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Name: Shmuel Rishpon

Date:12/12/18

CURRICULUM VITAE

1. Personal Details

Name: Shmuel Rishpon.

Date of Birth: 29/7/1950

Country of Birth: Israel

Date of Aliyah:

Identity Card Number: 050207422

Marital Status: Married to Aviva Rishpon

Permanent Home Address: 7 Hashoftim Street, Kiryat Ata, Israel.

Home Telephone Number: 92-4-8453768

Office Telephone Number: 972-4-8632914

Electronic Address: shmuel.rishpon@lbhaifa.health.gov.il

Fax Number: 972-4-8632915

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2. Higher Education

Date of Degree Degree Name of Institution

and Department

Period of

Study

February 1975 MD The Hebrew University, Faculty of

Medicine, Jerusalem

1968-1975

January 1984 MPH The Hebrew University, Faculty of

Medicine, School of Public Health

Jerusalem

1981-1983

3. Academic Ranks and Tenure in Institutes of Higher Education

.Rank/Position Name of Institution and Department Dates

1983-1984 Technion, Faculty of Medicine, Department

of Family and Community Health

Resident teacher

No tenure

1986-1987, 1991 University of University of Haifa , School of

Social Work

Adjunct teacher

No tenure

1984 till 2015 Technion, Faculty of Medicine,

Epidemiology

Adjunct teacher

No tenure

26/10/2003 till present School of Public Health, Faculty of Welfare

and Health studies, University of Haifa

Associate

Professor

(adjunct)

No tenure

4. Offices in University Academic Administration

2003-2012 and from 2015 till now: Head of Community Health Section, School of public

Health, University of Haifa.

*2005-2008: Member of the Teaching Committee of the Faculty of Social Welfare and

health Studies, University of Haifa.

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5. Scholarly Positions and Activities outside the University

a. Special Training:

1. 1988: Training in the surveillance and control of communicable diseases - district and

national levels. Arranged by the World Health Organization in the Public Health

Laboratory Service and the Department of Health, London, UK, November-

December 1988.

2. 1989: Graduate of the programme for social policy and administration for the senior

managers in the public service. 6.4.1989 - 28.12.1989.

3. 1993: Graduate of the programme for developing the senior staff of the Ministry of

Health (one year, once a week).

4. 1996: Graduate of the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) training course

(GPV Technical Briefing) at the World Health Organization (WHO) Headquarters,

Geneva, Switzerland. 3-7 June 1996.

5. 1998: EPIET vaccine module, Helsinki, Finland, 11-16 may 1998.

6. 1999: Participant of the visit on the reforms of the public sector in UK, organized by

the British Council, London, UK, 28.11.99-3.12.99.

7. 2000: Graduate of the First Advanced Vaccinology Course, organized by Merieux

foundation, CDC and WHO, Veyrier du Lac, France, and 21.5.2000-3.6.2000.

8. 2001: Participant of the 5th European Conference on Vaccinology: A safe future with

vaccination. Lucerne, Switzerland, 21-23 March 2001.

9. 2002: Participant of the 7th International Conference on Needle free and Auto

injectors, Management Forum, London, UK, 25-26 February 2002.

10. 2002: Participant of the symposium on innovations in vaccinations “Vaccines for all

Life Stages”, organized by GSK, Barcelona, Spain, 8-10.9.02.

b. Professional Experience:

1975 - Internship in Soroka Medical Center, Beer Sheba.

1976 - 1980: Five years as a military physician, Israel Defense Forces:

1976 - 1977: Physician in a tank battalion.

1977 - 1980: Head of the Medical Committees in the Recruitment Centers, Haifa and

Tiberias.

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1980 - 1984: Residency training for specialization in Public Health in the Department of

Family and Community. Health, Technion, including M.P.H (1984).

5.9.1984: Board certified specialist in Public Health.

3.10.1984 - 31.5.1986: Subdistrict Medical Officer of Health, Hadera Subdistrict, Israel.

1986-2000: Member of the Steering Committee on the influence on of the Hadera power

plant on the health of Hadera Subdistrict population.

1.6.1986-31.1.1988: Deputy District Medical Officer of Health, Haifa District.

30.10.1987: Board certified specialist in Medical Management.

1.2.1988-5.2.1995: Haifa District Medical Officer of Health, Ministry of Health.

6.2.1995-31.8.1995: Head of the Department of Community Medicine and Family

Medicine, Kupat Holim Clalit, Tel Aviv.

1.9.1995 - present: Haifa District Medical Officer of Health, Ministry of Health.

Since 1996: Member of the examining board in Public Health, Israel Medical

Association.

14.4.99 -30.4.01: First Head of the Society of the Israeli Public Health Physicians of The

Israeli Medical Association.

1990 till present: Member, board of examiners, specialty examinations in public health,

scientific council, Israel Medical Association.

2002-2005: A member of the managing forum of the Scientific Council of the Israeli

Medical Association.

2002-2005 A member of the professional Committee on Public Health, Medical

Administration and Occupational Medicine, the Scientific Council of the Israeli Medical

Association.

*2010 till 2011: Member, board of examiners, specialty examinations in Medical

Administration, scientific council, Israel Medical Association

c. International Meetings

1. The Second Meeting of National Managers of Immunization Programs, WHO,

European Region, Istanbul, Turkey, 23-26th May 1989. Representative of the

Ministry of Health of Israel.

2. International CINDI Workshop of the World Health Organization the European

Region, Moscow and Kaunas, USSR, 3-14th September 1990. Representative of

the Ministry of Health of Israel.

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3. The Fourth Meeting of National Managers of Immunization Programs, WHO,

Vienna, Austria, 2-4th June 1993. Representative of the Ministry of Health of

Israel.

4. The Fifth Meeting of National Managers of Immunization Programs, WHO,

Veyrier-du lac, France, 23-26 October 1995. Representative of the Ministry of

Health of Israel.

5. The Sixth Meeting of national managers of Immunization Programs, WHO,

Berlin, Germany, 10-12 November 1997. Representative of the Ministry of health

of Israel.

6. The Berna Scientific Symposium on Immunization, Bern, Switzerland, 6.11.98.

7. The second meeting of the Consultative Group of the Children's Vaccine

Initiative, Geneva, Switzerland, 9-10.11.98.

8. The Seventh Meeting of National Managers of Immunization Programs, WHO,

Warsaw, Poland, 11-13 November 1998. Representative of the Ministry of

Health of Israel.

9. The Second European Rabies Symposium: Prevention and control, Latest

Developments, Sopron, Hungary, 15-17.6.99.

10. Biotechnology for Infectious Disease, Addressing the Global Needs, The

Organization for Economical Cooperation and Development (OECD)

Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, 7-9.10.02.

11. *The Eighth Meeting of National Managers of Immunization Programs, WHO,

Rogaska Slatina, Slovenia, 18-21.10.04. Representative of the Ministry of Health

of Israel.

12. *The Meeting of National Managers of Immunization Programs, WHO,

Dubrovnik, Croatia, 22-25.4.07. Representative of the Ministry of Health of

Israel.

13. *Global Forum for Health Leaders. Organized by the Government of Taiwan.

Taipei, Taiwan, 18-21.11.07.

14. *The third symposium on pneumococcal vaccines, organized by PneumoADIP

(Accelerated Development and Introduction Plans) and Sabin Vaccine Institute,

Istanbul, Turkey, 13.14.2.08.

15. *The third meeting on vaccines for enteric diseases, Malaga, Spain, 9-11.9.09.

16. *The 4th Vaccine Global Congress, Vienna, Austria, 3-5.10.10.

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17. *The Meeting of National Managers of Immunization Programs, WHO, Istanbul,

Turkey 16-18.11.10. Representative of the Ministry of Health of Israel.

18. *HProImmune workshop: Immunization of Healthcare Workers: Does anything

work? Athens, Greece, 25-26.4.13.

19. *The Meeting of National Managers of Immunization Programs, WHO, Antalia,

Turkey, 18-20.3.14. Representative of the Ministry of Health of Israel.

d. Membership in the Ministry of Health Committees

1. 1990 till present. Member of the Advisory Committee on Infectious Diseases and

Immunizations of the Ministry of Health, Israel. Chairman of the committee from

1993.

2. 1990-1993. Member of the advisory committee on measles.

3. 1990-1994. Member of the advisory committee on poliomyelitis.

4. 1992-1999. Member of the advisory committee on tuberculosis.

5. 1995-1996. Member of the national committee for community medicine.

6. 1996-1998. Member of the committee on the "basket of services" according to the

National Health Insurance Law.

7. 1996 till 2006. Member of the National Committee on Registration of Vaccines.

8. 1997 till present. Head of the committee for travellers’ health.

9. 2003 till 2011: Member of the Steering Committee on Emergency Health Services

in the community.

10. 1997: Head of the committee for updating the notifiable diseases list according to

Public Health Ordinance 1940. A member of the 2006 committee. Head of the

2015 committee.

11. *2007: A member of the committee on the evaluation of adverse events after

vaccine administration, Ministry of Health.

12. Since 2013: A member of the committee on Academic Grading of scientists in the

Ministry of Health.

13. Since 2016:A member of the Committee on Sabbitacals of the scientists of t

The Ministry of Health.

e. Membership in governmental committees.

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1. 1988 till 2014: Member of the Medical Committee of the maritime and ports

Administration, Ministry of Transportation. Nomination according Maritime

Regulations (Seamen).

2. 1995 till 2013: Member of the Supreme Medical Committee for seamen,

nominated according to Maritime Regulations (seamen). Head of the Committee

from 5/6/2005.

3. 1986 till present. Head of the Haifa District Medical Committee for people limited

in their mobility.

4. 1996 till present. Head of the Haifa District Medical Committee according to the

Compensation of Favus patients.

5. *2007 till 2011: Member of the Advisory Committee to the Israel Defense Forces

for special epidemiological events.

6. *2010 till 2012: Member of the Epidemic Management Team of the Ministry of

Health.

7. *2013 till present: Member of the Internal Professional Committee on approval of

research grading and degrees for researchers in the Ministry of Health.

f. Reviewing

1. Since 2000: Reviewer for the National Institute for Health Research in Gertner

Institute, Sheba Medical Center, concerning grants for research in public health.

2. Since 2002: Reviewer for the Chief Scientist of the Ministry of Health, Jerusalem,

for grants in public health.

3. Since 2003: Reviewer of “Harefuah” and of “Israel Medical Association

Journal”.

4. *2009-2010: Reviewer of Israel Defense Medical Corps Headquarters Research

Fund.

5. *Reviewer of articles in “Vaccine” in 2006, 2007, 2008 2009 and 2015.

6. *Reviewer of an article in “International Journal of STD and AIDS”, 2009.

7. *Reviewer of an article in "Health Education & Behavior", 2011.

8. *Reviewer of an article in "Archives of Disease in Childhood", 2011.

9. *Since February 2014: Member of the editorial staff of “Harefuah".

10. *Since 2012: Reviewer of 2 articles oh "Journal of Health Policy"

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11. Reviewer of 5 articles in "Israel Journal of Health Policy Research" 2013, 2016,

2017 and 2018..

12. Reviewer of an article in Eurosurveillace in 2016.

13. Reviewer of an article in Clinical Microbiology and Infection in 2017.

14. Reviewer of an article in Human Vaccine and immunobiologicals in 2017.

15. Reviewer of an article in BMC Public Health in 2017

g. Scientific Forums

2002-2005: A member of the managing forum of the Scientific Council of the Israeli

Medical Association.

2002-2005 A member of the professional Committee on Public Health, Medical

Administration and Occupational Medicine, the Scientific Council of the Israeli Medical

Association.

h. Examining Boards

1990 till present: Member, board of examiners, specialty examinations (stages A and B)

in public health, scientific council, Israel Medical Association.

*2010 till 2011: Member, board of examiners, specialty examinations (stages A and B)

in medical administration, scientific council, Israel Medical Association.

i. Professional societies

14.4.99 -30.4.01: First Head of the Society of the Israeli Public Health Physicians of The

Israeli Medical Association. A member of the Society since then.

6. Participation in Scholarly Conferences

a. Active Participation

Role Subject of

Lecture/Discussion/Comments

Place of

Conference

Name of Conference Date

Giving a lecture Release of serotonin from

migraine patients’ plasma

Hilton Hotel,

Tel Aviv

Meeting of the

association of physiology

and pharmacology

24.4.76

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b.Organization of Conferences or Sessions

Subject of Conference/

Role at Conference/

Comments

Place of

Conference

Name of

Conference

Date

Member of the scientific

committee

Tel Aviv Rotavirus vaccine

Symposium

*17.6.09

Organizer (With Prof. Epel-

Baron) and lecturer.

University of

Haifa

Challenges of the

immunization program in

Israel

*27.2.12

Organizer (With Prof. Epel-

Baron)

University of

Haifa

Fluoridation of drinking

water in Israel

*11.2.16

7. Invited Addresses

None.

Giving a lecture Unnecessary hospitalizations in

the North of Israel

Sheba Medical

Center

Meeting of the Israeli

association of

Epidemiology

15.5.84

Giving a lecture Unnecessary hospitalizations in

the North of Israel

Tel Aviv Meeting of the Forum of

the use of social

infrastructure

May 86

Giving a lecture Recent changes in polio and

peruses vaccination policy in

Israel.

Israel Vaccine Research

Initiative (IVRI)

Symposium on Vaccine

Development

*21.6.0

5

Organization of

the meeting and

lecture

The implantation of the multi

years program on expanding

child vaccination program.

University of

Haifa, Israel

Challenges of the

immunization program in

Israel

*27.2.1

2

Giving a lecture Values in vaccination policy. Hadassah

Medical

Center, Ein

Karem,

Jerusalem

Meeting of the graduates

of the School of Public

Health of Jerusalem

*15.10.

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8. Colloquim Talks

Presentation/Comments Name of Forum Place of Lecture Date

Polio outbreak in Hadera

subdistrict

Second meeting of

managers of vaccination

programs, European

Region of WHO

Istanbul, Turkey 24.10.89

Measles prevention in

Israel

Fourth meeting of

managers of vaccination

programs, European

Region of WHO

Vienna, Austria 21.6.93

Vaccination coverage in

Israel

Seventh meeting of

managers of vaccination

programs, European

Region of WHO

Warsaw, Poland 17.11.98

Rabies prevention in

Israel

The Second European

Rabies Symposium

Sopron, Hungary 16.6.99

Update on immunization

policies in Israel

Ambulatory Pediatric

Association Meeting,

July 1999, Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv 10.7.99

Invited lecture on

vaccination policy in

Israel.

Post graduate training

course in Public Health,

Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv

University

12.11.99

Update on immunization

policies in Israel

Annual academic

meeting of the

Ambulatory Pediatric

Association

Tel Aviv May 2003

Invited lectures on public

health in Israel

Course in Public Health

Dentistry, 6th grade

Tel Aviv

University

School of

Dentistry

May 2000,

*May 2004,

*June 2005,

*June 2007

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Presentation/Comments Name of Forum Place of Lecture Date

Invited lecture on the

laboratory role in

surveillance of infectious

diseases

Microbiology

Laboratory Managers

Forum

Haemek Hospital,

Afula

16.11.04*

Invited lecture on Infectious

diseases surveillance.

Course in Public

Policy in Public

Administration and

Health Services

Hebrew

University School

of Public Health

*November

2004

Invited lecture on update in

vaccination policy in Israel

The First Community

Pediatrics Meeting of

Northern District,

Clalit Health Services

Tiberias 19.01.05*

Invited lecture on

recent changes in

vaccination policy in Israel

Meeting of the

association of public

health physicians and

the association of

public health nurses

Sheraton City

Tower Hotel,

Ram Gan

*26.9.05

Back to sleep: Parents

compliance with the

Ministry of Health's

recommendations on the

most appropriate sleeping

position of infants, Haifa

District, Israel, 2001.

Second scientific

meeting of the Society

of the Israeli Public

Health Physicians of

The Israeli Medical

Association.

University of

Haifa

*5.1.06

Poster: Changes in Rabies

Post exposure Treatment

Guidelines after Decision

Analysis in Haifa District

Health Office, Israel, 1999-

2002."

The 13th meeting of the

Israeli Association for

Quality in Health

Hilton Hotel. Tel

Aviv

*21.6.06

12

Presentation/Comments Name of Forum Place of Lecture Date

Poster: Breaks in the “cold

chain” of vaccines in Haifa

District, 2004-5

The 13th meeting of the

Israeli Association for

Quality in Health

Hilton Hotel, Tel

Aviv

*21.6.06

Invited lecture on

Adolescent vaccination

policy in Israel.

Workshop on Human

Papilloma Vaccine of the

Israel Society for

Colposcopy and Cervical

Pathology

Azrieli

Convention

Center, Tel Aviv

*27.6.06

Invited lecture on child

vaccination policy in Israel

Israel association on

Infectious Diseases and

Israel Association of

Pediatrics,

MSD meeting on

rotavirus, Tel

Aviv

*19.12.06

Strengths and weaknesses

of the Isreali vaccination

program

Scientific meeting of the

Society of the Israeli

Public Health Physicians

of The Israeli Medical

Association.

Ben Gurion

University, Beer

Sheba

*11.1.07

Round table on the

introduction of the vaccine

in Israel

Seminar on the

conjugated vaccine

against pneumococci

Sheraton City

Tower Hotel,

Ramat Gan,

Israel,

*16.5.07

Expanding routine

vaccination program in

Israel

The 21th Israeli Congress

of General Practice and

Family Medicine

Airport City *6.6.07

The struggle of

introducing new vaccines

to the routine vaccination

program in Israel

The meeting of the Israeli

Management Center

(IMC) on “The cost of

life”: Dilemmas

concerning introducing

new technologies to the

“Basket of Health

Services”.

Cfar Hamaccabia,

Ramat Gan

*29.9.07

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Presentation/Comments Name of Forum Place of Lecture Date

Participant of the “Round

Table”.

The 2nd Symposium on

the Conjugated

Pneumococcal Vaccine

Azrieli Conference

Center, Tel Aviv

*20.5.08

Immunization policy in

Israel

The 3rd national

conferences on

pediatrics

Hilton Hotel, Tel

Aviv,

*28.5.08

Modreator of the “Round

Table”.

The meeting on

challenges in measles

prevention in Israel,

2008

Hadassah Medical

Center, Ein Karem,

Jerusalem

*29.5.08

Influenza prevention

among healthy children:

the updated vaccination

policy in Israel.

The scientific meeting

of the Association of

Clinical Pediatrics in

Israel

Dan Carmel Hotel,

Haifa

*19.9.08

The influence of a course

on Administrative Law on

Haifa District Health

Office activities

The course of the

Faculty of Law of Bar

Ian University on

Administrative Law for

employees of the

Ministry of Health

Ministry of Health

Center for

Continuous

Education , Tel

Hashomer

*29.6.09

Results of 6 community

based studies on health

and health behaviour of

Arabs and Jews 2002-

2008.

The conference on time

trends of health of the

Israeli Arabs

Crown Plaza

Hotel, Nazareth

*4.11.09

Rabies prevention: The

perspective of a District

Health Officer

Update on Rabies in

Israel

The Israeli

Veterinary

Services

Headquarters, Bet

Dagan

*15.11.09

14

Presentation/Comments Name of Forum Place of Lecture Date

Evidence based decision

making in immunization

policy

EPIET Course Ramat Rachel *1.3.11

Immunization of

laboratory workers

Surveillance of infectious

diseases

CMV screening during

pregnancy

Diagnostics course to

the Central Laboratory

employees

Tel Aviv Central

Laboratory of

Clalit HMO

*1.2.12

Vaccination of healthcare

workers

Ongoing training of

physicians and nurses

Maccabi Health

Services

Headquarters, Tel

Aviv

*26.6.12,

*9.7.12

Next steps in the

expansion of the routine

vaccination program in

Israel

Annual Meeting Israel Ambulatory

Pediatric Society

*11.7.12

The Role of the Israeli

National Advisory

Committee on

Immunization and

Infectious Diseases in

viral Hepatitis

Prevention

Prevention and control

of viral hepatitis in

Israel: Lessons learnt

and the way forward

Viral Hepatitis

Prevention Board

Meeting,

Jerusalem

*15.3.13

The experience from

Israel on immunization of

healthcare workers.

Workshop for

formulating ECDC

policy on immunization

of healthcare workers

HProImmune

workshop on

Immunization of

Healthcare

workers,

Athens,

Greece.

*25.4.13

15

Presentation/Comments Name of Forum Place of Lecture Date

Vaccination policy Weekly Seminar

meeting

The Internal

Medicine Section

Physicians of

Shaarei Zedek

Hospital,

Jerusalem

*22.10.13

Vaccination of the

workers of the health

system

Staff meeting The Nazareth

Hospital

*12.2.14

Adult Vaccination Meeting of the Family

Physicians Association

and Infectious Diseases

physicians association.

Tel Aviv Ono

Congress center

*19.2.14

Legal aspects of

vaccination

School of Public Health Tel Aviv

University

25.5.16

Vaccination Policy Course in public health

for medical Students

Tel Aviv

University

29.5.16

Routine vaccination

policy

Residents in public

health in

Israel Medical

Association,

Ramat Gan

29.1.17

The plan of influenza

vaccination by School

Health Services in Israel

Meeting of the Public

Health Physicians

Organization and

Schools of Public

Health

Tel Aviv 6.6.16

The challenges in Adding

vaccines to the" Basket

of Health Services" in

Israel.

Meeting of the Public

Health Physicians

Organization and

Schools of Public

Health

Ramat Gan, Cfar

Hamacabia

5.6.17

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9. Research Grants

a. Grants Awarded

Publications Year Funded by Topic Other Researchers

Role in Research

Israel Journal

Medical Sciences

25:392-397,

1989.Publication

number 7.

1984 Jerusalem

Institute

for the

Research

of Israel

Unnecessary

hospitalization

days: rates in

two general

hospitals in

Israel.

Epstein Leon

and Rennert

Heddy

PI

Stroke 20:725-

729,

1989.Publication

number 13.

1984 Mifal

Hapais

Case Fatality

Rate of

Cerebrovascular

Accidents,

1984.

Epstein ML,

Bental E, Brook

G, Tamir A,

Gross B ,

Szwarz M,

Manelis J and

Pillar T.

PI

b. Submission of Research Proposals – Pending None.

c. Submission of Research Proposals – Not Funded

None.

10. Scholarships, Awards and Prizes

1996: Excellence in teaching in the faculty of Medicine of the Technion, Haifa.

1996: Award of the General Manager of the Ministry of Health for excellence in the health

services, 2000IS.

*2005, 2009: Grants for excellence in teaching, University of Haifa. 4000 IS each time.

*2010: Excellence in managing among the senior staff of the Civil Service.

11. Teaching

A. Courses Taught in Recent Years

Number

of

students

Degree

B.A./M.A./M.Sc/Ph.D.

Type of Course

Lecture/Semina

r/Workshop

Name of Course Year

70 M.D,Technion Personal

instruction

Clerkship in Family and

Community Medicine

1982-1984

17

80 M.D and Ph.D, Technion Lectures Epidemiology 1983 till

present

80 M.D.,Technion Lectures Survey and Research

Methods

1983-1992

40 R.N, Carmel hospital Lectures Epidemiology 1982 – 1993

60 B.A, School of Social work,

University of Haifa

Guest lectures

Social Aspects of

Health and Disease and

Health Services in

Israel

1984 – 1987

35 The Post graduate training for public

Health nurses in Rambam hospital

Lectures Epidemiology 1986 –1999

50 MA School of Social Work,

University of Haifa

Lectures Epidemiology 1990-1991

30 B.A in Medical Administration, New

England College, Israel, Haifa

Branch

Lectures Public Health Policy 1999

17-27 MPH, Faculty of Welfare and Health

studies, School of Public Health,

University of Haifa

Lectures and

Seminar

Immunization policy 2003 till

present

17-30 MPH, Faculty of Welfare and Health

studies, School of Public Health,

University of Haifa

Lectures and

Seminar

Public Health Policy 2003 till

present

35 Preventive medicine and health

promotion for public health nurses,

Wolfson School of Nursing, Holon

and Rambam Medical Center, Haifa.

Lecture Immunization policy *2004-till

present

20 MPH, Faculty of Welfare and Health

studies, School of Public Health,

University of Haifa

Lectures and

Personal

instruction

Final Research Project

instruction

*2005 -2009

1 MPH, Faculty of Medical Sciences,

Department of Public Health, Ben

Gurion University, Beer Sheba

Personal

instruction

Instructive reading of

scientific articles

*2006

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B. Supervision of Graduate Students

Details of

Publication

Date of

completion/in

progress

Degree Title of Thesis Name of

Student

Medical

Education

23:196-299,

1989

1988 MD Hebrew

University

Prevalence rates of smoking

among Medical and Engineering

students in the Technion

Nachtigal

Dan

Not published

1996 MPH Hebrew

Univesity

Hepatitis B carriage rates among

seamen

Dubnov

Yehonathan

Israel Medical

Association

Journal 2010;

12: 338-341.

MPH

University of

Haifa

Influenza vaccination coverage

among employees of Nazareth

Hospital in the winter of 2004-

2005.

Kasabri

William

Israel Medical

Association

Journal 2010;

12: 657-661.

2007 MPH

University of

Haifa

Breastfeeding patterns among

women from Ethiopian origin,

mothers of children aged 6 months

- 5 years in two Well Child-Care

Clinics in Hadera, Israel

*Nir Inbar

Sharon

Harefuah

2009;148(11):

748-750

2007 MPH

University of

Haifa

Incidence and clinical

manifestations of Human

Metapneumovirus (hMPV)

infection, and other respiratory

*Srour

Toeme Suzan

50 LLM, Faculty of Law, University of

Haifa.

Lectures Law and public Health *2007 -

2010

70 MD, Faculty of Medicine, Bar Ilan

University, Safed.

Lectures Public Health course:

vaccinations. Public

health and law.

*2011 till

present

70 MD, Faculty of Medicine, Bar Ilan

University, Safed.

Infection course:

Immunization.

*2012 till

present

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Details of

Publication

Date of

completion/in

progress

Degree Title of Thesis Name of

Student

pathogens among children with

bronchiolitis in northern Israel

Winter 2005-2006.

Journal of

Viral Hepatitis

2010;1:293-

297

2007 MPH

University of

Haifa

Epidemiological characteristics of

acute hepatitis A patients in Israel,

2004-2006.

*Srour Saher

Details of

Publication

Date of

completion/in

progress

Degree Title of Thesis Name of

Student

Not published 2007 DMD, Tel

Aviv

University

Caries prevalence rate and

treatment of 5 and 12 years old

children from an Arab and a

Jewish city with a low socio-

economic level in Israel.

*Atamna

Arnan

Not published 2008 MPH

University of

Haifa

Chemotherapy and radiotherapy

and levels of antibodies against 4

vaccine-preventable diseases

*Awawde

Hisham

Not published 2008 MPH

University of

Haifa

Needs assessment of the Family

Health Centers’ clients in Haifa

District, 2005-

*Stolerman

Ilana

Human

Vaccines

2010;10:849-

853.

2008 MPH

University

of Haifa

Vaccination rates against varicella

among 1-15 years old children and

the factors that influence it, Haifa

District, 2007.

*Abufol

Najwa

Journal of

Travel

Medicine 2014

2009 MPH

University of

Haifa

Compliance rate to

recommendations on malaria

*Goldstein

Irit

20

Details of

Publication

Date of

completion/in

progress

Degree Title of Thesis Name of

Student

Aug 27. doi:

10.1111/jtm.12

156.

prophylaxis in three travelers’

clinics in Haifa, 2007.

In preparation 2011 MPH

University of

Haifa

Knowledge, attitudes and practices

on consanguineous marriage

among women in Hadera

Subdistrict, 2009.

*Younis

Ebtissam

Not published 2012 MPH

University of

Haifa

The Relationship between

Exposure to Traffic Air Pollution

During Pregnancy and Growth

Indices of Newborns in Haifa

Subdistrict, 2007-2009.

*Akons

Hanna

Not published 2012 MPH

University of

Haifa

Comparison of the Prevalence of

Shortness, Underweight and

Overweight among Israeli

Children Aged 0-5 Years by Using

the CDC 2000 and the WHO 2006

Growth Charts.

*Barrie Jacky

Not published 2012 MHA

University of

Haifa

The Impact of SMS Reminders on

Compliance Rate of Statines Use

among Cardiac Patients in Hillel

Yafe Medical Center, 2005-2009

*Abo Foul

Muhamad

Not published 2012 MHA

University of

Haifa

Knowledge, attitudes and practices

of parents to adolescents girls,

members of Clalit Health Services,

Northern District, concerning

Human Papilloma Vaccine

*Nol Esther

21

Details of

Publication

Date of

completion/in

progress

Degree Title of Thesis Name of

Student

2015 2012 MPH

University of

Haifa

The Causes of Not Vaccinating

Children Aged Two Years with

Routine Vaccinations in Tel Aviv

Yafo Municipality

*Amit

Aharon Anat

2016 Formulating

the final report

Ph.D,

University of

Haifa

Barriers and enhancing factors

effecting decisions of parents to

vaccinate their children in Tel

Aviv Yafo and in the District of

Haifa

*Amit

Aharon Anat

In preparation 2015 M.P.H

University of

Haifa

Knowledge and attitudes

concerning vaccination of Health

care workers and vaccine

acceptance among new employees

of Rambam Medical Center in

2012

*Jabreen

Raiifa

2017 2015 M P H

University of

Tel Aviv

The Relationship between

knowledge and attitudes among

physicians and nurses caring for

children with their behavior in the

context of vaccines recommended

by the Ministry of Health

*Shemer

Rivka

2016 M.P.H

University of

Haifa

The association between

knowledge and attitudes of

physicians and nurses treating

children in the community to their

behavior advocating routine

vaccine acceptance in the Northern

District in 2015

*Yael

Kandlik

22

Details of

Publication

Date of

completion/in

progress

Degree Title of Thesis Name of

Student

Data collection M.P.H

University of

Haifa

Knowledge and attitudes on

Human Papilloma Virus vaccine

ilsgrade pup thamong mothers to 8

in Haifa and Northern Districts,

2016

*Shibli Rana

Propiosal

approval

M.P.H

University of

Haifa

Kowledge, attitude and practice of

Arab women in the Northen

District on vaccination agaist

influenza and pertussis in 2017

Suliman Lila

C. Miscellaneous

Resident training in Public Health in Haifa District Health Office of the following

physicians

1.Dr Dubnov Yehonathan.

2.Dr Zamir Chen.

3.Dr Zarka Salman.

4.Dr Habib Sonia.

5.Dr Volovik Irena.

6.Dr Hefer Elioz.

7. Dr Kabaha Ahmed.

8.Dr Shulman Bella.

9. Dr Marazka Hassan

10.Dr Grifat Rami

11.Dr Weintrub Anna

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12.Dr Awad Ahmad

13.Dr Shibli Rana

14.Dr Matanis Marwa

Part II. PUBLICATIONS

First author is the main contributor, last author is usually the group head, the rest

appear according to their relative contribution (unless otherwise specified).

A. M.D Dissertation

The release of serotonin from migraine patients' plasma (in Hebrew). Hebrew University,

Jerusalem, 52 pages, 1975. Supervisors: Prof Amos Korcin and Dr Alex Dvilansky. 51

pages. Published in PAIN; Vol 2, pages 315-318, 1976 (reference 1).

M.P.H DISSERTATION

Reliability of a method of determining the necessity for hospitalization days in Israel.

Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 1984 Supervisor: Prof Leon Epstein. Published in Medical

Care 24:279-282, 1986 (reference 6) .

B. Scientific Books (Refereed)

None

C. Monographs

Published

One of the three authors of the monograph "Unnecessary hospitalization days in general

hospitals". Jerusalem Institute for Israel Study, Publication Number 23, 32 pages, 1987.

D. Articles in Refereed Journals

Published

1. Dvilanski A, Rishpon S, Nathan I, Zolotov Z and Korczyn AD. Release of platelet

5- hydroxytryptamine by plasma taken from patients during and between migraine

attacks. Pain 2:315-318, 1976.

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2. Rishpon S, Epstein LM, Shmilovitz M, Kretzer B, Tamir A and Egoz N.

Campylobacter jejuni infections in Haifa subdistrict summer 1981. (Hebrew).

Harefuah 94:274-275, 1983.

3. Epstein LM, Katz L, Tamir A and Rishpon S. Incidence of lung cancer in five

towns in Israel during the years 1960-1974. Israel Journal of Medical Sciences

20:27-32, 1984.

4. Rishpon S, Epstein LM, Shmilovitz M, Kretzer B, Tamir A and Egoz N.

Campylobacter jejuni infections in Haifa subdistrict, summer 1981. International

Journal of Epidemiology 13:216-220, 1984.

5. Rishpon S, Epstein LM and Egoz N. The association of infant mortality with lack

of regular prenatal care in Haifa subdistrict, 1980. Israel Journal of Medical

Sciences 21:123-126, 1985.

6. Rishpon S, Lubacsh S and Epstein LM. Reliability of a method of determining

the necessity for hospitalization days in Israel. Medical Care 24:279-282, 1986.

7. Rishpon S. Prevalence rate of anemia among twelve month old children in

Hadera subdistrict, Israel 1984-1985. Israel Journal of Medical Sciences 22:412-

413, 1986.

8. Weiner P, Landau M, Abu-Moch S and Rishpon S. Articular involvement during

an outbreak of Brucellosis. (Hebrew). Harefuah 111:168-169, 1986.

9. Rishpon S. 41 years of multiple infections by a Typhoid carrier. (Hebrew).

Harefuah 113:109-110, 1987.

10. Rishpon S. Acute rotavirus gastroenteritis outbreak in a day care center in Haifa.

Harefuah (Hebrew). 115:181-182, 1988.

11. Nachtigal D, Rishpon S and Epstein LM. Smoking among medical and

engineering students in the Technion. Medical Education 23:196-299, 1989.

12. Rishpon S, Epstein LM and Rennert H. Unnecessary hospitalization days: rates

in two general hospitals in Israel. Israel Journal of Medical Sciences 25:392-397,

1989.

13. Epstein ML, Rishpon S , Bental E, Brook G, Tamir A, Gross B , Szwarz M,

Manelis J and Pillar T. Incidence, mortality and case fatality of stroke in Northern

Israel. Stroke 20:725-729, 1989.

14. Oren I, Hershow RC, Ben-Porath E, Krivoy N, Goldstein N, Rishpon S, Shouval

D, Hadler SC, Alter M, Maynard JE and Alroy G. A common source outbreak of

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fulminant Hepatitis B in a hospital. Annals of Internal Medicine 110:691-698,

1989.

15. Slater PE, Orenstein WE, Morag A, Handsher R, Green MS, Costin C, Yarrow A,

Rishpon S, Havkin O, Ben-Zvi T, Kew OM, Rey M, Epstein I, Swartz TA and

Melnick JL. Poliomyelitis outbreak in Israel in 1988: a report with two

commentaries. Lancet 335:1192-1198, 1990.

16. Goren AI, Hellman S, Brenner S, Egoz N, and Rishpon S. Prevalence of

respiratory conditions among schoolchildren exposed to different levels of air

pollutants in the Haifa Bay area, Israel. Environmental Health Perspectives

89:225-231, 1990.

17. Rubin L, Rishpon S. Changing prevalence of iron deficiency anemia in infants of

the Haifa Subdistrict. Israel Journal of Medical Sciences 29:210-212, 1993.

18. Tirosh E, Tamir A, Bar-Zvi J, Epstein L, Rishpon S and Jaffe M. Unexpected

death in infancy. An epidemiologic study in the Haifa District, Israel. European

Journal of Epidemiology 10:3-8, 1994.

19. Elkana Y, Gal N and Rishpon S. Study of the association between waterborne

diseases and microbial water quality in Israel. Public Health Reviews 24 (1):49-

63, 1996.

20. Zarka S and Rishpon S. Prevention of rabies. (Hebrew). Harefuah 136:69-72,

1999.

21. Zamir C, Dagan R, Zamir D, Rishpon S, Fraser D, Rimon N and Ben Porath E.

Evaluation of screening for hepatitis B surface antigen during pregnancy in a

population with a high prevalence of HbsAg positive/HbeAg negative carriers.

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 18:262-266, 1999.

22. Haviv J, Rishpon S, Gdalevich M, Mimouni D, Gross E, Shpilberg O. Successful

Post exposure Rabies Prophylaxis after Erroneous Starting Treatment. Preventive

Medicine 29(1):28-31, 1999.

23. Zamir C, Zamir D, Rishpon S. Traditional practices among children of Ethiopian

immigrants in Israel. J Ambulatory Child Health. November 1999; 5:4-8.

24. Habib S, Rishpon S, Rubin L. Influenza vaccination among healthcare workers.

Israel Medical Association Journal 2000; 12:899-901.

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25. Zamir D, Zamir C, Rishpon S,. Epidemiology of HBV infection among family

members of chronic HBV carriers in Israel. Israel Medical Association

Journal.2001; 3:338-340.

26. Hay E, Scharf S, Rishpon S, Derazon H, Bukish N. Post exposure rabies

prophylaxis in a lymphoma patient. Journal of the American Medical Association

2001; 285(2): 166-167.

27. Nitzan-Kaluski D, Leventhal A, Averbuch Y, Rishpon S, Cohen-Dar M, Habib

S, Belmaker I, Rubin L., Rachmiel S, Amitai Y and Palti H. Five decades of trends

in Anemia in Israeli infants: implications for food fortification policy. European

Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2001; 55:82-87.

28. Zamir C. Ben Porath E, Rishpon S, Leventhal A , Zamir D. Control of

community-wide Hepatitis A outbreak using mass active vaccination. European

Journal of Clinical and Microbiological Infectious Diseases 2001:20(3) 185-187.

29. Biadsy-Atamna R, Rishpon S, Volovik E and Segal R. Five cases of preventable

malaria among Haifa District citizens. (Hebrew) Harefuah 2001:140(9)822-823.

30. Srour S, Rishpon S, Rubin L, Warmn S. An outbreak of Campylobacteriosis in

Haifa Subdistrict related to a visit of pupils to an animal farm. (Hebrew). Harefuah

2002:141(8)683-684.

31. Weiler-Ravell D,. Chemtob D, Berlowitz Y, Rishpon S, Leventhal A .

Circumstances leading to the formulation and implementation of a new TB control

program in Israel: A case study in public health and policy. Journal of Public

Health Policy 2004:25(1)23-37.

32. Hefer E, Rishpon S, Volovik E . Trichinosis outbreak among Thai immigrants in

Hadera Subdistrict (in Hebrew). Harefuah 2004:143 ;( 9)656-660.

33. Hefer E, Rishpon S, Volovik E. Salmonellosis outbreak among pupils in Or

Akiva (in Hebrew). Harefuah 2005:144 ;( 1)8-10.

34. Bacilli and Bullets”: Vaccination and military medicine from a historical

perspective. (In Hebrew). Davidovitch N, Balicer D, Rishpon S, Grotto I. Military

Medicine 2004:1;(3)133-138.

35. Hefer E, Rishpon S, Warman S, Rubin L. Norovirus outbreaks in nursing homes,

Haifa Subdistrict (in Hebrew). Harefuah 2005:144 ;( 3):187-190.

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36. Dubnov J, Rubin L, Rishpon S. Is there an Association between Shigellosis

Incidence and Socioeconomic status in Metropolitan Haifa? American Journal of

Infection Control 2004:32(5):274-277?

37. Inbar Z, Meibar R, Rubin L, Rishpon S. Back to sleep: Parents compliance with

the Ministry of Health's recommendations on the most appropriate sleeping

position of infants, Haifa District, Israel, 2001. Preventive Medicine 2005 40; (6)

765-768.

38. Gordon M, Rishpon S, Gorski M. Failure of timely diagnosis of carcinoma of the

oral cavity: A case report and recommendations. (In Hebrew) Harefuah 2005:144;

(4)243-245.

39. Habib S, Rishpon S, Rubin L. The Effect of Socioeconomic Status (SES) and

ethnic origin on Various Health Measures among Infants and Toddlers. (In

Hebrew). Harefuah 2005:144 ;(6)402-406.

40. Rubin L, Nunberg D and Rishpon S. Case Report: Malaria in a Seaport worker

in Haifa. Journal of Travel Medicine 2005; 12:350-352.

41. Rishpon S. Recent changes in polio and pertussis vaccination policy in Israel,

2005. IMAJ 2006 ;( 8)319-321.

42. Zamir C, Volovik I, Rishpon S, Atamna A, Weiler – Ravell D. Tuberculosis

outbreak among adolescent students in a boarding school. European Respiratory

Journal 2006 28(5):986-91. (IF=7.636, Rank=4/58, Q1)

43. Dubnov J, Hefer H, Rubin S, Rishpon S. A change in rabies post-exposure

treatment guidelines after decision analysis in Israel. European Journal of Public

Health 2007; 17(1):92-7. (IF=2.591, Rank=44/165, Q2)

44. Dubnov J, Barchana M, Rishpon S, Leventhal A, Segal I Carel R, and Portnov BA.

Estimating the effect of air pollution from a coal-fired power station on the

development of children’s pulmonary function. Environmental Research 2007

;103 (1):87-98. . (IF=4.373, Rank=15/223, Q1)

45. Zamir C, Volovik E, Rishpon S. Control of Hepatitis A outbreaks in an endemic

community: the role of sustained immunization coverage. Public Health 2007;

121:199-201.

46. Goldman L, Gordon M, Kachel Z, Atalla-Shehade S and Rishpon S. (in Hebrew).

Health promotion of oral health and its evaluation in Ahava elementary school in

Haifa, Israel, 2001-2004. Health Promotion in Israel 2006; 1(1):10-15.

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47. Rubin L, Hefer E, Dubnov Y, Warman S, Rishpon S. An Evaluation of the

Efficacy of the National Immunization Program for Hepatitis B .Public Health.

2007: 121: 529-533.

48. Hefer E, Rubin L, Volovik I, Rishpon S. Epidemiology of STD’s in Haifa

District, 2001-2005. (In Hebrew). Harefuah 2007; 146(6):425-428.

49. Rubin L, Sprecher H, Kabaha A,Weber G, Teitler N, Rishpon S. Meningitis

Following Spinal Anesthesia: 6 Cases in 5 Years. Infection Control and Hospital

Epidemiology, 2007; 28:1187–1190. (IF=4.175, Rank=16/165, Q1)

50. Stein-Zamir C, Volovik I, Rishpon S and Sabi R. Developmental Dysplasia of the

Hip: risk markers, clinical screening and outcome. Pediatrics International. 2008;

50(3):341-345. (IF=0.730, Rank=106/120, Q4)

51. Rothbart H and Rishpon S. Incorporation of Varicella-Zoster-Virus vaccination

in childhood immunization schedules (Hebrew). Harefuah 2008; 147(8-9):693-

697.

52. Kassis I, Srugo U, Srur S, Horowitz Y, Almagor T , Wolf D, Kra-Oz Z , Rishpon

S and Miron D. The burden of and outcomes of acute bronchiolitis among young

children hospitalized in Israel. Harefuah 2009;148(11):748-750.

53. Mor Z, Srur S, Dagan R, Bisharat B and Rishpon, S. Hepatitis A disease after

implementation of universal vaccination: Who is at risk? Journal of Viral

Hepatitis 2010;1:293-297.(IF=3.909, Rank=19/78, Q1)

54. Rishpon S, Kachel T, Shehada S, Volovik I, Rubin L, Inbar Z Hefer E . Parental

Smoking in the Haifa District, Israel, 2001(Hebrew). Kidum Briut 2010:3;20-25.

55. Dubnov I, #Kassabri W, Bisharat B and Rishpon S. Influenza vaccination

coverage among employees of Nazareth Hospital in the winter of 2004-2005.

Israel Medical Association Journal 2010; 12: 338-341. (IF=1.013, Rank=91/154,

Q3)

56. Nir-Inbar S, Rubin L and Rishpon S. Breastfeeding patterns among Ethiopian

immigrant mothers , Israel, 2005-2006. Israel Medical Association Journal 2010;

12: 657-661. (IF=1.013, Rank=91/154, Q3)

57. Miron E, #Abufoul N and Rishpon S. Factors affecting Varicella vaccine uptake

among children 1-17 years old in Haifa District in 2007. Human Vaccines

2010;10:849-853.

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58. Habib S, Shehadeh S, Grifat R and Rishpon S. Raising Influenza Vaccination

Coverage Rate among Haifa District Health Office employees, 2008 (in

Hebrew).Health Promotion in Israel 2011;4:4-10.

59. Levine H, Rishpon S, Huerta-Hartal M, Davidovitch N. Preventing mumps

outbreaks in confined settings. Comprehensive ring vaccination as a containment

strategy. Human Vaccines 2011;12:1-5.

60. Baron-Epel, O, Bord S, Madjar B, Habib, S and Rishpon, S. What lies behind

the low rates of vaccinations among nurses who treat infants? Vaccine

2012;30:3151-3154.

61. Baron-Epel O, Madjar B, Grefat R, Rishpon S. Trust and the demand for

autonomy may explain low rates of immunizations among nurses. Human

Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics 2013; 9:1, 1–8; ( IF 2.366, Rank=69/163, Q2)

62. Wagman S, Rishpon S, Kagan G , Dubnov J and Habib S. Variables Correlated

with Elderly Referral from Nursing Homes to General Hospitals. Israel Journal

of Health Policy Research 2014; 3:2. . (IF 1.21, Rank=53/71, Q3)

63. Goldstein I, Ephros M, Grefat R and Rishpon S. Intent-to-adhere and adherence

with malaria prevention recommendations in two travel clinics. Journal of Travel

Medicine 2014 Aug 27. doi: 10.1111/jtm.12156. (IF=1.579, Rank=65/154, Q2)

64. Kaliner E, Kopel E, Anis E ,Mendelson E, Moran-Gilad J,. ShulmanLM, Singer

SR, Manor Y, Somekh E, Rishpon S , Leventhal A,Rubin L, Tasher D, Honovich

M, Moerman L Shohat T, Bassal R, Sofer D, Gdalevich M, Lev B, Gamzu R,

Grotto I. The Israeli Public Health Response to Wild Poliovirus Transmission

2013. Lancet Infectious Diseases 2015;1236-42. (IF=22.433, Rank=1/78, Q1).

65. Shibli R and Rishpon S. Unresolved Issues Concerning Inadequate Immune

Response after Rabies Post-Exposure Prophylaxis in an Immunocompromised

Patient. Clinical Medical Reviews and Case reports. 5/11/2016.

http://clinmedjournals.org/articles/cmrcr/clinical-medical-reviews-and-case-

reports-cmrcr-3-137.php?jid=cmrcr/

66. Shibli R, Shemer R, Lerner-Geva L and Rishpon S. Knowledge and

Recommendation Regarding Routine Childhood Vaccinations Among Pediatric

Healthcare Providers in Israel. Vaccine 2016

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2016.12.005

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67. Habib S, Rishpon S, Grotto I and Afek A. Influenza Vaccination Among

Healthcare Workers – The Data And The Duty. Harefuah 2017;156(1):4-7.

68. Amit-Aharon A, Nehama H, Rishpon S, Baron-Epel O. Parents with high levels

of communicative and critical health literacy are less likely to vaccinate their

children. Patient Education and Counseling .2017;100 (4):768-775.

69. Kridin K, Khamaisi M , Rishpon S, Grifat 4. Striking ethnic variations in the

epidemiology of Chlamydia trachomatis in Haifa District, Israel, throughout the

years 2001-2015. Int J STD and AIDS. Jan 2017.

70. Amit-Aharon A, Nehama H, Rishpon S and Baron-Epel O. Social-Economic-

Demographic Differences in Reasons Not to Comply in Time with Routine

Childhood Vaccines. Harefuah 2018: 157(1):16-20.

71. Amit-Aharon A, Nehama H, Rishpon S and Baron-Epel O. A path analysis model

suggesting the association between health locus of control and compliance with

childhood vaccinations. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics, 2018: 14 (9).

https://doi.org/10.1080/21645515.2018.1471305

72. Shibli R, Rishpon S, Cohen-Dar M, Kandlik Y. What affects pediatric healthcare

providers to encourage receipt of routine childhood vaccinations? Results from

the Northern District of Israel, 2016. Vaccine. 2018 Nov 30. pii: S0264-

410X(18)31576-7. doi: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2018.11.051.

Submitted for publication

1. Flugelman A, Chalmers R, Dubnov J, Jacob L, Stein N, Habib S and

Rishpon S. The impact of surveillance of an elusive pathogen on public health

policy: Cryptosporidium in Israel, 2001-2014". Submitted to Emerging Infectious

Diseases.

E. Articles or Chapters in Scientific Books

(Which are not Conference Proceedings)

Published

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1. Amitai Y and Rishpon S. “The Pupils Health, Practical Information Handbook”.

Edited by the Public Health Services, Ministry of Health, Jerusalem. 2003, Chapter

59, “Immunizations” (in Hebrew).

2. Amitai Y and Rishpon S. "Child Health in Israel" edited by Palti Hava. The Chapter

“Immunization” (in Hebrew).

3. *Hefer E and Rishpon S. Allocation of health resources in Israel, 2005. In:

Researchers in the Emek. (In Hebrew). Compilation of articles written by

researchers at the Max stern Academic College of Emek Yezreel., Vol 3, September

2008, 195-205.

4. *Urkin , Amitai Y and Honovich M. Babies' and Toddlers' health. Useful

Information for the Maternal and Child Health,2011. (Hebrew). Dionun

Publishings. Rishpon S, The chapter "refusal of parents to vaccinate their children"

pages 187-190.

5. *Tabenkin H (Editor). Israel Medical Association Task Force on Health Promotion

and Preventive Medicine Clinical Guidelines. (In Hebrew): Rishpon S, The

chapters on vaccination. Editions: 2002, 2005 2008 and 2013.

F. Articles in Conference Proceedings

Published

a. Rubin L, and Rishpon S, Barron L. Changing Epidemiology of Measles in Israel,

poster presentation, European Society for Pediatric Infectious Diseases Meeting,

Istanbul, Turkey, and March 26-28, 2001.

b. Goldman L, Rishpon S, Tal M, Dahan I, Kabaha A, Rubin L, Stolerman E Marom

M, Madgar B , Globerman R, Rozen D, Liviatan E, Littwitz A Ghattas F, Koren Y,

Regional Tobacco Control Plan ,Haifa District Health Office, 12th World Conference

on Tobacco or Health, Helsinki, Finland, August 3, 2003.

c. *Dubnov J, Hefer E, Rubin L, Rishpon S, A Change in Rabies Post exposure

Treatment Guidelines after Decision Analysis in Haifa District Health Office, Israel

1999-2002, Annual Meeting Association of Israel Public Health Physicians,

September 2004.

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d. *Rubin L, Hefer E, Dubnov J and Rishpon S. An Evaluation of the Efficacy of the

National Immunization Program for Hepatitis B. Proceeding of the 23rd Annual

Meeting of European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID), May

2005,Valencia, Spain.

e. *Goldman L, Neter E, Madjar B, Globerman-Veresh R, Livne T, Fishler M, Benschok

G, Rubin L, Kachael T, Nachmias Y and Rishpon S. Smoking cessation in pregnancy:

Evaluation of an Intervention on Nurses’ Self Efficiency and Pregnant Women’s

smoking Behaviour. A poster in the 13th World Conference on Tobacco or Health,

Washington DC, USA, July 8, 2006.

f. *Goldman L, Dahan I, Chashin R, Rishpon S, Neter E, Rozen D, Valinsky L, Gan-

Noy S, Ghattass F, Globerman R and Marom M. Smoke-free Schools: Rising to

Challenge of Multi-Culturalism among Arab and Jewish Schools in Israel. A poster

in the 13th World Conference on Tobacco or Health, Washington DC, USA, July 8,

2006.

g. *Awawdi H ,Weyl Ben-Arush M, Kra-Oz Z, Kassis I and Rishpon S. The influence

of chemotherapy on antibodies levels against 4 vaccine preventable diseases included

in the routine vaccination program. A poster in the meeting of the International

Society of Pediatric Onclology, Berlin, 2-8 October, 2008.

h. *Rishpon S, Kachel Z, Shehada S , Volovik I, Rubin S, Hefer E and Inbar Z. Smoking

patterns among parents to children 0-5 years old in Haifa District, 2001.Presentation

in the 14th national meeting on health education and promotion, Shefaiim, Israel, 18

November, 2008.

i. *Stolerman E, Madjar B, Kachel Z and Rishpon S. Needs of Family Health Centers’

("Tipat Halav") clients operated by the Ministry of Health in Haifa District, 2006.

Presentation in the7th annual meeting of the National Institute of Health Policy of

Israel. Tel Aviv,Isreal, 10 December 2008.

j. *Baron-Epel O, Bord S, Majar B, Habib S and Rishpon S. "Do as I say, not as I do",

nurses and immunizations. Presenatation in the 1st International Conference on

Controversies in Vaccination in Adults. Berlin, Germany, 27-30 January 2011.

G. Entries in Encyclopedias

None.

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H. Other Scientific Publications

Published

1. Formulating the following guidelines of the Ministry of Health, Jerusalem.

1. 1997, 2003 *2006, *2010 *2011 and 2016: Rabies Prevention.

2. 2001 and 2003: Health Offices’ initial activities in a waterborne or foodborne

outbreak.

3. 2000, 2006, *2008 and *2011: Vaccination of Health professionals’ students.

4. 2009 and 2013: Vaccination of Health care system workers.

5. 2016: Vaccination of Health professionals’ students and Health care system

works.

6. 2001: Post exposure prevention of AIDS.

7. 2002, *2009 and *2011: Guidelines on the use of vaccines which have been

exposed to extreme temperatures.

8. *2004: Prevention of infectious diseases and pregnancy among rape victims

9. *2004: Guidelines for the Committees on limitation in mobility.

10. *2006 and 2010: Prevention Hepatitis B and C among health care workers who

were injured at work from sharp objects.

11. *2009: Vaccination of new healthcare workers and of workers who perform high

risk invasive activities.

12. *2011 2013 and 2016: Vaccination of health system workers and students of

health professions.

2. Formulating the following guidelines of the Ministry of Health, Haifa District:

a. *2004: Guidelines for issuing burial license.

b. *2004: Guidelines on drinking water sampling.

3 .Publishing in non refereed publications

1. *Rishpon S. Innovations in immunization. Summary of the Anna Zager annual

seminar in Pediatrics, Haifa. 18.10.06. (In Hebrew) Alef Beit, Bulletin of public health

nurses of Israel 2007; 11:18-21.

2. *Rouhana S, Rishpon S and Kachel Z. Ameliorating “the cold chain” of vaccines in

Haifa District, 2003-2005. (In Hebrew) Alef Beit, Bulletin of public health nurses of

Israel 2007; 11:38-39.

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3. *Rishpon S and Grifat R. Health and health behvaiour of Arabs in Israel: 6 community

studies, 2001-2008. The Arab Population Health 2010;1(1): 36-34 .

4. *Rishpon S and Grifat R. Adult vaccination (in Hebrew). Israel Journal of Family

Practice 2010;153(20):23-25.

5. *Kopel E, Singer R, Kaliner E, Mendelson E, Rishpon S, Somech E, Grotto I and Anis

E. Wild Polio virus introduction to Israel: the event and the coping with iot 2013 (in

Hebrew). Epida2014;7:2-7.

I. Other Publications

1. *Hefer E and Rishpon S. Allocation of health resources in Israel, 2005. In: Reseachers

in the Emek. (In Hebrew). Compilation of articles written by researchers at the Max stern

Academic College of Emek Yezreel., Vol 3, September 2008, 195-205.

2. *Hefer E and Rishpon S. Male circumcision in Israel. In: The 7th Research Fair of the

Academic College of Emek Yezreel,18.5.11, p.10.

3. *Madjar B, Rishpon S, Baron-Epel O, Bord S, Habib S and Grifat R. Pertussis

vaccination among children Vs among nurses. The Nurse in Israel (in Hebrew). January

2012, Vol 188, pages 46-52.

4. Rishpon S. Challenges of introducing new vaccines to the "basket of services". Medic

Magazine on the basket of health services for 2018, October 2017.

http://medicalmagazines.co.il/sal2018/index.html

J. Other Works Connected with my Scholarly Field

1. *The future of the routine vaccination program of children in Israel (in Hebrew).

In the Medicalmedia publication “Update on immunization of children”, edited

by Dagan R, December 2007. Pages 7-9.

2. *Davidovich N, Levin H and Rishpon S. Rethinking on law and ethics in public

health. Summary of the first meeting in Bar Ilan University, 15/5/2008.

Harefuah 2009; 148(6):404-406.

3. *Porter B, Rosen B, Rishpon S. Development and implementation of vaccine

policy. Health Policy Monitor Survey,2010;14.

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K. Books, Articles and Other Works Submitted for Publication

1.*Flugelman A, Habib S, Dubnov Y, Jacob L and Rishpon S. Insights from surveillance

of an elusive pathogen and its influence on public health policy, Cryptosporidium in Israel

2001-2014. Submitted to Epidemiology and Infection

2.*#Amit Aharon A, Nehama H, Rishpon S and Baron-Epel O. Autonomy and control

among parents who do not comply with recommended pediatric vaccinations: A

qualitative study. Submitted to the Journal of Advanced Nursing.

L. Summary of my Activities and Future Plans

My research is oriented towards evaluation of the activities of the Ministry of Health. It

is done mainly by instructing on MPH theses of students of the University of Haifa and

health workers of Haifa District Health Office. My research is and will continue to be

taken from the areas that I lead on my everyday working: prevention of diseases,

surveillance and prevention of infectious diseases and vaccinations. Therefore this

research is simple, field oriented and applicable,