The Cheryl Spencer Institute for Nursing Research
Tel: 04-6647904 | email: nurs_res@univ.haifa.ac.il
Prof. Daphna Birenbaum-Carmeli
Email: daphna@research.haifa.ac.il
Tel: 972-4-824-0571
Research Interests
Higher Education
Recent Publications
Research Interests
- Medical technologies: Political and social implications
- Gender and health
- The politics of reproductive medicine
Higher Education
Year of Approval of Degree |
Degree |
Name of Institution and Department |
Period of Study |
September 1981 | B.A. | Hebrew University, Jerusalem Sociology & Anthropology | 1978-1981 |
September 1981 | B.A. | Hebrew University, Jerusalem Mathematics | 1978-1981 |
July 1985 | M.A. | Tel Aviv University Sociology & Anthropology | 1981-1985 |
July 1994 | Ph.D. | Hebrew University, Jerusalem Sociology & Anthropology |
1989-1994 |
Recent Publications
- Zlotnick, C., Goldblatt, H., Shadmi, E., Birenbaum-Carmeli, D. & Taychaw, O. (2015). A qualitative study assessing cardiovascular risk factors: the accumulative stressors influencing societal integration of teenage African immigrants, BMC Public Health, 15:785, doi:10.1186/s12889-015-2122-6
- Birenbaum-Carmeli, D. (2016). Thirty Five Years of ART in Israel. Reproductive BioMedicine and Society Online. 2, 16-23.
- Farber Aflalo, R. & Birenbaum-Carmeli, D. (2016). Surrogacy and fatherhood among male homosexual couples in Israel, Body of Knowledge, 14, 4-11. [Hebrew].
- Dagan, E., Gatengo-Modiano, S. & Birenbaum-Carmeli, D. (2016). ”My choice”: Breast cancer patients recollect doctors’ fertility preservation recommendations. Supportive Care in Cancer, 25, 2421-2428.
- Dagan, E., Birenbaum-Carmeli, D., Friedman, E. & Feldman, B. (2017). Performing and Declining PGD: Accounts of Jewish Israeli BRCA1/2 mutation carriers. Journal of Genetic Counselling, 26, 1070-1079.
- Inhorn, M., Birenbaum-Carmeli, D., Tremayne, S. & Gurtin, Z. (2017). Assisted reproduction and Middle East kinship: a regional and religious comparison, Reproductive BioMedicine and Society Online, 4, 41-51.
- Zlotnick, C., Birenbaum-Carmeli, D., Goldblatt, H., Dishon, Y., Taychaw, O. & Shadmi, E. (2017). Adolescent immigrants, the impact of gender on health status. European Journal of Public Health, 27, 453-459.
- Inhorn, M. C., Birenbaum-Carmeli, D. & Patrizio, P. (2017). Medical Egg Freezing and Cancer Patients’ Hopes: Fertility Preservation at the Intersection of Life and Death. Social Science & Medicine,195, 25-33.
- Inhorn, M.C., Birenbaum-Carmeli, D., Westphal, L.M., Doyle, J., Gleicher, N., Meirow, D., Raanani, H., Dirnfeld, M. & Patrizio, P. (2018). Medical Egg Freezing: The Importance of a Patient-Centered Approach to Fertility Preservation. Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics, 35, 49-59.
- Inhorn, M. C., Birenbaum-Carmeli, D., Lynn, M., Westphal, J. D., Gleicher, N., Meirow, D., Raanani, H., Dirnfeld, M. & Patrizio, P. (2018). Medical egg freezing: How cost and lack of insurance cover impact women and their families. Reproductive BioMedicine and Society Online, 5, 82-92.
- Zlotnick, C., Birenbaum-Carmeli, D., Goldblatt, H., Dishon, Y., Taychaw, O. & Shadmi, E. (2018). Health Indicators and Social Gradient in Adolescent Immigrants’ Health Risk and Healthcare Experiences, European Journal of Pediatrics, 177, 221-228.
- Inhorn, M. C., Birenbaum-Carmeli, D., Birger, J., Westphal, L. M., Doyle, J., Gleicher, N., … Patrizio, P. (2018). Elective egg freezing and its underlying socio-demography: a binational analysis with global implications. Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology : RB&E, 16, 70.
- Fanti-Oren, S., Birenbaum- Carmeli, D., Eliakim, A., Nemet, D., Pantanowitz, M. (2019). The effect of placebo on aerobic fitness test results in normal weight children – a randomized trial, BMC Pediatrics, 19(1), 15.
- Inhorn, M.C., Birenbaum-Carmeli, D., Westphal, L.M., Doyle, J., Gleicher, N., Meirow, D., Dirnfeld, M., Seidman, D., Kahane, A., & Patrizio, P. (2019). Patient-centered elective egg freezing: a binational qualitative study of best practices for women’s quality of care. Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics, 36(6), 1081-1090.
- Zlotnick, C., Goldblatt, H., Birenbaum-Carmeli, D., Dishon, Y., Taychaw, O., & Shadmi, E. (2019). The Impact of Adolescents’ Racial and Ethnic Self-Identity on Hope, Health & Social Care in the Community, 27, e705–e715.
- Fanti-Oren, S., Birenbaum- Carmeli, D., Nemet, D., Pantanowitz, M., & Eliakim, A. (2019). Significant effect of information placebo on exercise test results in children with normal weight overweight and obesity, Acta Paediatrica, 109, 381-387.
- Birenbaum-Carmeli, D., & Montebruno, P. (2019). Incidence of surrogacy in the USA and Israel and implications on women’s health: a quantitative comparison. Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics, 36, 2459-2469.
- Birenbaum-Carmeli, D. (2019). Negotiating Kinship: On Disassembling Same-Sex Families with Children. Journal of GLBT Family Studies, 16, 385-401.
- Fanti- Oren, S., Birenbaum- Carmeli, D., Eliakim, A., Pantanowitz, M., & Nemet, D. (2019). The placebo effect on exercise test results is preserved following an intervention program to treat childhood obesity. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, 30, 725-713.
- Inhorn, M.C., Birenbaum-Carmeli, D., & Patrizio, P. (2020). Elective egg freezing and male support: a qualitative study of men’s roles in women’s fertility preservation. Human Fertility (Cambridge), 10, 1-8.
- Zuarez-Easton, S., Berkovich, I., Birenbaum-Carmeli, D., Tal, A., Zoabi, R., & Salim, R. (2020). Effect of lactation on the recurrence rate of gestational diabetes mellitus. Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 301, 973-979.
- Inhorn M. C., Birenbaum-Carmeli, D., & Patrizio, P. (2020). Abrahamic traditions and egg freezing: Religious women’s experiences in local moral worlds. Social Science and Medicine, 253, 112976.
- Birenbaum-Carmeli, D., Inhorn, M.C., & Patrizio, P. (2020). Transgender men’s fertility preservation: experiences, social support, and the quest for genetic parenthood. Culture, Health & Sexuality, 2, 1-16.
- Birenbaum-Carmeli, D. & Chassida, J. (2020). Covid-19 in Israel: Socio-demographic characteristics of first wave morbidity in Jewish and Arab communities. International Journal for Equity in Health, 19, 153.
- Birenbaum-Carmeli, D., & Chassida, J. (2021). Health and socio-demographic implications of the Covid-19 second pandemic wave in Israel, compared with the first wave. International Journal for Equity in Health, 20, 154.
- Fanti-Oren, S., Birenbaum-Carmeli, D., Eliakim, A., Pantanowitz, M., Schujovitzky, D., & Nemet, D. (2021). The Effect of Information Placebo on Physical Activity in Overweight and Obese Children. Pediatric exercise science, 1–5. Advance online publication
- Inhorn, M., Birenbaum-Carmeli, D., & Patrizio, P. (2021). Egg freezing at the end of romance: A technology of hope, despair,
and repair. Science, Technology and Human Values. Advance online publication.