Karen Avraham

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Prof. Karen B. Avraham
Born	1962 Quebec, Canada
Nationality	US/Israel
Alma mater	Washington University in St. Louis Weizmann Institute
Known for	Human Genetics, Deafness, Israeli-Palestinian Scientific Cooperation
Scientific career
Fields	Genetics, Hearing Impairment
Institutions	Tel Aviv University

Karen B. Avraham is an Israeli-American human geneticist and the first female Dean of the Tel Aviv University's Faculty of Medicine.^[1] Born in Canada in 1962, Avraham moved to the US at a young age^[specify]. Her research focuses on the discovery and characterization of genes responsible for hereditary hearing loss.