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Dr Michal Kahn
Principal Investigator
Dr Michal Kahn is a sleep researcher and licensed clinical psychologist, with expertise in sleep development and pediatric insomnia. She was awarded a PhD from Tel Aviv University in 2018, under the guidance of Prof Avi Sadeh. Following this, she completed a 3-year postdoctoral research fellowship at Flinders University in Australia, working with Prof Michael Gradisar. In 2022, Dr Kahn joined the faculty at the School of Psychological Sciences at Tel Aviv University.

Shai Nimrodi
PhD Student
Research project:
Advancing Pediatric Sleep Interventions: Addressing Nightmares with the DreamChanger and Insomnia with CBT

Rony Gordon
PhD Student
Research project:
REM Sleep Instability in Perinatal Depression: From Mechanism to Intervention

Ofir Green
MA Student
Research project:
Are Sleep Tracker Use and Perfectionism Associated with Orthosomnia?

Tamuz Raz
MA Student
Research project:
Are Inconsistencies in Parental Accommodation Associated with Childhood Insomnia Severity?

Yuval Dana
MA Student

Roie Mann
MA Student

Maya Poches
Lab Manager

Shiri Levy
Research Assistant

Gali Heller
Research Assistant

May Lev
BA student

Tal Israeli
BA student

Shachar Gargir
BA student

Dana Kurz
BA student

Adi Shalom
BA student

Eden Cochavi
BA student

Gilad Melnik
BA student

Shiraz Bino
BA student

Nitsan Sharoni
BA student

Naomi Bar-Am
BA student
Alumni – Graduate Students & Staff

Eden Bash
MA Student
Research project:
The effects of daytime sleep on mood and cry tolerance in women with premenstrual dysphoric disorder.

Yuval Bremler
MA Student
Research project:
Low distress tolerance as an underlying factor in nightmare disorder

Dafna Yankovich
MA Student
Research project:
Evaluating the Efficacy of the Parent-Delivered Huggy-Puppy Intervention for Alleviating War-Related Stress in Children

Shay Ron
Lab Manager
Alumni - Research Assistants

Eman Shrem
BA student

Shira Klein
BA student

Evyatar Burian
BA student

Shahar Naim
BA student


Gali Cohen
BA student
Rachel Levitz
BA student

