Academic careers

2009 Awards Made

The Selection Panel Met on 31 March 2009. Out of forty-three applications considered, twenty awards were made.

The geographical spread of awards ranged across all regions eligible for the scheme, with seven awardees from Israel, five from The Palestinian Territory, three from the UK, two from Egypt, two from Jordan and one from Lebanon. The Academy extends its congratulations to these successful candidates.

The names and details of successful awardees are listed below:

Dr Lina Basel-Vanagaite Schneider Children's Medical Centre, Rabin Medical Center, Israel

Visiting the Clinical and Molecular Genetics Unit, Institute of Child Health London. Area of interest: Paediatric Genetics

Dr Yael Goldberg Oncogenetics, Oncology Department, Sharet Institute, Hadassah-Hebrew University, Jerusalem

Visiting the Molecular and Population Genetics Laboratory, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Oxford. Area of interest: Oncogenetics

Dr Helen Toledano Paediatric Haematology-Oncology Department, Schneider Children's Medical Centre, Petach Tikva, Israel

Visiting the Institute of Cancer research, Royal Marsden Hospital, UK. Area of interest: Paediatric Brain Tumours

Dr Alon Chen Department of Neurobiology, Weizmann Institute, Israel

Visiting the Endocrinology Unit, Queen's Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh. Area of interest: Stress-related hormones and neuro-programming

Dr Ayala Uri Feinberg Child Study Centre, Petah Tiqva, Israel

Visiting the Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, University of Oxford. Area of interest: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

Dr Eran Pras Department of Ophthalmology, Assaf Harofeh Medical Centre, Israel

Visiting the Division of Inherited Eye Disease, Institute of Ophthalmology, UCL. Area of interest: Congenital Cateracts

Dr Gal Dubnov-Raz Hadassah-Hebrew University, Department of Paediatrics, Jerusalem

Visiting the Children's Health and Exercise Research Centre, University of Exeter. Area of interest: Paediatric Obesity

Dr Rasmi Abu-Helu Faculty of Health Professions, Al-Quds University, Westbank

Visiting the Department of Infectious Diseases, Imperial College London. Area of interest: Host responses to autoimmune and infectious disease

Dr Rula Abdul-Ghani Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Quds University, Westbank

Visiting the School of Medicine, Cancer Sciences Division, University of Southampton. Area of interest: Breast Cancer

Dr Belal Rahhal An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine

Visiting the Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, University College London. Area of interest: Nerve development and repair following injury

Dr Lina Quteineh Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Quds University, Westbank

Visiting the Pharmacogenetics Group, Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University Medical School. Area of interest: Pharmacogenetics

Dr Yasin Tayem Faculty of Medicine, Al-Quds University, Westbank

Visiting the Institute for Work-based Learning, Middlesex University, London. Area of interest: E-learning

Mr Tiarnan Keenan Manchester Royal Eye Hospital, UK

Visiting St John Eye Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel and Palestinian Territories. Area of interest: Ophthalmology

Dr Sharon Anavi-Goffer School of Medical Sciences, Aberdeen

Visiting the Integrative Brain Science Centre, Ariel University Center of Samaria, Israel. Area of interest: Molecular Pharmacology of Cannabinoids

Dr Maralyn Druce Barts and the London School of Medicine, QM University of London, Department of Endocrinology, St Bart's, London

Visiting the Rabin Medical Centre, Israel. Area of interest: Neuroendocrine Tumours

Dr Randa Naffa Molecular Biology Research Laboratory, University of Jordan

Visiting the Cancer and Immunogenetics Laboratory, Wetherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford. Area of interest: Cancer Genotyping

Dr Dana Al Hattab Molecular Biology, Bone Marrow Transplantation, University of Jordan

Visiting the Haemato-oncology Department, Haematological Medicine, Kings College London. Area of interest: Human Genetics

Dr Samah Desoukey Internal Medicine, Clinical Haematology Unit, University of Cairo, Egypt

Visiting the Department of Haematology, Royal Free Hospital, London. Area of interest: Haematology

Dr Sahar Sharaf Clinical and Chemical Pathology Department, KasrAlAiny Faculty of Medicine, University of Cairo, Egypt

Visiting the School of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Birmingham. Area of interest: Inborn errors of metabolism

Mr Khaled Mussalam Medical Centre, American University of Beirut, Lebanon

Visiting the Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford. Area of interest: Haematology