Biography

Hestrin-Lerner was born in Winnipeg

Winnipeg

Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of Manitoba, Canada, and is the primary municipality of the Winnipeg Capital Region, with more than half of Manitoba's population. It is located near the longitudinal centre of North America, at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers .The name...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 in 1918. Aged 14, she emigrated with her parents to the then British Mandate of Palestine (now Israel

Israel

The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

) in 1932. She was awarded a doctorate in pathological physiology

Physiology

Physiology is the science of the function of living systems. This includes how organisms, organ systems, organs, cells, and bio-molecules carry out the chemical or physical functions that exist in a living system. The highest honor awarded in physiology is the Nobel Prize in Physiology or...

 from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem ; ; abbreviated HUJI) is Israel's second-oldest university, after the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. The Hebrew University has three campuses in Jerusalem and one in Rehovot. The world's largest Jewish studies library is located on its Edmond J...

.

Awards

In 1955, Hestrin-Lerner was awarded the Israel Prize

Israel Prize

The Israel Prize is an award handed out by the State of Israel and is largely regarded as the state's highest honor. It is presented annually, on Israeli Independence Day, in a state ceremony in Jerusalem, in the presence of the President, the Prime Minister, the Knesset chairperson, and the...

, for medical science.

Hestrin-Lerner's brother, Shlomo Hestrin

Shlomo Hestrin

Shlomo Hestrin was an Israeli biochemist.-Biography:Hestrin was born in 1914 in Winnipeg, Canada...

, was also awarded the Israel Prize, in exact sciences, in 1957.

See also

• List of Israel Prize recipients
• Lerner
  Lerner
  Lerner is a common German family name. Its literal meaning can be either "student" or "scholar". It may refer to:- Organizations :* Lerner Enterprises, a real estate company.* Lerner Newspapers...