Liat Korn
Department of Health Management
Ariel University
Israel
Biography
Dr. Liat Korn is a senior researcher and lecturer in the field of Medical Sociology. Her doctoral thesis (2005) was on “Water Pipe Smoking among Teen-agers in Israel: A sociological Analysis†from Bar-Ilan University, Israel. In her post-doc she studied and conducted the Israeli HBSC (Health Behavior of School-aged Children) and HBSC-ME (HBSC in the Middle East). She published more than 20 papers in reputed journals and conducted several studies including risk behaviors among teenagers and young adults in Israel. She offers courses and seminars in Sociology; Medical Sociology, Epidemiology, Health Promotion and Risk Behavior
Research Interest
1. Post-traumatic stress and world assumptions – The effects of religious coping. 2. Resilience following exposure to traumatic events- The moderating effect of religiosity on post trauma amongst students studying under a high level of terror event exposure