Dr. Abigail Goshen
Email: Abigail.Goshen@sheba.health.gov.il
Phone: 03-5309292
Position: Chief Scientific Officer of Sheba Longevity Center
Dr. Abigail Goshen is Chief Scientific and Innovation Officer of Sheba Longevity Center. Abigail started her academic career with a BS in Molecular Biology, followed by another BS in Nutritional Science, as well as an internship as a clinical dietitian at several rehabilitation hospitals. Her master’s and Ph.D. degrees were completed at the School of Public Health in the Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine Department at Tel-Aviv University. Her main areas of research are aging epidemiology trajectories, predictors of frailty, cognitive decline, and successful aging among community-dwelling older adults. She specializes in designing large population cohorts and developing computerized prognostic models for the early detection of frailty and predicting adverse outcomes.
Research Interests:
Epidemiology, Gerontology, Longevity, Aging, Public health
Education:
2017-2022, Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine (Direct PhD Track), PhD, School of public health, Tel Aviv University
2016-2017, Medicine science (completion of the academic requirements for a master's degree), M.Sc. (Cum Laude), School of public health, Tel Aviv University
2013, Nutrition Internship, Certificate, Sheba Hospital, Tel Hashomer
2007-2010, Nutritional Science, B.Sc. (Cum Laude), Hebrew University, Jerusalem
2006-2010, Chinese Medicine, Certificate, East-West College of Chinese medicine,
Tel Aviv
2003-2006, Life Sciences-Molecular and Medical Biology, B.Sc., (Cum Laude), Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan
Awards:
2020, Certificate of appreciation for presenting work at a conference of published papers of student research in a leading journal 2018/2019
2018, Winner of the Public Health Poster Competition − The Association of Public Health Physicians and Public Health Schools annual conference 2018, Ramat Gan, Israel
2018, Dean's Certificate of Merit for meritorious achievements in epidemiology and preventive medicine studies, faculty of medicine, Tel Aviv University
2017, Admission to Direct PhD Track − Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University
Research Grants:
May 2021-May 2022, The Minerva Center for Interdisciplinary Study of End of Life, Tel Aviv University (internal no. 0601445841), 30,000 NIS
June 2017-May 2019, The Chief Scientist Office, Ministry of Health (grant no .3-12787), 450,00 NIS
October 2017-October 2018, The Bircher-Benner Foundation, Tel Aviv University, 30,000 NIS
