Gad Baneth
Prof.
Gad
Baneth
Professor
Rybak-Pearson Chair in Veterinary Medicine
Vector-borne and zoonotic diseases.
Prof. Gad Baneth
School Contact Information
Koret School of Veterinary Medicine,
The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agricultural, Food & Environment,
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Address: Herzl 229, P.O. Box 12,
Rehovot 76100, Israel
Phone: +972-(0)8-9489021/31;
Fax: +972-(0)8-9467940
E-Mail: vet.school@mail.huji.ac.il
DVM, Ph.D, Dipl. ECVCP
The Baneth laboratory focuses on vector-borne diseases with emphasis on the vector-host-parasite relationship, and the pathogenicity and immune response to vector-borne parasitic diseases.
Current research focuses on the immune response to canine leishmaniosis, novel diagnostic techniques for leishmaniosis, the hyrax as a reservoir for Leishmania tropica, parasitic coinfections, hepatozoonosis, trypanosomiasis, babesiosis, ehrlichiosis, relapsing fever borreliosis, dirofilariasis and the epidemiology of vector-borne parasitic diseases in Israel and the Middle East.
Special interests
Vector-borne and zoonotic diseases.
Teaching
Basic Parasitology (for undergraduate students in Animal Sciences)
Small Animal Infectious Diseases (veterinary medicine students)
Veterinary Parasitology - course coordination
Service
Chairman of the Academic Development Committee. School of Veterinary Medicine, Hebrew University 2007
Chairman of Animal Sciences and Veterinary Medicine joint graduate studies department 2007
Director, Koret School of Veterinary Medicine 2015 - 2023