Tamir Ben Hur

Prof. Ben Hur is a Professor of Neurology and Chairman, The Department of Neurology, Hadassah –Hebrew University Medical Center.

Over the past ten years, Prof. Ben Hur has been focusing his research on cell therapy for neurological diseases, and in particular for multiple sclerosis. Among other achievements, his lab described the migration of transplanted neural precursor cells (NPCs) in response to CNS inflammation, and the amelioration of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis by NPC transplantation via an immunomodulatory mechanism.

In addition, he has been collaborating with Prof. Ben Reubinoff on translating these findings into the utilization of human embryonic stem cells. Prof. Ben-Hur received his MD and PhD degrees from the Hebrew University – Hadassah Medical School. He completed residency in Neurology at Hadassah University Medical center and a post-doc in the Pasteur Institute in Paris, France. Prof. Ben-Hur has authored more than 100 scientific publications, and received several awards for his achievements.