I have a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology and Educational Counseling from Tel Aviv University, a Master’s Degree in clinical and educational child psychology from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a PhD in Psychology from Tel Aviv University. My PhD study examined resilience processes of Israeli Jewish and Israeli Arab children facing exposure to terrorism and traced this resilience in parental practices.

My research interests include various aspects of parenting, child development and positive psychology. I study processes that lead to the development of resilience in children, parental influence on the well-being of children and the effects of stress on children and families.

As a former Haruv Institute Post-Doctoral Fellow and a current Marie Curie Post-Doctoral Fellow, I am conducting research in UC Berkeley School of Public Health, under the guidance of Prof. Emily Ozer. I was and still am a part of research teams in UC San Francisco, U. of Washington and Stanford. I am working on various issues related to child maltreatment prevention and well-being during childhood. More specifically, I am looking at the impact of parental emotional dysregulation on child maltreatment risk, effectiveness of child maltreatment intervention programs as dependent on personal and organizational factors, primary intervention with pregnant women, and the impact of childhood cancer on family conflict.