Ms. Inna Blus-Kadosh
- Medical Sociology
- STS (Science, Technology and Society)
- History and Philosophy of Science
- Gender Studies
- Health Activism
CV
Inna Blus-Kadosh is a biologist and sociologist researching diverse forms of medical activism and the interfaces between technology, medical knowledge, and varied lived experiences of body and health. She completed her BSc and MSc in biotechnology at Bar-Ilan University, followed by several years as a researcher in the biotech industry, before pursuing a direct-track PhD in the Gender Studies Program at Bar-Ilan University. She is currently a postdoctoral researcher on the "Imagining Data Futures: From DNA to Outer Space" project, where her work examines the socio-technological imaginaries shaping the development of DNA-based data storage, while probing the cultural, ethical, and political implications of these technologies for the future of knowledge and the body in the digital age.
Research
The doctoral dissertation, supervised by Dr. Gilly Hartal in Bar-Ilan University's Gender Studies Program, is the first to systematically examine the promotion of primary care services for Israel's trans population. The study maps the systemic barriers entrenched in the primary healthcare system that hinder access to “trans-friendly” care, while focusing on informal forms of patient activism that drive change through independent and community-based initiatives without requiring large-scale institutional reforms.
Inna's current postdoctoral position within the Azrieli-funded project Imagining Data Futures: From DNA to Outer Space, supervised by Dr. Ella Klik, investigates the cultural and techno-social imaginaries shaping DNA data storage technologies. Drawing on her molecular biology background and social research expertise, she examines how scientists, entrepreneurs, and media construct visions of "natural" biosynthetic futures, where digital data is encoded into biological molecules. This interdisciplinary approach illuminates the ethical, cultural, and political implications of these emerging technologies for redefining knowledge, progress, and the human body in the digital era.
Courses
Teaching assistant, “Advanced Qualitative Feminist Methodologies”, the Gender Studies Program, Bar-Ilan University
Co-organizer of the Queer Methodologies Research Group and the Medical Sociology Monthly Workshop
Publications
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
Blus-Kadosh, Inna and Hartal, Gilly (under review). Beyond the Curriculum: Negotiating Power and Knowledge in Informal Trans Health Educational Initiatives, Advances in Health Sciences Education
Blus-Kadosh, Inna and Hartal, Gilly (2025). Healthcare Professionals’ Advocacy Strategies for Trans-Inclusive Primary Care: A Qualitative Analysis, International Journal for Equity in Health 24, 188. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-025-02547-7
Blus-Kadosh, Inna and Hartal, Gilly (2024). “We have knowledge that is unique”: Patient activism and the promotion of trans-inclusive primary care. Social Science & Medicine, 344, 116654. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.116654
Har-Zahav, Adi, Lixandru, Daniela, Cheishvili, David, Valentin Matei, Ioan, Raluca Florea, Ioana, Madalina Aspritoiu, Veronica, Blus-Kadosh, Inna, Meivar-Levy, Irit, Serban, Andreea Madalina, Popescu, Irinel, Szyf, Moshe, Ferber, Sarah, and Olimpia Dima, Simona (2022). The role of DNA demethylation in liver to pancreas transdifferentiation. Stem Cell Research and Therapy, 13, 476. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13287-022-03159-6
Neznansky, Avi, Blus-Kadosh, Inna, Yerushalmi, Gal, Banin, Ehud and Opatowsky, Yarden (2014). The Pseudomonas aeruginosa phosphate transport protein PstS Plays a phosphate independent role in biofilm formation. The FASEB Journal, 28(12), 5223-5233. https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.14-258293
Blus-Kadosh, Inna, Zilka, Anat, Yerushalmi, Gal and Banin, Ehud (2013). The effect of pstS and phoB on quorum sensing and swarming motility in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. PLoS ONE 8(9): e74444. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0074444
Book Chapters
Blus-Kadosh, Inna (accepted, forthcoming). Pathologization. Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Gender, Sexuality and the Law. Edward Elgar Publishing
Blus-Kadosh, Inna and Hartal, Gilly (accepted, forthcoming). Ethics of Queer Qualitative Research. In: Herzog, Esther and Hazan, Haim (Eds.). Whose Field Is It? Ethics and Its Boundaries in Qualitative Research. Carmel Publishing House, Jerusalem [Hebrew]
Blus-Kadosh, Inna and Hartal, Gilly (accepted, forthcoming). Between queer and feminist theories and reality: an interdisciplinary perspective on times of crisis. In: Rozmarin, Miri and Levi-Herz, Rachel (Eds.). Current Gender Politics. Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, Jerusalem [Hebrew].
Blus-Kadosh, Inna (accepted, forthcoming). (Dis)placing the clinic: alternative infrastructures of trans health care. In: Boulila, Stefanie, Brown, Gavin, Browne, Kath, De Craene, Valerie, di Feliciantonio, Cesare, Hartal, Gilly, Filep, Ekaterina and Silva, Joseli Maria (Eds.) The Routledge Handbook of Sexualities and Space. Routledge, United Kingdom.
Blus-Kadosh, Inna, Rogel, Avner, Blatt, Ruth, and Hartal, Gilly (2023). Progress and challenges of the LGBT+ community in Israel. In: Kumaraswamy, P.R. (Ed.) The Palgrave International Handbook of Israel. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-2717-0_101-1
Edited Volume and Special Issues
Topic Coordinator for the special issue “Structural Inequities and Social Justice in LGBTI+ Health: Policy, Power, and Participation”, Frontiers in Public Health (forthcoming)
Media
Feminist behind the Iron Curtain
Outside the Protocol: Informal Initiatives as Spaces for Advancing Trans Healthcare Services
Paper presented at The First Academic Conference on Trans Studies, the Jerusalem Van Leer Institute
Last Updated Date : 01/03/2026
