 She holds the Drs Sarah and Felix Dumont Chair for Research of Hearing Disorders.Avraham received her B.A.degree in Biology from Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S., her Ph.D. from the Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel, under the supervision of Yoram Groner, and post-doctoral training at the National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland, U.S., under the supervision of Nancy Jenkins and Neal Copeland.