Prof. Efrat Dagan
Research Interests
Higher Education
Recent Publications
Research Interests
- Hereditary breast-ovarian cancer
- Cancer genetics
- Human genetics
- Genetic susceptibility to late onset diseases
- Genetic counseling
Higher Education
| Date of Degree | Degree | Name of Institution and Department | Period of Study |
| 1988 | B.N., R.N. | Hebrew University of Jerusalem School of Nursing Nursing | 1984 – 1988 |
1993 | M.Sc. | Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa Faculty of Medical Sciences Pharmacology | 1989 – 1993 |
2000 | Ph.D. | Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa Faculty of Medical Sciences Human Genetics | 1995 – 2000 |
| 2004 | Genetic Counselor License | Institute of Human Genetics, Rambam Health Care Campus, MOH | 2000 – 2004 |
Recent Publications
- Tsemach RG, Half EE, Baris-Feldman H, Weis A, Simchoni S, Kim S, Katapodi MC, Barnoy S, Dagan E. Staying in the Unknown: Avoidance of Genetic Testing in Families With Hereditary Cancer Syndromes-A Qualitative Study. J Clin Nurs. 2026 Jul 29. doi: 10.1111/jocn.70474. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 42522722.
- Citaku-Qerimi B, Yttring H, Andersson SE, Ausems MGEM, Barnoy S, Caiata-Zufferey M, Cragun D, Dagan E, Dean M, Ellis KR, Godino L, Hajdarevic S, Heyman Y, Kim S, Menko FH, Pedrazzani C, Petersen HV, Phillips A, Pusa S, Ricker CN, Rosén A, Underhill M, Ganschow P, Stoffel EM, Evans DG, Ngeow J, Pal T, Hampel H, Katapodi MC. Optimizing Reporting and Outreach for Surveillance and Risk-Reducing Surgeries for Cancer Genetic Predisposition: Findings of a Workshop Organized by the International Cascade Consortium. Public Health Genomics. 2026;29(1):209-217. doi: 10.1159/000553075. Epub 2026 Jun 29. PMID: 42371863; PMCID: PMC13450973.
- Katalan A, Dagan E, Drach-Zahavy A. Stigma towards functional disability and anxiety among patients with cancer: The moderating role of physicians’ behaviors. Patient Educ Couns. 2025 May;134:108643. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2025.108643. Epub 2025 Jan 6. PMID: 39826474.
- Katalan A, Drach-Zahavy A, Dagan E. Physicians’ Stigma Towards Ethnicity of Patients with Cancer and Its Effects on the Health Outcomes: The Moderating Effect of Ethnic Dissimilar Medical Encounters. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2026 Feb;13(1):230-239. doi: 10.1007/s40615-024-02239-y. Epub 2024 Dec 2. PMID: 39621279.
- Katapodi MC, Pedrazzani C, Barnoy S, Dagan E, Fluri M, Jones T, Kim S, Underhill-Blazey ML, Uveges MK, Dwyer AA. ACCESS: an empirically-based framework developed by the International Nursing CASCADE Consortium to address genomic disparities through the nursing workforce. Front Genet. 2024 Jan 8;14:1337366. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2023.1337366. PMID: 38264211; PMCID: PMC10804848.
- Katalan A, Drach-Zahavy A, Dagan E. Medical encounters with patients diagnosed with cancer: The association between physicians’ behavior and perceived patient centered care and anxiety. Eur J Oncol Nurs. 2024 Feb;68:102484. doi: 10.1016/j.ejon.2023.102484. Epub 2023 Nov 30. PMID: 38064803.
- Barnoy S, Dagan E, Kim S, Caiata-Zufferey M, Katapodi MC; CASCADE; K-CASCADE Consortia. Privacy and utility of genetic testing in families with hereditary cancer syndromes living in three countries: the international cascade genetic screening experience. Front Genet. 2023 May 9;14:1109431. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2023.1109431. PMID: 37229185; PMCID: PMC10203600.