Research & Laboratories

Human Health and Nutrition Sciences

Research Fields and Goals:

  • Phytoestrogens, as protective factors of the cardiovascular system in diabetes

    • The participation of glabridin and glabrene (phytoestrogens of the licorice root) in the regulation of antioxidant enzymes and anti-atherogenic factors involved in the prevention of atherosclerosis under glucose stress
    • The activation of membrane signaling pathways by glabridin and glabrene
  • The study of factors involved in the development of heart disease in diabetic patients
    • The characterization of modified proteins as biomarkers in the development of arterial diseases in hyperglycemia.
    • The effect of atherosclerotic plaque extracts on antioxidant factors.
  • Characterization of isothiocyanates as antipsoriatic agents in the autoimmune disease, psoriasis.
  • In the field of human health, we are dealing with the prevention and management of eating disorders in children and adolescents, in collaboration with the University of Haifa and the Department of Nutrition of the Faculty of Agriculture.



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Prof. Snait Tamir
Position: Research Director

Department: Human Health and Nutrition Sciences
Office:  972-4-6953561

Fax:    972-4-6944980

Dr. Karen Jackson
Position: Scientist

Department: Toxicology


Dr. Andrea Szuchman-Sapir
Position: Research Fellow

Department: Human Health and Nutrition Sciences
Office:  972-4-6953521

Fax:    972-4-6944980

MA Hila Yehuda
Position: M.Sc. - Research assistant

Department: Human Health and Nutrition Sciences


Ph.D. Student Itamar Yehuda
Position: Ph.D. Student

Department: Human Health and Nutrition Sciences


RD Rafi Steckler
Position: M.Sc. student, Dept. of Biotechnology, Tel Hai College

Department: Human Health and Nutrition Sciences


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