Dr. Riki Tesler

Dr. Tesler is currently a lecturer in the Department of Health Systems Management at Ariel University in Ariel, Israel. She lectures on the topics of health education and promotion, epidemiology, the sociology of health, and risk and health behaviors among teenagers and adults, with a particular emphasis on intervention programs. She is a researcher connected to the international Health Behavior in School-Aged Children (HBSC) program, which focuses on the health and welfare of children and youth. Her post-doctoral research at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology (Haifa, Israel) focused on the development, planning, and implementation of intervention programs to promote healthy behavior patterns among at-risk youth, in cooperation with and funded by the Jewish National Fund. Her current research includes health-promotion policy in health-promoting schools (relating to healthy behavior, physical activity, and eating habits) and risk behavior patterns among various age groups.