Professor
MD 1994, PhD. 2008
M.Sc committee - member
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Public Health
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515
בנין משרדי רפואה ע"ש אליה |
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972-8-6477460 |
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grotto@bgu.ac.il |
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epidemiology, infectious diseases, environmental health, health policy, health behavior |
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- PhD: 2005-2008 - Department of Health Systems Management Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
- MPH: 1996-1999 - Braun School of Public Health, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
- MD: 1982-1989 - Sackler Medical School, Tel Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel Second degree
- Epidemiology of infectious diseases Public and environmentl health policy
- Infectious disease epidemiology
- Health behaviors
- Environmental Health epidemiology and policy
Major expertise and techniques in the lab
- Epidemiological analyses, especially of population based databases
- Analysis of Public Health Policy and decision making
- Meta-analysis
Publications and funding summary / representative publications and grants
- Grotto I, Huerta M, Grossman E, Sharabi Y. The relative impact of socioeconomic status on blood pressure: lessons from a large scale survey of young adults. American Journal of Hypertension 2007;20:1140-1145.
- Grotto I, Leventhal A. Are WHO/Euro system framework functions applicable to public health services? International Public Health Journal 2009;1:115-118
- Anis E, Grotto I, Moerman L, Warshavsky B, Slater PE, Lev B. Mumps outbreak in Israel's highly vaccinated society: are two doses enough? Epidemiology and Infection 2011;20:1-8
- Ran Balicer – pandemic influenza policy and prepardeness
- Tamar Berman – Biomonitoring of environmental exposures
Suggested multi-disciplinary research project / research focus topics
- Health and Environment
- Pandemic preparedness and response
Looking for expertise / project
- i.Exposure assessment for environmental factors and health impact assesment
- ii. Mathematical modeling for disease spread