Curriculum Vitae

Personal Details                

Date of Birth: February 1, 1954

Work Address: Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, Institute of Medical Research Israel-Canada, and The Kuvin Center for the Study of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Ein Kerem, Jerusalem  91010, Israel; Phone: 972-2-6757080: Fax: 972-2-6757425. Email: alonw@ekmd.huji.ac.il.

Higher Education: 

1976-1979 BSc. Biology, HUJI (with distinction)

1979-1981 MSc. Medical Entomology HUJI (with distinction).      

1982-1986 PhD. Parasitology and Medical Entomology, HUJI. Supervisor-Y. Schlein.

1986-1988  Post doctoral Fellow - Yale University, Laboratory of Epidemiology and Public Health, New Haven, CT, USA. Host – R.B. Tesh / D. McMahon-Pratt.

1988-1989, World Health Organization's visiting expert on leishmaniasis. Centro Internacional de Investigaciones Medicas (CIDEIM), Cali, Colombia.

1989-1990, Wellcome Trust Research Fellow. Department of Medical Parasitology, The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.

1990-1993, Visiting Associate. Laboratory of Malaria Research, NIAID/NIH, Bethesda, USA.

Appointments at the Hebrew University: 

1/10/1993, Senior Lecturer, Department of  Parasitology Hebrew University - Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem Israel.

01/2006,    Associate Professor, Department of  Parasitology Hebrew University - Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem Israel.

02/2015,    Full Professor, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Hebrew University - Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem Israel.