J. AARON CIECHANOVER, MD, PhD
Professor Ciechanover is a Distinguished University Professor in the Faculty of Medicine of the Technion. He is a recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2004), of the Israel Prize in Biological Research (2003) and the Albert Lasker Award (2000). He is a member (foreign) of the National Academy of Sciences (U.S.), The Institute of Medicine of the National Academies (U.S.) and the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities.

ALIZA ESHKOL, PhD
Dr. Eshkol is an independent scientific advisor for pharmaceutical development. She retired as Vice President for Scientific Affairs, Serono International SA, Geneva, Switzerland. Dr. Eshkol is a member of several national and international professional societies.

GIANNI GROMO, MD, PhD
Dr. Gromo is the founder of Gromo Consulting, whose focus is primarily on R&D strategies for discovering new medicines. Until November 2012, Dr. Gromo headed various R&D units at F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., mainly in the areas of metabolic and vascular diseases. His last position at the company was as head of the R&D organization in China.

DAVID LADKANI, MD
Dr. Ladkani held roles of increasing responsibility in R&D, business development and medical affairs at senior levels for 32 years at Teva. He retired from Teva as Chief Scientific Officer. Dr. Ladkani is the recipient of the Rothschild Award for innovation and is widely published in the field of multiple sclerosis treatments. 

YAACOV NAPARSTEK, MD
Professor Naparstek is the Chairman of Medicine of Hadassah University Hospital. His main research interests are in the field of autoimmunity, systemic lupus erythematosus and autoimmune arthritis.

MOSHE PHILLIP, MD
Professor Phillip has been our Vice President of Medical Affairs and Senior Clinical Advisor and a member of our Scientific Advisory Board since 2004. Professor Phillip is the Director of the Institute for Endocrinology and Diabetes of the Israel National Center for Childhood Diabetes at Schneider Children’s Medical Center of Israel and the Vice Dean for Research and Development at the Sackler School of Medical Education at Tel Aviv University.

ITAMAR SHALIT, MD
Professor Shalit is Associate Professor in Pediatrics, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University. In addition, he is founder, consultant and board member of NasVax Ltd., an Israeli biotechnology company; a board member of Mor Institute for Medical Information; CEO of The Galilee Bio-Medical Research Administration; and delegate of the Israeli Ministry of Health to the European SAB of Infect-Era.

YOSEF YARDEN, PhD
Professor Yarden is the head of the Signal Transduction and Growth Factors Laboratory of the Weizmann Institute of Science. He is member of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities and President of the Federation of the Israel Societies of Experimental Biology (FISEB). Among his many awards, in the last two years he received the Susan G. Komen for the Cure® Brinker Award for Scientific Distinction in Basic Research, and the Ernst W. Bertner Memorial Award of the MD Anderson Cancer Center.