EDUCATION:
1985: BSc    Computer Science (cum Laude), The Technion, Haifa, Israel
1992: MA    Cognitive Psychology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA.  Thesis topic:
                          Personality and the structure of affective responses.  Advisor: Andrew Ortony, PhD
1993: PhD   Cognitive Psychology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA. 
                          Dissertation topic: Duration of emotions: Cognitive and self-report measures. 
                          Advisor: Andrew Ortony, PhD
1996: PhD   Retraining:  Area of specialization: Depression and Anxiety Disorders
                          Coordinator: Ian Gotlib, PhD
Licensing:  US:                                           PS-008477-L; 
                 ISRAEL                                   7316

ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT:

1994-1996 Postdoctoral Fellow, Northwestern University

1996-1997 Postdoctoral Fellow and part-time faculty, Medical College of Pennsylvania

1997-1998 Visiting Scholar, Boston University and the Center for Anxiety Disorders, USA

1998- 2004 Lecturer, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel

2002-2003 Visiting Professor, Department of Psychology, Yale University, USA

2004- present Senior Lecturer, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel

Professional Activities

Ad-Hoc Reviewer for Journals: Cognition and Emotion, Cognitive Therapy and Research, Depression and Anxiety, Emotion, Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Journal of Affective Disorders, Journal of Anxiety Disorders, Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, Neuroimage, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Psychological Bulletin, Psychological Science.

Ad hoc review for granting agencies Israeli Science Foundation (Panel Member, 2004; 2006; 2008); National Institute of Mental Health, USA; German Israeli Science, Foundation; The Israeli Psychobiology Institute; Bi-national Science Foundation.

Membership in Professional Societies and Organizations
International Society for Research on Emotions
International Society for the Study of Trauma
International Association for the Study of Affective Disorders
Israeli Association for Behavioral Therapy
Stress and Anxiety Research Society

Ad hoc reviewer for government agencies:
Israeli Council for Higher Education (MALAG).

Consulting Editor & Special Editorial Commissions
2005- 2007          Emotion
2007- Present      Cognition and Emotion
2008- Present      International Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy
2008                    Guest Editor of a special issue of the Israeli Journal of Psychiatry on CBT

Organization of Conference and Symposia

2003 International Workshop on "Reason and Emotion"

2006 Psychodrama

2007 Trauma and Immigration

2008 New Directions in Clinical Research, Inaugural Emotion Conference, Haifa, Israel

2008 Intererpersonal Perspectives on the Comorbidity of Depression and Social Anxiety,
ABCT, Orlando, USA

2008 Cognitive Control and Executive Processes in Depression and Rumination, ABCT, Orlando, USA

Clinical Activities
2001- 2004          Supervisor of Depression Clinic, Schneider Children’s Hospital
2002- Present  Supervisor of Prolonged Exposure Treatment for PTSD
2005- 2008      Director and Supervisor of the Post-Trauma clinic, Schneider Children’s Hospital
2005- Present      Head of the Clinical Team of PTSD experts sent to Beslan, North Ossetia, following the disaster of September, 2004. 
2006 – Present    Member of ASEFA electronic forum for leaders in clinical psychology in Israel.