Sophie Weingrod Nemzow
Technion American Medical Program
Class of 2016
This years' TeAMs Thanksgiving Potluck Shabbat Extravaganza surpassed all my greatest expectations! I never could have imagined that medical students could be such incredible culinary masters! The day began in true American fashion with a football game on the beach. After several hours of rest, approximately 30-40 hungry medical students assembled in an apartment and prepared for the feast at hand. Dishes filled with turkey, stuffing, sweet potatoes topped with marshmallows, roasted vegetables, and a variety of sweet deserts covered every surface available in the apartment. There was even a giant bag of homemade popcorn! For several hours we ate plate after plate of Thanksgiving recipes influenced by various parts of America, Canada and Israel. As no one was able to physically leave the apartment after eating, we played board and card games until the food finally settled. At the end of the night, everyone rolled out of the celebration satiated and utterly satisfied with yet another successful TeAMS Thanksgiving Potluck Shabbat Extravaganza. What a fantastic tradition! Sophie Weingrod Nemzow Technion American Medical Program Class of 2016 The administration and the Student Council is active in assisting the Southern part of Israel during the Pillar of Cloud. Five years ago, I got involved in a small project led by the Russian Jewish Community Foundation in Boston aimed at taking children from the daily rocket fire in Sderot to safety. The RJCF opened an emergency relief fund and within a couple days coordinated with our liaison in Sderot to get children out from under the barrage of rockets. Presently because of the emergency situation, 50 children and three adults are now guests in Haifa. Activities have been arranged including the Science Museum in Haifa, the zoo, a movie, and a theater performance. They've had a dance party, done arts and crafts and been able to sleep a full night in real beds in a kibbutz near Kiryat Ata. One of the boys got to celebrate his 12th birthday like a normal kid and wasn’t tormented listening to rockets explode around him. I know that while the kids might not fully realize it now the long term effects of our aid today will be remarkable. I plan on working with the kids as long as the conflict continues and afterwards as well.
Hoping for the safety and peace for the children of Sderot, Rostic Gorbatov Technion American Medical Program Class of 2016 This is my second posting about my work in the research lab. We received great news. Our abstract got accepted to the AHA (American Heart Association). The international convention and presentation of our findings will take place November 2012 in Los Angeles. We are so excited, especially because we developed a unique technique evaluating mice atherosclerosis lesion in-vivo using micro-ultrasound. We were also testing the benefit of Vitamin E treatment as an antioxidant to prevent plaque growth to diabetic mice. To get this kind of recognition by the AHA is huge, since it hosts the top researchers from all over the world. It is a great chance to show our findings and get an objective critique and input from the best professionals in the field as well as to look at other colleague accomplishments, new discoveries etc. To be a part of this convention and this kind of a scientific atmosphere is such a privilege for me personally and I look forward to present our research and publicize the lab of Prof. Levy. Hilla Lee Viener, Prof. Andrew Levy's Lab The Rappaport Faculty of Medicine - Technion |
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