Leah Shelef completed her Ph.D. degree from the Louis & Gabi Weisfeld School of Social Work, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel. She currently serves as a Dean of the School of Social Work, Sapir College. She is also a research consultant in the IDF Combat Reaction Unit. Prior to that, she was the Head of the Psychology Branch, Air Force, Department of Health and Well-Being, Medical Corps, Israel Defense Forces, Ramat Gan, Israel. Her areas of research mainly focus on risk and protective factors for suicide and PTSD, emotion regulation, and post-traumatic growth among soldiers and military veterans.