October 2026 – Prof. Hod Orkibi, Dr. Bracha Azoulay, and our lab students: Gianmarco Biancalani and Noa Shwartz, presented their latest research at the FEPTO
September 2026 – Prof. Hod Orkibi, Prof. Shoshi Keisari, Dr. Rinat Feniger Schaal and doctoral candidate Amitai Stern, presented their latest research at the 18th
September 2026 – the 26th Biennial Conference of the Israel Gerontological Society, in Jerusalem.Doctoral candidate Talia Elkarif presents her research on how older adults with
June 2026 – Prof’ Hod Orkibi, Prof’ Shoshi Keisari, and doctoral candidate Gianmarco Biancalani, presented their research at the Congress of the International Society
February 2026 – Doctoral candidate, Meira Medina-Junge presented her theatre-based research on older women caregivers of spouses with dementia, at the annual Israeli Association
January 2026 – Imagining Recovery: The day after A joint conference of the Department of Theatre and Performance Studies, the Drama Therapy and Psychodrama
November 2025- Boston, USA Professor Shoshi Keisari led a team of three doctoral candidates (Talia Elkarif, Meira Medina-Junge and Silvia Piol) and one postdoctoral
October 2025- The National University of theatre and film (UNATC) – Bucharest, Romania Our Labs’ Professor Shoshi Keisari was invited to give a keynote
Our Labs’ professor Shoshi Keisari with a panel and the NADTA conference in New Orleans, October 2025
The Drama & Health Science Lab co-organized the FEPTO Research Conference in Trieste, Italy, with 2 PhD and 2 graduate students from the University
The FEPTO Research Committee Meeting 2025 will be held in Trieste, Italy this October and will be organized by the Drama and Health Science Lab!
May 2025: Our team gave a number of presentations and workshops at the 7th European Drama Therapy Conference held in Riga, Latvia! The first panel,
March 2025: Our team presented a symposium titled “Playfulness and Creative Arts in Enhancing Health and Well Being” at the annual Division 10 conference in
February 2025: Our team helped organize and presented at the annual Creative & Expressive Arts Therapies Association in Israel (YAHAT) conference held in Jerusalem
February 2025: Doctoral candidate, Talia Elkarif and Prof. Shoshi Keisari present the results of a randomized controlled trial on tele-drama therapy with older adults at
October 2024: Prof. Shoshi Keisari and Prof. Hod Orkibi visited Prof. Frieder Lang and Dr. Yaeji Kim-Knauss at the Institute for Psychogerontology at the University
October 2024 – FEPTO Prof. Orkibi and Prof. Keisari, along with doctoral students- Gianmarco Biancalani and Anat Geiger Shabtay, presented their research studies at the
September 2024 – Ecarte Dr. Rinat Feniger-Schaal, together with Tobias Constien, gave a talk on playfulness in adulthood, at the 17th European Arts Therapies Conference,
September 2024 – Prof. Shoshi Keisari and her doctoral students present their drama-based research studies with older adults at the Israel Gerontological Society conference held
September 2024 – Dr. Dafna Kalir presents a poster on arts-based interventions with service providers of the older population at the Israel Gerontological Society conference
August 2024 – The research team and doctoral students present at the annual APA convention, in Seattle, Washington.
July 2024 – Prof. Shoshi Keisari gives a talk on the impact of playfulness on cognitive function in old age at a conference on research,
July 2024 – Dr. Rinat Feniger-Schaal gives a presentation titled: “Insights Regarding Early Parent-Child Relationships from “Orim” National Early Intervention Project for Parents in Israel”
June 2024 – Prof. Roni Reitman-Palmon, from the University of Nebraska at Omaha, visits our lab and gives a lecture titled “Measuring Creativity and Exploring
June 2024 – Dr. Rinat Feniger-Schaal presents in a panel titled “Dancing with Another”, at the Neuroscience Meets Dance in Therapy conference at Edge Hill
May 2024 – Prof. Hod Orkibi presents doctoral candidate Talia Elkarif’s study titled “Tele-Drama Therapy for Older Adults with Constricted Life Space Mobility” in a
March 2024- Prof. Hod Orkibi presented at the APA Division 10 convention in Denton, TX
February 2024- Prof. Orkibi, Prof. Shoshi Keisari and colleagues present a systematic review and meta-analysis titled “The Effectiveness of Drama-Based Therapies on Mental Helath Outcomes.
September 2023- Prof. Hod Orkibi directed a 2-day workshop on drama-based assessment in Treviso, Italy
August 2023 – APA Convention in Washington D.C. Prof. Hod Orkibi, Prof. Shoshi Keisari, and Dr. Rinat Feniger-Schaal presented on arts-based interventions at the APA