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FINANCIAL
            Meet Hanin Hamad (left), and Liat Cohen
            Kadosh, graduates of HAC’s Department of
            Biotechnology, who completed their degrees
                                                                                                                                                      SUMMARY
            last year. Both of them volunteered to work in
            the laboratory of Prof. Dana Wolf, at Hadassah
            Medical Center, Jerusalem, with the objective                                                                                                                        Various
            of assisting in the national effort to contain the                                                                                                                                  Other       Israel Council
            coronavirus pandemic.  We are proud of them                                                                                                                       Government       $822,000      for Higher
                                                                                                                                                                                 Entities
            and their contribution to the health of the                                                                                                                         $301,000                      Education
            Israeli public.                                                                                                                                                                                  $26,840,000
                                                                                                                                                               Contributions
                                                                                                                                                                $1,251,000





            HAC Faculty
                                                                                                                                                                  Tuition
            Involvement in                                                                                                                                      $12,263,000                 Revenue

            COVID-19


            Research



            We are happy to present Dr. Leah Braz,       isolate the most effective antibodies in order
            a Senior Lecturer in HAC's Department of     to provide them as a treatment to people
            Medical Laboratory Sciences, and a researcher   who become sick from the virus. The second                                                       Infrastructure
            in the laboratory of Dr. Alex Robinsky, of   direction of her research involves decoding                              Academic                       and                     Total: $41,477,000
            the Hadassah Hebrew University School of     the mechanism by which the coronavirus gains                              Services                   Equipment
            Medicine. Dr. Braz took an active part in a   entry into human cells.                                                 $33,903,000                 $1,365,000
            research project investigating COVID-19. The   Dr. Braz summarized this laboratory research
            research will expand the wealth of knowledge   experience with the following: “I am happy
                                          about the      to participate in this fascinating research which                                                                          Marketing
                                          body's         has a real-life application, and in the process of                                                                        and Resource
                                          immunizing     thinking together about how to cope with this                                                                             Development
                                          response to    new virus, which did not even exist until just a few                                                                       $1,505,000
                                          the virus,     months ago.”
                                          and help to                                                                                                                                Student
                                                           We praise our academic staff and graduates                                       Expenditures                            Services
                                                           for their professional work and their research                                                                          $1,870,000
                                                           contributions to understanding COVID-19.




                                                                                                                                                                             Administration
                                                                                                                                                                               $2,834,000


                                                                                                                                            Total: $41,477,000

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