Awardees of Faculty of Medicine Internal Grants
The proposals were evaluated by members of the Faculty's Research Funds Committee, focusing on criteria including innovation, importance of the topic and scientific value of the proposal. We are pleased to announce the awardees of the Faculty of Medicine's research funds. Coordinated by Prof. Pia Raanani and Ms. Eynat Sofer.
| Dr. Miki Haifler | Prediction of recurrence and progression of non-muscle invasive bladder cancer with interpherometric phase microscopy | The Dr. Adolph and Klara Brettler Endowment Fund in Urology |
| Dr. Uri Ben David | The role of CDC20 in the response of aneuploid cells to spindle assembly checkpoint inhibitors | The Marguerite Stolz Research Fellowship Fund for Junior Faculty in Medicine |
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Dr. Sarina Levy-Mendelovich |
Proteosome profile in hemophilia A patients with inhibitors? Can they be a biomarker? |
The Marguerite Stolz Research Fellowship Fund for Junior Faculty in Medicine |
| Dr. Alona Emodi - Perlman | The correlation between CT imaging and Micro CT imaging and the histology of the hyoid bone: A preliminary study |
The Marguerite Stolz Research Fellowship Fund for Junior Faculty in Medicine |
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Dr. Weinberg Evgeny |
Isolation of oral mucosa-derived mesenchymal stem cells for tissue and organ regeneration | The Dr. Herman Schauder Memorial Endowment Fund |
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Dr. Natalia Freund |
Deciphering the effects of anti-TNFα therapy on B cell responses in patients with IBD | The Dr. Sterna Kaufman Germanis and Eng. Alexander Germanis Research Fund in Gas |
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Dr. Romy Zemel |
Studying urinary exosomes in kidney rejection- proteome profiling for discovery of biomarkers for early detection of kidney rejection | The Dr. Herman Schauder Memorial Endowment Fund |
| Prof. Tami Livant | 3K3A-APC- a potential innovative treatment for multifactorial retinal pathologies | The Dr. Ernest and Nusia Gothelf Research Fund |
| Prof Annick Raas-Rothschild | Elucidating the molecular basis of recognizable genetic syndromes manifesting with multiple congenital craniofacial anomalies |
The Benjamin and Rebecca Bernard Foundation for Pediatric Research |
| Prof. Nir Osherov | Novel genes involved in azole resistance in the human pathogenic mold Aspergillus fumigatus |
Lior Sima Medical Research Fund |
| Dr. Michael Peled | The immunoregulatory role of SECTM1 in the tumor microenvironment | The Bernard Jakobson Foundation for Cancer Research |
| Prof. Navah Z. Ratzon | Training of driving: An intervention for adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder | Bircher-Benner Fund for Preventive Medicine |
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Dr. Idit Dekel |
Bridging the gap between the emergency department and outpatient care: feasibility of a short-term psychiatric crisis intervention for children and adolescents | The Benjamin and Rebecca Bernard Foundation for Pediatric Research |
| Dr. Ido Laskov | Chlamydia Trachomatis infection in primary fallopian tubes and ovarian cancer | The Dr. Leo Mintz Research Fund in Gynecology |
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Dr. Ayelet Zlotogorski |
Multi-focal epithelial tumors of the oral mucosa and their relation to initial changes that occur within the stromal cells: a combined molecular and machine learning study | The Ester Halperne-Bernstein Fund for Cancer Research |
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Prof. Jonathan Leor |
Role of cardiac extracellular vesicles in tumor growth and metastasis | The Dr. D. Chiternik and Chaya Silva Chiternik Z"L Fund |
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Dr. Yael Zaltz |
The neural mechanisms underlying speech perception in the very elderly |
The Rivka Z''L Nacht Medical Fund |
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Dr. Yael Zaltz |
The neural mechanisms underlying speech perception in the very elderly | The Nely Horovitz Research Fund for Neurological Diseases |
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Dr. Galia Gat-Yablonski |
SIRT1- a new target for treating inflammatory induced growth attenuation at the growth plate | Dave and Rivka Dektor Fund for Health Care |
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Dr. Galia Gat-Yablonski |
SIRT1- a new target for treating inflammatory induced growth attenuation at the growth plate | The Tibor Blaha and Elizabeth Rubinstein de Blaha Research Fund in Medicine |
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Dr. Yoel Angel |
Virtual reality-based emotional training as a tool to promote sense of empathy, satisfaction, and quality of care in the internal medicine ward |
The Wladimir Schreiber Foundation for Medical Research |
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Prof. Ilan Tsarfaty |
VRK1 and RASGRP3 - MET/p53 inherited driver modifier genes - novel targets for breast cancer | The Karl and Leonora Fingerhut Fund for Cancer Research |
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Dr. Yoni Haitin |
Structural basis for GGPPS inhibition by novel small molecules: Implication for multiple myeloma therapy | The Karl and Leonora Fingerhut Fund for Cancer Research |
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Dr. Raya Leibowitz |
Studying the involvement and significance of the co-stimulatory checkpoint protein TNFSF4 in the ‘immunological synapses’ within the melanoma microenvironment | The Dr. D. Chiternik and Chaya Silva Chiternik Z"L Fund |
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Dr. Keren Shemtov-Yona |
Study of monocyte/macrophage immune modulation using piezoelectric substrate materials |
Lior Sima Medical Research Fund |
