University of Jerusalem, Israel.

2003 –      Head of the Health Policy Forum for the Negev,

present      Israel.

1999 –      Research Associate. National Bureau of Economic

present      Research, USA.

1998 –      Member of Board – International Association for

present      Health Policy.

1996 –      Member – The Board of Trustees and Adviser.

present      Israeli Cancer Society.

1995 –      Head of Health and Economic Team.

present      Taub Center for the Study of Social Policy in

                Israel.

1993 –      Member – The Baxter Prize (for health policy)

present      Advisory Board.

1978 –      Lecturer and Professor. Department of Health

present      Systems Management, Faculty of Health Sciences,

                Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva,

                Israel.

1978 –      Consultant. World Bank, Washington, D.C.

present

2007 –      The Public Committee for Technology Adoption:

2007         by the Israeli Medical Association, Member.

2004 –      Health System adviser to the Israeli Parliament.

2006

2004 –      German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ).

2005

2002 –      Visiting Professor.  Georgetown University/George

2003         Washington University, Washington D.C.

2002 –      Honorary Visiting Scholar. World Bank

2003        (on Sabbatical leave from Ben-Gurion University

                of the Negev).

2000 –      Member – Public Commission for the Examination

2002         of The Publicly Supported Health System, and the

                Status of Physicians in Israel (special public

                commission appointed by the government of Israel).

2000 –      Chairman – Commission of Studies.

2001         Department of Health Policy and Management,

                Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

1999 –      Chairman – Commission for Administrative

2001         Restructuring the Faculty of Health Sciences,

                Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

1996 –      Chairman – Department of Health Policy and

1997         Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

1995 –      Visiting Professor. New Economic School, Moscow,

1996         Russia.

1994 –      Member of the Board and Honorary Treasurer -

1999         Israeli Family Planning Association.

1991 –      Consultant. Australian National Health Strategy

1992         Team.

1988 –      Visiting Senior Lecturer.

2001         Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel.

1988 –      Member of a State Commission of Inquiry into

1990         the Israeli Health Care System – The Netanyahu

                Commission (the Israeli equivalent of Blue Ribbon

                (US) or Royal (UK) Commission).

1988 –      Israeli Ministry of Health -

1989         Economic Adviser to the Director General.

1984 –      Economist. World Bank, U.S.A. (on Sabbatical

1986         leave from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev).

1983 –      Visiting Senior Lecturer. School of Public Health,

1984         Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.

1983 –      Member of Academic Staff Union –

1984         Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

1983 –      Maccabi Health Fund (HMO) –

1984         Economic Adviser to the Director. (Israel).

1982 –      Clal Holding Co., Ltd., Israel -

1983         Consultant on medical projects.

1978 –      World Bank – Consultant on health system reforms.

2004

1977 –      The Association for the Improvement of Welfare

1979         Services in the Southern Region of Israel-

                Consultant.

1974 –      Economist. World Bank, Washington DC.

1978

1973 –      Senior Research Analyst.

1974         National Bureau of Economic Research, New York.

1970 –      Lecturer. Economics, Baruch College, NYC.

1974

1971 –      Fellowship through the National Bureau of

1974         Economic Research USA, for Ph.D. studies.

1969         The Hebrew University of Jerusalem –

                Excellence Award during MA studies.

Authored books

1.                     Leiserson, M., Bose, S., Chandrasekaran, C., Chernichovsky, D., Key, R., Meesook, O. A., Subseng, P.  Employment and Income Distribution in Indonesia, World Bank, Washington, DC, 1979.

2.                     Kielmann, A.A., Taylor, E.C., DeSweemer, C., Parker, L.R., Chernichovsky, D., Reinke, A.W., Uberoi, I.S., Kakar, D.N., Masih, N., Sarma, R.S. Child and Maternal Health Services in Rural India - The Narangwal Experience, Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, MD, 1984.

3.                     Netanyahu, S., Chernichovsky, D., Shani, M., Penchas, S. Report of the State Commission of Inquiry into the Israeli Health Care System. Vol.1. Government Press, Jerusalem, 1990 [Hebrew].

4.                     Amorai. A., Chernichovsky, D.,Israeli, A., Tamir, Y., Ramot, B., Danon, Y., Sagis, A. Report of the Public Commission of the State of Israel about the Health System, State of Israel, Government Press, Jerusalem, 2002 [Hebrew].

Chapters in Collective Volumes

1.                     Chernichovsky, D., “Socioeconomic Correlates of Fertility Behavior in Rural Botswana: A Preliminary Report,” Rural Income Distribution Survey in 1974/1975. Government Printer, Gaborone, Botswana, 274-290, 1976.

2.                     Chernichovsky, D., “The Economic Theory of the Household and Impact Measurement of Nutrition and

          Health Related Programs.” in Klein R.E., Read, M.S., Riecken, H.W., Brown, J.A., Paradilla, A., Daza, C.H. (eds.). Evaluating the Impact of Nutrition and Health Programs. Plenum Press, New York, London, 227-267, 1979 (Refereed).

3.                     Chernichovsky, D., “Allocation of Manpower and Economic Efficiency in Medical Care.”  in Griffits, A. and Bankowski, Z. (eds.).  Economics and Health Policy.

         Geneva, WHO, 1980.

4.                     Chernichovsky, D., Coate, D., “An Economic Analysis

          of the Diet, Growth and Health of Young Children in the U.S.” in Sirageldin, I. (ed.) Research in Population and Human Capital. JAI Press, Greenwich, Conn., 111-126, 1982 (Refereed).

5.                     Chernichovsky, D., “Fertility in Developing Economies: An Investment Approach.” In Simon, J., Lindert, P. (eds.) Research in Population Economics. Vol. IV. JAI Press, Greenwich, Conn., 253-286, 1982 (Refereed).

6.                     Chernichovsky, D., “Interactions Between Mortality Levels and Allocation of Time for Work, Leisure, Training and Savings Over the Life Cycle,” in Hull and Jones (eds.) Consequences of Trends and Differentials in Mortality. United Nations, NY, 126-134, 1986.

7.                     Chernichovsky, D., Meesook, O.A., “Urban-Rural Food Consumption and Nutrition in Indonesia,” in Serageldin, I., Sorkin, A. (eds.) Research in Population and Human Capital. JAI Press, Greenwich, Conn., 193-205, 1988 (Refereed).

8.                     Chernichovsky, D., “What can Developing Countries Learn from Health System Reforms in Developed Economies,” in Berman, P. (ed.) Health Sector Reform in Developing Countries; Making Health Development Sustainable. Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, 101-120, 1995.

9.                     Chernichovsky, D., Shirom, A., “Equity and the Israeli Health Care System,” in Kop, Y. (ed.) The Allocation to Social Services in Israel. Center for Policy Studies, Jerusalem, 1997.

10.                   Chernichovsky, D., Kirsanova, T., Potapchik, E., Sosenskaya, E., “Growing Regional Inequalities in Health Resources in Russia, and its Potential Impact on the Population`s Health,” in Barer, M.L., Getzen, T.E., Stoddart, G.L. (ed.) Health, Health Care and Health Economics; Perspective of Distribution. J. Wiley & Sons, New York, 253-270, 1998.

11.                   Chernichovsky, D., “Health System Reforms in Industrialized Economies; An Emerging Paradigm,” in Stewart, R. (ed.) Management of Health Care. Ashgate, Darthmouth, 143-178, 1998.

12.                   Chernichovsky, D., (with others) in Kop, Y. (ed.). The Allocation to Social Services in Israel 2000. Center for

          Policy Studies, Jerusalem, 2002.

13.                   Chernichovsky, D., and others. “Reform of the Mexican Health Care System,” in Giugale, M.M., Lafourcade, O., H.V. Nguyen. Mexico: A Comprehensive Development Agenda for the New Era. World Bank, Washington DC, 2001.

14.                   Chernichovsky, D. and Doron, C., “Community Medicine in Israel: Reform of Primary Care and

          Renaissance of Family Medicine,” Family medicine at the dawn of the 21st Century, IMSS, Mexico, 349-369, 2005.

1.       Chernichovsky, D., “Personal Savings and Family

         Size and Composition: The Unresolved Issue,”

         Economic and Demographic Change.  IUSSP

         Conference, Helsinki, 1978, pp. 345-360. 

2.       Chernichovsky, D., Chinitz, D., “The Political Economy

         of Health System Reform in Israel,” in Federal

         Compulsory Health Insurance Fund and N.A

         Semashesko Institute for Social Hygiene. The Place

         and Role of Health Insurance in Health Care Reforming.

         Proceedings of International Conference. Moscow. 1996.

1.    Health Economics (courses and seminars) – B.A, M.A., and Ph.D. – Department of Economics, Department of Health Policy and Management, The Leon and Mathilda Recanati School for Community Health Professions, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. 

2.    Health Policy – B.A. and M.A. – Ben-Gurion University of the Negev; Bar Ilan University, and George Washington University, Washington, DC.

3.    The Economics of Risky Health Behavior – B.A. – Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

4.    Household Behavior and Welfare – B.A. – Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

5.    Planning and Budgeting of Health Services – M.A. and Ph.D. – School of Public Health, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Department of Health Policy and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. 

6.    Health Economics – M.A. and Ph.D. – School of Public

       Health, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

7.    Health Economics – M.A. – New School of Economics, Moscow.

8.    Labor Economics – B.A. and M.A. – Department of Economics, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. 

9.    Micro-Economic Theory – B.A. – Department of Economics, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev; M.A. – Public Policy Institute, Georgetown University, Washington, DC.

10.   The Economic Theory of the Household – B.A. and M.A. – Department of Economics, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

11.   Micro-Economic Theory – B.A. and M.A. – Baruch College, The City University of New York.

2005 –      "Social Health Insurance" – World Bank (USD 50,000).

Present      

2005 –      "Social Policy Studies"—Israeli Parliament (USD 7,500).

Present     

2004 –      "The Emerging Paradigm in Health Systems" – The

Present       Commonwealth Fund (USD 44,000).

2002 –      "The Efficiency of Israeli Hospitals" – The National

Present       Institute for Health Policy and Health Services

                 Research (USD 60,000).

Manuscripts:

Elements of Health System Finance

Health Economics (for non-economists)

Financing, Organization of Health Systems

Privatization in the Israeli health care system

(Major) papers and reports:

The Americanization of the Israeli Health Care System

(re-submission to Health Affairs)

Reform of Primary Care and Renaissance of Family Medicine 

in Israeli Voluntary Health Insurance in Israel (for Israeli

Parliament)

Decentralization of Health System (for World Bank)

Social Health Insurance – From Fragmentation to

Decentralization (for the German aid Agency GTZ)

Financing Child Health Care (for World Bank)

Financing Long Term Care in Israel (for Israeli Parliament)