Dr. Leehe Peled-Avron

Curriculum Vitae 

2023-present: Lecturer (equivalent to Assistant Professor), Department of Psychology, Bar-Ilan University, Israel. 

2020-2022:      Postdoctoral fellowship, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine, University of California, San-Francisco (Mentor: Prof. Joshua D. Woolley). Studying the neural correlates of social-cognitive functions in health and psychopathology (affective disorders) using pharmacological (psilocybin) and electrophysiological (EEG\ERP) methods.   

2018-2020:     Postdoctoral fellowship, Psychology Department, University of Haifa, Israel. (Mentors: Prof. Rachel Tomer and Dr. Roee Admon). Studying neural correlates of social-cognitive functions using pharmaco-imaging (fMRI with methylphenidate) methods in collaboration with the Technion Faculty of Medicine and Rambam medical center Haifa, Israel. 

 

Education 

2014-2018:      PhD in Neuropsychology (Presidential fellowship for outstanding students, Award for excellent PhD student), Psychology Department, University of Haifa, Israel. (Mentor: Prof. Simone Shamay-Tsoory). Studied brain mechanisms underlying social cognition using electrophysiological (EEG\ERP), endocrinological (oxytocin) and stimulation (tDCS) techniques in health and psychopathology (autism).    

2011-2014:      M.A. in Clinical Neuropsychology (Magna cum Laude), University of Haifa, Israel. 

2008-2011:      B.A. in Psychology and English Literature (Magna cum Laude), The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel.