Socio-cultural and Medical Anthropologist
**Dr. Yael Assor is a socio-cultural and medical anthropologist whose research investigates how culturally dependent moral frameworks shape health policy and healthcare decision tools, including cost-effectiveness analysis and notions of “objectivity” in bureaucratic practices. Her work draws on ethnographic fieldwork to explore how ethical assumptions influence resource allocation in national healthcare systems, with several articles in prominent peer-reviewed journals. **
Dr. Assor is a senior lecturer (equivalent to assistant professor) at the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Beyond academia, she founded the Inter-Organizational Forum for Reducing Health Gaps in East Jerusalem, addressing disparities in community healthcare access.