23 DR. NISAN OZANA The Alexander Kofkin Faculty of Engineering, for receiving the fNIRS Research Excellence Award in the field of neuro-engineering New faculty member Dr. Nisan Ozana received the fNIRS Research Excellence Award for his development of highly sensitive optical methods for measuring cerebral blood flow in real time. PROF. EITAN GILBOA School of Communication Faculty of Social Science, for receiving the ISA Distinguished Scholar Award Prof. Eitan Gilboa, the founder of Bar-Ilan University’s School of Communicationand a world-renowned expert in U.S. policy in the Middle East, received a Distinguished Scholar Award from the International Studies Association for advancing the understanding of international, transnational, and global affairs. PROF. LIAT AYALON The Louis and Gabi Weisfeld School of Social Work, Faculty of Social Science, for being recognized by the UN for her research on healthy ageing Prof. Liat Ayalon is one of 50 individuals from around the world who were recognized by the United Nations as part of the first-ever “Healthy Ageing 50: Leaders Making the World a Better Place to Grow Older.” PROF. OREN PEREZ and DR. OMER PELLED Faculty of Law, for receiving the Cheshin Prize for Academic Excellence in Law Prof. Oren Perez won the senior researcher prize and Dr. Omer Peled the young researcher prize in the field of legal research. Awarded jointly by the Shneur Zalman Cheshin Foundation and the Faculty of Law of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the Cheshin Prize is in memory of former President of the Supreme Court Judge Shneur Zalman Cheshin. DR. GILLY HARTAL The Prof. Dafna Izraeli Gender Studies Program, Interdisciplinary Studies Unit, for winning the Experience-Based Academy Award Dr.GillyHartal’sGender intheFieldproject won the Experience-Based Academy award for the second year in a row. The project mobilizes 15 students for work on activistprojects relatedtogender equality, withthegoal ofhelpingthemtogainwork experience in their field. PROF. MAAYAN ZHITOMIRSKYGEFFET Department of Information Science Faculty of Humanities, for winning the PICCASO award for privacy on the web Prof. Zhitomirsky-Geffet’s CSI-COP (Citizen Scientists Investigating Cookies and App GDPR Compliance) project won a 2022 PICCASO award in the category of “Best Innovative Privacy Project.” The PICCASO Privacy Awards recognize outstanding contributions to the field of privacy and data protection. AVIVMESIKA, M.D./Ph.D. candidate The Azrieli Faculty of Medicine, for The Teva Fellowship in the BioInnovators Forum AvivMesika, a student in the Prof. Tzipora Falik-Zaccai’s lab in the Galilee Medical Center’s Research Institute, is studying themechanismbehind NGLY1 deficiency, a rare but devastating genetic disease prevalent in the Galilee. He recently created a zebrafish model as a platform for the development of NGLY1 therapies. ADI SHPERLING, fourth-year graduate student, The Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, for the Teva Fellowship for Outstanding Graduate Students Adi Shperling studies genetics, molecular biology, and RNA editing in Prof. Shay Ben-Aroya’s laboratory. Adi was awarded the prestigious Teva fellowship for outstanding graduate students.
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