Head, Molecular Research Lab, Assuta Medical Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
Dr. Oshrat Rokah is the head of the Molecular Research Lab at Assuta Medical Center located in Tel-Aviv, Israel. Dr. Rokah holds a PhD and MSc from the Department of Genetics in the Faculty of Medicine at Tel Aviv University.
During her studies, Dr. Rokah received several honorable awards and scholarships, among them, the David and Paulina Trotsky Award for Outstanding Students. Dr. Rokah was one of the pioneers in studying microRNA expression in chronic myeloid leukemia, this contributed to better understand the molecular mechanism underlying the development of the disease, and new avenues for therapeutic treatment.
Dr. Rokah has extensive knowledge in complex, advanced, and diverse molecular research methods and today she is the mentor of five PhD students from Ariel University. She works in full and intensive cooperation with the clinical field, physicians and scientists, in order to target real clinical needs and deficiencies. The research in the lab focuses on the role of non-coding RNAs in hematological malignancies and the aberrant molecular mechanisms associated with deregulated expression of these molecules.
As a part of the dedicated clinic at Assuta Medical center for histiocytoses neoplasms, her lab is investigating the functional roles of these non-coding molecules in Erdheim-Chester Disease.
