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Prof. Yael Haberman is an Israeli board certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition. She diagnoses and cares for children with complex and chronic intestinal and liver disease. Her research work has been integrating clinical questions, “big-data” approaches, basic science, and bioinformatics with a goal to improve personalized patients’ diagnostic and therapeutic decision. Her interests include Host-microbial interactions in health and pathologic conditions including Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis.
Research Interests:
Studying human: microbial interactions in the gut. We witness a worldwide increase in different metabolic and immune-mediated diseases with westernization and globalization, implying that modern-era dietary and environmental triggers and alterations in gut bacteria are the likely culprit, rather than genetic drift.
In the lab we study the gut microbial development and its associations with diseases with a specific focus on inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis). We capture the interactions between the gut bacteria, epithelial cells, and the immune system in the affected gut, to better define disease pathogenesis, disease outcome, and response to therapy.
Education:
2011-2014, Fellowship, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
2007-2011, Residency, Pediatrics, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
1997-2007, PhD, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
1997-2007, MD, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Affiliations:
Adjunct Associate Professor, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, affiliated with the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine OH, USA
Research Grants & Awards:
Prof. Haberman collaborates (publications and joint funding) internationally with leading physician and scientists in Israel, Europe, and the USA. She has received peer reviewed grants from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, The Helmsley Charitable Trust, European Crohn´s and Colitis Organization (ECCO), the Israel Technology Institute, Israeli Centers of Research Excellence (I-Core), the Israel Science Foundation (ISF), Crohn´s and Colitis foundation (CCF) and the European Research Council (ERC).
Publications:
Here is a link to the list of publications of Prof. Yael Haberman
