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 2010 Alumnus, Dr. Colin Fields Evaluates COVID-19 Investigational Vaccine

As COVID-19 continues to affect communities worldwide, MSIH Alumni are working hard on the frontlines in hospitals and clinics, as well as in public policy and research settings to mitigate the effects of the disease.  Dr. Colin Fields, class of 2010, is a sub-investigator on a Phase 1 clinical trial at Kaiser Permanente Washington Health […]

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 […]

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev launches COVID-19 Taskforce

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev President Prof. Daniel Chamovitz announced the BGU COVID-19 Response Effort to harness the University’s vast brainpower, research skills and ingenuity to help cope with the coronavirus pandemic. Prof. Chamovitz stated that the University would devote resources to bring the most promising projects to fruition. “Since the outbreak of this coronavirus, […]

MSIH Alum Dr. Maayan Melamed shares insights into Adolescent Medicine

Dr. Maayan Melamed, Class of 2014, had never heard of her specialty when she was a student at MSIH. Maayan is currently an Adolescent Medicine Fellow at the Indiana University School of Medicine. Excited to share her newfound knowledge, she spoke enthusiastically on a recent visit to her alma mater. Working with “the most fun […]

Medical Schools that Accept International Students Foster Community

Studying medicine as part of a diverse student cohort can have a positive impact on the way in which students train to work in the medical field. Medical schools that accept international students not only provide support for their students coming from abroad, they also enable close-knit communities to form among the students themselves. “Being […]

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 […]