At the Psycho-Cardiology Research Lab at Bar- Ilan University, we study how patients and partners cope with cardiac illnesses.
Professor Noa Vilchinsky
Director and Founder
Professor Noa Vilchinsky is the head of the Psycho-cardiology Research Lab in the Department of Psychology at Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel. She is also a certified rehabilitation psychologist who worked for many years with individuals coping with spinal cord injuries, traumatic brain injuries, and cardiac illnesses. Her main fields of research are psycho-cardiology, dyadic coping with chronic illness, Caregiving in health challenges, attitudes toward people with disabilities, and the importance of being treated with dignity in the medical setting. In 2004, she founded the Psycho-cardiology Research Laboratory at Meir Medical Center and has served as its director ever since, collaborating with her students on scientific work in her area of expertise.
In 2016 Prof. Vilchinsky's co-authored the book: "Caregiving in the illness context".
In 2018, Prof. Vilchinsky and her colleagues from 5 European countries have received the prestigious HORIZON 20/20 funding for creating an Innovative Training Network for 15 doctoral students who will focus on developing innovative solutions for caregivers worldwide (ENTWINE).
Prof. Vilchinsky is also the secretary of the European Health Psychology Society (EHPS), and has recently received the EHPS fellow award.
Recent Publications
Papers
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Vilchinsky, N., Rivkin- Nudelman, K., Lambez, B., Tuval-Mashiach, R., Leibowitz, M., & Mosseri, M. (2021). Behavior and Knowledge Trajectories among adult offspring of patients with acute cardiac event: A call for a turning point in cardiac prevention. Families, System, and Health.
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Bei, E., M. Zarzycki, V. Morrison, & Vilchinsky, N. (2021). Motivations and willingness to provide care from a geographic distance, and the impact of distance care on caregivers’ mental and physical health: A mixed-method systematic review protocol. BMJ Open
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George-Levi, S., Peleg, S., Vilchinsky, N., Raffaeli, E., Khaskia, A., Mosseri, & Hod, H. (2020). Attachment insecurity hinders cardiac patients’ ability to receive partners’ care: A longitudinal dyadic study. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships.
Book Chapters and Topic collections
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Cipolletta, S., Vilchinsky, N., Morrison, V., eds. (2021). Caregiving and Social Support in the Context of Health and Illness. Frontiers in Psychology –Special topic. Lausanne: Frontiers Media SA. doi: 10.3389/978-2-88966-465-8
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Pietrabissa, G., Callus, E., & Vilchinsky, N. eds. (2021). Mind the Heart – Psychosocial Risk Factors and Cognitive Functioning in Cardiovascular Disease. Frontiers in Psychology- Special topic. Lausanne: Frontiers Media SA
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Vilchinsky, N., (2021). Cardiac-Disease-Induced-PTSD: Settling the diagnostic debate. In P. Graf and D. J. A. Dozois, (Eds.), Handbook on the State of the Art in Applied Psychology. Wiley.
