Funded Researchers: 2026-2027

Rachel Offenbacher, MD

Chaim Sheba Medical Center
Career Development Award

Amos Danielli, PhD

Bar-Ilan University
Project Grant

Ronit Elhasid, MD

Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
Project Grant

Michal Hershfinkel, PhD

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Project Grant

Rom David Keshet, MD, PhD

Sheba Medical Center
Project Grant

Niv Papo, PhD, MD

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Project Grant

Ruth Scherz-Shouval, PhD

Weizmann Institute of Science
Project Grant

Eitan Shaulian, PhD

Hebrew University Medical School
Project Grant

Tomer Shlomi, PhD

Technion, Israel Institute of Technology
Project Grant

Ori Wald, MD, PhD

Hadassah Medical Organization
Project Grant

Funded Researchers: 2025-2026

Avinoam Bar-Zion, PhD

Technion, Israel Institute of Technology
Research Career Development Award

Naama Barkai, PhD

Weizmann Institute of Science
Genome navigation by the disordered N-terminus of the Steroid Nuclear Receptors

Avi-Hai Hovav, PhD

Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Project Grant – Oral Cancer

Adit Ben-Baruch, PhD

Tel Aviv University
The expanding world of NUCLEAR PD-L1 functions, regulation and clinical relevance in breast cancer

Ran Elkon, PhD

Tel Aviv University
Project Grant, Breast Cancer

Yoni Haitin, PhD

Tel Aviv University
Project Grant, Chloride intracellular channel proteins (CLICs)

Tali Ilovitsh, PhD

Tel Aviv University
Noninvasive brain tumor biopsy: Ultrasound-based detection of circulating GBM biomarkers

Ron Kimmel, PhD

Technion, Israel Institute of Technology
Project Grant – Breast Cancer

Nir London, PhD

Weizmann Institute of Science
Project Grant, Colorectal Cancer, Lung Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer, Pediatric Cancer

Gabriel Nussbaum, MD, PhD

Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Project Grant, Pancreatic Cancer

Amir Orian, MD, PhD

Technion, Israel Institute of Technology
Project Grant,
Bone Cancers, Carcinomas, Sarcoma, Skin Cancer

Yardena Samuels, PhD

Weizmann Institute of Science
Project Grant – Pancreatic Cancer

Eilon Sherman, PhD

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Project Grant, Breast Cancer, Ovarian and Uterine Cancer

Reuven Stein, PhD

Tel Aviv University
Project Grant – Brain Cancer, Cancer Metastasis

Dr. Jonathan Cohen, MD, PhD

Hadassah Medical Organization
Project Grant – Peptide Inhibition of SLAMF6