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Dr. Kent Willis wins NHLBI award

Dr. Kent Willis (class of 2013) has just been awarded a prestigious 5-year National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Career Development Award for his research into “The gut lung axis Influences the development of bronchopulmonary dysplasia”. The K08 – Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Award enables candidates holding professional degrees (e.g., MD, DO, DVM, or […]

MSIH Helps Students Cope with the Stresses of a Pandemic

“Being an American myself, and the wife of an American MSIH graduate really help me to understand what students are going through – so I’m in a unique position to help.” These are the words of Laura Stiebel, a clinical social worker who provides help to students in all years at MSIH. “Regular Israeli students […]

Medical Ethics and Coronavirus by MSIH Director, Prof. Alan Jotkowitz

In a triage situation, sometimes medical practitioners need to save the people who are most likely to survive – a principle carried over from the battlefield. But in the days of a pandemic, among those in the ICU are people with disabilities whose chance of survival are less. Does that mean we let those with […]

Congratulations MSIH Class of 2020: Taking Virtual Graduation In Stride

Due to the Coronavirus Pandemic, this year’s MSIH graduation ceremony was a virtual event. On May 24th, the class of 2020 stood before their webcams, to have their MD degrees bestowed by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Most of the students were already in the US preparing to commence residency – so in the background, […]

Engineer and MSIH Alumnus, Dr. Tobin Greensweig designs a device to allow one ventilator to treat multiple COVID-19 patients

MSIH alumnus, Tobin Greensweig (class of 2014) was already an engineer before he started medical studies in 2010. His personal web site describes him as “Husband, Critical Care Doctor, Pilot, Engineer, Nerd.” For the duration of his four years in Beersheba, Tobin always found time to work on projects, sometimes only tangentially connected to his […]

2nd year MSIH student, Daniel Iluz-Freundlich part of a team that’s developing software to accelerate COVID-19 research trials

Daniel Iluz-Freundlich has been featured this week in several newspapers for his work in helping to solve the COVID-19 pandemic problem. In addition to being a student, Daniel is Vice-President of Refuah Solutions Ltd, based in Manitoba, Canada. The company’s software aims to cut down the time needed to recruit appropriate people for medical research […]

MSIH Student Iris Kamenev Volunteers at a Negev COVID-19 Testing Center

by Iris Kamenev (pictured doing home test visit) It started with a story. Something on the news, far away; it would never concern us all the way over here. A different country, a different people. Irrelevant to our daily lives of walking to class, studying in the library, and sitting on the grass outside the […]

Third Annual MSIH Student Research Competition

Mid-January 2020 saw the third annual MSIH student research competition in which four students presented their papers. As a matter of policy, MSIH encourages students to participate in medical research, either as Principal Investigator or part of a team. This is done, not only to increase medical knowledge but to encourage students to engage in […]

Coronavirus, MSIH and Ben-Gurion University

BGU Students share the latest on BGU Radio. Some students may be concerned about coronavirus and how it’s affecting Israel in general, and Ben-Gurion University in particular. Click below to hear a podcast conducted at the BGU Radio station where VP for Global Engagement Prof. Limor Aharonson-Daniel discusses the issue with Prof. Nadav Davidovitch.

The Repeated Themes of MSIH Clinical Rotation Blogs

For 17 years of the 21 years of MSIH’s existence, as part of the Global Health curriculum, the school has been sending 4th years students to partner institutions in resource-scarce medical settings. Eight-week clinical rotations range from rural African villages to South-East Asian clinics. These clinical rotations give students a first-hand experience of life as […]

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