Iti Yanai

Professor Iti Yanai is a prominent figure in the field of computational medicine, originally from Haifa, Israel. He has spent 12 years in the United States and is the founder of the Institute for Computational Medicine at NYU School of Medicine. Yanai recently gained attention for highlighting the unique position of Israel in the global cancer research community during a conference in New York, where he noted the significant impact of Israeli researchers despite the country's small size.