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
U of Haifa 0/100 

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38.2
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SDG3 Highlights

Herta and Paul Amir School of Medicine, University of Haifa, Cornerstone Ceremony

Learning & Students

The University Breaks Ground on New School of Medicine
Food, Healthy, Schnitzel, Vegetables, Chicken, Pomegranate

Operations

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

Research

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
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

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Simulating thoughts to measure and study internal attention in mental health

By: Amir I., Ruimi L., Bernstein A.
Published in: Scientific Reports
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Sciences  | Time: 2021 |  Link
Description: Our mind’s eye and the role of internal attention in mental life and suffering has intrigued scholars for centuries. Yet (more…)

The National Immunization Technical Advisory Group in Israel

By: Stein-Zamir C., Rishpon S.
Published in: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units:   | Time: 2021 |  Link
Description: National Immunization Technical Advisory Groups (NITAGs) are defined by the World Health Organization as multidisciplina (more…)

Distress and Resilience in Days of COVID-19: International Study of Samples from Israel, Brazil, and the Philippines

By: Kimhi S., Eshel Y., Adini B., Aruta J.J.B.R., Antazo B.G., Briones-Diato A., Reinert M., da Silva J.D., Verdu F.C., Marciano H.
Published in: Cross-Cultural Research
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units:   | Time: 2021 |  Link
Description: We compared three types of resilience (individual, community, and national resilience), two indicators of distress (sens (more…)

Health and socio-demographic implications of the Covid-19 second pandemic wave in Israel, compared with the first wave

By: Birenbaum-Carmeli D., Chassida J.
Published in: International Journal for Equity in Health
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2021 |  Link
Description: Background: Israel’s containment of the first wave of Covid-19 was relatively successful. Soon afterwards, however, in t (more…)

Did the events following the COVID-19 outbreak influence the incidents of violence against hospital staff?

By: Basis F., Moskovitz K., Tzafrir S.
Published in: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Sciences  | Time: 2021 |  Link
Description: Background: During the COVID-19 outbreak, (March 1 – June 15, 2020) citizens expressed sympathy and gratitude towards me (more…)

Determinants of penetrance and variable expressivity in monogenic metabolic conditions across 77,184 exomes

By: Goodrich J.K., Singer-Berk M., Son R., Sveden A., Wood J., England E., Cole J.B., Weisburd B., Watts N., Caulkins L., Dornbos P., Koesterer R., Zappala Z., Zhang H., Maloney K.A., Dahl A., Aguilar-Salinas C.A., Atzmon G., Barajas-Olmos F., Barzilai N., Blangero J., Boerwinkle E., Bonnycastle L.L., Bottinger E., Bowden D.W., Centeno-Cruz F., Chambers J.C., Chami N., Chan E., Chan J., Cheng C.-Y., Cho Y.S., Contreras-Cubas C., Córdova E., Correa A., DeFronzo R.A., Duggirala R., Dupuis J., Garay-Sevilla M.E., García-Ortiz H., Gieger C., Glaser B., González-Villalpando C., Gonzalez M.E., Grarup N., Groop L., Gross M., Haiman C., Han S., Hanis C.L., Hansen T., Heard-Costa N.L., Henderson B.E., Hernandez J.M.M., Hwang M.Y., Islas-Andrade S., Jørgensen M.E., Kang H.M., Kim B.-J., Kim Y.J., Koistinen H.A., Kooner J.S., Kuusisto J., Kwak S.-H., Laakso M., Lange L., Lee J.-Y., Lee J., Lehman D.M., Linneberg A., Liu J., Loos R.J.F., Lyssenko V., Ma R.C.W., Martínez-Hernández A., Meigs J.B., Meitinger T., Mendoza-Caamal E., Mohlke K.L., Morris A.D., Morrison A.C., Ng M.C.Y., Nilsson P.M., O’Donnell C.J., Orozco L., Palmer C.N.A., Park K.S., Post W.S., Pedersen O., Preuss M., Psaty B.M., Reiner A.P., Revilla-Monsalve C., Rich S.S., Rotter J.I., Saleheen D., Schurmann C., Sim X., Sladek R., Small K.S., So W.Y., Spector T.D., Strauch K., Strom T.M., Tai E.S., Tam C.H.T., Teo Y.Y., Thameem F., Tomlinson B., Tracy R.P., Tuomi T., Tuomilehto J., Tusié-Luna T., van Dam R.M., Vasan R.S., Wilson J.G., Witte D.R., Wong T.-Y., Burtt N.P., Zaitlen N., McCarthy M.I., Boehnke M., Pollin T.I., Flannick J., Mercader J.M., O’Donnell-Luria A., Baxter S., Florez J.C., MacArthur D.G., Udler M.S., AMP-T2D-GENES Consortia
Published in: Nature Communications
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Natural Sciences  | Time: 2021 |  Link
Description: Hundreds of thousands of genetic variants have been reported to cause severe monogenic diseases, but the probability tha (more…)

Investigating patient-specific mechanisms of change in SET vs. EFT for depression: study protocol for a mechanistic randomized controlled trial

By: Zilcha-Mano S., Shahar B., Fisher H., Dolev-Amit T., Greenberg L.S., Barber J.P.
Published in: BMC Psychiatry
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Sciences  | Time: 2021 |  Link
Description: Background: Major depressive disorder (MDD) is the leading cause of disability worldwide and one of the most heterogeneo (more…)

Motivating healthcare professionals (nurses, nurse assistants, physicians) to integrate new practices for preventing healthcare-associated infections into the care continuum: turning Positive Deviance into positive norms

By: Gesser-Edelsburg A., Cohen R., Halavi A.M., Zemach M.
Published in: BMC Infectious Diseases
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2021 |  Link
Description: Background: The literature examining healthcare-associated infections (HAI) points to two main problems in conforming to (more…)

Novel mechanism for OSM-promoted extracellular matrix remodeling in breast cancer: LOXL2 upregulation and subsequent ECM alignment

By: Dinca S.C., Greiner D., Weidenfeld K., Bond L., Barkan D., Jorcyk C.L.
Published in: Breast Cancer Research
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Natural Sciences  | Time: 2021 |  Link
Description: Background: Invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC) is a serious problem for patients as it metastasizes, decreasing 5-year pati (more…)

The prevalence and prescribing patterns of benzodiazepines and Z-drugs in older nursing home residents in different European countries and Israel: retrospective results from the EU SHELTER study

By: Lukačišinová A., Fialová D., Peel N.M., Hubbard R.E., Brkic J., Onder G., Topinková E., Gindin J., Shochat T., Gray L., Bernabei R.
Published in: BMC Geriatrics
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2021 |  Link
Description: Background: Benzodiazepines (BZDs) and Z-drugs have high potential for developing frequent adverse drug events in older (more…)

Defective viral genomes as therapeutic interfering particles against flavivirus infection in mammalian and mosquito hosts

By: Rezelj V.V., Carrau L., Merwaiss F., Levi L.I., Erazo D., Tran Q.D., Henrion-Lacritick A., Gausson V., Suzuki Y., Shengjuler D., Meyer B., Vallet T., Weger-Lucarelli J., Bernhauerová V., Titievsky A., Sharov V., Pietropaoli S., Diaz-Salinas M.A., Legros V., Pardigon N., Barba-Spaeth G., Brodsky L., Saleh M.-C., Vignuzzi M.
Published in: Nature Communications
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units:   | Time: 2021 |  Link
Description: Arthropod-borne viruses pose a major threat to global public health. Thus, innovative strategies for their control and p (more…)

Role of a thrombin generation assay in the prediction of infection severity

By: Elad B., Avraham G., Schwartz N., Elias A., Elias M.
Published in: Scientific Reports
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units:   | Time: 2021 |  Link
Description: Thrombin plays a central role in sepsis pathophysiology. The correlation of thrombin generation (TG) assays with infecti (more…)

IQSEC2 mutation associated with epilepsy, intellectual disability, and autism results in hyperexcitability of patient-derived neurons and deficient synaptic transmission

By: Brant B., Stern T., Shekhidem H.A., Mizrahi L., Rosh I., Stern Y., Ofer P., Asleh A., Umanah G.K.E., Jada R., Levy N.S., Levy A.P., Stern S.
Published in: Molecular Psychiatry
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Natural Sciences  | Time: 2021 |  Link
Description: Mutations in the IQSEC2 gene are associated with drug-resistant, multifocal infantile and childhood epilepsy; autism; an (more…)

Vaccine injury compensation: the Israeli case

By: Kamin-Friedman S., Davidovitch N.
Published in: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units:   | Time: 2021 |  Link
Description: Background: Following other countries, Israel passed the Vaccine Injury Compensation Law in 1989, which provides for com (more…)

Factors associated with seasonal influenza and HPV vaccination uptake among different ethnic groups in Arab and Jewish society in Israel

By: Shahbari N.A.E., Gesser-Edelsburg A., Davidovitch N., Brammli-Greenberg S., Grifat R., Mesch G.S.
Published in: International Journal for Equity in Health
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2021 |  Link
Description: Background: Parents in the Arab population of Israel are known to be “pro-vaccination” and vaccinate their children at h (more…)

Experiences of frontline healthcare workers and their views about support during COVID-19 and previous pandemics: a systematic review and qualitative meta-synthesis

By: Billings J., Ching B.C.F., Gkofa V., Greene T., Bloomfield M.
Published in: BMC Health Services Research
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2021 |  Link
Description: Background: Healthcare workers across the world have risen to the demands of treating COVID-19 patients, potentially at (more…)

The role of caloric intake in the association of high salt intake with high blood pressure

By: Stern N., Buch A., Goldsmith R., Nitsan L., Margaliot M., Endevelt R., Marcus Y., Shefer G., Grotto I.
Published in: Scientific Reports
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2021 |  Link
Description: Since current recommendations call for a substantial reduction in overall sodium consumption, we tested whether or not t (more…)

COVID-19 social distancing: negative effects on people with Parkinson disease and their associations with confidence for self-management

By: Yogev-Seligmann G., Kafri M.
Published in: BMC Neurology
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units:   | Time: 2021 |  Link
Description: Background: The purpose of this study was to describe the effects of COVID-19 social distancing on the function, health, (more…)

Mental health prevalence and predictors among university students in nine countries during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-national study

By: Ochnik D., Rogowska A.M., Kuśnierz C., Jakubiak M., Schütz A., Held M.J., Arzenšek A., Benatov J., Berger R., Korchagina E.V., Pavlova I., Blažková I., Aslan I., Çınar O., Cuero-Acosta Y.A.
Published in: Scientific Reports
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Education  | Time: 2021 |  Link
Description: The student population has been highly vulnerable to the risk of mental health deterioration during the coronavirus dise (more…)

Therapeutic processes in digital interventions for anxiety: A systematic review and meta-analytic structural equation modeling of randomized controlled trials

By: Domhardt M., Nowak H., Engler S., Baumel A., Grund S., Mayer A., Terhorst Y., Baumeister H.
Published in: Clinical Psychology Review
SDGs : SDG 03  |  Units: Social Welfare & Health Sciences  | Time: 2021 |  Link
Description: While the efficacy of Internet- and mobile-based interventions (IMIs) for treating anxiety disorders is well established (more…)