On October 21-22, researchers, clinicians, physicians, engineers, life scientists, students, and medical trainees gathered at Kedem Hotel in Zikhron Ya’akov for Beyond Boundaries: A Retreat for Innovation in Neurology & Engineering, a unique initiative aimed at fostering a vibrant Neuroengineering community connecting the Technion and Rambam Health Care Campus.
The retreat brought together approximately 30 leading clinicians and researchers from Rambam and the Technion, alongside nearly 100 students, residents, and trainees from medicine, engineering, and the life sciences. Designed to catalyze new interdisciplinary collaborations, the event focused on addressing pressing challenges in neuroscience, neurology, and brain health through joint clinical and technological innovation.
A team of researchers from the Technion Viterbi Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, led by Prof. Amir Rosenthal and Dr. Danny Lange, developed a miniature sensor that brings continuous, cuffless blood pressure monitoring a step closer. The study carried out by the graduate students Gil Gelbert, Ron Moisseev, Yoav Hazan and Tamar Harary, describes the combined use of laser light with tiny silicon-photonics acoustic detectors to track an artery’s pulsations near the wrist. Initial tests demonstrate the approach’s potential to capture blood pressure changes without an inflatable cuff used in almost all setting to measure blood pressure.
The Grand family, longtime supporters of major projects at the Technion, has announced a generous $25 million gift to the Technion’s Healthy Aging Center. Led by Prof. Shai Shen-Orr of the Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, the center aims to deepen our understanding of the aging process and improve quality of life in older age.
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