Faculty members and graduates from the Jerusalem Multidisciplinary College presented innovative research at the 17th Annual Health Policy Conference.
Among the presenters:
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Dr. Lior Na’amaty-Schneider from the Department of Health Systems Management presented two studies—one on systemic pressures and ethical dilemmas faced by medical teams during wartime, and another on the challenges of private dental clinics in the digital era.
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Dr. Iris Gartner from the School of Management presented research on the impact of hospitals’ corporate social responsibility on women’s satisfaction with the childbirth experience.
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Dr. Reut Yifrah and Dr. Liat Ganz from the Department of Optometry, together with Dr. Ayelet Goldstein from the Department of Computer Science, presented a joint study on behavioral and clinical indicators for predicting the risk of dry eye disease using machine learning.
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Dr. Ayelet Goldstein also presented a second joint study with Dr. Hadas Ben-Eli, Head of the Department of Optometry, on cataract surgeries. The research examined the impact of surgeon experience and demographic factors on surgical outcomes and developed predictive models based on machine learning.
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Dr. Ayelet Har-Even from the Department of Politics and Communication and the School of Management presented two posters from her doctoral research on licensed cannabis users in Israel, exploring patterns of risky driving and the effectiveness of communication messages aimed at prevention.
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In addition, master’s graduates in Optometry Zohar Treistman-Deri and Efrat Mizrahi presented the results of a volunteer project they conducted during their studies, in which they performed vision tests for soldiers in the “Back to Life” rehabilitation unit at Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer. Their work, supervised by Dr. Liat Ganz from the Department of Optometry, revealed a high prevalence of binocular focusing problems among soldiers suffering from polytrauma.
