Q:What key details about karen avraham can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: karen b. avraham -lrb- born in 1962 -rrb- is an american-israeli human geneticist . she is a full professor at tel aviv university , and the current vice dean of the sackler faculty of medicine . her laboratory is in the department of human molecular genetics and biochemistry . she is currently president of the israel society for auditory research -lrb- isar ; http://isar-society.org -rrb- and a board member of the i-core : gene regulation in complex human disease -lrb- http://www.icore-human-disease.org -rrb- . she is associate editor of the journals '' european journal of human genetics '' and '' embo molecular medicine '' . she served as president of the association for research in otolaryngology -lrb- aro ; http://www.aro.org -rrb- in 2011 and president of the genetic society of israel -lrb- gsi ; http://www.genetics-il.org -rrb- . prof. avraham received her b.a. degree in biology from washington university , st. louis , missouri , u.s. , her ph.d. from the weizmann institute of science , rehovot , israel , under the supervision of prof. yoram groner , and her post-doctoral training at the national cancer institute , frederick , md , u.s. , under the supervision of dr. nancy jenkins and dr. neal copeland . karen avraham 's research has centered on the discovery of disease genes , focusing on hereditary hearing loss . her team takes a comprehensive approach to study the molecular basis of hearing loss , using genetic , developmental , biochemical , cellular and bioinformatic tools . she leads the effort in exome sequencing for the discovery of disease genes to identify mutations that are relevant for the hearing-impaired population . her group has demonstrated that micrornas are essential for development and function of inner ear hair cells in vertebrates . karen avraham has received the following prizes : sir bernard katz prize from the humboldt foundation , germany , the bruno memorial prize from the rothschild foundation , israel and the teva prize for groundbreaking research in the field of rare...
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- residence is tel aviv , israel- known for is human genetics , deafness , israeli-palestinian scientific cooperation- field is genetics , hearing impairment- work institution is tel aviv university -lrb- tel aviv , israel -rrb-- birth date is 1962- name is prof. karen b. avraham- nationality is us/israel- birth place is quebec , canada- alma mater is weizmann -lrb- maryland , usa -rrb- institute -lrb- rehovot , israel -rrb- , nci-nih