Bar-Shalita & Kimoni awarded ICRF grant

Dr. Tami Bar Shalita and Prof. Racheli Kizony awarded a grant on "Neurofeedback for preventing cancer-therapy-related chronic pain and cognitive impairment.” Dr. Bar-Shalita is the PI of the grant. Additional collaborators include Dr. Granovsky, Rambam- Faculty of Medicine Technion, Dr. Lubovsky, Rambam and Dr. Gal Yam, Sheba Medical Center.

Dr. Bar-Shalita is a faculty member at the Department of Occupational Therapy at the School of Health Professions. She completed her PhD at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and her postdoctoral training at the University of Southern California. She is actively translating the knowledge evolved in her lab to the clinical field.      Dr. Bar-Shalita is the first to apply a unique approach by the coupling of sensory and pain domains using neurophysiology and psychophysical methods.

Prof. Rachel Kizony is a faculty member at the the Department of Occupational Therapy. She is an occupational therapist. Prof. Kizony completed her PhD at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and her postdoctoral training at McGill University, Montreal, Canada. Prof. Kizony’s research aims to achieve a better understanding of how cognition and specifically functional cognition is linked to a person’s ability to participate in everyday activities by integrating her expertise in neurological rehabilitation, the aging process, and rehabilitation technologies.

Title: Neurofeedback for preventing cancer-therapy-related chronic pain and cognitive impairment

Dr. Tami Bar Shalita (PI), Prof. Racheli Kizony

Collaborators: Dr. Granovsky, Rambam- Faculty of Medicine Technion;   Lubovsky MD, Rambam;   Dr. Gal Yam (MD), Sheba