Dr. Ksenya Shulyaev

Dr. Ksenya Shulyaev is a social psychologist and researcher at The Cheryl Spencer Institute of Nursing Research, Minerva Center on Intersectionality in Aging, Center of Research & Study of Aging, University of Haifa, and lecturer at Sheanan College of Education, Haifa. She completed her doctoral research on intergenerational family relationships in modern Russia at Moscow State University, Russia, and her post-doctoral research at the Department of Nursing, Faculty of Welfare and Health, University of Haifa, Israel, under the supervision of Professor Anna Zisberg. Dr. Shulyaev combines qualitative and quantitative skills of data collection and analysis. During her post-doctoral fellowship, she was responsible for data management and analysis of a Big Data set coming from numerous sources and participants focusing on psychological and cultural aspects of patients and their family caregivers affecting clinical outcomes.

Research Interests:

  • Depression in later life
  • Personal relationships and attachment in old age
  • Family caregiving
  • Social gerontology
  • Cultural differences
  • Intersectionality in aging

She can be contacted at: kshulyaeva@gmail.com