PERLA WERNER, Ph.D.

2. HIGHER EDUCATION

Years	Institution	Department	Degree	Date Granted

1991 - 1996	University of Maryland at College Park	Sociology	Ph.D. (G.P.A. = 4)	1996

1984 - 1987	Bar Ilan University	Sociology	M.A (with distinction)	1987

1971 -1974	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Sociology	B.A.	1974

3. ACADEMIC RANKS AND TENURE IN INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION

Dates	Name of Institution & Department	Rank

2006 -	Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences University of Haifa	Dean
2005	University of Haifa Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences Department of Gerontology	Full Professor
2004 - 2006	University of Haifa Graduate Department of Gerontology Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences	Head
2004 - 2006	Concentration of Excellence in Aging and Mental Health Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences	Head
2002 - 2006	University of Haifa Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences	Coordinator of Faculty Development
2000 - 2004	University of Haifa Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences Department of Gerontology	Associate Professor with tenure
1997 - 2000	University of Haifa Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences Department of Gerontology	Senior Lecturer
1996 - 1997	Tel Aviv University Nursing Department Sackler School of Medicine	Visiting Senior Lecturer

4. OFFICES IN UNIVERSITY ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATION

1996 - 1997 Member, Ph.D. Thesis Committee
Haifa University

1998 – 2003 Member, Research Committee of the Faculty of Social Welfare and Health
Sciences

2000 Member, Housing Committee of the Faculty of Social Welfare and Health
Sciences

2000 Member, Committee on Continuing Education of the Faculty of Social
Welfare and Health Sciences

2001- 2003 Member, Admissions Committee of the University of Haifa

2002 Head, Organizing and Scientific Committees of the First Research Fair of the
Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences

2002 Head, Committee for the Establishment of an Interdisciplinary Research Center at the Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences

2002 Member, Orthotics and Prosthetics Committee of the Faculty of Social
Welfare and Health Sciences

2003 Head, Organizing and Scientific Committees of the Second Research Fair of the Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences

2003 Head, MA Committee, Department of Gerontology

2004 Member, Rector’s Prize Committee for Outstanding Thesis

2004 Head, Department of Gerontology

2004 Head, Committee on Concentration of Excellence in Research

2005 - 2007 Member, Research Committee, Research Authority

2007 - Member, Steering Committee, Haifa Conference on Social Responsibility

5. SCHOLARLY POSITIONS AND ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE THE UNIVERSITY

5.1 Professional Appointments

2006 -	Regional coordinator	International Psychogeriatric Association

2005 -	Member	Scientific Reviewer, Israel Foundations Trustees
2005 -	International Panel Member	Medical Science Monitor – International Medical Journal for Experimental and Clinincal Research

2005	Member	Scientific Organizing Committee for the Israeli Gerontological Conference Israeli Gerontological Society

2003	Head	Scientific Reviewers’ Committee Israel Science Foundation, Jerusalem

2003	Fellow	Gerontological Society of America

2003	Member	Scientific Reviewing Committee Israel Science Foundation, Jerusalem

2003	Member	Committee for examining the use of medications among the elderly population. Ministry of Health

2002 - 2003	Member	Scientific Organizing Committee for the Israeli Gerontological Conference Israeli Gerontological Society

2002 -	Member	Scientific Council of the Alzheimer’s Association

2001 – 2003	University of Haifa’s representative	Scientific Council of the National Institute for Testing and Evaluation

2001	Member	Steering committee – Home Care Workers Association

2000	Head	Ethics Committee on Alzheimer’s disease

2000 1999	Member Member	Steering Committee for the Consensus Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease Steering Committee, Cognitive functioning in Israel Brookdale Institute
1999	Member	Steering Committee, Supervision in the Long Term Care Law National Insurance Institute
1998	Member	Directory of Reviewers of the National Foundation for Science & Technology, Argentina.
1997 - present	Member	National Task Force on Hip Fractures in the Elderly Population Ministry of Health Jerusalem
1996 - present	Observer	National Council on Geriatrics Ministry of Health Jerusalem
1993 - 1996	Guest Researcher	Developmental Neuroethology Section, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development National Institutes on Health Bethesda, MD, U.S.A.

5.2 Membership in Professional Interest Groups

2001 Member Older patients and their health providers

1992 - 1996 Member Risk-taking, choice and control: The case of physical restraints
Gerontological Society of America, Washington, D.C.

1991 - 1996 Member
Workshop on Research and Evaluation of Special Care Units
National Institute on Aging
Bethesda, U.S.A.

1989 - 1996 Member
Researchers Based in Long-term Care Facilities
Gerontological Society of America, Washington, D.C.

1988 -1996 Member
Consortium for Gerontological Sciences
Washington, D.C.

5.3 Membership in Professional Associations

1998 - Israeli Sociological Association.
1998 - International Psychogeriatrics Association.
1991 - 1996 American Sociological Association
1987 - 1996 American Geriatrics Society - Metropolitan Washington Area Affiliate
1987 - 1996 Southern Gerontological Society
1978 - present Gerontological Society of America
1978 - present Israeli Gerontological Association

5.4 Reviewer for Scientific Institutes

1994 - 1996 Research Committee of the Geriatrics and Gerontology Education and
Research Program, University of Maryland at Baltimore
1992 - 1996 Southern Gerontological Association
1997 - Gerontological Society of America
2001 - The Israel National Institute for Health Policy and Health Services Research
2001 - The Hebrew University
2001 - Bar Ilan University
2001 - Alzheimer’s Association – United States
2002 - Ben Gurion University of the Neguev
2002 - Brookdale Institute, Jerusalem
2003 - Herzeg Institute for Aging Sciences, Tel Aviv University
2003 - Member of the International Reviewers Panel of the Medical Science Monitor
2005 Reviewer for the Ministry of Science and Technology
2007 Reviewer for the Bi-National Science Foundation

5.5 Reviewer for professional journals

The Gerontologist
The Gerontologist: Practice Concepts
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Journals of Gerontology
Journal of Applied Gerontology
Clinical Gerontologist
International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
Gerontology
Preventive Medicine
Society and Welfare (Hebrew)
Dementia and other Geriatric Cognitive Disorders
Journal of Behavioral Medicine
Journal of Advanced Nursing
Aging and Mental Health
BMC Family Practice
Controlled Clinical Trials
Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology
International Journal of Nursing Sciences
Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy
Social Science and Medicine
BMC Public Health

5.6 Professional Consultant

2000 - 2002 Consultant on a national medical education program on
osteoporosis
Enhanced Medical Education Program
Advanced Paradigm, USA

1996 - 1997 Research Consultant
School of Social Work, University of Haifa

1996 – 2006 Research Consultant
Margoletz Psychogeriatric Day Care Center, Tel Aviv

1995 Consultant on a grant from the Alzheimer's Association. "Simulated
Presence Therapy".
Principal Investigator: Dr. Ann Hurley.

1994 - 1996 Consultant on a grant from the Department of Veterans Affairs on
"Selected memories to manage problem behaviors in Alzheimer's Disease"
Principal Investigator: Dr. Camberg.

1994 - 1995 Consultant for The Independent Production Fund in the preparation of
the videotape "Everyone wins: Quality care without restraints".

1992 - present Consultant file member. National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.

1991 - 1994 Consultant on a grant from the National Institute on Aging (U01 -
AG10317) “National Evaluation of Special Care Units”
Principal Investigator: Dr. Joel Leon

5.7 Editor of professional journal

2005 - Editor-in-Chief, "Gerontology" –the official journal of the Israeli Gerontological Association

2005 Co-editor of an issue for Gerontology on "Mental Health and the Elderly"

2004 – 2005 Member of editorial board “Gerontology”

1999 Editor of an issue for Gerontology on “Technology and Aging”

OTHER PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS

Date	Position	Place

1995 - 1996	Senior Research Associate	The Research Institute of the Hebrew Home of Greater Washington, Rockville, MD, U.S.A

1994 – 1995	Acting Director	The Research Institute of the Hebrew Home of Greater Washington, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.
1987 – 1994	Research Associate	The Research Institute of the Hebrew Home of Greater Washington, Rockville, MD, U.S.A.

1987	Research Statistician	The National Institute on Aging National Institutes on Health Bethesda, MD, U.S.A.
1978 – 1987	Researcher	The Research and Planning Bureau of the National Insurance Institute
1975 - 1978	Editor of the Ladino – Hebrew Dictionary	The Ben-Zvi Institute

1974 – 1975	Freelance translator
1973 - 1974	Research Assistant	Department of Sociology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

6. ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN SCHOLARLY CONFERENCES (partial and recent)

Conference	Place and dates	Title of presentation
International Conference in Palliative Care	Eilat March, 2008	How to address family perspectives in cross-cultural comparative studies on end of life with dementia

Israeli Gerontological Society	Tel Aviv February, 2008	Health related quality of life in osteoporotic men and women Nurses' willingness to advise first degree relatives of AD patients to undergo a genetic test Executive functioning in persons with MCI – testing the validity of a virtual supermarket Causal attributions of social workers regarding AD
International Psychogeriatrics General Conference	Osaka, Japan October, 2007	Anxiety is prominent in persons with amnestic-MCI, but not a predictor of future cognitive decline: Results from a two year prospective study of the Carmel MCI cohort
10^th European Conference on Traumatic Stress	Opatija, Croatia June, 2007	The relationship between Holocaust child survivors' intrusive memories and offspring's wellbeing
AACH Research and Teaching Forum	Atlanta, USA October, 2006	The disclosure of dementia diagnosis: The triadic interaction
European Association for Communication in Health Care	Basel, Switzerland September, 2006	Breaking bad news about dementia – dealing with the triadic interaction
American Conference of Bone and Mineral Research	Philadelphia, USA September, 2006	Israeli Nurses' Knowledge and Perceptions about Osteoporosis
International Conference on Alzheimer's disease	Madrid, Spain July, 2006	Family physicians' preferences regarding treatments for Alzheimer's disease
Tel Aviv University Alzheimer's Disease Conference	Tel Aviv June, 2006	Diagnosis of MCI in clinical practice: A descriptive study A descriptive study
International Psychogeriatrics	Lisbon, Portugal June, 2006	Courtesy stigma and Alzheimer's disease
Israel Endocrine Society	Tel Aviv, March 2006	Cognitive resemblance in persons suffering from osteoporosis and their first degree relatives

Israeli Gerontological Society	Tel Aviv, 2005	The importance of a computerized method for the assessment of handwriting process in persons with cognitive deterioration

Israeli Gerontological Society	Tel Aviv, 2005	Physicians' attitudes and characteristics affecting patient-caregiver-physician interactions in the presence of dementia

Israeli Gerontological Society	Tel Aviv, 2005	Lay persons' beliefs about Alzheimer's disease: An integrative review of Sciences

12^th International Psychogeriatrics Conference	Stockholm, Sweden September, 2005	Assessing the kinematic characteristics of the handwriting process in dementia

Israeli Gerontological Conference	Haifa, September, 2005	Competence in the elderly: definition and assessment

18th Congress of the International Association of Gerontology	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil July, 2005	Grandmothers', mothers' and granddaughters' perceptions of grandparenthood: A qualitative analysis of congruence across generations,

Gerontological Society of America Conference	Washington DC November, 2004	Assessing handwriting process in healthy elderly persons

American Conference of Bone and Mineral Research	Washington, DC October, 2004	Illness representations of osteoporosis among osteoporotic men

European Conference on Alzheimer’s disease	Prague May, 2004	*Mild cognitive impairment: ethical and social issues

Israeli Gerontological Society	Tel Aviv December, 2003	Osteoporosis: psychological, sociological aspects Mild cognitive impairment: new interdisciplinary challenges
Health Policy Conference	Tel Aviv December, 2003	Willingness to use telemedicine among hospitals’ directors

Gerontological Society of America	San Diego, USA November, 2003	Knowledge about symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease: Correlates and relationship to help-seeking behavior

American Society for Bone and Mineral Research	Minneapolis, USA September, 2003	Correlates of knowledge about osteoporosis among osteoporotic men

11^th IPA Conference	Chicago, USA August 2003	Anxiety, depression and cognitive impairment: What precedes what in this intricated triad?

5^th European Congress of Gerontology	Barcelona, Spain July, 2003	Anxiety and mild cognitive impairment (MCI) are predictors of future cognitive deterioration in elderly persons.

Endocrine Israeli Society Conference	Tel Aviv December, 2002	Osteoporosis health-related behaviors patterns and correlates of secular and ultra-orthodox Israeli women
Gerontological Society of America	Boston, USA November, 2002	The social environment of elderly persons at the time of death

American Society for Bone and Mineral Research	San Antonio, USA September, 2002	Osteoporosis Perceived Vulnerability, Worry and Stress In Healthy Women

International Conference on Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders	Stockholm, Sweden July, 2002	Perceptions of elderly persons regarding memory problems: A qualitative study.

Endocrine Israeli Society	Tel Aviv, December, 2001	Attitude and knowledge of Israeli physicians regarding the diagnosis of osteoporosis

The Gerontological Society of America	Chicago, November, ‏2001	Correlates of knowledge among postmenopausal women suffering from osteoporosis
The British Society of Gerontology Annual Conference	Stirling, Scotland, 2001	· Grandparenthood and Alzheimer’s disease · Self-reported osteoporosis and correlates in Jewish women
The 17^th World Conference on Gerontology	Vancouver, 2001	Predictors of women’s willingness to use DXA
The 14^th Conference of the Israeli Gerontological Society	Tel Aviv, 2001	Primary caregivers’ willingness to pay for treatment for Alzheimer’s disease
The 53^nd Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America.	Washington, DC. USA 2000	Health care social workers’ attitudes on life-sustaining treatments

International Conference on Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders	Washington DC, USA 2000	Family caregivers’ willingness to pay for drug treatment for AD
1^st World Conference on Jewish Services for the Elderly.	Jerusalem, Israel 1999	A survey of memory clinics in Israel.
The 52^nd Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America.	San Francisco, USA 1999	Family caregivers’ knowledge of Alzheimer’s disease (AD): correlates to pay for AD medication.
The 13^th Biannual Meeting of the Israeli Gerontological Society.	Jerusalem, Israel 1999	A memory club for elderly persons suffering from cognitive impairment
The 51^st Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America.	Philadelphia, USA November, 1998	· Manifestation of verbally agitated behaviors: Effects of experienced and non-experienced listeners. · The meaning of grandparenthood ant is relation to subjective well-being.
The 6^th International conference of Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders.	Amsterdam, Netherlands July, 1998	· Utilization of paid help in the care of Alzheimer’s Disease patients. · The economic burden of Alzheimer’s Disease in Israel.
The 28^th International conference on social welfare.	Jerusalem, Israel July, 1998	A memory club for elderly persons suffering from mild cognitive impairment: A demonstration project.
The 1998 EBSSR Symposium.	Helsinki, Finland June, 1998	A cross-sequential study of time use in the elderly.
The 50^th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America.	Cincinnati, Ohio November, 1997	Delusions and hallucinations in an adult day care population: A longitudinal study.
The International Psychogeriatrics Association Conference.	Jerusalem, Israel May, 1997	Sleep problems in community-dwelling elderly in Israel. The economic burden of Alzheimer’s Disease care in Israel Longitudinal changes in behavioral problems in old age: A study in an adult day care population.
The Israeli National Gerontological Conference.	Tel-Aviv, Israel January, 1997	Age changes in physical activities and its relationship to subjective well-being.
The 48^th Annual Scientific Meeting Gerontological Society of America.	Washington, DC. November, 1996	Comparison among satisfaction surveys.
The 104^th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Psychological Association of America.	Toronto, Canada July, 1996	Social support via video: An intervention for verbally disruptive behaviors.
The 26^th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience.	Washington, DC. April, 1996	Vocal manifestations of dementia in nursing home residents.
The 12^th International Alzheimer’s Disease Conference.	Jerusalem, Israel January, 1996	Discontinuation of psychotropic drugs in the nursing home: A double blind controlled study.
The 47^th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society	Los Angeles, CA November, 1995	A comparison of four devices to measure pacing in nursing home residents. Management of verbally disruptive behaviors in the nursing home.
Maryland Gerontological Association Meeting	Timonium, MD 1995	Depression in the elderly: Clinical and assessment issues Organizer, moderator, presenter and discussant
Adult day care- A new long term perspective.	Washington, DC. April, 1995	Predictors of death, nursing home alternative admission and leaving day care in adult day care participants.
The Israeli National Gerontological Conference.	Jerusalem December, 1994	The management of verbally disruptive behaviors in the nursing home.
The 46^th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America.	Atlanta November, 1994	Verbally disruptive behaviors: Assessment and management issues Organizer, moderator and presenter Description of participants who were discontinued from a study on management of verbally disruptive behaviors
Washington Consortium for Aging Research.	Washington, DC. June, 1994	Treatment for verbally disruptive behaviors in the nursing home.
The Maryland Gerontological Society Conference.	Towson May, 1993	Verbally disruptive behaviors in nursing home residents: A multimedia presentation.
The 39^th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Aging.	Chicago April, 1993	Psychotropic drug use with verbally disruptive nursing home residents.
Annual Conference of the Maryland Recreation and Park Association.	Ocean City April, 1993	Social interaction with verbally disruptive nursing home residents.
The 23^rd American Society of Consultant Pharmacists.	Annaheim, CA. December, 1992	The impact of removal of psychotropic medications on restraints in the nursing home.
The 44^th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America.	San Francisco November, 1992	Removal of restraints in the nursing home: An evaluation research project.
The 44^th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America.	San Francisco November, 1992	Incontinence, dementia and agitation in the nursing home.
The 45^th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America.	Washington, DC. November, 1992	The process of removing physical restraints in the nursing home: A description of alternatives.
The 100^th Annual Conference of the American Psychological Association.	Washington, DC. May, 1992	Physical restraints and psychotropic drugs in the nursing home.
Meeting the challenge: Methods and outcomes of restraint reduction.	Rockville April, 1992	Evaluating the outcomes of restraint reduction. Organizer and presenter
The 43^rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America.	Boston November, 1991	A profile of the resident who paces.
The Maryland Gerontological Society Conference.	Baltimore May, 1991	A research evaluation program to assess the removal of restraints in the nursing home. Organizer and presenter
The Maryland Gerontological Society Conference.	Baltimore May, 1990	Sleep problems in the elderly population Organizer and presenter
The 42^nd Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America.	Minneapolis November, 1989	a. Do physical restraints decrease agitation? An observational study home. b. Two Sciences of screaming in nursing home residents.
The 41^st Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America.	San Francisco November, 1988	The link between agitation and location: Recent findings in a nursing home.
The Sixth National Gerontological Conference.	Jerusalem January, 1984	Counseling for families caring for elderly handicapped.

7. COLLOQUIUM TALKS AND OTHER INVITED ADDRESSES (in the past few years)

Conference	Place and Date	Type and Title of Presentation
Conference on Neurological Disorders Israeli Gerontological Society Faculty of Health, Universidad Iberoamericana	Tel Aviv, March, 2008 Tel Aviv February, 2008 Mexico City November, 2007	Depression and dementia Head and discussant Weight problems in the elderly – Head and discussant Mild cognitive impairment – new developments and knowledge

Conference of the Department of Family Integration, Ministry of Health	Department of Family Integration, Ministry of Health Mexico City November, 2007	Keynote speaker Two novel methods for the early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease

International Conference on the Treatment of Older Adults	Faculty of Nursing, University Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, Lima, Peru November, 2007	Keynote speaker: Humanization in the treatment of older adults

First Israeli Conference on Aging in Place	Alzheimer's Center Ramat Gan November, 2007	Socio-demographic and psychological aspects of aging in place

First World Conference on Controversies in Neurology	Berlin, September 2007	Mild Cognitive Impairment – Debate aspects

The 14^th Tel Aviv Alzheimer's disease conference	Ramat Gan, June 2007	The use of a virtual supermarket for the analysis of executive functioning in persons with mild cognitive impairment and healthy persons

The International Forum on Social Science and Health	Istanbul, August 2005	Alzheimer's and stigma: myth or reality

An open meeting organized by the Novartis Foundation and the Royal Institution	London, July 2005	Mild cognitive impairment

The 12^th Tel Aviv University Alzheimer's disease Conference	Tel Aviv, June 2005	Assessing the handwriting process in AD and MCI using a computerized program

Workshop on abuse and the elderly	Haifa, April 2005	The known and unknown in abuse and dementia

The Alzheimer's Association Conference	Tel Aviv, 2005	Memory problems and help-seeking patterns

The 11 th Tel Aviv University Alzheimer’s Disease Conference	Tel Aviv, 2004	Lay persons’ beliefs about Alzheimer’s Disease

Is the distance dead? Conference in Honor of Prof. Kellerman	Oranim, May 2003	What do adult persons feel about telemedicine?

Friends of the University of Haifa – English speaking group	Haifa, February 2003	Osteoporosis: clinical and social aspects of a silent disease

The Israeli Psychogeriatrics Conference	Hertzlia, January 2003	Invited scientific chairperson of the conference

The Israeli Geriatrics Conference	Ramat Gan, October 2002	Findings and conclusions of the committee on ethical issues in Alzheimer’s disease

The Sophie and Abram Stuchinsky Alzheimer’s Research and Treatment Center	Ramat Gan, June 2002	Nursing staff members’ attitudes, and beliefs regarding the use of physical restraints with elderly persons

Israeli Bureau of Statistics	Jerusalem, March 2001	Health care service utilization in elderly persons reporting memory problems
The Israeli Gerontological Society Conference.	Tel Aviv, February 2001	Selected issues related to the cost of Alzheimer’s disease in Israel. Invited symposium.

American Geriatric Society Conference	Washington, D.C. May, 1995	Predictors of death, nursing home admission and leaving day care in adult day care participants.
Annual Meeting of the Southern Gerontological Society.	Nashville, TN April, 1992	Session Chairperson Nursing home interventions and quality of life.

8. SCHOLARSHIPS, AWARDS, RESEARCH GRANTS, ETC.

AWARDS

2008 Israeli's Gerontological Society Recognition Award.

2005 Dean’s Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences’ Award to the best interdisciplinary grant proposal: Analyzing triadic interactions at the time of disclosure of a diagnosis of dementia (with Prof. Idelman)

2004 Award from the Novartis Foundation for organizing a close three-day workshop on Mild Cognitive Impairment: Interdisciplinary Challenges

2003 Dean’s Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences’ Award to the best interdisciplinary grant proposal: Assessing the functional relevance of handwriting in the diagnosis and development of Alzheimer’s disease (with Dr. Sara Rosenblum)

2003 Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America. In recognition of outstanding achievement and exemplary contributions to the field of gerontology

RESEARCH GRANTS (partial)

Year	Funding Source	Research Subject		Amount
2005	The Israel Science Foundation Perla Werner (PI)	Alzheimer's disease and stigma: examining an attribution model		$100,000
2005	Roter Foundation Perla Werner (CPI) Ronit Endvelt (PI)	Assessing physicians and nurses knowledge about diet in the elderly		NIS 6,000
2003	The National Institute for Health Policy Perla Werner (PI) Eddi Karnieli (CPI)	The willingness to use telemedicine among potential providers: a national survey of physicians and nurses		$30,000
2003	Tnuva Research Foundation Perla Werner (PI)	Examining dietitians’ knowledge and practices regarding osteoporosis		$6,000
2002	Alzheimer’s Association Perla Werner (PI)	Evaluating the effectiveness of support groups for persons in the first stages of Alzheimer’s disease		$6,000

2002	The National Insurance Institute Perla Werner (PI)	Evaluating program for supervising Long Term Care Law		$30,000

2002	The National Insurance Institute Perla Werner (PI)	Evaluating an intervention program with Alzheimer’s disease patients and their caregivers		$40,000

2001	Research Authority, Haifa University Perla Werner (PI) Iris Vered (CI)	Cognitive, behavioral, clinical and genetic resemblance in persons suffering from osteoporosis and their first degree relatives		$20,000
2001	Israeli Academy of Science Perla Werner (PI) Ariela Lowenstein (CI)	The meaning of grandparenthood		$120,000
2001	The National Institute for Health Policy Perla Werner (PI) Eddi Karnieli (CPI)	The willingness to use telemedicine among Jewish adults		$30,000

2000	The National Institute for Health Policy Perla Werner (CPI) Shlomo Noi (PI)	Health care utilization of elderly persons during the last months of life		$20,000

2000	MSD (Merck Pharmaceuticals) Perla Werner (PI) Iris Vered (CPI)	Assessing the willingness to pay for medication for osteoporosis: A contingent valuation study		$10,000

1998	The National Institute for Health Policy Perla Werner (PI) Michael Davidson, Michal Beeri (I)	Assessing caregivers’ willingness to pay for Alzheimer’s medication: A contingent valuation.		$ 17,000

1998	The National Institute for Health Policy Perla Werner (CPI) Benny Mozes (PI)	Developing a generic instrument for measuring quality of life of patients with chronic diseases.		$142,850
1997 - 1998	The National Council for Health Policy Perla Werner (I) Shlomo Noy & M. Davidson (PI)	Assessing the cost of Alzheimer’s Disease in Israel		$95,000

1997	National Insurance Institute Perla Werner (PI)	Evaluating the effectiveness of a memory club		$ 15,000

1997	National Insurance Institute Perla Werner (PI)	Evaluating the concept of supervision within the framework of long-term care law.		$ 3,000
1997	MSD (Merck Pharmaceuticals) Perla Werner (PI)	Assessing physician’s attitudes and knowledge of osteoporosis.		$ 7,200

1994	American Therapeutic Recreation Foundation Perla Werner (PI) J. Cohen-Mansfield (CPI)	Characterizing and evaluating generated videotapes for nursing home residents.		$ 500

1994	National Institute on Aging Cohen-Mansfield and Werner (CPI)	Management of screaming in the nursing home -under- represented minorities.		$ 3,495

1994 - 1995	Bristol-Myers Squibb Perla Werner (I) J. Cohen-Mansfield (PI)	A double-blind trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of buspirone in patients with dementia.		$ 78,881

1994 – 1995	National Institute on Aging Perla Werner (CPI) J. Cohen-Mansfield (PI)	Vocal characterization of the screaming of verbally disruptive nursing home residents.		$ 10,000
1993	Public Welfare Foundation Perla Werner (PI)	Establishing a nurse-practitioner clinic for community-dwelling elderly.		$ 48,000

1992 - 1995	National Institute on Aging Perla Werner (CPI) J. Cohen-Mansfield (PI)	Management of pacing in the nursing home.		$ 224,500

1991	Jewish Homes for the Aged, Reseda, CA Perla Werner (PI) J. Cohen-Mansfield (CPI)	The effectiveness of alarm devices to prevent falls in nursing home residents.		$ 4,000
1991 -	Research and Education Foundation of Pharmacists Perla Werner (PI) J. Cohen-Mansfield (CPI)	Psychotropic medication in the nursing home.		$10,000

1991 - 1992	Public Welfare Foundation Washington, DC Perla Werner (PI) J. Cohen-Mansfield (CPI)	The relationships among falls urinary incontinence and removal of physical restraints in the nursing home.		$ 31,600

1991 - 1992	Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Perla Werner (PI) J. Cohen Mansfield (CPI)	Psychotropic medication use in the nursing home after the removal of physical restraints.		$ 25,070

1990 - 1992	Scott Health Inc. Perla Werner (PI)	The relationship between urinary incontinence and removal of physical restraints in the nursing home.		$ 5,000

1990 - 1991	Jewish Homes for the Aged, Reseda, CA Perla Werner (PI) J. Cohen-Mansfield (CPI)		Incontinence in nursing home residents.	$ 3,000

1989 - 1991	National Institute on Aging, U.S.A. Perla Werner (PI)		Sleep complaints in the elderly population.	$ 10,000

9. TEACHING

A. Courses taught in recent years:

Title	Year	Type	Level

Interdisciplinary research seminar	2002 -	Seminar	M.A.

MA thesis seminar	2000 –	Seminar	M.A

Research Methods in Gerontology	1999 -	Lecture	M.A
Advanced Statistics	1999 -	Lecture	M.A
Assessment Issues in Gerontology	1999 -	Lecture	M.A
Introduction to Sociology	1998-1999	Lecture	B.A
Health and sickness in the elderly	1997 – present	Lecture	M.A

The meaning of grandparenthood	1997 – 1998	Research Seminar	B.A
Satisfaction surveys with health care services	1997 – 1999	Research Seminar	B.A
Preparation Seminar for Ph.D. thesis	1996 – 1997	Seminar	Ph.D
Behavioral problems in elderly persons: Definition, assessment, and treatment issues	1996 - 1997	Lecture	M.A.

B. Supervision of graduate students in recent years (partial list):

Student’s Name	Title of Thesis/ Dissertation	Degree	Date
Esther Granot	Assessing an intervention for the management of urinary incontinence	M.A.	1996 - 1997

Anne Lipe	The use of psychotropic medication in the process of removing physical restraints	Ph.D.	1991
Pauline Greene	Removal of physical restraints	Ph.D.	1990

Michal Steinman	Examining The Attitudes of Residents in Sheltered Housing Towards LongTerm care: A Test of The Theory of Reasoned Action	MA	1999
Yana Shatz	Assessing Women’s Willingness To Perform A Densitometry Test:	MA	1999

Noga Levy	Assessing the Decision Making Process of Elderly Persons to Use the services of Foreign Workers as Informal Caregivers	MA	1999

Sonia Letzer	Assessing Holocaust Survivors’ Willingness To Enter A Nursing Home	MA	1999

Gary Sinoff**	Assessing relationships between anxiety, depression and cognitive functioning: A longitudinal study	MA	2000

Adi Samooha**	The use of pet therapy for the management of verbally disruptive behaviors	MA	2000

Johny Khouri**	Assessing Christian Arabs’ attitudes toward the use of life sustaining treatment	MA	2000

Dana Peer	Caregivers of Alzheimer’s disease patients’ willingness to use help from occupational therapists	MA	2000

Gil Dinor (With Dr. Ish-Shalom)	Towards The Definition Of Eligibility Criteria For Bone Measurement	MD	1999
Offer Edelstein**	Illness representations and health behaviors in osteoporotic men	MA	2001
Hagar Baruch	Patient-family caregiver-physician communication in cognitive deteriorated elderly persons attending the emergency room	MA	2001

Eilon Caspi	Relationship between caregiver burden and illness representations of Alzheimer’s disease: An extended model	MA	2001

Efrat Belkin	Knowledge about Alzheimer’s disease among social work and nursing students: Does professional socialization make a difference	MA	2002

Leora Richter	Adult persons’ willingness to use telemedicine for consultation	MA	2002

Osnat Stone**	Knowledge and referral patterns of dietitians regarding osteoporosis	MA	2003

Naiwa Souri**	Knowledge of Alzheimer’s disease among Arab-Israeli elderly persons	MA	2003

Anat Graham**	The relationship between physical activity and the use of physiotherapy services	MA	2003

Gadi Baron**	Assessing the handwriting process in the first stages of Alzheimer’s disease	MA	2003

Naama Kafri**	Examining willingness to participate in a program for the prevention of recurrent fractures	MA	2004

Keren Noy	The relationship between elderly persons’ knowledge and attitudes about risk of falling and the use of home modification techniques	MA	2004

Yvgenia Boroka**	Willingness to pay for a new drug treatment for osteoporosis	MA	2004

Sonia Letzer**	Examining the effect of intrusive memories on the well-being of Holocaust offspring	Ph.D.	2004

Gary Sinoff	The relationship between anxiety and cognitive deterioration: A longitudinal analysis	Ph.D.	2004

Offer Edelstein	Illness representations and osteoporosis: analyzing the effects of gender	Ph.D.	2005

Osnat Stone	Dietitians' stigmatic views about obesity in the elderly: examining an attribution model	Ph.D.	2005

** Denotes students receiving internal and external grants and/or fellowships.

10. MISCELLANEOUS

I have been involved in gerontological research for the last 25 years. Upon completion of my Master’s degree I went to the United States with my family, where my husband completed his post-doctoral work and I devoted completely to research. During the years I stayed in the States I succeeded to become a central person in the area of gerontological research in long-term care and mental health. In 1991 I started my Doctoral Sciences, which I conducted while still working full time and raising my family. Despite the great effort invested in working, and studying simultaneously, I graduated with a perfect A grade. During my Sciences I continued publishing, attending conferences and being an active researcher, including being the Acting Director of the Research Institute of the Hebrew Home of Greater Washington during 1994 - 1995.

A. Ph.D. DISSERTATION

Time use in the elderly population: A cross-sequential analysis

Supervisors: Prof. John Robinson

Department of Sociology

University of Maryland at College Park

College Park, Maryland, U.S.A.

Year: 1996.

Language: English.

Published: Robinson, J., Werner, P., & Godbey, G. (1997). Freeing up the Golden Years. American Demographics, October, 20-24.

B. BOOKS

Edited

Cohen-Mansfield, J., Ejaz, F. and Werner P. (Eds.) (2000). Satisfaction surveys in long-term care.. Springer Publishing Co.: New York.

C. ARTICLES IN REFEREED JOURNALS

The authorship order until 1996 reflects seniority and since 1997 reflects the relative contribution

1.
2.	Werner, P. & Heinik, J. (2008). Stigma by association and Alzheimer’s disease. Aging and Mental Health, 12(1), 92 - 99.
3.	Werner, P., Aviv, A. & Barak, Y. (2008). Self stigma, self esteem and age in persons with schizophrenia. International Psychogeriatrics., 20, 1, 174 – 187.
4.	Werner, P. (2007). Family physicians' preferences for help seeking for a person with Alzheimer's disease. Aging: Clinical and Experimental Research, 19(5):356-63.
5.	Werner, P. (2007). Family physicians' preferences for the treatment of a person with Alzheimer's disease. American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 21(6):403 – 410.
6.	Werner. P., Buchbinder, E., Lowenstein, A., and Livni, T. (2007). Grandmothers’, mothers’ and granddaughters’ perceptions of grandparenthood: A qualitative analysis of congruence across generations. Journal of Intergenerational Relations, 5, 3, 7 – 21.
7.	Vered, I., Werner, P., Shemy, G. & Stone, O. (2007). Nurses' knowledge and perceptions about osteoporosis: a questionnaire survey. International Journal of Nursing Sciences
8.	Carmel, S., Werner, P. & Ziedenberg, H. (2007). Physicians’ and Nurses’ Preferences in Using Life-Sustaining Treatments. Nursing Ethics, 14, 5, 665 – 674.
9.	Karnieli, O., Werner, P., Aharon, Y. & Idelman, S. (2007). Dilemmas in the (un)veiling of the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease: walking an ethical and professional tight rope. Patient Education and Counseling, 67, 307 - 314.
10.	Werner, P. Family physicians' perceptions regarding the competence of a person with Alzheimer's disease. (2007). International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 22:320 - 326.
11.	Werner, P., Rosenblum, S., Bar-On, G., Heinik, J. & Korczyn, A. (2006). Handwriting process variables discriminating mild AD and mild cognitive impairment. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences, 61(B):P228 – P236.
12.	Werner, P. (2006). Lay perceptions regarding the competence of persons with Alzheimer's disease. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 21, 674 – 680.
13.	Stone, O., Werner, P., Ish-Shalom, Z. & Vered, I. (2006). Management of osteoporosis: A national survey of Israeli dietitians' knowledge and perceptions. Journal of Nutrition for the Elderly, 25(1): 1 – 14.
14.	Rosenblum, S. & Werner, P. (2006). Assessing the handwriting process in healthy elderly persons using a computerized system. Aging: Clinical and Experimental Research, 18(5):433 - 439.
15.	Endevelt, R., Werner, P. & Stone, O. (2006). Dietitians' attitudes regarding elderly nutritional factors. Journal of Nutrition for the Elderly, 26, 1/2, 45 - 58.
16.	Werner, P., Shatz, Y. & Goldstein, D. (2006). Willingness to perform a DXA examination. Gerontology, 33(2):83 – 94. (Hebrew).
17.	Werner, P. (2005). Lay persons' beliefs about Alzheimer's disease: integrating research findings. Gerontology. (Hebrew)
18.	Letzer-Pouw, S. & Werner, P. (2005). Correlates of intrusive memories and avoidance of memories of the Holocaust. Israel Journal of Psychiatry and Related Disorders, 42(4):271 - 277.
19.	Werner, P., Eisikovits, Z., Buchbinder, E. (2005). Lay persons’ emotional reactions toward an abused elderly person. Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, 17(2):63 0 76.
20.	Werner, P. (2005). Lay persons’ beliefs about mental health: where is age and where is Alzheimer’s disease? International Psychogeriatrics, 17(3):371 – 382.
21.	Werner, P. (2005). Knowledge about osteoporosis: Assessment, correlates and intervention. Osteoporosis International, 16:115 - 127.
22.	Werner, P. (2005). Social distance towards a person with Alzheimer’s disease. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 20(2):182 – 188.
23.	Werner. P., Buchbinder, E., Lowenstein, A., and Livni, T. (2005). Mediation across generations: A tri-generational perspective. Journal of Aging Sciences, 19:489 – 502. Also abstracted in CSA Social Services Abstracts.
24.	Werner, P., Miron, E., Davidson, M., Beeri, M. & Noy, S. (2005). Describing the social environment of elderly persons at the time of death. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 8(2), 440 – 447.
25.	Werner, P., Olchovsky, D., and Vered, I. (2005). Osteoporosis health-related behaviors among healthy peri-menopausal and post-menopausal Israeli Jewish and Arab women. Aging: Clinical and Experimental Research, 17(2), 100 – 107.
26.	Werner, P. (2004). Lay person’s recommendations about interventions for Alzheimer’s disease: Correlates and relationship to help-seeking behavior. American Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, 19(5):309 – 315.
27.	Werner, P. (2004). Willingness to use telemedicine for psychiatric care. Telemedicine Journal and e-Health, 10(3):286 – 293.
28.	Werner, P. (2004). Beliefs about memory problems and help seeking in elderly persons: A qualitative analysis. Clinical Gerontologist, 27(4):19 - 30. Also abstracted in: CNS – LTC: The Long Term Care Newspaper Also abstracted in: Wall Street Journal. Also abstracted in: Alzheimer’s support site – The largest Alzheimer’s site in the world – www.alzheimersupport.com
29.	Werner, P. & Heinik, J. (2004). Intentions of first-degree relatives of patients with Alzheimer’s disease to seek a cognitive status examination. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 19(5):479 – 486.
30.	Werner, P., Gafni, A., and Kitai, E. (2004). Examining physician-patient-caregiver encounters: The case of Alzheimer’s disease patients and family physicians in Israel. Aging and Mental Health, 8(6):498 – 504.

Student’s Name

Title of Thesis/ Dissertation

Degree

Date

Edited

The authorship order until 1996 reflects seniority and since 1997 reflects the relative contribution

Werner. P., Buchbinder, E., Lowenstein, A., and Livni, T. (2005). Mediation across generations: A tri-generational perspective. Journal of Aging Sciences, 19:489 – 502.