On Thursday, October 29, 2026, the Israeli National Academy of Science in Medicine and the Technion’s Rappaport Faculty of Medicine held the Ziegler Prize award ceremony

Supported by the Ziegler family, the prize is awarded every two years to an outstanding young researcher in memory of Professor Reuven Ziegler.

This year’s prize focused on age-related diseases. The Chair of the Prize Committee, Academy member Professor Zaher Azzam, introduced the recipient, Shiri Shoob, a graduate of Tel Aviv University’s MD-PhD program, who received the award for her research on developing a targeted deep brain stimulation approach to treating Alzheimer’s disease.

Academy President Professor Jacob Sosna delivered opening remarks and thanked the Ziegler family for its significant contribution to advancing research in Israel and recognizing young physician-researchers