Prof. Deborah Rund has contributed her vast clinical, research and teaching skills to improving the lives of patients with hematological disorders in Israel and has made profound contributions in the field of hematology globally. Due to her work, Israel uses PCR both as a scientific and clinical diagnostic tool and has a much better understanding of the causes of hereditary anemias in many of the founder populations in Israel, such as immigrants from Kurdistan and Palestinians from Gaza and the West Bank. Through her contributions to thalassemia, there is a better understanding of the complications and comorbidities of the disease in different organ systems, and those who suffer from the disease are more likely to survive childhood.

Additionally, Prof. Rund served as Associate Editor of the British Journal of Hematology and has mentored scores of students pursuing MD and PhD studies. She has been awarded the Faculty Prize for Research and the Faculty Prize for Teaching from Hadassah-Hebrew University, in addition to being listed in Forbes Best Doctors in Israel 2017-2018. Prof. Rund has served as a member of the international affairs committee of the American Society of Apheresis, has advised the Israel Health Basket Committee on indications for therapeutic apheresis and has co-organized a conference on the technique.

Prof. Rund made Aliyah in 1987 from New York, NY.