Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology Lab

Cancer genetic and molecular epidemiology; lymphoma, MBL, CLL, persistent lymphocytosis; training and mentorship.

Thesis: The association between lymphoma and infections: Investigating the bidirectional epidemiological relationship and the underlying genetic mechanism.

Thesis: The epidemiology of MBL in Israel and potential risk and prognosis factors.

Thesis: Genetic and environmental epidemiology of familial CLL and it's precursor state MBL in Israel.

Thesis: The association between polymorphisms in genes related to immune deficiency and the immune response to common pathogens.

Genetic data management and lymphoma GWAS analysis.

Guest researcher (Sabbatical). Severe infections before during and after treatment of CLL- does the rate of infection decrease following response to targeted therapy?

Thesis: The association between the interval from cancer diagnosis to surgery for hip metastasis and overall survival among patients with malignancy

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Thesis: The association between persistent lymphocytosis and the risk of developing autoimmune diseases.

Thesis: Examining the bidirectional epidemiological relationship between vitiligo and melanoma - a population-based study with an emphasis on the factors that predict co-morbidity. Talia received the second-year honors scholarship by the Graduate Studies Authority 2024.

Thesis: The association between different types of CLL treatments and the quality of life. Bushra received the second-year honors scholarship by the Graduate Studies Authority 2023 and the Werner Otto Graduate Arab Women Program Award 2023.

Thesis: The association between bariatric surgery among mothers and the birth of a baby with intrauterine growth restriction. Yasmine also received the second-year honors scholarship by the Graduate Studies Authority 2023.