About the Gray Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences

The Gray Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences is Israel’s leading and largest medical research and training complex. The Faculty, made up of the Gray School of Medicine, Goldschlager School of Dental Medicine, Steyer School of Health Professions, and School of Public Health, engages in joint teaching and research programs with nearly every faculty at Tel Aviv University and multi-nationally with schools, hospitals and research centers throughout the world. Physicians in 180 faculty-affiliated departments and institutes in 18 medical centers and HMOs hold academic appointments at Tel Aviv University. The Gitter-Smolarz Life Sciences and Medicine Library serves students and staff and is the center of a consortium of 15 hospital libraries.

The Gray Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences is known for research in the following areas: cancer biology, stem cells, diabetes, neurodegenerative diseases, infectious diseases and genetic diseases, such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. Research conducted here is multidisciplinary, as scientists and clinicians combine efforts in basic and translational research. Research is conducted in the laboratories on the TAU campus, and in the clinical facilities affiliated with the Faculty. This network of preclinical and clinical teams helps realize the ultimate goals of the research: the basic understanding of human pathophysiology and the improvement of prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease.

The student body is made up of 1450 Israeli students enrolled in the 6-year M.D. degree program, with 175 incoming students per year, and a 4-year program for 175 students per year pursuing an M.D. degree. Approximately 400 students study dental medicine in a six-year D.M.D. program and another 2,000 students are enrolled in the health professions programs for degrees in Communications Disorders, Nursing Sciences, Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy. The Faculty's Graduate School for Advanced Studies trains approximately 1050 masters and doctoral level students in the biomedical disciplines, with a special emphasis on a multidisciplinary approach and application of fundamental knowledge to important biomedical problems.