2010 Daniel Turnberg Travel Fellowship Awards


2010 Awards Made

The Selection Panel for the 2010 round of awards met on 9 March 2010.

The Academy is pleased to announce that out of thirty-two applications considered, twenty-one awards were made.

The geographical spread of awards was broad, with eleven awardees from Israel, three from the Palestinian Territory, three from the UK, three from Egypt and one is from Jordan.

The Academy was delighted with the breadth and calibre of the applications received and extends its congratulations to these successful candidates.

The names and details of successful awardees are listed below:

Supported by the Daniel Turnberg Memorial Fund:

Name Surname Home Institution Visiting Institution Area of research
Pacint Moez University of Alexandria, Egypt              
University of Southampton, UK
Clinical Pathology
Efrat Kliper Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Centre, Israel               
St George's, London           
Neuroscience and Imaging
Sefi Kronenberg Schneider Children's Medical Centre, Israel                    
University of Cambridge, UK Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Smadar Ovadia-
Caro
Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel University of Cambridge, UK Neurobiology
Shimon Rabichev Ariel University Centre, Israel University of Aberdeen, UK Behavioural Science
David Zadok Assaf Harofeh Medical Centre, Israel University College London, UK Ophthalmology
Sharon  Anavi-Goffer University of Aberdeen, UK Ariel University Centre, Israel Behavioural Science
Jeremy  Hall              
University of Edinburgh, UK  
University of Haifa, Israel Psychiatry

Supported by the Wellcome Trust:

Name Surname Home Institution Visiting Institution Area of research
Tania Sheynis Ben-Gurion University, Israel               
University ofLeeds,UK               
Molecular and Cell Biology
Asaf Vivante Sheba Medical Centre, Israel University College London, UK Paediatrics
Malena Cohen Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Centre Imperial College London, UK                 
Paediatric Pulmonology
Yael Haberman
-Ziv          
Sheba Medical Centre, Israel Institute of Medical Research, MRC, Mill Hill, London, UK Molecular Biology and Genetics
Mohamed Abdel-
fattah
University of Aberdeen, UK Ain Shams University, Egypt Urogynaecology
Mayyada Wazaify Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Jordan University of Bath, UK Clinical Pharmacology
Ebtesam   
El-Gezawy  
Assiut                    University, Egypt            
University of Newcastle, UK Transplant Biology

Supported by the Royal College of Physicians (London):

Name Surname Home Institution                
Visiting Institution Area of research
Ayam      
 Hussein An-Najah University, Palestinian Territory             
LSHTM, UK                 
Biochemistry and Genetics
Abdel-
latif
Shawar Makassed
Charitable Hospital, Palestinian Territory
Barts and the London NHS, UK Endocrinology
Asama Mohammad 
Cairo University,
Egypt
Churchill hospital, Oxford, UK Internal Medicine, Haematology
Uri
Moshe
Arad Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Centre,
Israel
Imperial College London, UK Rheumatology
Shay Ben-
Shachar
Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Centre,
Israel
University of Manchester, UK Medical Genetics

Supported by the Division of Surgery, Imperial College London:
NameSurnameHome Institution                
Visiting InstitutionArea of research
Maher      
 KhadourAlquds University, Palestinian Territory             
Queen's University, Belfast, UK                 
Pharmacology, Quality and Safety