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Nobel Laureate Inspires JMC’s Top Students: “They Told Me I Was Wasting My Time”

As part of the President’s Excellence Program at Jerusalem Multidisciplinary College (JMC), a select group of outstanding students had the rare opportunity to meet Prof. Drew Weissman, 2023 Nobel Prize Laureate in Medicine and a pioneer of the RNA CO…

JMC Optometry Team Represents Israel at Major European Conference

A distinguished delegation from the Department of Optometry at JMC recently took part in the European Council of Optometry and Optics (ECOO) Conference held in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

• Optometry (B.Optom)

Strengthening International Academic Partnerships in the Czech Republic

In mid-May, the International Office team visited Palacký University (UPOL) in Olomouc, Czech Republic. Joining the delegation were Dr. Liat Gantz, Chair of the Academic Steering Committee for Internationalization and Head of the M.Sc. Program in Vis…

• Optometry (B.Optom)

JMC Represents Israel at the Czech–Israeli Universities Conference in Prague

On May 21, Ms. Yael Catalan, Director of the International Office, represented JMC at the Czech–Israeli Universities Conference, held at the Czech Parliament in Prague.

• International Office

The 6th Annual National Optometry Conference

This week, the 6th Annual National Optometry Conference took place — a joint initiative of the Department of Optometry at JMC and the Ophthalmology Division of Hadassah Medical Center.

• Optometry (B.Optom)

New Article: Bringing Advanced Eye Care to the Community

A recent Haaretz–TheMarker feature highlights an inspiring initiative led by Hadassah Medical Center and JMC to make advanced eye care accessible to underserved populations across Israel.

• Optometry (B.Optom)

International Recognition for JMC Faculty

We are proud to share that Prof. Ann Saada-Reisch, Head of the Master’s Program in Medical Laboratory Sciences at JMC, was recently invited to serve as the external examiner (opponent) for a doctoral defense at the prestigious Karolinska Institute in…

• Master’s Degree in Medical Laboratory Sciences (M.Med.Lab.Sc)

Presentation at the Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for Leisure Studies (CALS)

Earlier this month, Dr. Irit Shmuel, a faculty member at the School of Management at JMC, presented her research at the Annual Conference of the Canadian Association for Leisure Studies (CALS) in Toronto, Canada.

• Management

JMC at the Israeli Anthropological Association’s 53rd Annual Conference

• Psychology

First in Israel: Vision Testing Adapted for People with Aphasia

For the first time in Israel, individuals with aphasia—people who experience language and communication challenges following brain injury or stroke—have received vision assessments specifically adapted to their needs.

• Optometry (B.Optom)