Education. Clinical Experience. Academic Positions. Noomi Katz, PhD, OTR Curriculum Vitae

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1 1 Noomi Katz, PhD, OTR Curriculum Vitae Office address: Research Institute for Health and Medical Professions, Ono Academic College, Kiryat Ono, Israel, Office phone #r: ; Fax #: Education 1963: Diploma. School of Occupational Therapy, Jerusalem, Israel. 1977: Towards B.A., ten courses completed. University of Southern California, Los-Angeles 1979: Master degree. University of Southern California, Los-Angeles, Department of Occupational Therapy 1981: Ph.D. School of Education, University of Southern California Los-Angeles, Thesis topic An Occupational Therapy Study of Cognition in Adult Inpatients with Depression. Under the guidance of Prof. E. Yerxa, and C. Allen, Assistant professor. Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Southern California, Los-Angeles, Dissertation topic The Interactive Effects of Occupational therapy Student`s Learning Style with Teaching methods (lecture vs. group discussion), on their Problem-Solving Skills, Achievement, Study Time and Attitude: An Aptitude-Treatment Interaction (ATI) Study. Under the guidance of Prof. S. Abrahamson, Division of Research and Education, Medical School University of Southern California Los-Angeles. Clinical Experience Clinical Occupational Therapist, Psychiatric hospital "Talbia" Jerusalem, Israel Head of Occupational Therapy Department, Psychiatric hospital "Talbia" Jerusalem, Israel Head of Occupational Therapy Department, University affiliated Psychiatric hospital "Waldau" Bern, Switzerland. Academic Positions Instructor, School of Occupational Therapy, Lecturer, School of Occupational Therapy,

2 2 Also 1985 Adjunct Assistant Professor of Occupational Therapy, New York University Adjunct Professor of Occupational Therapy, Temple University, College of Allied Health Professions, Philadelphia Senior Lecturer School of Occupational Therapy, Chairperson Graduate Program in Occupational Therapy Visiting Professor Occupational Therapy Department Boston University Sargent College, Boston, USA Associate Professor, School of Occupational Therapy, Chairperson Graduate Program in Occupational Therapy Division of Medical Sciences, 2000 Visiting Professor Occupational Therapy Department Queensland University, Brisbane, Australia 2000 Visiting Professor Occupational Therapy Department Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand Full Professor, School of Occupational Therapy, Emeritus Professor, School of Occupational Therapy, Part time teaching and advising doctoral students School of Occupational Therapy, Director, Research Institute for Health and Medical Professions, Ono Academic College, Awards and scholarships Academy of Research Award from the American Occupational Therapy Foundation; Member of the Academy of Research AOTF 1997 First Award of Excellence Lectureship from the Israeli Society of Occupational Therapy 1998 Dean s list for Excellence in Teaching 2008 Listed in Who'sWho in Science and Engineering Anniversary 10 th edition. New Providence NJ: Marquis Who's Who LLC. Academic and Professional Committees Member Committee on Education the School of Occupational Therapy, Hebrew University Jerusalem Member Committee on Education, The Department of Occupational Therapy, Tel Aviv University Member of the Board of the School of Occupational

3 3 Therapy, Hebrew University Jerusalem Member Academic Committee of the School of Occupational Therapy, Hebrew University Jerusalem Delegate of the Faculty of Medicine to the University Senate Member Clinical Assistant Professor Nomination Committee Faculty of Medicine Hebrew University Jerusalem Chairperson of the Steering Committee of the Occupational Therapy in Israel/The Israeli Occupational Therapy Association Member of the Steering Committee Chairperson of the Board of the Israeli Society of Occupational Therapy (ISOT) Member of the National Council for Mental Health, Ministry of Health Member of the Control Council of the Prison Rehabilitation Programs in Israel, Founder and Editor: Israel Journal of Occupational Therapy (IJOT) Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal Occupational Therapy International Member of the Committee appointed by the Higher Education Council for evaluation of the Master programs in Occupational Therapy and Physical Therapy at Tel Aviv University Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal Occupational Therapy Journal of Research (OTJR) Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair (NNR) Membership in Professional Organizations Israeli Society of Occupational Therapy World Federation of Occupational Therapy American Occupational Therapy Association The Society for Cognitive Rehabilitation Research funding 25,000 NIS 1996 Relationship of neglect and awareness to functional performance in individuals following stroke. With Dr. N. Soroker and Prof. H. Ring Granted by the Flieshman Fund for the study of handicaps its prevention and rehabilitation, Loewenstein Hospital

4 4 35,000 NIS 1998 Relationship of neglect and awareness to functional performance in individuals with right CVA and left CVA as a function of reading directionality. With Dr. N. Soroker and Prof. H. Ring Granted by the Ministry of Health Fund 100,000 NIS Differential mechanism of recovery of unilateral spatial neglect with or without unawareness in patients after right hemisphere stroke, using the PET imaging techniques, behavioral and functional measures. An interdisciplinary study involving occupational therapy, neurology and nuclear imaging departments at Hadassah. With Asnat Bar-Haim Erez. Prof. R. Chishin and Prof. O. Abramsky, Granted by the Ministry of Health Fund 80,000 NIS 20,000 NIS 10,000 NIS A clinical trial of the effectiveness of phasic alerting treatment for unilateral spatial neglect following right CVA, and recovery patterns with fmri before and after treatment. With Asnat Bar-Haim Erez, Dr. N. Soroker and Dr. T. Hendler Granted by the Ministry of Health Fund The impact of interactive virtual environment training on independent Safe Street crossing of stroke patients following right CVA with unilateral spatial neglect. With Prof. T. Weiss and Prof. H. Ring Granted by Ministry of Defense Fund $10, Studies on cognition and occupation Granted by the Alter Sosnowsky Fund $ 5, Licensing fee for the DOTCA-Ch instrument development with Dr. S. Parush. Granted by Maddak Inc. $ 50, Multimodal Virtual Reality for Neurorehabilitation: Theoretical concepts and experimental evidence. With Prof. T. Weiss and Dr. U. Feintuch, Dr. N. Josman Granted by the Israeli Science Foundation (ISF). 120,000 NIS The effectiveness of employment in Coffee Stands for clients with long term schizophrenia. With A. Revach Granted by the National Social Security Funds $ 20, Standardization of the Dynamic versions of the LOTCA and LOTCA-G Granted by Maddak Inc. With Dr. Asnat Bar-Haim Erez, 100,000 NIS The predicting factors of rehabilitation success after hip fracture surgery in the elderly population and their quality of life 6 month later. With Maayan Katz and Dr. Yoram Maaravi and Dr. Arie Kendell Granted by the Ministry of גימלאים with the Ministry of Health

5 5 25,000 NIS Virtual environments for the study of the effect of context on dual tasking With Dr. Rachel Kizony and colleagues Granted by the Ministry of Health 50,000 NIS קרן של "ם- סקר לאיתור ולאיפיון צרכים לצורך פיתוח אביזרי עזר מיוחדים לשיפור תפקודם של אנשים עם מוגבלות שכלית

6 6 Noomi Katz, PhD, OTR List of Publications Papers in peer reviewed journals Original research papers: (last 4 years) 1. Bart, O., Katz, N., Weiss P. L., & Josman, N. Street crossing by typically developed children in real and virtual environments. Occupational Therapy Journal of Research, 28, 2, 1-8, Bar-Haim Erez, A., Katz, N., Chisin. R., Abramsky, O., Mishani, E., & Freedman, N. Neural mechanism of visual attention in unilateral spatial neglect following stroke: a preliminary pet study. Israeli Journal of Occupational Therapy, 17, E3-22, Rand. D., Abu-Rukun. S., Weiss, P.T. & Katz, N. Validation of the Virtual MET as an assessment tool for executive functions. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 19, , Kizony, R., Josman, N., Katz, N., Rand, D., & Weiss, P.L. Virtual reality and rehabilitation of executive functions: annotated bibliography. Israeli Journal of Occupational Therapy, 17, E47-61, Hartman-Maeir, A., Katz, N., & Baum, C. Cognitive-Functional Evaluation (CFE) for individuals with suspected cognitive disabilities. Occupational Therapy in Health Care, 23, 1-23, Hartman-Maeir, A., Harel, H., & Katz, N. (2009). The Kettle Test - a brief measure of cognitive functional performance: Reliability and validity in stroke rehabilitation. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 63, Rand. D., Weiss, P.T., & Katz, N. (2009). Training multitasking in a virtual supermarket: a novel intervention following stroke. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 63, Bar-Haim Erez, A., Rothschild, E., Katz, N., Tuchner, M., & Hartman-Maeir, A. (2009). Executive functioning, awareness and participation in daily life after mild traumatic brain injury: A preliminary study. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 63, Rand. D., Katz, N, & Weiss, P.T. The use of the VMall as an intervention tool for improving the weak upper extremity post stroke. European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, 45, , Bar-Haim Erez, A., Katz, N., Ring, H., & Soroker, N. (2009). Assessment of spatial neglect computerized feature and conjunction visual search task. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 19, Katz, N. & Keren, N. (2011). Effectiveness of an Occupational Goal Intervention (OGI) for clients with schizophrenia. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 63, Segev-Jacubovski, O., Katz, N., & Weiss, PL. (2010). Attention and performance during a virtual street crossing task following orthopedic surgery due to falling. Israeli Journal of Occupational Therapy, 19, E Maeir, A., Krauss, S., & Katz, N. (2011). Ecological Validity of the Multiple Errands Test (MET) on Discharge From Neurorehabilitation Hospital. OTJR: Occupation, Participation and Health, 31, S Ben Assayag, E. Korczyn, A.D. Giladi, N. Goldbourt, U. Berliner, A.S. Shenhar-Tsarfaty, S. Kliper, E. Hallevi, H. Shopin, L. Gur, A. Hendler, T. Ben Baashat, D. Eisenstein, O. Soreq, H. Katz, N. Solomon, Z. Mike, A. Usher, S. Hausdorff, J.M. Bornstein, N.M. Predictors for Poststroke outcomes: the TABASCO (Tel Aviv Brain Acute Stroke Cohort) study protocol.

7 7 International Journal of Stroke, accepted, Jan, Katz, N., Bar-Haim Erez, A,. Livni, L. & Averbuch, S. Dynamic Lowenstein Occupational Therapy Cognitive Assessment (DLOTCA): Evaluation of potential to change in cognitive performance. American Journal of Occupational Therapy. 66, 2, Katz, N., Averbuch, S., & Bar-Haim Erez, A. Dynamic Lowenstein Occupational Therapy Cognitive Assessment for elderly DLOTCA-G: Assessing change in cognitive performance. American Journal of Occupational Therapy. 66, 3, Katz, N., Gilad Izhaky, S., Ziv, O., & Revach, A. Coffee Stands : A vocational rehabilitation project in the community for people coping with mental disorders. WORK, In press, Katz, N., Gilad Izhaky, S., & Freier Dror, Y. Reasons for choosing a career and workplace among speech language pathologists and occupational therapists. WORK, In press, Gal, E., Ben Meir, A., & Katz, N. Development and Reliability of the Autism Work Skills Questionnaire (AWSQ). American Journal of Occupational Therapy. accepted. Submitted 20. Bar-Haim Erez, A. Soroker, N., Averbuch, S., Hefner, D., & Katz, N. Phasic Alerting Combined with Visual Search Training: A Novel Therapeutic Approach for Unilateral Spatial Neglect. American Journal of Occupational Therapy. 21. Jacoby, M, Averbuch, S, Sachar, Y, Katz, N., Weiss, PLT, & Kizony, R. Effectiveness of executive functions training within a virtual supermarketfor adults with Traumatic Brain Injury. Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, Reviews, major theoretical papers and case studies (last 4 years) 1. Keren, N., Dagan, R., Yekutiel, S., & Katz, N. Treatment of deficits in executive functions in people with schizophrenia: Two treatment approaches described with case studies. Israeli Journal of Occupational Therapy, 17, H97-117, Katz, N., Revach, A., & Ziv, O. (2009) "Coffee Stands" A vocational rehabilitation framework within a normative living environment for people coping with mental disorders. in: Demonstration Projects: 137. Jerusalem: National Insurance Institute. 3. Hartman-Maeir, A, Katz, N. & Baum, C. M..(2009). Cognitive Functional Evaluation (CFE) Process for Individuals with Suspected Cognitive Disabilities, Occupational Therapy In Health Care,23,1-23. Books 1. Katz, N. (Ed). (2011). Cognition, Occupation and Participation across the life span, 3 rd edition. Bethesda MD: AOTA PRESS Chapters In Books 1. Baum, C., & Katz, N. Occupational Therapy Approach to Assessing the Relationship between Cognition and Function (pp ). In T. Marcotte & I. Grant (Eds). Neuropsychology of Everyday Functioning. NY: Guilford Press Katz, N., & Baum, C. The importance of occupational therapy in neuropsychological

8 8 rehabilitation. Translated to Portuguese 3. Katz, N., Baum, C. & Maeir, A. (2011). Introduction to Cognitive Intervention and Cognitive Functional Evaluation. In N. Katz, (Ed). Cognition, Occupation and Participation across the life span: Neuroscience, Neurorehabilitation and Models for Intervention in Occupational Therapy. Pp Bethesda MD: AOTA PRESS. 4. Katz, N., & Maeir, A. (2011). Higher-Level Cognitive Functions enabling participation: Awareness and Executive Functions. In N. Katz, (Ed). Cognition, Occupation and Participation across the life span: Neuroscience, Neurorehabilitation and Models for Intervention in Occupational Therapy. Pp Bethesda MD: AOTA PRESS. 5. Averbuch, S. & Katz, N. (2011). Cognitive rehabilitation: A retraining model for clients with neurological disabilities. In N. Katz, (Ed). Cognition, Occupation and Participation across the life span: Neuroscience, Neurorehabilitation and Cognitive Models for Intervention in Occupational Therapy. Pp Bethesda MD: AOTA PRESS. Other publications Assessment Instruments: 1. Katz, N., Livni, L., Bar-Haim Erez, A. & Averbuch, S. Dynamic Loewenstein Occupational Therapy Cognitive Assessment (DLOTCA). Pequannock NJ: Maddak Inc Katz, N., Averbuch, S., & Bar-Haim Erez, A. Dynamic Loewenstein Occupational Therapy Cognitive Assessment -Geriatric (DLOTCA-G). Pequannock NJ: Maddak Inc In addition Numerous conference presentations over the world; Invited lectures and workshops etc, Conference organized as part of the Research Institute for Health and Medical Professions Ono Academic College: Yearly conference since 2007, Institute website