Prof. Vardiella Meiner
Department : | Genetics Laboratory
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Speciality : | Internal Medicine
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Sub Speciality : | genetics
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Hadassah Positions : | Director, Center for Clinical Genetics, Department of Genetics and Metabolic Diseases
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Public Positions : | Head of the Human Experiment High Committee
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Publications : | Meiner V | ||
Languages : | English, Hebrew
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| Phone Office : | 02-6777618 |
Email : | vmeiner@hadassah.org.il |
Date of birth: 8.3.1959
Country of birth: Israel
Nationality: Israeli
Family status: Married
Number of children:2
Higher education
1982 - Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School Jerusalem Medical studies BSc. Graduated cum laude
1986 - Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School Jerusalem, Medicine, M.D
1987-1991 Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School Jerusalem, Internal Medicine B, Residency
1992-1994 Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School Jerusalem Department of Human Genetics, Residency
1994-1997 University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), The Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, Post doctoral fellowship. Host: Prof Robert Mahley; Robert V. Farese Jr
Appointments at the Hebrew University
1/10/1993 Lecturer in Human Genetics. Faculty of Medicine
28/10/2002 Senior lecturer in Human Genetics. Faculty of Medicine
2008 - Associate Professor in Human Genetics. Faculty of Medicine
Additional Functions/Tasks at the HebrewUniversity
1998 - Chairman of the Gertrud Kohn Fund for Excellence in Human Genetics
2000 - Member of the Admission committees for Genetic Counseling Education Programs in the Hebrew University and Hadassah School of Medicine
2002 – 2005 Member of the Admission committees for medical students in the Hebrew University and Hadassah School of Medicine
Service in other Academic and Research Institutions
2000 – Sackler Faculty of Medicine School of Continuing Medical Education, Lecturer
2005 – 'Bashaar' - Academic Community for Israeli Society, The Science Club, Lecturer
2008 – The Jerusalem Center for Ethics, Lecturer
2008 – The National Council for Pediatrics & Child Health, Consultant
Prizes and Awards
1992 – Gabriel Isaac Prize, the Hebrew University and Hadassah School of Medicine: A Common Lithuanian Mutation Causing Familial Hypercholesterolemia in Ashkenazi Jews
1994 – Gertrud Kohn Prize for Excellence in Human Genetics Research, the Hebrew University and Hadassah School of Medicine: Genetic Characteristics of CTX in Israel
1998 – Spencer Award for Research, Hadassah University Hospital: Characterization of ACAT-deficient macrophages: Investigations into processes related to atherosclerosis
2001 – Excellent teaching award
2003 – Excellent teaching award
2007 – Excellent teaching award
2008 – Faculty Prize for Best Teacher of the year in Pre-Clinical Teaching, the Hebrew University and Hadassah School of Medicine