Aron M Troen

Biographic Data

ID4422754
NAMEAron M Troen
GIVEN NAMESAron M
FAMILY NAMETroen
SIGNATURETROEN A M
AFFILIATIONSHebrew University of Jerusalem
ORCID0000-0001-9738-2524
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS1
AUTHOR COUNT6
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2011
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • Philanthropic food assistance in high-income countries: Lessons from Israel’s food-aid network

    Open AccessMoran Accos, Orly Tamir et al.ARTICLEFood Policy2026

    Food insecurity (FI) in high-income countries (HICs) is increasingly addressed by philanthropic food-aid organizations that operate with limited state oversight. Such is the case in Israel, a high-income country that faces persistent FI and social inequality, but has never conducted a comprehensive mapping of its philanthropic food-aid network. This study is the first national-level analysis of food-aid NGOs in Israel. We evaluated their distribu…

  • Israel and Gaza: Keeping Room for Hope Based on Past Cooperation in Public Health

    Theodore H Tulchinsky, Aron M Troen et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2025References: 8

    From 1967 until the mid-1990s, civilian health care in the Gaza Strip was administered by the Israel Defense Forces’ Civil Administration, under the direction of the Israeli Ministry of Health. During this period, the Palestinian population of Gaza, along with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, partnered with Israeli health experts in a series of initiatives that achieved dramatic gains in immunization coverage, mother–child care, and di…

  • Economic analysis of food self-sufficiency: Modeling and application to the case of Israel

    Open AccessYehuda Slater, Israel Finkelshtain et al.ARTICLEFood Policy2025Cited by: 1References: 2

  • Challenges and obstacles implementing evidence-based food fortification policy in a high-income country

    Open AccessRonit Endevelt, Theodore H Tulchinsky et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2023

    The World Health Organization (WHO) recognizes food fortification as one of the most cost-effective and beneficial public health measures available. Mass fortification policies and regulations can reduce health disparities, including in high-income countries, by improving micronutrient intake among food-insecure or high-risk populations without changing their diet or behavior. While international health organizations have traditionally prioritize…

  • Can desalinated seawater contribute to iodine-deficiency disorders? An observation and hypothesis

    Open AccessYaniv S Ovadia, Dov Gefel et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2016

    Objective Over 300 million people rely on desalinated seawater and the numbers are growing. Desalination removes iodine from water and could increase the risk of iodine-deficiency disorders (IDD). The present study assessed the relationship between iodine intake and thyroid function in an area reliant on desalination. Design A case–control study was performed between March 2012 and March 2014. Thyroid function was rigorously assessed by clinical …

  • The Folate Hydrolase 1561C>T Polymorphism Is Associated With Depressive Symptoms in Puerto Rican Adults

    Xingwang Ye, Chao-Qiang Lai et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine2011

    Objective: To examine the associations between variants of genes involved in the uptake, retention, and metabolism of folate and depressive symptoms and to analyze whether such associations are direct or through mediation by folate or homocysteine. Methods: We performed a cross-sectional analysis of data from 976 Puerto Rican adults, aged 45 to 75 years, residing in the greater Boston area, Massachusetts. Twelve single nucleotide polymorphisms (S…