Education and Academic Appointments
1978-1984: Faculta de Medicina de la Universidad De Barcelona, Medicine, M,D.
1985-1986: Internship, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem
1986-1990: Residency in Clinical Biochemistry, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem
1994-1995: Post-doctoral Fellow. Prof. D. B. Cines, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
1996-1998: Lecturer (Clinical Biochemistry)
1998-2003: Senior Lecturer
2002-present: Research Associate Professor, Dept. of Pathology, University of Pennsylvania.
2003-2008: Associate Professor of Clinical Biochemistry, Hebrew University Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
2008-present: Professor, Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem.
2008-present: Head, Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Division of Laboratories, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem.
Academic and teaching functions
2003: Head of examining committee in Clinical Biochemistry of the Israel Medical Association.
2006: Member admission committee of the Faculty of Medicine
2003: Member of the Fogarty International Research Collaboration Award (FIRCA) Study Section of the National Institutes of Health (USA).
2006: Member NIH Study section - Hemostasis and Thrombosis.
2006: Member NIH Study section - Brain Injury and Neurovascular Pathologies.
Other Functions
1994-1996: Consultantto pharmaceutical companies Abbot Laboratories and AngstromLtd.
2000 Founder of a bio-technological start-upcompany (Thrombotech Ltd.).
Active Research Grants
2005-2007: The Israel Science Foundation "tPA in the CNS", Higazi, A.
2006-2010: NIH. "tPA in traumatic brain injury", Higazi, A. Stein,S.
2005-2009: NIH. "Plasminogen Activators and NMDA after Brain Injury" Higazi, A. Armstead, W.
2005-2009: NIH, "Fibrinolytic Pathways in Lung Injury and Repair".Higazi, A,Cines,
2002-2006: NIH, "Biology of Platelet Factor 4", Higazi, A, Poncz,M.,
2006-2007: Hadassit, "tPA in stroke", Higazi, A.
Past Grant Support
2000-2005: NIH, "Urokinase kringle mediated vasoactivity", Higazi, A.
2001-2004: The Israel Scientific Incubator Naiut. "Urokinase/urokinase Receptor a novel Thrmbolytic Agent", Higazi, A.
1999-2004: NIH, "Urokinase: urokinase receptor structure/function. Higazi, A,Cines, D.
2000-2005: NIH, "RBC-coupled fibrinolytics". Higazi,A, Muzykantov,V.,
2002-2004: Philip Morris External Research Program, "Defensin in the Pathogenesis of emphysema", Higazi, A.
2004-2005: Hurwitz (Hadassit), "Role of Urokinase in Multiple Sclerosis", Higazi, A, Brenner,T.,
1996-1998: AHA, "Urokinase: Urokinase Receptor Structure/Function Relationships. Higazi, A.
Teaching Courses
· Enzymology (first year, Medicine); Enzyme kinetics and mechanism of action of enzymes. (course coordinator)
· Physiological Biochemistry (2rd year, Medicine): Metabolism of fatty acids and lipoproteins.
· Physiological Biochemistry (3rd year, Pharmacy): Metabolism of lipoproteins.
· Metabolism and nutrition (3rd year, Medicine): Diabetes mellitus.
· Fibrinolysis and malignancy (M.Sc. and Ph.D.); The plasminogen activation system and proteolytic enzymes involved in these processes. (course coordinator).
· Selected chapters in Biochemistry.
· Selected chapters in nutrition and human metabolism.(course coordinator).