiano M.F., Oter-Quintana C., Öztürk C., Papp K., Piratoba-Hernandez B., Rousou E., Tolentino-Diaz M.Y., Tothova V., Zorba A.
Published in: International Nursing Review
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units:   | Time: 2020 |  Link
Description: Aim: To explore nursing and midwifery managers’ views regarding obstacles to compassion-giving across country cultures. (more…)

The REGγ inhibitor NIP30 increases sensitivity to chemotherapy in p53-deficient tumor cells

By: Gao X., Wang Q., Wang Y., Liu J., Liu S., Liu J., Zhou X., Zhou L., Chen H., Pan L., Chen J., Wang D., Zhang Q., Shen S., Xiao Y., Wu Z., Cheng Y., Chen G., Krubra S., Qin J., Huang L., Zhang P., Wang C., Moses R.E., Lonard D.M., Malley B.W.O., Fares F., Zhang B., Li X., Li L., Xiao J.
Published in: Nature Communications
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Natural Sciences  | Time: 2020 |  Link
Description: A major challenge in chemotherapy is chemotherapy resistance in cells lacking p53. Here we demonstrate that NIP30, an in (more…)

Subcortical neural tracks play an important role in executive function in schizophrenia: An experimental study among patients with schizophrenia and healthy comparisons

By: Peskin N., Koren D., Gabay S.
Published in: Schizophrenia Research: Cognition
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Sciences  | Time: 2020 |  Link
Description: The literature has long emphasized the involvement of cortical and subcortical networks in executive function impairment (more…)

Lactate released by inflammatory bone marrow neutrophils induces their mobilization via endothelial GPR81 signaling

By: Khatib-Massalha E., Bhattacharya S., Massalha H., Biram A., Golan K., Kollet O., Kumari A., Avemaria F., Petrovich-Kopitman E., Gur-Cohen S., Itkin T., Brandenburger I., Spiegel A., Shulman Z., Gerhart-Hines Z., Itzkovitz S., Gunzer M., Offermanns S., Alon R., Ariel A., Lapidot T.
Published in: Nature Communications
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Natural Sciences  | Time: 2020 |  Link
Description: Neutrophils provide first line of host defense against bacterial infections utilizing glycolysis for their effector func (more…)

Multi-domain potential biomarkers for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) severity in recent trauma survivors

By: Ben-Zion Z., Zeevi Y., Keynan N.J., Admon R., Kozlovski T., Sharon H., Halpern P., Liberzon I., Shalev A.Y., Benjamini Y., Hendler T.
Published in: Translational Psychiatry
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Sciences  | Time: 2020 |  Link
Description: Contemporary symptom-based diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) largely overlooks related neurobehavioral (more…)

High-throughput interrogation of programmed ribosomal frameshifting in human cells

By: Mikl M., Pilpel Y., Segal E.
Published in: Nature Communications
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Natural Sciences  | Time: 2020 |  Link
Description: Programmed ribosomal frameshifting (PRF) is the controlled slippage of the translating ribosome to an alternative frame. (more…)

Characterising the loss-of-function impact of 5’ untranslated region variants in 15,708 individuals

By: Whiffin N., Karczewski K.J., Zhang X., Chothani S., Smith M.J., Evans D.G., Roberts A.M., Quaife N.M., Schafer S., Rackham O., Alföldi J., O’Donnell-Luria A.H., Francioli L.C., Armean I.M., Banks E., Bergelson L., Cibulskis K., Collins R.L., Connolly K.M., Covarrubias M., Cummings B., Daly M.J., Donnelly S., Farjoun Y., Ferriera S., Gabriel S., Gauthier L.D., Gentry J., Gupta N., Jeandet T., Kaplan D., Laricchia K.M., Llanwarne C., Minikel E.V., Munshi R., Neale B.M., Novod S., Petrillo N., Poterba T., Roazen D., Ruano-Rubio V., Saltzman A., Samocha K.E., Schleicher M., Seed C., Solomonson M., Soto J., Tiao G., Tibbetts K., Tolonen C., Vittal C., Wade G., Wang A., Wang Q., Watts N.A., Weisburd B., Aguilar Salinas C.A., Ahmad T., Albert C.M., Ardissino D., Atzmon G., Barnard J., Beaugerie L., Benjamin E.J., Boehnke M., Bonnycastle L.L., Bottinger E.P., Bowden D.W., Bown M.J., Chambers J.C., Chan J.C., Chasman D., Cho J., Chung M.K., Cohen B., Correa A., Dabelea D., Daly M.J., Darbar D., Duggirala R., Dupuis J., Ellinor P.T., Elosua R., Erdmann J., Esko T., Färkkilä M., Florez J., Franke A., Getz G., Glaser B., Glatt S.J., Goldstein D., Gonzalez C., Groop L., Haiman C., Hanis C., Harms M., Hiltunen M., Holi M.M., Hultman C.M., Kallela M., Kaprio J., Kathiresan S., Kim B.-J., Kim Y.J., Kirov G., Kooner J., Koskinen S., Krumholz H.M., Kugathasan S., Kwak S.H., Laakso M., Lehtimäki T., Loos R.J.F., Lubitz S.A., Ma R.C.W., Marrugat J., Mattila K.M., McCarroll S., McCarthy M.I., McGovern D., McPherson R., Meigs J.B., Melander O., Metspalu A., Neale B.M., Nilsson P.M., O’Donovan M.C., Ongur D., Orozco L., Owen M.J., Palmer C.N.A., Palotie A., Park K.S., Pato C., Pulver A.E., Rahman N., Remes A.M., Rioux J.D., Ripatti S., Roden D.M., Saleheen D., Salomaa V., Samani N.J., Scharf J., Schunkert H., Shoemaker M.B., Sklar P., Soininen H., Sokol H., Spector T., Sullivan P.F., Suvisaari J., Tai E.S., Teo Y.Y., Tiinamaija T., Tsuang M., Turner D., Tusie-Luna T., Vartiainen E., Watkins H., Weersma R.K., Wessman M., Wilson J.G., Xavier R.J., Cook S.A., Barton P.J.R., MacArthur D.G., Ware J.S., Genome Aggregation Database Production Team, Genome Aggregation Database Consortium
Published in: Nature Communications
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Natural Sciences  | Time: 2020 |  Link
Description: Upstream open reading frames (uORFs) are tissue-specific cis-regulators of protein translation. Isolated reports have sh (more…)

Residential segregation, neighborhood violence and disorder, and inequalities in anxiety among Jewish and Palestinian-Arab perinatal women in Israel

By: Daoud N., Alfayumi-Zeadna S., Tur-Sinai A., Geraisy N., Talmud I.
Published in: International Journal for Equity in Health
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Sciences  | Time: 2020 |  Link
Description: Background: Residential segregation can foster health inequality mechanisms by increasing stress related to neighborhood (more…)

Uncertainty, error and informed consent to challenge trials of COVID-19 vaccines: Response to Steel et al

By: Keren A., Lev O.
Published in: Journal of Medical Ethics
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Humanities  | Time: 2020 |  Link
Description: In a recent article, Steel, Buchak and Eyal (SBE) argue that current levels of uncertainty do not present a good reason (more…)

Composite toxicity assays for enhanced assessment of decentralized potable reuse systems

By: Page M.A., Dong S., Massalha N., Macallister B., Hur A.Y., Bandstra P., Wagner E.D., Plewa M.J.
Published in: Environmental Science: Water Research and Technology
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units:   | Time: 2020 |  Link
Description: Decentralized direct potable reuse systems present new opportunities and potential risks for resilient and sustainable f (more…)

A COVID-19 call center for healthcare providers: dealing with rapidly evolving health policy guidelines

By: Glatman-Freedman A., Bromberg M., Ram A., Lutski M., Bassal R., Michailevich O., Saban M., Frankental D., Dichtiar R., Kruglikov-Moldavsky A., Rozani V., Karolinsky D., Braun T., Zuker I., Keinan-Boker L., Silverman B.G.
Published in: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2020 |  Link
Description: Background: Communication between health authorities and healthcare providers is an essential element of the response to (more…)

Patterns of informal family care during acute hospitalization of older adults from different ethno-cultural groups in Israel

By: Shulyaev K., Gur-Yaish N., Shadmi E., Zisberg A.
Published in: International Journal for Equity in Health
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2020 |  Link
Description: Introduction: Informal caregiving during hospitalization of older adults is significantly related to hospital processes (more…)

Patients with pemphigus are at an increased risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis: a large-scale cohort study

By: Kridin K., Jones V.A., Patel P.M., Zelber-Sagi S., Hammers C.M., Damiani G., Amber K.T., Cohen A.D.
Published in: Immunologic Research
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2020 |  Link
Description: Data regarding the association between pemphigus and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is inconclusive and yet to be firmly esta (more…)

Towards a goal-oriented methodology for clinical-guideline-based management recommendations for patients with multimorbidity: GoCom and its preliminary evaluation

By: Kogan A., Peleg M., Tu S.W., Allon R., Khaitov N., Hochberg I.
Published in: Journal of Biomedical Informatics
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Sciences  | Time: 2020 |  Link
Description: Patients with chronic multimorbidity are becoming more common as life expectancy increases, making it necessary for phys (more…)