Dr. Rabinovich-Nikitin received her PhD from Tel-Aviv University, followed by a postdoctoral training at the University of Manitoba, where she received a fellowship from the Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR).
Dr. Rabinovich-Nikitin focuses her research program on women’s heart health, with the goal to advance knowledge and education toward improved diagnosis, treatment and quality of life of women with cardiac disease.
Dr. Rabinovich-Nikitin has a track record of publishing in high quality, peer-reviewed journals, including Circulation, Journal of Clinical Investigations, Circulation Research, Autophagy, Nature Communication and others.
She is co-editing a book on women’s heart health and a special issue on cardiac growth control and heart cell death in the journal Cells.
She also serves on many journal editorial boards, including American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, and Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pathophysiology.
Education
Post-doctoral fellowship, department of physiology and pathophysiology, University of Manitoba
PhD in biotechnology, department of molecular microbiology and biotechnology, Tel Aviv University
Master of science in biotechnology, department of molecular microbiology and biotechnology, Tel Aviv University
Bachelor of science in biology, Tel Aviv University
Awards
- International Society for Heart Research, Young Investigator Best Research Presentation Award, (2022)
- International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences, Dr. Roberto Bolli Young Investigator Competition Award (2021)
- Martha Donovan Women’s Leadership Development Award, The Winnipeg Foundation, University of Manitoba (2020)
- International Society for Heart Research North American Section, Young Investigator Competition Award Finalist (2020)
- American Heart Association, Paul Dudley White International Scholar (2020)
- Arnold Naimark Young Investigator Award, 19th annual Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences Awards Day (2017)
- Canadian Institute of Health Research, Postdoctoral Fellowship Award (2017- 2021)