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Haitham Amal Ph.D.

Assistant Professor/ Senior Lecturer
The Satell Family Professor of Brain Sciences
Affiliation: The School of Pharmacy at the Faculty of Medicine
Haitham.amal@mail.huji.ac.il
Office: 026758683
Personal Website

Research Interest: The role of mitochondrial and synaptic alterations in neurological disorders. We use proteomics, biochemical, pharmacological and behavioral tools to identify drug targets and biomarkers for diverse neurological disorders. 

 

Adi Aran

Adi Aran Ph.D.

Associate professor of Pediatrics
Director, Neuropediatric Unit, Shaare Zedek Medical Center
Chair, Israeli Child Neurology Association
Affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
aaran@szmc.org.il
02-26555414
Personal Website

Raphael Benhamou, Ph.D.

Raphael Benhamou, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, School of Pharmacy, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Principal Investigator, Benhamou Laboratory
Co-Founder, Renasis Bio
Vice President, Medicinal Chemistry Section, Israel Chemical Society
Affiliation: School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
raphael.benhamou@mail.huji.ac.il
02-6757038
Personal Website

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Ofra Benny Ph.D.

Head- The Lab of Nanomedicine and the Tumor Microenvironment
Professor in Pharmaceutical Sciences
Head of Pharmaceutics Discipline, HUJI
Affiliation: School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine
ofrab@ekmd.huji.ac.il
Office: +972-2-6757268
Personal Website

Research Interest: Nanomedicine, cancer therapy, drug  delivery, drug development, tissue engineering

Key Words: Nanoparticles, drug delivery, cancer

Elyad Davidson

Elyad Davidson M.D.

Chairman of Pain Relief Institute at Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center
Affiliation: Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center
edavidson@hadassah.org.il
02-6776911

Research Interest: Cannabis and anesthesia/ cannabis and acute and chronic pain/ long acting local anesthetics/ bench to market cannabis clinical research 

Keywords: cannabis, pain, anesthesia, local anesthesia.

 

Avi Domb

Abraham J. Domb Ph.D.

President, Jerusalem College of Technology (Machon Lev)
Affiliation: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Jerusalem College of Technology
avid@ekmd.huji.ac.il
02-6757573

Research Interest: Biopolymers- synthesis and characterization; Drug modification and delivery; Forensic science- fingerprint development

Key Words: biopolymers, drug delivery, biodegradation 

Sara Eyal Ph.D.

Sara Eyal Ph.D.

Head, drug distribution lab
Co-Chair, the Israeli League Against Epilepsy
Affiliation: School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
sara.eyal@mail.huji.ac.il
02-675-8667
Personal Website

Research Interest: We are interested in various aspects of the cannabinoid system in patients with epilepsy and in cannabinoid distribution within the human body.

Bruria Hirsh

Bruria Hirsh Raccah Ph.D.

Senior Lecturer, Division of Clinical Pharmacy
Clinical Pharmacist, Department of Cardiology, Hadassah University Medical Center, Jerusalem
Affiliation: Division of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, HUJI
bruria.hirsh@mail.huji.ac.il
+972547526786

Research Interest: Our lab is focused on investigating the cardiovascular safety of medical cannabis, particularly given its increasing use among oncology patients and the gaps in current cardiovascular safety data.

Francesca Levi-Schaffer

Francesca Levi-Schaffer PharmD, PhD

Head, Laboratory of Immunopharmacology: Asthma and Allergy, Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics
Affiliation: School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
francesal@ekmd.huji.ac.il
02-6757512
Personal Website

Research Interest: The role of endocannabinoids in allergic inflammation and the role of endocannabinoids in synergism with pro-resolving lipid mediators in resolution of allergic inflammation.

Ilan Matok Ph.D.

Ilan Matok Ph.D.

Pharmacoepidemiology Research Lab
Chair, Department of Clinical Pharmacy
David Eisenberg Chair in Pharmacy
ilan.matok@mail.huji.ac.il
Tel Office: +97226757578
Personal Website

Research Interest: Safety and efficacy of medical cannabinoids

Specific Research Topics on Cannabinoids:

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Avi Priel Ph.D.

Head, Lab of Molecular Pharmacology of Somatosensation and Pain
Head, Academic Committee of the Multidisciplinary Center for Cannabinoid Research
avip@ekmd.huji.ac.il
Office: +972-2-6757299

Research Interest: The molecular mechanism(s) of somatosensory TRP channels modulations by exogenous and endogenous cannabinoids.

Specific Research Topics on Cannabinoids:

Yakir Rottenberg

Yakir Rottenberg M.D.

Head, Palliative Service at Hadassah Medical Center
Member of the Academic Committee, Multidisciplinary Center for Cannabinoid Research
Head, Israeli Palliative care Group, ISCORT (The Israeli Society for Clinical Oncology and Radiation Therapy
ryakir@hadassah.org.il
Office: +97226777111
Personal Website

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Rami Yaka Ph.D.

Head, Lab of Addiction Neuroscience
Dr. Leon Deutsch and Dr. Mina Deutsch Chair in Psychopharmacology
yaka@md.huji.ac.il
Office: +972-2-6758735
Personal Website

Research interest: Understanding the molecular mechanism that underlies the neuroprotective effects of the cannabinoid system in different pathophysiological conditions. 

Specific Research Topics on Cannabinoids: