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Biography

Education

1970
B.Sc. in Physiology and Zoology, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
1970-1972
M.Sc. in Physiology, Department of Physiology, The Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel.
1973-1977
Ph.D., Department of Physiology, Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel. (Thesis: "Increased Production of Gamma Aminobutyryl choline in Cerebral Cortex Caused by Afferent Electrical Stimulation" (Thesis Advisors: Prof. J. Dobkin and Prof. J. Magnes).
1977-1979
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Physiological Chemistry and Pharmacology, Roche Institute of Molecular Biology, Nutley, New Jersey, U.S.A.

Positions held

1970-1972
Teaching and Research Assistant, Department of Physiology, The Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
1972-1974
Assistant Instructor, Department of Physiology, The Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
1975-1977
Instructor, Department of Physiology, The Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
1977-1979
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Physiological Chemistry and Pharmacology, Roche Institute of Molecular Biology, Nutley, New Jersey, U.S.A.
1979-1983
Lecturer, (REVSON fellowship) Department of Physiology, The Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
1981 (summer)
Visiting Scientist, Department of Physiological Chemistry and Pharmacology, Roche Institute of Molecular Biology, Nutley, New Jersey, USA
1983-1987
Senior Lecturer, Department of Physiology, The Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel.
1985-1986
Visiting Scientist, Laboratory of Theoretical and Physical Biology, NICHD, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
1988-1994
Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, The Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
1994-present
Professor of Physiology, Department of Physiology, The Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
1997-1998
Visiting Scientist, Laboratory of Mechanisms of Ocular Diseases, NEI, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
2007 (summer)
Visiting Professor, Department of Physiology, Pharmacology, Metabolism and cardiovascular Sciences, Medical Center University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, USA
2007-2011
Jacob Gitlin Chair in Physiology, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
​2011-present
​Walter & Greta Stiel Chair in Heart Studies, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem

Professional Membership

1979-present
International Society of Neurochemistry
1979-present
Israel Society for Physiological and Pharmacological
1980-present
Society of Neurosciences (Europe)
1986-present
The American Society of Hypertension
1992-present
Israeli Society for Neurosciences
1999-present
The American Physiological Society

Editorial Tasks

Serving as a Reviewer for the scientific journals:
  • American Journal of Hypertension
  • Journal of Neural Transmission
  • American Journal of Physiology
  • Journal of Neurochemistry
  • Apoptosis
  • Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
  • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
  • Life Sciences
  • Basic Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
  • NANO
  • Brain Research
  • Neurochemistry International
  • Bioconjugate Chemistry
  • Neuroscience
  • Cell Calcium
  • Neurotoxicity Research
  • Clinical Science
  • Pathophysiology
  • Endocrinology
  • Physiology and Behavior
  • European Neuropsychopharmacology
  • PNAS
  • General and Comparative Endocrinology
  • Psychiatry Research
  • Hypertension
  • Translational Research
  • Journal of Cell Sciences
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University and Other Activities

1982-1985
Chairman of the Neurobiology Teaching Division, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem
1988-1994
Elected representative of the Senior Lecturers and Associate Professors for the University Senate
1989-1997
Member of the admission committee of the Medical School, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem
1990-1996
Member of the Committee for cellular biology of the graduate studies, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem
1992-1996
Member of the Teaching Committee, Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem
1992-1996
Chairman, Department of Physiology, The Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem
1994-1997
Member of the Committee for graduate studies, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem
1992-2002
Member of the Management Committee of The Institute for Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem
1996-1999
President of the Israel Society for Physiology and Pharmacology
1998-2002
Chairman, Institute of Medical Sciences, The Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem
1999-2002
Member of the Planning and Development Committee of the Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem
2007–2013
Elected member of the Senate to the Executive Committee of the Hebrew University
2008-2012
Member of the Planning and Development Committee of the Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem
2008-2012
Chairman, Institute for Medical Research Israel-Canada, The Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem
2009–2013
Elected member of the Senate to the Executive Committee of the Hebrew University
2013-2017
Dean Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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