Autism Center
The Autism Center conducts research into autism and offers training, clinical services and community engagement to assist people on the autism spectrum and their families, free of charge. The center operates within the university's School of Social Work and Social Welfare.
Occupational Therapy Services for At-Risk Populations
Students at the School of Occupational Therapy develop and provide occupational therapy services for at-risk populations. These include migrant children and asylum seekers in educational settings, the elderly in day care centers, and other at-risk populations at rehabilitation centers and in sheltered housing.
Health Promotion in Jerusalem — Stages Program
Medical students volunteer in programs that promote a healthy lifestyle among people from disadvantaged communities in the city. These programs include:
- Mental health and rehabilitation projects, primarily promoting healthy nutrition and exercise.
- Programs for the elderly, teaching them how to avoid falls, eat healthily, and improve the quality of their sleep.
- Emergency medicine for homeless people provided at clinics for refugees and at the Open House for Pride and Tolerance clinic.
- Promoting early diagnosis and treatment of children with developmental delays in East Jerusalem.
Promotion of Public Health in Bayit Vagan
Researchers and students at the Braun School of Public Health and Community Medicine provide an integrative workshop which promotes physical activity and a healthy diet, free of charge, to residents of the Bayit Vagan neighborhood.
Discounted Dental Care for People from Disadvantaged Communities
The university’s Faculty of Dentistry provides discounted dental care to people who would otherwise struggle to pay for their own dental care. Dental students and faculty members raise the money to fund these treatments for the benefit of the elderly, poor children, residents of sheltered housing, and Holocaust survivors. In this way, dental care becomes another arm of current preventive health care and health promotion projects that are provided to the elderly at their day centers.
The 'Eye-Opener' Project
Many children in Ethiopia suffer from blindness at birth due to cataracts. A faculty member of the Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences travels to Ethiopia to provide these children with free surgical treatment and follow-up therapy to optimize their chances for sight recovery. Nearly 100 children have been treated through the Eye-Opener project.