Michal Schwartz (born 1 January 1950) is a professor of neuroimmunology at the Weizmann Institute of Science and incumbent of The Maurice and Ilse Katz Professorial Chair in Neuroimmunology. She discovered new roles for immune cells in repair and neurogenesis, coining the term "protective autoimmunity" and expanding the field of immunology in neuroscience. She has been the elected chair of the International Society of Neuroimmunology (ISNI) since 2016, and her book “Neuroimmunity: A New Science that will Revolutionize How We Keep Our Brains Healthy and Young” received an honorable mention for the 2016 PROSE Awards, Biomedicine & Neuroscience category.
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1 January 1950 (age 75)
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Zodiac | Capricorn |
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