Nava Almog

Biography

Molecular and cellular biologist with expertise in cancer research and tumor angiogenesis. Dr. Almog received a Ph.D. from the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel, where she was studying the molecular mechanisms regulating the activity of the tumor suppressor protein p53. Dr. Almog did her post-doctoral training in the laboratory of Dr. Judah Folkman, at the Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston. Under Folkman’s guidance, she generated and characterized in-vivo models of human tumor dormancy. She continued to develop these models and to investigate the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying human tumor dormancy as an instructor in Folkman’s lab and later as an Assistant Professor at the Center of Cancer Systems Biology at Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston.

Research Interest

Dr. Almog served as an Associate Program Officer, Oncology, at the Adelson Medical Foundation, where she managed global and multi-institutional translational research programs. In addition to her expertise in tumor biology and a broad network of connections with leading scientists and clinicians in cancer research and clinical oncology, Dr. Almog has extensive hands-on experience with a variety of techniques ranging from the molecular level (DNA, RNA and proteins) to tissue, organ and mouse models in cancer biology, as well as extensive experience in project management and program coordination. Dr. Almog is the author of numerous scientific publications in high impact journals as well as oral and poster presentations at international conferences.