Medicine

Medical Research at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Part of HU’s top-ranked Faculty of Medicine, The Institute for Medical Research (IMR) on the Ein Kerem campus harnesses the talents and expertise of Israel’s thriving community of leading scientists who take a multidisciplinary approach to medical research and biomedicine.  IMR teams make award-winning achievements in six key areas:

Cardiovascular Disorders:

• Developing therapies to repair damaged heart muscles and control the growth of blood vessels that feed tumors
• Among the first worldwide to use genomic data to create effective new drug compounds

Autoimmune and Infectious Diseases:

• Developing treatments for diseases including AIDS, SARS, avian flu, tuberculosis, asthma, diabetes
• Developed for the U.S. military’s elite Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the first known countermeasure against a family of lethal superantigen toxins

Additional Achievements in IMR Areas | Achievements in Infectious and Tropical Diseases | The School of Pharmacy

Senior Pears Foundation Alumni Cite Valuable HU Experience in Helping Them to Cope With Health Issues in Africa

Hebrew University program provided the tools to tackle health issues

Hebrew U.-Hadassah "Health in Africa 2010" Symposium

Public Health Program's African Alumni to Present Their Work in the Field