Professor Fibach is a director and senior investigator of the hematopoiesis and flow cytometry units at the Department of Hematology at the Hadassah – Hebrew University Medical Center, and a professor at the School of Medicine in Jerusalem, as well as at the Department of Biology, the Open University in Tel-Aviv, Israel. Professor Fibach is an expert on leukemia cell biology, red blood cell differentiation and hematopoietic stem cell expansion and has published many of his scientific publications in books and professional journals.
Professor Fibach holds a Ph.D from Weizmann Institute of Science and post-doctorate from Columbia University, NY. USA and was a visiting scientist (1990-1995) at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD. USA. He is one of the founders and a scientific consultant of GamidaCell LTD, Israel.
Professor Eliezer Shalev
Professor Shalev is the chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the HaEmek hospital in Afula, Israel and was previously a senior physician and head of the Ultrasound Unit at the Sheba Medical Center in Israel, as well as the acting director of the Genetic Unit at the HaEmek Hospital. Eliezer Shalev is a chief authority in his fields of expertise and serves as a consultant for government ministries, health care funds, and pharmaceutical and biotech companies.
Professor Shalev has served in a number of public positions including Chairman of the International Federation for Obstetrics and Gynecology, Chairman of the Israeli Ultrasound Association, and Chairman of the Israel Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology. He is also a member of a number of medical associations including the Technological and Medical Infrastructure Advisory Committee for the Israeli Health Ministry, the National Obstetrics and Gynecology Board at the Israeli Health Ministry, the Israeli Fertility Association, the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology and the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine. Professor Shalev was also among the founders of the American Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology, of which he is still a member.
Professor Shalev serves as a lecturer of obstetrics and gynecology at the Technion Institute in Israel where he serves as the associate dean of the faculty of medicine, and has taught as a visiting professor at the University of British Columbia in Canada. Professor Shalev has published numerous research and medical papers in the fields of gynecology, ultrasound and fertility and has served as a member of and advisor to scientific boards for leading professional publications in his field of expertise. Professor Shalev received his MD at the Technion Institute in Israel and has received numerous honors and awards for his outstanding capabilities and achievements.
Professor Dian Donnai
Professor Dian Donnai is a professor of medical genetics at the University of Manchester, consultant clinical geneticist in the Department of Genetic Medicine (North West Regional Genetic Service) at St Mary's Hospital, Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. She is also the president of the European Society for Human Genetics. Additionally, Professor Donnai is the executive director of Nowgen, a center for genetics in healthcare focused on public engagement in genetics. Professor Donnai served as the consultant adviser in genetics to the Chief Medical Officer in England and has served as the president of the Clinical Genetics Society and on the Government Genetics and Insurance Committee. In 2004 Professor Donnai received the Carter medal for outstanding contribution to clinical genetics and in 2010 the March of Dimes Lifetime Achievement Award. Professor Donnai's research is in clinical genetics and dysmorphology, the study of mechanisms underlying birth defects, and in health services research applied to genetics.
Professor Donnai qualified in medicine in London and then trained in pediatrics, medicine and medical genetics in London, Sheffield and Manchester.
