Dr. Zehava Chen-Levy

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University of Washington
School of Medicine
Laboratory Medicine
LecturerAppointed: 2004
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Mailing Address

Box 357110
Department of Laboratory Medicine
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington 98195
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (206) 598-6131
Fax: (206) 598-6189
zclevy@u.washington.edu

Qualifications

Fellow, Academy of Clinical Biochemistry, Clinical Biochemistry, 2007.
Diplomate, American Board of Clinical Chemistry, Clinical Chemistry, 1994.
Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Washington, Clinical Chemistry, 1993.
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Stanford University, Molecular and Cellular Biology, 1990.
Ph.D., Weizmann Institute of Science, Biochemistry-Life Sciences, 1986.
B.Sc., Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Chemistry-Biochemistry, 1970.

Expertise and Research Interests

General Clinical Chemistry
Education
Cardiac Markers
Immunology

Other Expertise

Education
Laboratory Management
Laboratory Automation
Laboratory Quality Management

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Clinical Chemistry, Education, Immunology, Laboratory Practice or Procedure, Medical Education, Molecular Biology, Oncogenes.

Additional Terms:

Clinical Chemistry, Education, Immunology.

Languages

(Reading, Writing, Speaking)

English: (Fluent, Fluent, Fluent)
Hebrew: (Fluent, Fluent, Fluent)

Memberships

Academy of Clinical Biochemistry
Academy of Clinical Laboratory Physicians and Scientists
American Association for Clinical Chemistry

Honors and Awards

2001, Israel National Merit Award in Management, Office of Government Service, Israel, Excellence in management
1986, Best Ph.D. Thesis, Michael Landau Foundation, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel, Biological Sciences

Previous Positions

2002-2003, Research Scientist, University of Washington, School of Medicine, Laboratory Medicine
1996-2003, Director, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Clinical Chemistry Laboratory
1994-2000, Lecturer, Tel-Aviv University, School of Medicine, Clinical Biochemistry

Publications

  • Campbell PT, Wener MH, Sorensen B, Wood B, Chen-Levy Z, Potter JD, McTiernan A, Ulrich CM (Jun 2008) Effect of exercise on in vitro immune function: a 12-month randomized, controlled trial among postmenopausal women., Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985), 104 (6), 1648-55 Abstract
  • Boynton A, Neuhouser ML, Wener MH, Wood B, Sorensen B, Chen-Levy Z, Kirk EA, Yasui Y, Lacroix K, McTiernan A, Ulrich CM (Nov 2007) Associations between healthy eating patterns and immune function or inflammation in overweight or obese postmenopausal women., The American journal of clinical nutrition, 86 (5), 1445-55 Abstract
  • Chen-Levy Z, Wener MH, Toivola B, Daum P, Reyes M, Fine JS (Mar 2005) Factors affecting urinary myoglobin stability in vitro., American journal of clinical pathology, 123 (3), 432-8 Abstract
  • Cohen N, Almoznino-Sarafian D, Zaidenstein R, Alon I, Gorelik O, Shteinshnaider M, Chachashvily S, Averbukh Z, Golik A, Chen-Levy Z, Modai D, Serum magnesium aberrations in furosemide (frusemide) treated patients with congestive heart failure: pathophysiological correlates and prognostic evaluation, Heart (British Cardiac Society), 89(4), 411-6, April 2003 Abstract
  • Cotter-Metzkor E, Krakover R, Cotter G, Ben-Yaakov M, Lazarovich T, Chen-Levy Z, Zaidenstein R, Fytlovich S, Boldur I, Golik A, Cumulative infectious burden (but not any single past infection) is interrelated with traditional risk factors to cause coronary artery disease, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 41(6 Suppl B), 344, March 2003 Abstract
  • Gilad VH, Halperin R, Chen-Levy Z, Gilad GM, Cyclic changes of plasma spermine concentrations in women, Life Sciences, 72(2), 135-41, November 2002 Abstract
  • Kotlyar AA, Vered Z, Goldberg I, Chouraqui P, Nas D, Fridman E, Chen-Levy Z, Fytlovich S, Sangiorgi G, Spagnoli LG, Orlandi A, Savion N, Eldar M, Scheinowitz M, Insulin-like growth factor I and II preserve myocardial structure in postinfarct swine, Heart (British Cardiac Society), 86(6), 693-700, December 2001 Abstract
  • Barr J, Eshel G, Chen-Levy Z, Lahat E, Heliox use in the treatment of acute hyperammonemia, Journal of Child Neurology, 16(6), 456-8, June 2001 Abstract
  • Berkovitch M, Uziel Y, Greenberg R, Chen-Levy Z, Arcusin M, Marcus O, Pinto O, Evans S, Matias A, Lahat E, False-high blood salicylate levels in neonates with hyperbilirubinemia, Therapeutic Drug Monitoring, 22(6), 757-61, December 2000 Abstract
  • Berkovitch M, Eshel G, Lushkov G, Reznik S, Chen-Levy Z, Pinto O, Koren G, The effect of diazepam in the recovery of rabbits from acute acetaminophen intoxication, Therapeutic Drug Monitoring, 21(3), 267-73, June 1999 Abstract
  • Monica K, Chen-Levy Z, Cleary ML, Small G proteins are expressed ubiquitously in lymphoid cells and do not correspond to Bcl-2, Nature, 346(6280), 189-91, July 1990 Abstract
  • Chen-Levy Z, Cleary ML, Membrane topology of the Bcl-2 proto-oncogenic protein demonstrated in vitro, Journal of Bioligical Chemistry, 265(9), 4929-33, March 1990 Abstract
  • Chen-Levy Z, Nourse J, Cleary ML, The bcl-2 candidate proto-oncogene product is a 24-kilodalton integral-membrane protein highly expressed in lymphoid cell lines and lymphomas carrying the t(14;18) translocation, Molecular and Cellular Biology, 9(2), 701-10, February 1989 Abstract
  • Ngan BY, Chen-Levy Z, Weiss LM, Warnke RA, Cleary ML, Expression in non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the bcl-2 protein associated with the t(14;18) chromosomal translocation, The New England Journal of Medicine, 318(25), 1638-44, June 1988 Abstract
  • Lancet D, Chen Z, Ciobotariu A, Eckstein F, Khen M, Heldman J, Ophir D, Shafir I, Pace U, Toward a comprehensive molecular analysis of olfactory transduction, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 510, 27-32, 1987 Abstract
  • Chen Z, Pace U, Heldman J, Shapira A, Lancet D, Isolated frog olfactory cilia: a preparation of dendritic membranes from chemosensory neurons, The Journal of Neuroscience: the Official Journal of the Society for Neuroscience., 6(8), 2146-54, August 1986 Abstract
  • Chen Z, Ophir D, Lancet D, Monoclonal antibodies to ciliary glycoproteins of frog olfactory neurons, Brain Research, 368(2), 329-38, March 1986 Abstract
  • Chen Z, Pace U, Ronen D, Lancet D, Polypeptide gp95. A unique glycoprotein of olfactory cilia with transmembrane receptor properties, Journal of Bioligical Chemistry, 261(3), 1299-305, January 1986 Abstract
  • Chen Z, Lancet D, Membrane proteins unique to vertebrate olfactory cilia: candidates for sensory receptor molecules, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America., 81(6), 1859-63, March 1984 Abstract
  • Danon A, Chen Z, Binding of imipramine to plasma proteins: effect of hyperlipoproteinemia, Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 25(3), 316-21, March 1979 Abstract
  • Chen Z, Danon A, Binding of reserpine to plasma albumin and lipoproteins, Biochemical Pharmacology, 28(2), 267-71, 1979 Abstract
  • Danon A, Chen Z, Kaplanski J, Digoxin plasma levels as a guide to treatment, Harefuah, 91(3-4), 76-8, August 1976 Abstract

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