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Nurit Fischer-Shemer, PhD, MSW, MEd

Assistant Clinical Professor & Coordinator for Interprofessional Education / PhD, MSW, MEd
School of Health Sciences / University of the Pacific
Sacramento, CA, United States

Nurit Fischer-Shemer, assistant clinical professor in the social work program and Coordinator for Interprofessional Education in the Master of Social Work Department, School of Health Sciences, University of the Pacific, Sacramento, is a social work educator specializing in health and mental health perspectives of generational historical trauma among individuals, families, and communities. Her research and work are community-based, with a focus on health care services, losses, grief processes, coping and resilience mechanisms within life span perspectives, and with an emphasis on older adults. Her educational philosophy is student centered and she has teaching experience in universities, schools, and communities. She believes in a holistic approach to health which recognizes the whole person in their environment.
Dr. Fischer-Shemer has a master of social work and doctoral degree in social welfare from the University at Buffalo, New York. Prior to her career in social work, she earned a pharmacy degree from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and worked in multiple health settings in the
public, private and military sectors. She also holds a master degree in science and technology education from Be’er Sheva University of the Negev, where she worked on the development and evaluation of educational programs and studied attitudes and sources of information of young people.

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