Prof. Dekel is Chief of Pediatric Nephrology and Head of the Pediatric Stem Cell Research Institute at the Sheba Medical Center.
Prof. Dekel is an Endowed Professor of Pediatrics, Incumbent of the Klayman Chair in Nephro-Urology, a member of the Department of Human Molecular Genetics & Biochemistry, Vice-Dean for Research and Innovationand Director of the Sagol Center for Regenerative Medicine at the School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University.
He served as a Visiting Professor at the Institute of Stem Cell Biology, Stanford University, USA.
Prof. Dekel is a renowned clinical expert on all phases of developmental nephrology including diagnosis, follow-up and treatment of congenital anomalies of the kidneys and urinary tract leading to severe kidney disease. He and his team use a urine sample to generate a mini kidney in a dish to model a variety of genetic kidney disease and discover novel therapeutics.
Prof. Dekel established the laboratory for Regenerative and Developmental Nephrology and founded the Pediatric Stem Cell Research Institute at the Sheba Medical Center, Israel.
Membership in Professional/Scientifi c Societies
American Society of Clinical Investigation (ASCI)
Society of Pediatric Research (APS/SPR)
UK Regenerative Medicine Initiative SAB committee
Inaugural member of the Israeli National Academy for Science in Medicine by the Israel Medical Association
Awards, Citations, Honors
Prof. Dekel has received the Chaim Boichis Award for Pediatric Research, the APF Kass Fund Award for medical research, the Bat Sheva de Rothschild Physician-Scientist Award, the Daniel Moran Award for excellent pediatric research at TAU (x3), the prestigious Youdim Family Prize for Excellence in Cancer Research and the Israel Medical Association Prize for Medical-Scientific contribution.
His research has been supported by numerous sources including the ISF, BSF, ICRF, ICA, IPMP, Google X, Israel Ministry of Health, Isreal Innovation Authority, Israel Ministry of Science, Israel Ministry of Industry and Infrastructure (Kamin, Nofar programs), the ERC (FP7), NIH/NIDDK, Ziering and Brettler Foundations and collaborative grants including MD Anderson Cancer Center and Cedars-Sinai Hospital.
Publications
Prof. Dekel's studies are summarized in over 150 publications in the leading bio-medical journ als, and he is a sought-after speaker. Here's a link to his publications in PubMed.
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