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CV- Prof. Yael LatzerFebruary 12, 2010Date: 12/02/2010Name: Yael LatzerCURRICULUM VITAE1.Personal DetailsName: Yael LatzerDate of Birth: 17/04/1954Country of Birth: IsraelIdentity Card Number: 052164068Marital Status: Married 2Permanent Home Address: P.O. Box 128, Timrat 36576, ISRAELHome Telephone Number: 972-4-6547081Office Telephone Number: 972-4-8248526Electronic Address: latzer@zahav.net.ilFax Number: 972-4-65454512. Higher EducationPeriod ofStudy1974-19771978-19831988-19931982-1985Name of Institutionand DepartmentSchool of Social WorkUniversity of Haifa, IsraelSchool of Social WorkGraduate Clinical ProgramUniversity of Haifa, IsraelMedical SchoolTechnion – Israel Instituteof Technology, Haifa, IsraelPsychiatric DepartmentRambam medical Center,Rappoport Medical School,Technion, Haifa, Israel1DegreeDate of therapist
CV- Prof. Yael LatzerFebruary 12, 20101989-1990Menninger FoundationSchool of Psychiatry,Topeka, Kansas, USAFreedbergFellowshipGraduate1990-1991Menninger FoundationSchool of family therapy,Kansas, USAIsraeli Association forMarital and Family Therapy& Family Life Education,IsraelThe Institute for ImagoRelationship Therapy,Winter Park, FL, USA.[took place in Israel]BOWEN1991family 19942001-2002IMAGOMaritalTherapist199020023. Academic Ranks and Tenure in Institutes of Higher 2005-*2006-2008Name of Institution andDepartmentUniversity of Haifa, School ofSocial WorkUniversity of Haifa, Facultyof Social Welfare and HealthSciences, School of SocialWorkUniversity of Haifa, Facultyof Social Welfare and HealthSciences, School of SocialWorkUniversity of Haifa, Facultyof Social Welfare and HealthSciences, School of SocialWorkUniversity of Haifa, Facultyof Social Welfare and HealthSciences, School of SocialWorkRank/PositionYeshiva University, FerkaufGraduate School ofPsychology, Albert EinsteinCollege of Medicine BX, NY,USAVisiting Professor2Teaching FellowLecturer (Proposed rank,Adjunct Track)Lecturer (AdjunctTrack)Senior Lecturer (AdjunctTrack)Associate Prof.(Adjunct Track)
CV- Prof. Yael Latzer*2007-2008February 12, 2010Columbia University,Department of Health andBehavioral Studies, Programin Nutrition, NYC, NY, USAVisiting Professor4. Offices in University Academic AdministrationUniversity of Haifa2005 -2006Member of the University committee examining students withspecial needs regarding tuition fees.Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences, School of SocialWork2000-2001Member of Committee for the Status of Teaching Fellows.2000-2002Member of Admissions Committee – Retraining Program.2003-2004Member of the Social Work Awards Committee for ExcellentM.A. Thesis.2003-2008Chairperson of the Committee for the Establishment of an M.A.Program for Nutrition, Health and Behavior.2003-2006Head of Family Studies in M.A. program.*2008-Head of Clinical Studies in M.A. program and M.A. Committee.Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences, School of PublicHealth*2008-Head of new M.A. program: Nutrition Health and Behavior.Other Universities and Colleges2002-2006Reviewer of MD final dissertation proposal and a member of the FinalExamination Committee, Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa.2005Member of Lecturer nomination committee, Faculty of behavioralscience Emek Yezreel College.3
CV- Prof. Yael LatzerFebruary 12, 20102005Member of Senior Lecturer nomination committee, Faculty ofPsychology, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva.*2006Reviewer of Ph.D. final dissertation and Member of Ph.D examcommittee, psychology department and School of social work, Bar-IlanUniversity.*2009Member of Senior Lecturer nomination committee, Department ofPsychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Haifa university, Haifa.5. Scholarly Positions and Activities outside the UniversityGuest Editor / Reviewer of Journals and Grant proposals2000-Reviewer of grants proposals for the Ministry of Health, ChiefScientist‟s office, Jerusalem.2000-Guest Reviewer of “Harefuah” Journal of the Israel MedicalAssociation, “The Israeli Journal of Occupational Therapy,” and “TheIsraeli Journal of Psychiatry.2003-2005Invited Guest Editor of the Israeli Journal of Psychiatry, for specialissue on Eating Disorders.2003-2005Guest Reviewer of the Israeli Journal of Nutrition.2003-Guest Reviewer of “SIHOT”– Israeli Journal of Psychotherapy.2005-Guest Reviewer of “Efshar” – Israeli Journal of Welfare and Education.2005-Guest Reviewer of International Journal of Adolescent Medicine andHealth.*2006-Member of editorial board, Clinical nutrition, Israel Journal for Nutritionand Diet.*2006-Guest Reviewer of “IMAJ” – The Israel Medical Association Journal.*2007-2009Invited Guest editor for two special issues on Eating Disorders,International Journal of Child and Adolescent Health.*2010Co chair and speaker at an international NATO Advanced ResearchWorkshop (NATO ARW) entitled: Socio-cultural and political predictorsof the new radicalism in young European immigrants (19-20 March2010) the meeting will take place in the venue of insttite "studiCognitivi" Foro Buonaparte 57, 20121 Milano, Italy.4
CV- Prof. Yael LatzerFebruary 12, 2010Research Collaborations2003-2006Participated in a multi-centered research project, in collaboration withHadassa Ein-Carem Medical Center, Jerusalem, on the subject of“Canabinoid in the treatment of Anorexia Nervosa"2004-2006Participated in a multi-centered research project led by Dr. GiovanniMaria Ruggiero from Milan, Italy, in collaboration with theMediterranean Eating Disorders work group, on the subject of “CulturalValues and Eating Disorders”.*2006-2008Collaborating on a research project, on Night Eating Disorders, at theObesity Research Center at St. Luke‟s Roosevelt Hospital Center,Columbia University, Manhattan, NY USA. Additionally teaching andsupervising CBT for BED and Obesity to research student.*2007-Collaboration in process on Research and Prevention Program for theAdolescent Female in Israel. The application of the Eating DisordersPrevention Program, "Full of Ourselves" (FOO) developed by Dr.Catherine Steiner Adair (from the USA) for Israeli adolescent girls.*2007-Collaborating on a multi research project with Dr. Kelly Allison, fromUniversity of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine Center for Weight andEating Disorders; Philadelphia, USA with Dr. Jennifer Lundgren fromthe University of Missouri, Kansas City, USA Prof. Orna Tschishinskyfrom Emek-Yezreel college and sleep laboratory Technion Haifa onNight Eating Syndrome among Eating Disorders Patients. We are nowin the process of writing a joint research proposal to NIH.*2007-Participating on a research project with Dr. Gerson and Dr. Silver fromYeshiva University, Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology. BX, NY,USA. The study aim to explored the presence of disordered eatingpathology among Orthodox females completing their senior year inhigh school and plan to spend a year in Israel*2007-Collaborating on a research project, with the Department ofpsychology, Department of Pediatrics School of Medicine, VirginiaCommonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA on "Childhoodand Adolescent Obesity". We recently sent a joint research proposal toNIH.*2008-Collaboration in process on a multi-center research project, togetherwith Dr. Suzanne Mazzeo from Department of psychology, VirginiaCommonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA, with Dr. TamarShochat and Prof. Orna Tzischinsky from Israel. We recently sent ajoint research proposal to NIH on "USA and Israel Adolescent Health:Interaction and Behavior".5
CV- Prof. Yael LatzerFebruary 12, 2010Special Projects1997-1999Served as Supervisor and Superintendent at the Center for Treatmentand Rehabilitation of Eating Disorders, "Amit", Givat Haviva.1998-1999Created an intervention model of collaboration between the EatingDisorders Clinic and a community clinic for family practitioners.1999-2001Established an eating disorders division of an Israeli first-aid hotline„ERAN‟ for callers suffering from eating disorders throughcollaboration between „ERAN‟ and the Eating Disorders Clinic inRambam Medical Center.2000Participated in the establishment of the Israeli Association forPrevention, Research and Treatment of Eating Disorders.2001-2003Created and implemented a new therapeutic model, "Conflict- OrientedCognitive Behavioral Therapy", for patients suffering fromBulimia Nervosa.2003Created and introduced two treatment models at the Eating DisordersClinic in Rambam Medical Center: 1. Waiting list group for eatingdisorder patients waiting for treatment; 2. Support and psychoeducational group for parents with children with eating disorders.2003-2006Member of the international task force of the Academy of EatingDisorders USA.2004Organized a one-day seminar for therapists at the Eating DisordersClinic, Rambam Medical Center, in collaboration with the EatingDisorder Unit, Davidson Clinic, Ra‟anana Shalvata Mental HealthCenter – on: “Treating chronically Eating Disorders patients,” withkeynote speaker Prof. Alan Kaplan, Head of the Eating Disorders Unit,Toronto, Canada. 29 June 2004.2005-2006Created, implemented and lead a new therapeutic model for chronicpatients who suffer from Anorexia and Bulimia Nervosa, at the EatingDisorders Clinic in Rambam Medical Center (a project in collaborationwith the Eating Disorders clinic in Shalvata Medical Center).*2007-The establishment of academic collaborative relationship betweenFerkauf Graduate School of Psychology and Medical School, YeshivaUniversity, BX, NY USA and the Faculty of Social Welfare and HealthSciences, University of Haifa. Presidents and Deans signing ceremony,June 22nd 2009 at the University of Haifa.*2007-2008Advisor and collaborator in the creation of a compelling documentaryfilm on Eating Disorders for adolescent females from the orthodox6
CV- Prof. Yael LatzerFebruary 12, 2010community in NY. The documentary is an educational awarenessproject conducted by Elisheva Diamond and sponsored by the OrthodoxUnion, NYC, NY, USA. The film was premiere and shown at the OUConvention on November 27, 2008, at the Ramada Renaissance inJerusalem.*2009-Founder, creator and professional advisor of "Zeyda Laderech" acommunal innovative project supported by Israeli notional socialsecurity. This project is a special rehabilitation house for recovered EDpatients, located in Ramat Yishay, Israel. The house was opened onJuly 2009.Management and Supervision1992-Founder of the Eating Disorders Clinic, Psychiatric Division, RambamMedical Center; appointed Director in 1994. Responsibilities includeinitiating and coordinating clinic policies, creating protocols fortreatment and research, serving as manager and as clinical andadministrative coordinator as well: involving assessment, treatment,consultation, supervision, seminars, lectures and research, national andinternational collaborations.2003-Developed and supervised the two year training program in EatingDisorders treatment for therapists at the Eating Disorders clinic,Rambam Medical Center.Seminars' Organization1993Organization of one-day seminars for family practitioners on “EatingDisorders: etiology, clinical aspects, risk factors and prevention.Haemek Hospital, Afula.1994Eating Disorders Clinic, Rambam Medical Center – Organization ofone-day seminars for teachers and school counselors on “Eatingdisorders among adolescents: etiology, clinical treatment adprevention”.2000Organization of a one-day seminar for nurses on “Eating disorders:clinical historical etiology and risk factors”. At Dr. Seide School ofNursing, Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel. 17 May 2001.2000Organization of two seminars for the Israeli Association for Marital andFamily Therapy & Family Life Education on “Eating Disorders: AFamily Perspective.” At Tal Hotel, Tel Aviv; and “Family therapy foreating disorders” at the University of Haifa.7
CV- Prof. Yael LatzerFebruary 12, 20102000Organization of a one-day seminar for therapists in the community withDr. Catherine Steiner-Adair, Psychologist, Director of Unit forPrevention and Education at the Eating Disorders Center, HarvardUniversity, Boston, MA, USA. Eating Disorders Clinic, RambamMedical Center in collaboration with Israeli Women‟s Lobby.2005Organization of a one-day seminar for therapists at the Eating DisordersClinic, Rambam Medical Center, on: “Treating special populations whosuffer from eating disorders” 4 April 2005.2005Organization of a one-day seminar for therapists at the Eating DisordersClinic, Rambam Medical Center, on: “Cognitive Behavior Therapy forEating Disorders patients,” with keynote speaker Dr. Daniel Stein, Headof the Psychosomatic Unit for Children and Adolescents, ShebaMedical Center, Tel Hashomer. 14 February 2005.*2006Organization of a One-Day Seminar for therapists, at the EatingDisorders Clinic, Rambam Medical Center, on: “Sexual Abuse andEating Disorders", in collaboration with Bney Zion Hospital SexualAbuse Clinic staff, June 2006.*2006Organization of a One-Day Seminar for therapists, at the EatingDisorders Clinic, Rambam Medical Center, on: “A ContinuumTreatment for Eating Disorders: Hospitalization to Outpatient.Collaboration with Nahariya Hospital, Children‟s Unit, Nahariya,Israel, February 2006.*2008Organization of a One-Day Seminar for therapists on: “FamilyTreatment and Eating Disorders", in collaboration between EatingDisorders Clinic, Rambam Medical Center, and Eating Disorders clinicHanotrim, Shalvata medical Center. October 6, 2008.Other Professional Positions2000-2004Chairperson of the Ethical Committee of the Israeli Association forMarital and Family Therapy & Family Life Education.2000-2001Member of the sub-committee of Women‟s Mental Health in theNational Committee for Women‟s Health, Ministry of Health, HealthCare Division, Department of Social Work.2002-2003Chairperson of the Media Committee of the Israeli Association forPrevention, Research and Treatment of Eating Disorders.2003-2005Elected Chairperson of the Admissions Committee of the IsraeliAssociation for Prevention, Research and Treatment of EatingDisorders.2005-Elected President of the Israeli Association for Prevention, Research8
CV- Prof. Yael LatzerFebruary 12, 2010and Treatment of Eating Disorders.*2006Member of "objectives for 2020's" committee to create objectives for thetreatment and prevention of ED, Ministry of Health.*2008Member of Ministry of Health's committee to develop a manual for theday treatment for children and adolescents who suffer from EatingDisorders in Israel*2009Member of the Sisterhood and Chapter Committee of the Academy forEating Disorders.Membership in Professional Organizations1978 -The Israeli Association for Social Work.1992 -The Israeli Association for Marital and Family Therapy & Family LifeEducation.1996 -Academy for Eating DisordersDivision of Adolescent Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, NewYork, USA.2002 -Israeli Association for Prevention, Research and Treatment of EatingDisorders.2003-2006International Family Therapy Association (IFTA).2005 -Eating Disorders Research Society (EDRS)6. Participation in Scholarly Conferencesa. Active ParticipationInternational ConferencesDateName of ConferencePlace ofConference9Subject ofLecture/Discussion/Comments
CV- Prof. Yael LatzerFebruary 12, 2010April1996The 7 th New YorkInternationalConference on EatingDisordersNew York, USAi. Eating disorders andunsatisfactory means ofweight control in adolescentgirls (Oral presentation).ii. Communication processesand inter-family patterns inthe perpetuation of AnorexiaNervosa (Oral presentation).April1998The 8 th New YorkInternationalConference on EatingDisordersNew York, USAi.April1999The EuropeanInternationalConference of EatingDisordersThe New ConnaughtRooms, London, UKCalls to an Israeli hotline fromindividuals who suffer from eatingdisorders (Poster).May 2000The 10th InternationalConference on EatingDisordersNew York, USA11Eating attitudes amongreligious, urban and kibbutzadolescents in Israel: Acomparative study (Oralpresentation).ii. Sleep-wake cycles in womenwith Binge Eating Disorders(Oral presentation).iii. Naturalistic sleep monitoring inBulimia Nervosa women (Oralpresentation).iv. A randomized controlled studyof two psychological therapies:Self- psychology and cognitiveorientation in the treatment ofEating Disorders (Oralpresentation).Nocturnal eating disorders –Sleep disorders or EatingDisorders? (Poster).ii. Calls to the Israeli Hotlinefrom individuals with EatingDisorders: An epidemiologicalstudy (Oral presentation).iii. Sleep-wake monitoring inwomen suffering fromAnorexia Nervosa (Oralpresentation).iv. Attraction to death andrejection of life in EatingDisorders patients (Poster).i.
CV- Prof. Yael LatzerFebruary 12, 2010April2001European International The New ConnaughtConference of EatingRooms, London, UKDisordersi. Help seeking characteristics ofEating Disorders callers to theIsraeli Hotline (Poster).ii. Attachment style and familyenvironment in EatingDisorders (Poster).May 2001Internationalconference ofpediatrics: “ThePromised Childhood”Plaza HotelJerusalem, Israeli.June 2001The 4th Europeanfamily therapyassociation (EFTA)ConferenceBudapest, Hungaryi.The effect of Anorexia on thepatient‟s sister (Oralpresentation and Chairpersonof panel).ii. Vegetarianism: Risk factor inEating Disorders (Oralpresentation).iii. Multidisciplinary approach toEating Disorders (Oralpresentation).ii.Attachment style and familyfunctioning as discriminatingfactors in Eating Disorders(Poster).The effect of AnorexiaNervosa on the patient‟s sisterwithin the family (Poster).Sep 2001The 15th InternationalSymposium on Nightand Shift WorkHyama, JapanEating habits in day and shiftworkers. (Poster).April2002InternationalConference on EatingDisorders: “NewAspects of Gender inEating Disorders”Boston Park PlazaHotel,Boston, MA, USAi.June 2002The 16th Congress ofthe European SleepResearch SocietyReykjavik, Iceland11Help seeking characteristics ofEating Disorders callers to theIsraeli hotline (Poster).ii. Attachment style and familyfunctioning in eating disorders(Oral presentation).iii. Treatment of overweightchildren: Parents-focusedapproach (Poster).iv. Attachment styles and objectrelations in females withEating Disorders (Oralpresentation).Nocturnal eating disorders amongBulimia Nervosa and Obesepatients (Poster).
CV- Prof. Yael Latzer8-10 May2003InternationalConference of FamilyTherapy (IFTA):“Resisting Abuse –From Shame to Selfempowerment”February 12, 2010Convention CenterBled, Sloveniai.Attachment style and familyfunctioning in eating disorderpatients (Oral presentation).ii.Insecure attachment style andrepulsion by life and death inanorexic and bulimic patients(Oral presentation).iii. Couple functioning of parentsof adolescents suffering fromEDs (Oral presentation).1-4 Oct2003Eating Disorders:FromPsychopathology toBiology and ViceVersa. EatingDisorders ResearchSocietyHotel RufoloRavello, Italyi.17-21Nov 2003The 16th InternationalSymposium of Nightand Shift- workSantosBrazilEating habits and attitudes amongshift-work nurses in Israel (Poster).Feb 2004Pediatric SleepMedicineFlorida, USASleep-wake cycles in obese childrenwith and without binge eating ensusDevelopment:Childhood ObesityCaesar HotelDead Sea, Israeli.ii.ii.12Nocturnal eating: Prevalence,features and night sleep amongbinge eating disorder andbulimia nervosa patients inIsrael (Poster).Couple functioning of parentsof Eating Disorders‟ patients(Poster)Psychological Issues –Chairperson of Psychologygroup panelPsychological aspects ofChildhood obesity (Oralpresentation).
CV- Prof. Yael Latzer29 April 2 May2004InternationalConference on EatingDisordersFebruary 12, 2010Carib Royal ResortOrlando, FL, USAi.ii.iii.iv.v.Couple functioning of parentsof adolescent girls sufferingfrom anorexia nervosa andbulimia nervosa (Poster).Cerebral hemispheric functionin women with EatingDisorders (Poster).Outpatient Eating Disordersclinic: A multidisciplinaryapproach to assessment,treatment, and research inIsrael (Workshop).A map of the epidemiology,the socio-cultural risk factors,and the major therapeuticissues of Eating Disorders incountries of the Middle East,the Mediterranean area, andthe Latin American area(Workshop).Diagnosis, Classification andMeasurement- Chairpersonfor the paper session29-31April200459th Annual meetingof the Society ofBiological Psychiatry16-19June 200435th Annual Meeting,Aurelia ConventionSociety Psychotherapy CenterResearch (SPR)Rome, Italyi.10-13 Sep2004Conference of theMessa BaselEuropean Society ofConvention Center,PediatricBasel, SwitzerlandEndocrinology (ESPE)Sympathetic (SNS) response tostress in morbidly obese adolescents(Poster).New York, NY,USA13Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA)Treatment of Anorexia – A placebocontrolled clinical trial (Poster).Eating disorders in theMediterranean area: sociocultural factors and treatment(Discussant of panel).ii. Eating disorders in Israel (Oralpresentation)iii. Attachment criticism andobsessionality in thepsychopathology of eatingdisorders and worry(Discussant of panel).iv. Attachment styles and eatingdisorders (Oral presentation).
CV- Prof. Yael LatzerFebruary 12, 20105-9 Oct200417th congress of theEuropean SleepResearch SocietyPrague CongressCenter, Prague,Czech RepublicSleep-wake cycles in obesechildren with and without BingeEating Disorder (Poster).7-9 Oct2004Tenth Annual Meetingof the EatingDisorders ResearchSocietyAmsterdam, TheNetherlandsi.ii.Insecure attachment style andrepulsion by life and death inanorexic and bulimic patients(Poster).Socio-cultural profile of clientsseeking treatment in two largeEating Disorders outpatientclinics in Israel (Poster).Parents Focused Group –treatment for Eating Disorderspatients (Workshop).ii. To be or not to be: Attachmentto life in Eating Disorders (Oralpresentation).iii. Characteristics of patients whoseek treatment for eatingdisorders: A descriptiveepidemiological study (Oralpresentation).27-30April2005AED 2005Internationalconference on eatingdisordersHilton MontrealBonaventure,Montreal, Canadai.18-21Aug 2005APA AnnualconventionConvention CenterWashington DC,USATo live or not to live: Attachmentstyle and repulsion by life inEating Disorders patients (Poster).5-9 Sep2005ECED EuropeanCouncil on EatingDisordersConvention CenterInnsbruck,Austriai. Treatment focused on theparents of Eating Disorderspatients (Workshop).ii. Characteristics of patients whoseek treatment for EatingDisorders: A descriptiveepidemiological study (Oralpresentation).14
CV- Prof. Yael LatzerFebruary 12, 2010*7-10June 2006ICED 2006InternationalConference on EatingDisordersEating DisordersThroughout theWorld: ExploringSimilarities andDifferencesPira Palace HotelBarcelona, SpainPaper Session II: Prevention(Chairperson of panel)i. Prevention Update: AnInternational Perspective:Socio-cultural influences oneating-related attitudes andbehaviors and primaryprevention attempts in Israel(Sig. Group Oralpresentation).ii. Sleep wake cycle in obeseadolescent with and withoutBED (Oral presentation).iii. Bulimia nervosa and substanceabuse: Are they reallydifferent? (Oral presentation).*28-31August200633rd world congressof schools of socialwork: Growth andinequalityPlaza Hotel, SanTiago ChileDisordered Eating Attitudes andBehaviors in a varied group ofIsraeli Junior and High SchoolFemales (Oral presentation)*2-5 May2007ICED 2007InternationalConference on EatingDisordersEating DisordersThroughout theWorld: ExploringSimilarities andDifferencesMerriot WaterfrontHotelBaltimore ,MarylandUSAi.Sixth AnnualConference ofInternational Societyof BehavioralNutrition and PhysicalActivity (ISBNPA)Conference CenterOslo, NorwayNAASO, (NorthAmerican Associationfor the Study ofObesity).The Obesity SocietyAnnual Meeting.Conference CenterNew Orleans,Louisiana, USA*20-23June 2007*20-25Oct 2007ii.i.ii.i.ii.15Disordered Eating RelatedBehaviours among ArabSchoolgirls in Isreal: anEpidemiological Study (Oralpresentation).The Dark Side of Food:Diagnosis, PsychopathologicalAspects and Treatment ofNight Eating Syndrome(Workshop).Symposium Presentation:Parental Feeding Style andWeight-Related Problems.Secure attachment feedingrelationship within familyenvironments of EatingDisorders patientsNegative Emotional Eating inObese Night Eaters and BingeEaters (Poster).Sleep-Wake Cycles in ObeseChildren with and withoutBinge Eating Episodes (Poster).
CV- Prof. Yael LatzerFebruary 12, 2010*25-27Oct 2007EDRS eating disorders Pittsburgh,research society,Pennsylvania, USAannual meetingi.*15 - 17May 2008ICED 2008InternationalConference on EatingDisordersThe Westin SeattleSeattle, Washington,USAi.*7-12June 2008APSS 22nd Annualmeeting of theAssociatedProfessional SleepSocieties,Baltimoreconvention Center,Baltimore,Maryland, USASleep Wake Cycle among BN andBED patients who suffer fromNight Eating Syndrome. (Poster).*19-20,Sep 2008II Annual HungarianED CongressNovotel Centrumhotel, 1088 RakocziUt. 43-45BudapestMultidisciplinary model for thetreatment of Eating Disorders(Workshop)*16-18Oct 2008The 16th internationalconference of EatingDisordersCongress Center,Alpbach, Tirol,Austriai.16Cultural Values: Traditional vs.Modern as Related toDisordered Eating Behaviorsand Pathology in Israel (Poster)ii. The Relationship BetweenDepression and Anxiety and theUse of Impulsive andObsessive-CompulsiveMechanisms Among EatingDisorders Patients (Poster)Mothers with EatingDisorders: MaternalFunctioning, Mother-ChildInteractions and theirChildren's Development. (Oralpresentation).ii. Negative Emotional Eating inObese Night Eaters and BingeEaters (Oral Presentation).The key for your daughters'improvement is in your hands:parents group for EatingDisorders patients (Workshop)ii. Level of religiosity and eatingdisorders behavior amongorthodox Jewish adolescent'sgirls in Israel. (Oralpresentation)iii. Sisters of women with EatingDisorders: neuron-cognitionand personality (Oralpresentation)Chairperson of panel onpsychopathology
CV- Prof. Yael Latzer*27-29Sep 2009February 12, 2010EDRS eating disorders Marriott Hotel,research society,Brooklyn, Newannual meetingYork , USAEating Habits, sleep patternsand Electronic Media Exposureamong Israeli adolescents(Poster).ii. Insight into Illness andMetacognition in AnorexiaNervosa: Acute versusRemitted Patients withAnorexia (Poster).iii. Sleep Wake Cycle andPsychopathology inIndividuals with Night EatingSyndrome: Communal Sampleiv. Skeletal Involvement in Eatingdisorders (Poster).i.Israeli ConferencesDateName of ConferencePlace ofConferenceSubject ofLecture/Discussion/CommentsFeb 1994The 10th AnnualConference of theIsraeli Association forMarital and FamilyTherapy & FamilyLife EducationRamat Efal, IsraelThe therapist and his family(Workshop).May 1994“The Family on theThreshold of the 21stCentury: Trends andImplications”: AnInternationalConferenceJerusalem, IsraelPatterns of verbal communicationamong parents of anorexic femaleadolescents (Oral presentation andChairperson of panel).17
CV- Prof. Yael LatzerFebruary 12, 2010Nov 1997InternationalSymposium onNutrition, BrainFunction and EatingDisordersTel Aviv, Israeli.June 1998Annual 3rd Conferenceon Mental HealthCare: “MentalStrengthening in anAge of Changes forthe Individual andSociety – ThePersonal and GeneralPerspective”Ma‟ale Hachamisha,Israeli. Eating habits amongadolescents in Israel(Workshop).ii. The culture of thinness as amodel of beauty (Oralpresentation).Feb 2000The 15th IsraeliConference of SocialWorkersTel Aviv, IsraelHotline service as a source of helpfor people who suffer from EatingDisorders (Oral presentation andChairperson of panel).June 2000Dialog 2000: “FamilyTherapist in an Era ofChange.” The 13thConference of theIsraeli Association forMarital and FamilyTherapyZichron Yaakov,IsraelAvoiding conflicts in AnorexiaNervosa: Family perspectivesand clinical implications (Oralpresentation).18Sleep-wake cycles in womenwith Bulimia Nervosa andBinge Eating Disorders (Oralpresentation).ii. Disparity between subjectiveperception and objective sleeppatterns in women withAnorexia Nervosa (Oralpresentation).iii. Meat avoidance in AnorexiaNervosa - A risk factor? (Oralpresentation).iv. Treatment with parenteralnutrition of anorexia patients inthe community (Oralpresentation).
CV- Prof. Yael LatzerFebruary 12, 2010Sep 2000“Adolescent Medicine, Jerusalem, IsraelPerspectives andChallenge”: 01The First NationalIsraeli Eating DisorderConferenceThe HebrewUniversity ofJerusalem, Israeli.March2002The 2nd IsraeliConference ofPrevention, Treatmentand Research ofEating DisordersCrowne Plaza Hotel,Tel Aviv, Israeli. Women and eating disorders(Chairperson of panel).ii. Parents as a co-therapist in thetreatment of eating disorders(Workshop).iii. Nocturnal eating – Sleepdisorder or eating disorder?(Oral presentation).12 March2003Third IsraeliConference ofPrevention, Treatmentand Research ofEating DisordersDavidIntercontinentalHotel, Tel Aviv,IsraelThe effect of Anorexia on thepatient‟s sister within thefamily (Oral presentation).ii. Vegetarianism: Risk factor inEating Disorders (Oralpresentation).iii. Family physician at the EatingDisorders Clinic – Interventionmodel (Oral presentation).The influence of the media onEating Disorders (Oralpresentation and Chairpersonof panel).ii. Eating disorders and the media:From risk factor to prevention(Plenary session lecture).iii. Group therapy for parents ofobese children (Oralpresentation).iv. Conflict-oriented CBT(Workshop).i.Eating disorders as an addiction(Oral presentation andChairperson of panel).ii.Dance therapy group – Aninnovative model for obesepatients (Workshop).iii. “Waiting list group” for eatingdisorders patients (Poster).30 April 2 May2003Israel PsychiatryConferenceDan Hotel,Haifa, Israel19„Continuing therapy group‟ foreating disorders patients (Poster).
Graduate Clinical Program University of Haifa, Israel 1978-1983 Medical School D.Sc. 1993 Technion - Israel Institute . Psychology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine BX, NY, USA . Obesity Research Center at St. Luke‟s Roosevelt Hospital Center, Columbia University, Manhattan, NY USA. Additionally teaching and
