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Team: Our Team

Talent Wins Games But Teamwork and Intelligence Win Championships

(Michael Jordan)

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Gali Umschweif - Nevo, PhD

Principal Investigator, Assistant Professor

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Research Associate

David Levitan, PhD

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Free time hobbies: Books and sports

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    Postdoctoral Fellow

    Hila Yehuda, PhD

    hila.yehuda@mail.huji.ac.il

    Bioinformatics

    Free time hobbies: Reading books and traveling

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      Neubauer Family Foundation Fellow 2023
      Azrieli ICAMH fellow 2025

      PhD Candidate

      Yumna Abu Ghanem

      yumna.abughanem@mail.huji.ac.il

      The molecular signature of the transition from anxiety to depression

      Free time hobbies: Hiking and Aerial extreme sports

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      NanoCenter scolarship for excelent PhD students 2023
      Azrieli ICAMH fellow 2026

      PhD Candidate

      Adi Cohen

      adi.cohen45@mail.huji.ac.il

      Neuron-glia interactions in depression

      Free time hobbies: Traveling and Crochet

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      Azrieli ICAMH fellow 2025
      IRMM fellow 2026

      PhD Candidate

      Hadas Hovav

      hadas.catane@mail.huji.ac.il

      Breaking the molecular code of innate anxiolytic mechanisms

      Free time hobbies: Walking on the beach

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        The Faculty of Medicine Scholarship for Excellence 2026

        PhD Student

        Amit Shwartz

        amit.shw@gmail.com

        The molecular mechanisms underlying psychedelic tryptamine’s therapeutic effects

        Free time hobbies: Traveling, Woodworking, Meditation

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          PhD Student

          Ofer Kashi

          Ofer.kashi@mail.huji.ac.il

          Unravelling the “black box” warning of SSRIs

          Free time hobbies: Books, Hiking, Gaming and talking

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          Azrieli ICAMH fellow 2026

          PhD Candidate

          Laila Agbariya

          Laila.agbariya@mail.huji.ac.il

          Identifying novel biomarkers for depression

          Free time hobbies: Reading and watching movies

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          PhD Student

          Amit Mualem

          amit.reichanhal@mail.huji.ac.il

          The role of histamine in depression

          Free time hobbies: drawing and sewing

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            Drug Science Excellence Program

            MSc Student

            Liora Dorfman

            Liora.dorfman@mail.huji.ac.il

            The regulation of the endocannabinoid system by Neurensin

            Free time hobbies: Reading and listening to podcasts

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            BSc Student

            Yefim Rabinovich

            yefim.rabinovich@mail.huji.ac.il

            Lab Assistant

            Free time hobbies: Soccer and Traveling

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            BSc Student

            Neta Rivkin

            neta.rivkin@mail.huji.ac.il

            Lab Assistant

            Free time hobbies: Dancing, Coocking, and Reading

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            Alumni:

            Eva Chichilnitsky, MSc

            Faculty of Medicine, School of Pharmacy, floor 6, room 617.
            The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School,

            Jerusalem, 91120 Israel

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