At a festive ceremony held last night, President Isaac Herzog awarded the Presidential Medal of Honour to Prof. Hossam Haick of the Wolfson Faculty of Chemical Engineering, in recognition of his extraordinary contributions to science, human health, innovation, education, and the advancement of society
Fast tracking ideas to real world-solutions
On September 10, 2026, on the eve of the Jewish New Year, The President of the Technion, Prof. Uri Sivan and the CEO of Rambam Health Care Campus, Dr. Michal Mekel, signed an agreement on the operation of the Wolfe Center for Translational Medicine and Engineering, marking a milestone in the realization of this ambitious initiative.
Two patients receive the same immunotherapy for the same cancer. In one, the tumor retreats and stays gone for years. In the other, the treatment does nothing. Oncologists still have no reliable way to tell these patients apart before therapy begins. Why does immunotherapy succeed for some and fail for others
An invitation for startup founders, entrepreneurs, and HealthTech innovators interested in connecting with the next generation of talent.
Join Innovation A–Z: Introduction to Entrepreneurship in Medicine and Healthcare, an interactive evening of roundtable discussions and networking with approximately 100 students and researchers from medicine, engineering, and life sciences at the Technion.
The Rappaport Technion Integrated Cancer Center (RTICC) and the Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, invites the Technion community to a guest seminar by Assoc. Prof. Rebecca Rakow-Penner (UC San Diego).
Rambam Health Care Campus and Ynet invite you to Rambam Tomorrow 2026, a unique conference dedicated to the future of healthcare innovation, bringing together leading voices from academia, medicine, industry, and technology. The event will take place on October 14, 2026, from 09:00 to 13:15 at the Health Discovery Tower, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa.
About the initiative
Human health stands out as one of humanity's grand challenges for the 21st century and beyond. Like other grand challenges, the advancement of human health requires multidisciplinary efforts – the fusion of life, physical, data and behavioral sciences, clinical practices, engineering and design.
To this end, the Technion launched the Technion Human Health Initiative (THHI) an institution-wide, comprehensive program that aims to address this challenge in its broadest terms