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MD, PhD | Biostatistician & Clinical Data Consultant | R, Epidemiology, Medical & Scientific Writing

Profile Summary

Subject Matter Expertise

Services

Writing
Research
Consulting
Data & AI

Writing Medical Writing

Research Meta-Research, Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting

Data & AI Statistical Analysis, Data Visualization, Big Data Analytics, Data Cleaning, Data Processing

Work Experience

Paediatric Resident

Sheba Medical Center

August 2024 - December 2025

Medical Intern

Hadassah Medical Center

January 2023 - April 2024

Physician Assistant, Internal Medicine

Sheba Medical Center

July 2022 - December 2022

Physician Assistant, Paediatric Emergency Department

Assuta Ashdod Hospital

March 2022 - December 2022

Research Assistant, Arrow Project

Sheba Medical Center

November 2020 - December 2022

Research Assistant, Epidemiology

Maccabi Healthcare Services

August 2019 - December 2019

Postdoctoral Fellow - Spatial and Agricultural Epidemiology

Agricultural Research Organization Volcani Center

December 2017 - December 2018

WRF Innovation Postdoctoral Fellow in Neuroengineering

University of Washington

October 2014 - November 2017

Postdoctoral fellow

Tel Aviv University

December 2013 - September 2014

Lecturer

Princeton University

February 2014 - June 2014

BSF Visiting Researcher - Mass Spectrometry Training

The Ohio State University

2013 - 2013

Biostatistics: Teaching Assistant

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

October 2009 - February 2012

Biostatistician

Biovo Technologies

2012 - 2012

Field Assistant - Elephant Contraception Vaccine Project

Makalali Game Reserve

2007 - 2007

Education

M.D.

Tel Aviv University

October 2018 - December 2022

Ph.D. (Mitrani department of Desert Ecology)

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

March 2009 - November 2013

M.Sc. (Mitrani department of Desert Ecology)

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

October 2007 - March 2009

B.Sc. (Life Sciences (Biology))

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

October 2004 - June 2007

Certifications

Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Measles-Associated Stridor @article{Oren_2026, title={Measles-Associated Stridor}, volume={158}, ISSN={1098-4275}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1542/peds.2025-075788}, DOI={10.1542/peds.2025-075788}, number={2}, journal={Pediatrics}, publisher={American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)}, author={Oren, Itamar and Cahan, Lea Ohana Sarna and Gil-ad, Segev and Juven Wetzler, Nadav and Ben Hamo, Miriam and Weiser, Giora and Biro, Yael and Gordon, Oren and Hashavya, Saar}, year={2026}, month=July } . Pediatrics.

Gender influences on clinical decisions in pediatric emergency department headache visits @article{Ohana_Sarna_Cahan_2026, title={Gender influences on clinical decisions in pediatric emergency department headache visits}, volume={99}, ISSN={0735-6757}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem.2025.09.028}, DOI={10.1016/j.ajem.2025.09.028}, journal={The American Journal of Emergency Medicine}, publisher={Elsevier BV}, author={Ohana Sarna Cahan, Lea and Ben-Hamo, Miriam and Edrees, Jehad and Moshe, Adi Bracha and Gross, Itai and Hashavya, Saar}, year={2026}, month=Jan, pages={83–89} } . The American Journal of Emergency Medicine.

Sleep Identification Enabled by Supervised Training Algorithms (SIESTA): An Open-Source Platform for Automatic Sleep Staging of Rodent Electrocorticographic and Electromyographic Data @article{Beck_2025, title={Sleep Identification Enabled by Supervised Training Algorithms (SIESTA): An Open-Source Platform for Automatic Sleep Staging of Rodent Electrocorticographic and Electromyographic Data}, volume={40}, ISSN={1552-4531}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/07487304251336649}, DOI={10.1177/07487304251336649}, number={4}, journal={Journal of Biological Rhythms}, publisher={SAGE Publications}, author={Beck, Asad I. and Caldart, Carlos S. and Ben-Hamo, Miriam and Weil, Tenley A. and Perez, Jazmine G. and Kalume, Franck and Brunton, Bingni W. and de la Iglesia, Horacio O. and Sanchez, Raymond E. A.}, year={2025}, month=June, pages={330–346} } . Journal of Biological Rhythms.

Fiberoptic laryngoscopy findings in pediatric burn patients referred to the pediatric emergency department @article{Cahan_2025, title={Fiberoptic laryngoscopy findings in pediatric burn patients referred to the pediatric emergency department}, volume={89}, ISSN={0735-6757}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem.2024.12.064}, DOI={10.1016/j.ajem.2024.12.064}, journal={The American Journal of Emergency Medicine}, publisher={Elsevier BV}, author={Cahan, Lea Ohana Sarna and Kotovich, Dmitry and Hamo, Miram Ben and Gross, Menahem and Cahan, Stav Sarna and Hashavya, Saar}, year={2025}, month=Mar, pages={195–198} } . The American Journal of Emergency Medicine.

Ivana L. Bussi, Miriam Ben-Hamo, Luis E. Salazar Leon, Leandro P. Casiraghi, Victor Y. Zhang, Alexandra F. Neitz, Jeffrey Lee, Joseph S. Takahashi, Jeansok J. Kim, Horacio O. de la Iglesia (2024). The circadian molecular clock in the suprachiasmatic nucleus is necessary but not sufficient for fear entrainment . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Miloh-Raz, H., Ben-Hamo, M., Minsky, N., Zacay, G., & Segal-Lieberman, G. (2023). Excess weight and sociodemographic risk factors for SARS-CoV-2 infection in Israel. Harefuah, 162, 666-671.

Habitat aridity as a determinant of the trade-off between water conservation and evaporative heat loss in bats @article{Mu_oz_Garcia_2022, title={Habitat aridity as a determinant of the trade-off between water conservation and evaporative heat loss in bats}, volume={192}, ISSN={1432-136X}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00360-021-01425-2}, DOI={10.1007/s00360-021-01425-2}, number={2}, journal={Journal of Comparative Physiology B}, publisher={Springer Science and Business Media LLC}, author={Muñoz-Garcia, Agustí and Ben-Hamo, Miriam and Pilosof, Shai and Williams, Joseph B. and Korine, Carmi}, year={2022}, month=Jan, pages={325–333} } . Journal of Comparative Physiology B.

Lipid composition of the stratum corneum in different regions of the body of Kuhl's pipistrelle from the Negev Desert, Israel @article{Cockley_2021, title={Lipid composition of the stratum corneum in different regions of the body of Kuhl’s pipistrelle from the Negev Desert, Israel}, volume={262}, ISSN={1095-6433}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpa.2021.111074}, DOI={10.1016/j.cbpa.2021.111074}, journal={Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology}, publisher={Elsevier BV}, author={Cockley, Alexis and Champagne, Alex M. and Ben-Hamo, Miriam and Pinshow, Berry and Korine, Carmi and Muñoz-Garcia, Agustí}, year={2021}, month=Dec, pages={111074} } . Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology.

Noga C. Minsky, Dafna Pachter, Galia Zacay, Naama Chishlevitz, Miriam Ben-Hamo, Dana Weiner, Gabriella Segal-Lieberman(2021). Managing Obesity in Lockdown: Survey of Health Behaviors and Telemedicine . Nutrients. 13. (4). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 1359. {MDPI} {AG}

Noga C. Minsky, Dafna Pachter, Galia Zacay, Naama Chishlevitz, Miriam Ben-Hamo, Dana Weiner, Gabriella Segal-Lieberman (2021). Managing Obesity in Lockdown: Survey of Health Behaviors and Telemedicine . Nutrients.

Miriam Ben-Hamo, David Ezra, Helena Krasnov, Lior Blank(2020). Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Mal Secco Disease Spread in Lemon Orchards in Israel . Phytopathology®. 110. (4). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 863--872. Scientific Societies

Circadian regulation of sleep in a pre-clinical model of Dravet syndrome: dynamics of sleep stage and siesta re-entrainment @article{Sanchez_2019, title={Circadian regulation of sleep in a pre-clinical model of Dravet syndrome: dynamics of sleep stage and siesta re-entrainment}, volume={42}, ISSN={1550-9109}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsz173}, DOI={10.1093/sleep/zsz173}, number={12}, journal={Sleep}, publisher={Oxford University Press (OUP)}, author={Sanchez, Raymond E A and Bussi, Ivana L and Ben-Hamo, Miriam and Caldart, Carlos S and Catterall, William A and De La Iglesia, Horacio O}, year={2019}, month=July } . Sleep.

Kisspeptin Neurons in the Arcuate Nucleus of the Hypothalamus Orchestrate Circadian Rhythms and Metabolism @article{Padilla_2019, title={Kisspeptin Neurons in the Arcuate Nucleus of the Hypothalamus Orchestrate Circadian Rhythms and Metabolism}, volume={29}, ISSN={0960-9822}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.01.022}, DOI={10.1016/j.cub.2019.01.022}, number={4}, journal={Current Biology}, publisher={Elsevier BV}, author={Padilla, Stephanie L. and Perez, Jazmine G. and Ben-Hamo, Miriam and Johnson, Christopher W. and Sanchez, Raymond E.A. and Bussi, Ivana L. and Palmiter, Richard D. and de la Iglesia, Horacio O.}, year={2019}, month=Feb, pages={592–604.e4} } . Current Biology.

Gideon P. Dunster, Luciano de la Iglesia, Miriam Ben-Hamo, Claire Nave, Jason G. Fleischer, Satchidananda Panda, Horacio O. de la Iglesia(2018). Sleepmore in Seattle: Later school start times are associated with more sleep and better performance in high school students . Science Advances. 4. (12). American Association for the Advancement of Science ({AAAS})

The Dorsal Medial Habenula Minimally Impacts Circadian Regulation of Locomotor Activity and Sleep @article{Hsu_2017, title={The Dorsal Medial Habenula Minimally Impacts Circadian Regulation of Locomotor Activity and Sleep}, volume={32}, ISSN={1552-4531}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0748730417730169}, DOI={10.1177/0748730417730169}, number={5}, journal={Journal of Biological Rhythms}, publisher={SAGE Publications}, author={Hsu, Yun-Wei A. and Gile, Jennifer J. and Perez, Jazmine G. and Morton, Glenn and Ben-Hamo, Miriam and Turner, Eric E. and de la Iglesia, Horacio O.}, year={2017}, month=Sept, pages={444–455} } . Journal of Biological Rhythms.

House sparrows offset the physiological trade‐off between immune response and feather growth by adjusting foraging behavior @article{Ben_Hamo_2017, title={House sparrows offset the physiological trade‐off between immune response and feather growth by adjusting foraging behavior}, volume={48}, ISSN={1600-048X}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jav.01252}, DOI={10.1111/jav.01252}, number={6}, journal={Journal of Avian Biology}, publisher={Wiley}, author={Ben‐Hamo, Miriam and Downs, Cynthia J. and Burns, Darren J. and Pinshow, Berry}, year={2017}, month=June, pages={837–845} } . Journal of Avian Biology.

Miriam Ben-Hamo, Tracy A. Larson, Leanne S. Duge, Carl Sikkema, Charles W. Wilkinson, Horacio O. de la Iglesia, Mónica M. C. González(2016). Circadian Forced Desynchrony of the Master Clock Leads to Phenotypic Manifestation of Depression in Rats . eneuro. 3. (6). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString ENEURO.0237--16.2016. Society for Neuroscience

Differential effects of photoperiod length on depression- and anxiety-like behavior in female and male diurnal spiny mice @article{Ben_Hamo_2016, title={Differential effects of photoperiod length on depression- and anxiety-like behavior in female and male diurnal spiny mice}, volume={165}, ISSN={0031-9384}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2016.06.030}, DOI={10.1016/j.physbeh.2016.06.030}, journal={Physiology & Behavior}, publisher={Elsevier BV}, author={Ben-Hamo, Miriam and Tal, Katy and Paz-Cohen, Rotem and Kronfeld-Schor, Noga and Einat, Haim}, year={2016}, month=Oct, pages={1–6} } . Physiology & Behavior.

Miriam Ben-Hamo, Agustí Muñoz-Garcia, Paloma Larrain, Berry Pinshow, Carmi Korine, Joseph B. Williams(2016). The cutaneous lipid composition of bat wing and tail membranes: a case of convergent evolution with birds . Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 283. (1833). Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 20160636. The Royal Society

Metabolic rate, evaporative water loss and thermoregulatory state in four species of bats in the Negev desert @article{Mu_oz_Garcia_2016, title={Metabolic rate, evaporative water loss and thermoregulatory state in four species of bats in the Negev desert}, volume={191}, ISSN={1095-6433}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpa.2015.10.010}, DOI={10.1016/j.cbpa.2015.10.010}, journal={Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology}, publisher={Elsevier BV}, author={Muñoz-Garcia, Agustí and Larraín, Paloma and Ben-Hamo, Miriam and Cruz-Neto, Ariovaldo and Williams, Joseph B. and Pinshow, Berry and Korine, Carmi}, year={2016}, month=Jan, pages={156–165} } . Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology.

Behavioural responses during feather replacement in house sparrows @article{Ben_Hamo_2015, title={Behavioural responses during feather replacement in house sparrows}, volume={47}, ISSN={1600-048X}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jav.00651}, DOI={10.1111/jav.00651}, number={1}, journal={Journal of Avian Biology}, publisher={Wiley}, author={Ben‐Hamo, Miriam and Burns, Darren John and Bauchinger, Ulf and Mukherjee, Shomen and Embar, Keren and Pinshow, Berry}, year={2015}, month=Sept, pages={103–108} } . Journal of Avian Biology.

A new thermoregulatory index for heterothermy @article{Mu_oz_Garcia_2013, title={A new thermoregulatory index for heterothermy}, volume={5}, ISSN={2041-210X}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/2041-210x.12131}, DOI={10.1111/2041-210x.12131}, number={2}, journal={Methods in Ecology and Evolution}, publisher={Wiley}, author={Muñoz‐Garcia, Agustí and Ben‐Hamo, Miriam and Korine, Carmi and Pinshow, Berry and Williams, Joseph B.}, editor={O’Hara, Robert B.}, year={2013}, month=Nov, pages={141–145} } . Methods in Ecology and Evolution.

Ambient temperature and nutritional stress influence fatty acid composition of structural and fuel lipids in Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) tissues @article{Ben_Hamo_2013, title={Ambient temperature and nutritional stress influence fatty acid composition of structural and fuel lipids in Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) tissues}, volume={166}, ISSN={1095-6433}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpa.2013.06.017}, DOI={10.1016/j.cbpa.2013.06.017}, number={2}, journal={Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology}, publisher={Elsevier BV}, author={Ben-Hamo, Miriam and McCue, Marshall D. and Khozin-Goldberg, Inna and McWilliams, Scott R. and Pinshow, Berry}, year={2013}, month=Oct, pages={244–250} } . Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology.

Waking to drink: rates of evaporative water loss determine arousal frequency in hibernating bats @article{Ben_Hamo_2013, title={Waking to drink: rates of evaporative water loss determine arousal frequency in hibernating bats}, volume={216}, ISSN={0022-0949}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.078790}, DOI={10.1242/jeb.078790}, number={4}, journal={Journal of Experimental Biology}, publisher={The Company of Biologists}, author={Ben-Hamo, Miriam and Muñoz-Garcia, Agustí and Williams, Joseph B. and Korine, Carmi and Pinshow, Berry}, year={2013}, month=Feb, pages={573–577} } . Journal of Experimental Biology.

Huddling house sparrows remain euthermic at night, and conserve body mass @article{Burns_2012, title={Huddling house sparrows remain euthermic at night, and conserve body mass}, volume={44}, ISSN={1600-048X}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-048x.2012.00018.x}, DOI={10.1111/j.1600-048x.2012.00018.x}, number={2}, journal={Journal of Avian Biology}, publisher={Wiley}, author={Burns, Darren John and Ben‐Hamo, Miriam and Bauchinger, Ulf and Pinshow, Berry}, year={2012}, month=Dec, pages={198–202} } . Journal of Avian Biology.

The Relationship between Cutaneous Water Loss and Thermoregulatory State in Kuhl’s Pipistrelle<i>Pipistrellus kuhlii</i>, a Vespertillionid Bat @article{Mu_oz_Garcia_2012, title={The Relationship between Cutaneous Water Loss and Thermoregulatory State in Kuhl’s Pipistrelle<i>Pipistrellus kuhlii</i>, a Vespertillionid Bat}, volume={85}, ISSN={1537-5293}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/666989}, DOI={10.1086/666989}, number={5}, journal={Physiological and Biochemical Zoology}, publisher={University of Chicago Press}, author={Muñoz-Garcia, Agustí and Ben-Hamo, Miriam and Pinshow, Berry and Williams, Joseph B. and Korine, Carmi}, year={2012}, month=Sept, pages={516–525} } . Physiological and Biochemical Zoology.

Dietary fatty acid composition influences tissue lipid profiles and regulation of body temperature in Japanese quail @article{Ben_Hamo_2011, title={Dietary fatty acid composition influences tissue lipid profiles and regulation of body temperature in Japanese quail}, volume={181}, ISSN={1432-136X}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00360-011-0558-2}, DOI={10.1007/s00360-011-0558-2}, number={6}, journal={Journal of Comparative Physiology B}, publisher={Springer Science and Business Media LLC}, author={Ben-Hamo, Miriam and McCue, Marshall D. and McWilliams, Scott R. and Pinshow, Berry}, year={2011}, month=Feb, pages={807–816} } . Journal of Comparative Physiology B.

Fasting triggers hypothermia, and ambient temperature modulates its depth in Japanese quail Coturnix japonica @article{Ben_Hamo_2010, title={Fasting triggers hypothermia, and ambient temperature modulates its depth in Japanese quail Coturnix japonica}, volume={156}, ISSN={1095-6433}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpa.2009.12.020}, DOI={10.1016/j.cbpa.2009.12.020}, number={1}, journal={Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology}, publisher={Elsevier BV}, author={Ben-Hamo, Miriam and Pinshow, Berry and McCue, Marshall D. and McWilliams, Scott R. and Bauchinger, Ulf}, year={2010}, month=May, pages={84–91} } . Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology.

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Ivana L. Bussi, Miriam Ben-Hamo, Luis E. Salazar Leon, Leandro P. Casiraghi, Victor Y. Zhang, Alexandra F. Neitz, Jeffrey Lee, Joseph S. Takahashi, Jeansok J. Kim, Horacio O. de la Iglesia (2023). The circadian molecular clock in the suprachiasmatic nucleus is necessary but not sufficient for fear entrainment in the mouse .

BOOK CHAPTER

Miriam Ben-Hamo, Agustí Muñoz-Garcia, Berry Pinshow(2012). Physiological Responses to Fasting in Bats . Comparative Physiology of Fasting, Starvation, and Food Limitation. Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Localization.LocalizedHtmlString 257–275. Springer Berlin Heidelberg