Awards
2016-2018
Richter Family fund scholarship for excellence
2016-2018
Arison family Fund scholarship for excellence
2018
Rabin medical center scholarship for excellence; LVAD implantation
2017
Rabin medical center scholarship for excellence; Aortic Disease
2016
Rabin medical center scholarship for excellence; Heart and Lung transplant
2015
Globes Magazine (Israel most prestigious financial magazine), 40G40, Chosen as one of the 40 most promising young Israeli’s (The only Physician on the list)
2015
Chosen as a member of Rabin Medical Center leading Research team
2013
The Milvitzky award, Outstanding resident award, Israel cardiothoracic surgery Society
2013
The Israeli Heart Society, best abstract Award
2012
Carmel medical center, best research proposal award
2012
Carmel medical center, young investigator award
2012
The Israeli Heart Society Meltzer Award
2012
The Israeli Heart Society Neufeld Award
2009
Senta Foulkes Award for Excellence in Medicine and Research (nominated by The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities)
2006
Herchel Rich Award for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
2005
British Foulkes Fellowship for Excellence in Medical Science (nominated by The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities)
2005
Zef, Fien, Neaman Fund Fellowship for Excellence in Medical Science
2004
European Society for Heart Research Young Investigator Award, Dresden, Germany
2004
Israeli Society for Heart Research Young Investigator Award, Tel-Aviv, Israel
2003
Prize for Outstanding Acceptance Grades to the PhD program, Medicine faculty, Technion
2003
B.A in Medical Science 'Summa cum laude'
2002
Full scholarship – MD/PhD program, Medicine faculty, Technion
2001
Technion President scholarship for Excellence in MD studies
2000
Technion President scholarship for Excellence in MD studies
1999
Technion President scholarship for Excellence in MD studies
1999
Technion President scholarship for Outstanding Acceptance Grades to the Technion
1996
Awarded as an excellent Combat company commander, IDF
צוות המחקר המוביל של בלינסון 2015: פרופסור ברק יושב בצד השמאלי של התמונה.
Research grants
2019-2021
ERA; Stratification of heart failure patients for cardiac recovery upon cardiac unloading by left ventricular assist device therapy addressing the molecular epigenetic and proteomic changes associated with reverse cardiac remodeling
P.I.: Prof. Oliver Schilling, Dr. Marie-Louise Bang, Collaborators – Dr. Yaron D. Barac, Dr. Carmelo Milano/993,000 Euro
2016
The Leipzig heart centrum; Reverse cardiac remodeling
P.I.: Professor Dan Aravot, Dr. Yaron D. Barac, Professor Fred Mohr, Dr. Fabian Emrich/100,000 NIS
2015-2016
The insurance company union; Driving Safety following Open Heart Surgery
P.I.: Professor Dan Aravot, Dr. Yaron D. Barac/900,000 NIS
2015-2016
GIF; Characterization of the bridge to recovery effect of cardiac assist devices and the involvement of the ubiquitin proteasome system in reverse cardiac remodeling
P.I.: Dr. Yaron D. Barac/ 130,000 NIS
2012-2016
ISF; Generating functional cardiomyocytes from induced pluripotent stem cells derived from human cardiac fibroblasts
P.I.: Dr. Yaron D. Barac/1.1 M NIS
2012-2019
Shahal; Back to functional life post cardiac surgery
P.I.: Professor Dan Aravot, Dr. Yaron D. Barac/400,000 NIS
2011
TEVA; TVP1022, Development of a novel cardiovascular drug
P.I.: Prof. Binah, Dr. Barac, Prof. Abassi and Prof. Youdim/ $K150
2010
Office of the Chief Scientist; TVP1022, Development of a novel cardiovascular drug
P.I: Prof. Binah, Dr. Barac, Prof. Abassi and Prof. Youdim/$K300
2008-2012
AMIT; ACC, Development of novel anti-cancer drug
P.I.: Prof. Binah, Dr. Barac, Dr. Maor and Prof. Ciechanover/$M 1.6
2007-2012
AMIT; TVP1022, Development of a novel cardiovascular drug
P.I.: Prof. Binah, Dr. Barac, Prof. Abassi and Prof. Youdim/$M 2.3