Jacob George

Prof. Jacob George founded Chemomab in 2011 based on more than 20 years of prior research in inflammation, cardiovascular medicine and autoimmune diseases. He serves as a full Professor of Cardiology in the School of Medicine at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and is the current director of the Heart Center at Kaplan Medical Center in Rehovot, Israel. Prof. George has published more than 400 papers and has written and edited several books. Prof. George serves on the editorial board of fifteen scientific journals and his research mainly centers on the role of the immune system in various inflammatory disorders. Prof. George serves as an advisor to numerous pharmaceuticals companies and has been engaged in promoting a series of pharmaceutical products from discovery into clinical trials. He is the co-founder and previous CSO of VBL therapeutics and a founder of Cognyxx pharmaceuticals.