Alumni

Yair Daon obtained his PhD from Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, MSc from the Weizmann Institute of Science, and BSc from Tel Aviv University. He worked on causal and spatial spread of infectious diseases, as well as optimal pooling strategies for mass testing.

Avi Baraz was an MSc student in the department of Statistics (under joint supervision with Dr. Daniel Nevo), with a bachelor's degree in statistics and economics from The Hebrew University. He was researching antibiotic resistance from a causal inference perspective, using time-varying coefficients models and machine learning tools. He went on to be a PhD student in the School of Public Health.

Noam Ben-Zuk was an MSc student in the Faculty of Medicine. She holds a biology bachelor's degree from Tel-Aviv University. Her research involved the assessment of non-pharmaceutical interventions against the spread of COVID-19 using an individual-based simulation.

Moti Melamed was a MSC student in the Faculty of Environmental Science at Tel Aviv University. He holds a BSC degree in life sciences from Bar-Ilan University, specializing in cellular and medical molecular biology. Currently, Moti serves as a senior inspector in the Department of Environmental Health in the Ministry of Health, specialized in the field of recreational water. In addition, he is an external lecturer in the field of water quality and prevention of morbidity in resort water at several colleges. His research is focused on comparison between the effect of climatic and anthropogenic variables on chemical consumption and the actual results of physicochemical and microbial tests of water, while distinguishing between open-air swimming pools and water sources in Israel.

Igor Mintz was an MPH student in the Faculty of Medicine. He holds a Physiotherapy bachelor's degree from Haifa University. In the last few years, Igor has complemented his skills by learning coding and machine learning techniques. His research involved predicting antibiotic resistance patterns of hospitalized patients using machine learning.

Talila Perry was an MPH student in the Faculty of Medicine (joint supervision with Prof. Chava Peretz). She holds an MD and a BSc in Biology and Communications from Tel Aviv University. She is passionate about environmental epidemiology and the effects of climate change on human health, as well as research based on clinical data. Her research involved studying the effects of ambient heat on mortality.