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 Braun School of Public Health and Community Medicine | The School of Pharmacy | The Institute of Drug Research

Leading Health Care Executive, George Barrett, To Receive Maimonides Award

Senator Bill Frist, MD Guest Speaker at Gala Event Benefitting Hebrew University Public Health Fellows and Faculty of Medicine

Saul & Joyce Brandman Foundation Donates $8 Million to Hebrew University for New Science Laboratories

California Philanthropic Organization’s Gift to Support Teaching Facility for Several Departments