Research Abstracts
Research abstracts funded by the National Institute and completed.
The full version of the research report can be obtained from the principal researcher.
To Tyto or not to Tyto? Clinicians’ Perceptions of the Use of Tele-Medicine for Clinical Encounters in General, and specifically, Tyto as a Bio-Medical Device
Researchers: Moti Amar, Ben Bulmash, Ofir Ben-Assuli, Tsipi Heart
Research ended: January 2026
Evaluating the need for gay affirmative therapy in mental health services for LGBTQ youth in Israel
Researchers: Ateret Gewirtz-Meydan, Ruth Berkowitz, Yehuda Neumark, Shira Barzilay
Research ended: January 2026
Telepsychiatry to enable expedited disposition of psychiatric emergencies
Researchers: Adam Rose, Renana Eitan, Gad Lubin, Moshe Bistre
Research ended: January 2026
Obesity treatment in Israel: at the physician’s discretion?
Researchers: Orly Tamir, Avraham Krasik, Roy Barnea, Rakefet Bachar, Evgeny Marzon, Moran Accos Carmel
Research ended: January 2026
The impact of the mental health reform on patients’ profile in a child and adolescent psychiatry outpatient clinic at a tertiary hospital in the center of Israel.
Researchers: Tomer Ziv, Shlomit Tsafrir, Ehud Mekori
Research ended: December 2025
The association between extent of coronary atherosclerosis, coronary intervention and short and long-term hospital admissions and mortality among patients undergoing coronary catheterization
Researchers: Michal Benderly, Israel Barbash, Ofra Kalter-Leibovici, Elad Maor
Research ended: December 2025
Hybrid approach (in-person and remote) to pediatric rehabilitation: A look beyond the COVID-19 crisis
Researchers: Naomi Gefen, Tal Krasovsky, Maurit Beeri, Jana Landa, Tamar Weiss, Efrat Shadmi
Research ended: December 2025
Disparities in self-perceived oral health status, utilization of dental services within the dental profession reform, attitudes toward the use of Telehealth, and positive oral health and wellbeing among senior citizens in the center compared to the periphery in the State of Israel
Researchers: Berta Harel, Yuval Vered, Avraham Zini, Nirit Yavnai, Nurit Kot-Limon, Galit Almoznino
Research ended: December 2025
Here and Now: The public and decision makers perceptions regarding the definition of “reasonable” time and distance of health services
Researchers: Joshua Shemer, Yossi Weiss, Ruti Berger
Research ended: December 2025
Redesigning the Role of Community Pediatricians to Benefit Children’s Mental Health in Israel
Researchers: Amit Shalev , Hava Gadassi , Shulamit Pinchover , Roni Berger Raanan , Maya Yaari , Tony Gutentag
Research ended: December 2025