Michal Granot, Ph.D.

Years	Degree	Awarding Institution
1998-1999	Post Doctoral Program	Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health Department of Health Policy and Management
1995-1998	D.Sc. in Neurophysiology	Medical School, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa
1991-1994	M.Sc. in Endocrinology	Medical School, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa
1983-1987	B.A. in Nursing. Registered Nurse	Hebrew University, Jerusalem

OFFICE IN UNIVERSITY ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATION

2006 - Present Member of the Senate of University of Haifa.
2006 - Present Member in Executive Committee of University of Haifa.
2005 - Present Head of the Department of Nursing, University of Haifa.
2001 - 2004 Academic Director, Undergraduate Program, Department of Nursing, University of Haifa.
2002 - Present Member of the Faculty Curriculum Committee, University of Haifa.
2002 - Present Member of the Steering Committee, Faculty Continuing Education Program, University of Haifa.

SCHOLARLY POSITIONS AND ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE THE UNIVERSITY
2006 - Present Member of the editorial board of Body of Knowledge, the Israeli Journal of Nursing Research.
2006 - Present Head, Evaluation Committee of Council for Higher Education (Malag) for Academic Nursing Education Programs, Ministry of Education, Israel.
2003 - Present Directory member of The Israeli Nursing Research Association.
2001 - Present Member of the International Association for the Study of Pain.
2001 - Present Member of Israel Pain Association.
2002 - 2005 Member of the International Pelvic Pain Association.

Scholarships, Awards, Research Grants, etc.

2008	Research grant from the Israel Science Foundation (ISF): No. 147/08 Mechanism-based choice of therapy for neuropathic pain: Can treatments' success in neuropathic post-operative pain be coupled to a psychophysical pain modulation profile? ($120,000 for four years (with David Yarnitsky, MD).
2006	Research grant from the Joint program University of Haifa and the Technion: Mechanisms of pain processing - Painless myocardial infarction patients - $7,000.
2005	Research grant from the Israel Science Foundation (ISF): Advancement of psychophysics of pain modulation from lab to clinic: Constructing susceptibility profile for appearance of post operative neuropathic pain. ($220,000 for three year (with David Yarnitsky, MD).
2002	Research grant from the joint program University of Haifa and the Technion study: Pain perception in patients with burning mouth syndrome - $5,000.
2001	Faculty of Social Welfare and Health studies: Dean’s Award (10,000 NIS) for inter-faculty collaboration study: Pain assessment and personality characteristics in women with chronic pelvic pain.
2000	Research grant from Gertner Institution for the assessment of the Health reform in Israel - 80,000 NIS (With Anat Drach-Zehave, Ada Spitzer, Anit Somech).
1998	Post Doctoral Program Scholarship from Johns Hopkins University, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Department of Health Policy and Management $20,000.
1996	Scholarship from the Director of Science, Ministry of Health, Jerusalem - $5,000.
1995	Cheryl Spenser scholarship - Rambam Medical Center scholarship for Nurses in Academic studies $3,000.

Reviewer for Scientific Journals
• PAIN
• Anesthesiology
• Journal of Pain
• Social Science and Medicine
• Clinical Journal of Pain
• Journal of Oral Rehabilitation
• Western Journal of Nursing Research
• European Journal of Obstetric &Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
• Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Supervision of graduate students in recent years:
1. Supervisor of Pnina Dagul, Doctoral degree student in Haifa University (With Dr. Doron Aronson) in: "Pain perception among patients with acute myocardial infarction".

2. Supervisor with Prof. David Yarnitsky of Roni Nir, a Doctoral degree student in the Faculty of medicine, direct route for Ph.D. program in: "Sequencing activation of cortical and sub-cortical brain regions following noxious stimulations versus innocuous ones, using high-resolution time analyses".

3. Supervisor with Prof. Ariela Lowenstein of Diana Bashara, a master’s degree student in the Department of Gerontology in: "Coping strategies and quality of life in chronic renal failure patients".

4. Supervisor of Svetlana Afanasiev, master’s degree student in the Department of Public Health in: "Personality type as a predictor to develop depression and reduction in quality of life among stroke survivals.

5. Supervisor with Prof. Yoram Yovell of Einat Ram, a master’s degree student in the Department of Social work in "Personal characteristics of women with vulvar vestibulitis syndrome".

6. Supervisor with Prof. Yoav Lavee of Danit Bolotnikoff, a master’s degree student in the Department of Social work in "Pain Catastrophizing, Marital Relationships, and the Quality of Life of Individuals with Chronic Pain and their Spouses".

7. Co-advisor of Rizan Huri, a Medical school student in research project as part of the requirement for graduation in Medicine. "Systemic characteristics of pain perception and regulation in patients with silent myocardial ischemia".

8. Co-advisor of Nili Nimri, a Medical school student in research project as part of the requirement for graduation in Medicine. "Psychophysical and psychological mechanisms in the perception of chest pain – the role of gender difference".

9. Supervisor with Dr. Peter Jakobi of Lihi Zimme in a research project as part of the requirements for the M.D. degree from the Faculty of Health Science, Ben Gurion University of the Negev "Prediction of post cesarean section pain and analgesics consumption by preoperative experimental pain assessment and pain catastrophizing scale".