Our Team
Dr. Liron Rozenkrantz
Principal Investigator
Liron holds a Ph.D. in Neurobiology from the Weizmann Institute of Science and completed her post-doctoral training at the MIT Brain and Cognitive Sciences department and at the Harvard Program in Placebo Studies.
She is fascinated by the idea that thoughts, beliefs, and expectations can drive real biological effects, and leads a multidisciplinary research program exploring these processes.
Chen Levine
M.D.-Ph.D. Student
Chen is an MD-PhD student in a joint mentorship with Dr. Rotem Kahalon from our faculty. She holds a B.Sc. in Biotechnology from Tel-Hai College.
Chen's research interests lie in the broader contexts of medical care, emphasizing its psychological and cognitive components and their contribution to overall health, with a particular focus on women’s health.
Nofar Mizrachi
Lab Manager
Nofar is the lab manager and a researcher in our lab. She holds an M.A. in Cognitive Psychology from the University of Haifa, and recently completed her Ph.D. in psycho-neuro-immunology in our lab.
Nofar investigates how cognitive states modulate immune function and how health-related perceptions influence physical health, alongside supporting the development of research projects within the lab.
Salam Hallumi-Shadafni
Ph.D. Student
Salam is a Ph.D. student in our lab. She is an occupational therapist (B.A. from Tel-Aviv University) and holds a Master's degree in Learning Disabilities with a major in Brain and Learning from the University of Haifa.
Salam studies the mechanisms by which beliefs and expectations shape
cognitive processes in healthy and clinical populations, as well as how attention during eating influences physiology.
Tal is a joint Ph.D. student with Dr. Sivan Spitzer in our faculty. She is an expert rehabilitation psychologist after completing her M.A. at Ariel University.
Tal is exploring people's beliefs and conceptions about diabetes, and will lead an attempt to increase medical compliance in pre-diabetic patients by altering their misconceptions of the disease.
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Raz Preger
Ph.D. Student
Raz is a PhD student in our lab.
She holds an M.Sc in Neuroscience from Sagol School of Neuroscience, Tel Aviv University.
Raz is interested in exploring in exploring interoception and how various psychological and mental states can be understood through the theoretical lens of predictive coding.
Hila Dagan
M.Sc. Student
Hila is a Master's student in our lab. She holds a B.Sc degree in Mechanical Engineering from Braude Academic College.
Hila is interested in mind-body interplay, particularly how thoughts, beliefs, and perceptions influence our health in terms of genetics, immunology, and chronic diseases.
Yaara Goldshtein
Medical Research Student
Yaara is a Medical Student in the accelerated 4-year program in the faculty. She holds a B.Sc. in Natural Sciences from the Open University.
Yaara is conducting her Capstone research with us. She is studying how health perceptions influence everyday physical health across healthy and clinical populations, using both cross-sectional and interventional study designs.
Nofar Ben Kalifa
M.Sc. Student
Nofar is a Master's student in our lab. She holds a B.Sc. in Neuroscience and Philosophy from Bar-Ilan University.
Nofar is interested in exploring the connection between mind and body, through bridging philosophical concepts with empirical research.
Yuval Peretz
Medical Research Student
Yuval is a Medical Student in the accelerated 4-year program in the faculty. She holds a B.Sc. in Biotechnology from the Tel Hai Academic College.
Yuval is conducting her Capstone research with us and Dr. Rotem Kahalon, studying the intersection of maternal psychology and postnatal health, specifically the impact of traumatic birth experiences on breastfeeding trajectories over time.
Meshi Stern
M.Sc. Student
Meshi is a Master's student in our lab. She holds a B.Sc. in Biotechnology from Tel-Hai Academic College.
Meshi is interested in the psychological perceptual processes that may influence metabolic processes, e.g., in the context of weight regulation.
Ofek Gil
Medical Research Student
Ofek is a Medical Student in the 3-year program in the faculty. He completed his pre-clinical medical studies at Charles University in the Czech Republic.
Ofek is conducting his Capstone research with us, studying vaccine confidence and its associations with COVID-19 symptom experience, its stability over time, and related psychological factors.
Shira Bodek
Research Assistant
Shira is a Medical Student in
the 6-year program in our faculty,
and works as a research
assistant in our lab.