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Tali Bitan - BIO

Full CV (PDF version)

Education

2004             
1996
1992
Ph.D, Brain Research Center, Dept. of Neurobiology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
MA (Summa cum Laude), Neuropsychology, Dept. of Psychology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
BA (Magna cum Laude), Dept. of Behavioral Sciences, Ben Gurion University, Be'er Sheva, Israel

Professional Diplomas

2003
1997
Registered Specialist in Rehabilitation Psychology, Israel Ministry of Health
Registered Psychologist, Israel Ministry of Health

Professional Affiliations

2021- present
​2019 - present
​2016 - 2021
2015 - 2019
2015 - present 
​2014 - 2015
2013 - 2015
2011 - 2015
2006 - 2011
2003 - 2006

1995 - 2003
Head of the Cognitive Science Department, School of Psychology, University of Haifa
​Associate professor, Psychology Department, University of Haifa
Head of the Clinical Neuropsychology program, Psychology Department, University of Haifa
Senior Lecturer (tenured), Psychology Department, University of Haifa
Adjunct Associate professor, Department of Speech Language Pathology, University of Toronto
Visiting Scientist, Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest, Toronto
Visiting Professor, Department of Speech Language Pathology, University of Toronto
Senior Lecturer (Tenured), Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Haifa, Israel
Lecturer, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Haifa, Israel
Post doctoral fellow, James Booth's lab, Dept. of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Neuropsychologist, The Neuropsychological Unit for Treatment and Rehabilitation. Tel Aviv, Israel
Internship in Rehabilitation Psychology. Cognitive, emotional, and vocational evaluations and interventions for adults and children, following traumatic brain injury, neurological diseases and developmental deficits.


Research Grants

2016-2020 

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​2011-2015


2011-2013


2011-2013


2009-2011


2008-2011


2008 -2011



2007-2009
(PI) Israeli Science Foundation (ISF).
The effect of sleep on the consolidation of a novel language in adults with Dyslexia (1052/16). $200,000

​(Co-PI) with Katzir T. (Co-PI). Israeli Science Foundation (ISF). Compensatory morphological processing in brains of dyslexic adults. $150,000

(PI). Israeli Foundation Trustees (IFT). Developmental changes in the brain involved in morphological and phonological processing during reading of Hebrew words. $20,000    

(PI). The National Institute for Psychobiology in Israel. Effects of age and sleep on learning regular and irregular morphological rules. $25,000

(PI) with Banai K., Attias J. and Shemesh R. (CIs). Ministry of Health feasibility studies. Brain plasticity induced by auditory training and fitting of hearing aids in hearing impaired individuals. 25,000 NIS

(CI) with Eviatar Z. & Peleg O. (PIs). Israeli Science Foundation (ISF). Inter-hemispheric integration during reading comprehension: an experimental, computational, and imaging study: $120,000

(Co-PI) with Ullman MT. (Co-PI). Binational Science Foundation (BSF) start-up program.  The role of procedural and declarative memory systems in learning morphological inflections in a novel language: an effective connectivity fMRI study. $60,000

(PI). Rich Foundation grant for returning scientists. Acquisition of linguistic skills, $60,000

Teaching


2015 - present
2015 - present
2015 - present
2015 - present


2015 - 2015
2014 - 2014 


2013 - 2014
2012 - 2013
2006 - 2013
2006 - 2013
2006 - 2013
2007 - 2013
2006 - 2011
2006 - 2012
Psychology Dept. U. of Haifa
Neuropsychological assessment, MA
Brain and Language, MA
Rehabilitation psychology practicum supervision, MA
Introduction to Neuropsychology, BA

U. of Toronto
Literacy and reading disorders, BA, University of Toronto, St. George
Psychology of Language, BA, University of Toronto, Mississauga

Dept. of Communication Disorders, U. of Haifa
Brain plasticity in development and rehabilitation,   M.A.
Brain and Language, M.A.
Introduction to Cognitive Neuroscience, B.A.
Introduction to Neuroanatomy, B.A.           
Research Seminar, B.A.                   
Research methods & scientific writing, B.A.
Neuropsychology and assessment, B.A.      
Cognitive rehabilitation, B.A.

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