Orna Baron Epel

from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Prof. Baron-Epel joined the Haifa University in 1999 and was one of the founders of the School of Public Health and the founder and head of the health promotion program within the school. During the years 2014-2019 Prof. Baron-Epel served as head of the School of Public Health. In October 2023 she retired as full professor and is active in research and teaching. 

During the years Prof. Baron-Epel has mentored over 25 Ph.D students and 100 thesis of MPH students. Prof. Baron-Epel has published over 140 articles in leading public health, health promotion peer reviewed journals, edited a book on health promotion and founded and edited the Israeli Journal of Health Promotion.

During the years 2010 and 2020 Prof. Baron-Epel run the center for evaluation of health promotion interventions: https://healthpcenter.haifa.ac.il/en/