Cancer and Molecular Therapies

Prof. Sivia Barnoy

Nursing genetics and information technology

Patients do not always share hereditary cancer information with their atrisk relatives Prof Barnoy is engaged in studies that deal with testing and disclosure of cancer genetic information to blood relatives. She examines factors such as stigma and health beliefs that might influence the decision to be tested and share test results with relatives

Prof. Barnoy, Department of Nursing, School of Health Professions, completed her nursing degree at the Hebrew University with distinction. She then obtained an M.Sc. (graduated with distinction) and Ph.D. at the Department of Human Genetics of the School of Medicine at Tel Aviv University. Barnoy served as the department chair between 2010-2014. She is active internationally in genetic nursing in the International Society for Nurses in Genetics, who in 2018 granted her the Founder Award for Excellence in Research. She was nominated as the Israeli delegate in the Global Genomic Nursing Alliance Initiative.

Her approach is unique as she studies this question from both the patients, the counselees, and counselors’ point of view. The Israeli law states that genetic information belongs to the counselees; however, her current results call for a rediscussion about the privacy of genetic information.