Associate Professor
MD date: 2002
Residency: Residency in Pediatrics: 2009
- Pneumococcal Vaccines
- Invasive Pneumococcal Diseases
- Respiratory Infections
- Parasitology
Publications and funding summary / representative publications and grants
- Ben-Shimol S, et al. Use of chest radiography examination as a probe for PCV impact on lower respiratory tract infections in young children. Clin Infect Dis. 2019 August [Accepted for publication].
- Ben-Shimol S, et al. Impact of the widespread introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines on pneumococcal and non-pneumococcal otitis media. Clin Infect Dis. 2016 Sep 1;63(5):611-618.
- Research grants: The Goldman Faculty Fund for Medical Research in Community Health of the Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev; The Soroka JNF UK Clinical Research Scholars Grant; Pfizer; Ministry of Agriculture.
- Nationwide invasive pneumococcal disease surveillance
- Nationwide invasive pneumococcal disease surveillance France/Israel