Prof. Nehami Baum

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nehami.baum@biu.ac.il
תחומי עניין

Loss and development in crisis situations and normative life transitions; Coping with crisis and trauma situations; Reducing health inequality; Treatment and supervision.

קורות חיים

Academic Affiliations/Appointments

2022-ongoing - Bar-Ilan University-wide Appointment Committee member

2022-ongoing - Head of the Dr. Ira and Doris Kukin Couples and Family Treatment Center, Bar-Ilan University

2021-2022 - Member of the Academic Advisory Forum for the Minister of Welfare and Social Affairs

2021 - Substitute member of the university-wide appointment committee

2017- ongoing - University Senate member

2016 - ongoing  - Professor, School of Social Work, Bar-Ilan University

2016-2021 - Head of the School of Social Work, Bar-Ilan University

2015-2016 - Vice Director of the School of Social Work, Bar-Ilan University

2015-2016 - Head of the M.A. Program and the M.A. Completion Program, the School of Social Work, Bar-Ilan University

2010-2016 - Associate Professor, School of Social Work, Bar-Ilan University

2012-2014 - Member of Bar Ilan, University Outstanding Lecturer Selection Committee, Bar-Ilan University

2010-2014 - Head of the M.A. Program, the School of Social Work, Bar-Ilan University

2009-2014 - Member of the University B.A Scholarship and Awards Committee, Bar-Ilan University

2007 – ongoing - Member of the School of Social Work Council, Bar-Ilan University

2007-2010 - Senior Lecturer, School of Social Work, Bar-Ilan University

2006- 2008 - Member of Fieldwork Committee, the School of Social Work, Bar-Ilan University

2005- 2009 - Member of the Kukin Family Center, Bar-Ilan University

2005 - Member of Bar Ilan 40th Anniversary Festivities Committee

2004-2007 - Lecturer, School of Social Work, Bar-Ilan University

2003-2015 - Member of Status Committee, the School of Social Work

2001-2008 - Member of B.A. Teaching Committee, the School of Social Work, Bar-Ilan University

2001-2004 - Instructor with Ph.D., School of Social Work, Bar-Ilan University

2000-2001 - Instructor, School of Social Work, Bar-Ilan University

1995-2002 - Instructor (Ph.D.) School of Social Work, Tel-Aviv University

1991-1995 - Assistant, School of Social, Work, Tel-Aviv University

Visiting Scholar

8/2022 -  Visiting Scholar, School of Social Policy & Practice, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Pennsylvania

7-8/2019 - Visiting Scholar, Faculty of Social Work, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

7-8/2018 - Visiting Scholar, School of Social Policy & Practice, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Pennsylvania

8-9/2017 - Visiting Scholar, Department of Family Social Science, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota

7-8/2016 - Visiting Scholar, School of Social Work, University of New England, Portland, Maine

7-11/2013 - Visiting Scholar, School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

7-10/2010  - Visiting Scholar, School of Social Work, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

7-9/2008 - Visiting Scholar, School of Social Welfare, University of California, Berkeley, CA

7-9/2005 - Visiting Scholar, School of Social Work, University of Washington, Seattle Washington

Reviewer of Proposals and Ph.D. Dissertations

2008 - Review proposals for the CSWE's 54th Annual Program Meeting

2009, 2010, 2011 - Review research proposal for Haruv Institute

2009, 2011, 2016, 2020 - Review research proposals for the Israel Science Foundation (ISF)

2013 - Review research proposal for Greenway Foundation of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

2015 - Review research proposal for the Ministry of Science, Technology & Space, Israel

2015 - External examiner for a dissertation in Clinical Psychology, School of Psychology, Fielding Graduate University, Santa Barbara, CA

2016 - Review of research proposal for The Israel National Institute for Health Policy and Health Services Research (NIHP)

2016 - Guest editor of a special issue of Society and Welfare (Hebrew) on the topic of Gender Sensitive Intervention with Men

Review of Manuscripts for Academic Journals

2002 - ongoing:

  • American Journal of Orthopsychiatry
  • American Journal of Psychotherapy
  • Anxiety, Stress & Coping
  • British Journal of Social Work
  • Clinical Social Work Journal
  • Clinical Supervisor
  • Current Anthropology
  • Ethnic and Racial Studies
  • Family Process
  • Family Relations
  • Human Relations
  • Health and Social Care in the Community
  • International Journal of Social Work
  • Journal of Social and Personal Relationships
  • Journal of Social Work Education
  • Qualitative Health Research
  • Social Work Education
  • Social Security (Hebrew)
  • Society and Welfare (Hebrew)
  • Sihot – Dialogue: Israeli Journal of Psychotherapy (Hebrew)
  • Traumatology

Membership in Research Group

2007- 2008 - Member of a National Research Group on Therapeutic Discourse, Inequality and National Boundaries, funded by The Van Leer Institute: Jerusalem, Israel

Coordination and Memberships in Professional Committees

2022-ongoing - Committee of Degrees and Institutions of the Israeli National Council of Social Work

2020, 2023 - Member of Israel Science Foundation (ISF) Grant Committee

2021-2022 - Academic advisory forum for the Minister of Welfare and Social AffairsIsrael

1995-1996 - Ministry of Welfare, professional coordinator of the Committee on Reviewing the Child Protection Services for Children at Risk

1995-1996 - Ministry of Justice, professional coordinator of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on the Establishment of Courts on Family Affairs

Membership in Professional Societies

1997 – ongoing - Israeli Association for Social Work

1998 – ongoing - Israeli Association for Marital and Family Therapy

2006 – ongoing - Israeli Sociological Society

2007 – ongoing - Israeli Association for Psychotherapy

2008 – ongoing - Council for Social Work Education

2010 – ongoing - Social Work and Health Inequalities Network

2010 – ongoing - Stress and Anxiety Research Society

Awards/Grant/Honors

1995 - M.S.W. Summa Cum Laude Tel-Aviv University         

1998 - Bob Shapell Scholarship for doctoral studies

1999 - Excellence Scholarship for Doctoral Students          

2003 - IASSW Grant, Travel Award for conference presentation   

2011 - Rector's Award for Teaching Excellence, Bar-Ilan University

2013 - University of Southern California Travel Award for conference presentation         

2015 - Honorable Mention of "Women Pursuing Higher Education in Ultra-Orthodox Society" (Baum, Yedidiya, Schwartz, & Aran), for Best Qualitative Article published in 2014 in Journal of Social  Work Education

2021 - Listed among the scholars included in the Elsevier science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators

Recognition

2022 - One of the top 100 contributors to social work journal scholarship.
(Hodge, D. R., & Turner, P. R. (2022). Who are the Top 100 Contributors to Social Work Journal Scholarship? A Global Study on Career Impact in the Profession. Research on Social Work Practice, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/10497315221136623)

Grants

2005 - Establishment of International Network of  Social Workers for Peace, IASSW. With Prof. Ramon and others

2008 - Evaluation Study of the Haredi Social Work College, Bar Ilan University. PI With Dr. Schwartz, Dr. Yedidia and Dr. Aran      

2010 - Social Workers in Times of War, Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare. PI                    

2010 - The Social Workers Role in Coping with Inequality in the Health System, The Israel National Institute for Health Policy and Health Services Research. PI with Prof. Gross    

2013 - Coping with inequality in health and health services from the perspective of patients, The Israel National Institute for Health Policy and Health Services Research. PI                

2014 - Material aid for individuals and families in social workers' intervention in the social services, Ministry of Welfare and Social Services       

2014 - Evaluation of training social workers in the health system: Coping with loss due to chronic disease. Meuchedet Health Services  

2014 - Evaluation of therapeutic intervention with animals in child maltreatment Ministry of Welfare and Social Services. PI with Dr. Ben Shlomo         

2016 - Poverty and economical barriers to health: An examination of HMO's policies, interventions and activities to increase access to health-care for people living in poverty, The Israel National Institute for Health Policy and Health Services Research. PI with Avni 

2016 - A preliminary analysis of the Social Workers Regulations, Ministry of Welfare and Social Services. PI                   

2017-2018 - Rehabilitation-occupation centers for disabled IDF veterans – Evaluation study, Ministry of Defense. PI with Dr. Chaya Shwartz

Certification

1987 - Certified Social Worker

1992 - Expert Custody Evaluation Social Worker, Municipality of Netanya, Israel

1998 - Certified Family Therapist

2006 - Certified Psychotherapist

2014 - Certified Supervisor in Family Therapy

Public Positions

2022-ongoing - Member of the Institutions and Degrees Committee, Social Work Council

2021-2023 - Member of the Advisory Forum to the Minister of Welfare and Social Affairs

1998-2002 - Member of the Committee on Professional Development of the Israeli Association for Marital and Family Therapy

2002-2008 - Chairperson of the Committee on Professional Development of the Israeli Association for Marital and Family Therapy

2008-2011 - Member of the Ethic Committee of the Israeli Association for Marital and Family Therapy and Family

2011- 2016 - Chairperson of the Israeli Association for Marital and Family Therapy

2019 - to date - Member of the editorial board of the Megamot- Interdisciplinary Journal in Social Sciences

Volunteering

2004-2007 - A volunteer therapist in "AMCHA"

2021-ongoing - Advisor, Tzohar Through One Hundred Twenty – Jewish Ethics in Pallative Care 

Organization of Scientific Conferences and Seminars

2002 - Conference of the Faculty of Israeli Schools of Social Work

2003-2006 - Israeli Association of Marital and Family Therapy

2003 - Meeting the World of Adolescents

2004 - Illness as a Family Task

2004 - Chair - The Mute Gender: Men in Couple and Marital Therapy

2005 - The Strange Couple: Treatment and Research of Couples and Families

2006 - Late Divorce

2011 - Violence is Running Wild: Where are the Professionals and where is the Media, School of Social Work, Bar Ilan University

2012 - Looking at Failure in the Eye: Annual Conference for Presenting the Work of Social Work Students at Bar Ilan University

2013 - "Unacknowledged Losses: Theory and Research" Session Chair in Conference on Loss, Bereavement and Human Resilience in the Israeli Society, Eilat, Israel.

2016 - Psychotherapy in "Non-death Losses" Seminar in Conference on Loss, Bereavement and Human Resilience in the Israeli Society, Eilat, Israel.

2016 - The 37th Stress and Anxiety Research Society Conference: Stress and Anxiety in a Changing Society, University of Zagreb, Croatia. Member of the Scientific Committee

2016 - 2017 - Voices and Shades – Current Perspective in Couples and Family Therapy. The National Conference of the Israeli Association for Couples and Family Therapy. Scientific Committee Chairwomen

2022 - "The Silent Gender in the therapeutic spaces". Session Organizer. The 12th Annual Conference of Espanet Israel: Breaking [in]equality, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel (Hebrew)

2022 - "Non-death losses: In life and in therapy" The Israeli Association for Couples and Family Therapy

Continuing Education/Enrichment Courses

1988-1989 - Children's Drawings – Enrichment course in the framework of the Individual Welfare Department, Municipality of Netanya.

1991-1992 - Expert Custody Evaluation Social Worker, The Central School for Training Social Workers in Tel Aviv.

1998-1999 - Two-year Program for Certification as Supervisor in Family Therapy, Continuing Education and Specializations Unit, Tel Aviv University.

1999 - Qualifying Teachers for the Advancement of Teaching, The Center for the Advancement of Teaching, Tel Aviv University.

2003-2006 - Psychotherapy Program – three-year Program, Haifa University

2017-ongoing - Member of a Reading Group on Bion’s scripts led by Psychoanalyst Hagit Aharoni 

2021 - From Clinic to Theory and Back Seminar led by Psychoanalyst Dr. Eran Rolnik

2023 - Old Age, Mourning and Melancholy. Seminar led by Psychoanalyst Idith Winkler, Hikarvut Israel Psychoanalytic Society

2024-ongoing - Two-Year Interdisciplinary Study Program in Psychoanalysis. Tel Aviv Psychoanalytic Institute

Last Updated Date : 13/02/2025