Students (MA, PhD)

PhD Students

Hadar Eliash (submitted, 2026)

Co-supervised with Prof. Sharon Sznitman, School of Public Health, University of Haifa

"Examining the Influence of Risk Information Detail (RID) in Messages Aimed at Reducing the Risk of Driving under the Influence of Cannabis"

Publication: Eliash-Fizik, H., Lewis, N., & Sznitman, S. (2026). The devil is in the details: Exploring the impact of Risk Behavior Detail (RBD) in messages targeting cannabis-impaired driving. Health Communication. Online ahead of print - https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2025.2610730 

Ayelet Har-Even (approved, 2025)

Co-supervised with Prof. Sharon Sznitman, School of Public Health, University of Haifa

"Appeals to Cannabis Identity and Harm Reduction vs. Abstinence as Moderators of Narrative Persuasion effects"

Publication: Har-Even, A., Lewis, N.,  Eliash-Fizik, H., & Sznitman, S. (2025). Haven't I waited long enough? The role of wait times and subjective impairment in cannabis-related driving behavior. International Journal of Drug Policy, 135, 104654. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104654 

Yaron Connelly (approved, 2023)

Co-supervised with Prof. Ilan Talmud, Department of Sociology, University of Haifa

"Online Health Literacy in an Age of Decentralization of Control over Medical Information: A New Operationalization"

Publication: Connelly, Y., Lewis, N., Talmud, I., & Giora, K (2025). Information processing likelihood, eHealth literacy and complexity of search strategies as predictors of health decision-making quality. New Media and Society, 27(2), 1152-1171. https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448231189856 

Nancy Shekter-Porat  (approved, 2023)

Co-supervised with Prof. Oren Meyers, Department of Communication, University of Haifa

"The Impact of Health Information Seeking on Rare Disease Patients' Online Information Seeking, Patient-Clinician Interaction, and Patient-to-Patient Communication" (submitted 9/2022)

MA Students

Ahmad Mahamid (2025 - )

"Formative campaign research to prevent smoking among Arab youth in Israel" 

Naama Meir (graduated - 2024)

Co-supervised with Prof. Orit Hetzroni, Faculty of Education, University of Haifa 

"Effects of Communication Medium and Degree of Control of Video-Mediated Communication on Information Processing and Communication Effectiveness among Individuals with Autism"

Publication: Lewis, N., Meir, N., & Hetzroni, O. (2026). How does neurodiversity impact information processing, communicative competence and task performance in video mediated interactions? Journal of Applied Communication Research. 

Online ahead of print - https://doi.org/10.1080/00909882.2026.2648243 

Anna Solodkina (graduated - 2022)

"Formative Research for a Strategic Campaign to Promote Mentoring in a Large Corporate Organization"

David Ben-Shitrit (graduated - 2021)

Co-supervised with Prof. Jonathan Cohen, Department of Communication, University of Haifa

"Expository Message Engagement as a Measure for Central Processing"

Hadar Eliash (graduated - 2019)

"News Media Coverage of Anorexia: Examining the Effects of Health News Media Coverage on Risk Self-Efficacy (RSE)"

Publication: Lewis, N., & Eliash, H. (2022). Exposure to Risk Information Detail (RID) in News Coverage of Anorexia Increases Self-Efficacy to Perform Risky Behaviors. Health Communication, 37(6), 708-716. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2020.1864890 

Ofer Yaacov (graduated - 2018)

Co-supervised with Prof. Israel Doron, Department of Gerontology, University of Haifa 

"Stereotypes against the Elderly in Marketing via Social Networks"

Eran Pick (graduated - 2018)

"Predictors of Information Seeking about Drugs: The role of Need for Cognition in Information Seeking and Intention to use Drugs"