Prof. Aaron Lerner earned his M.D. at Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel in 1976. He has obtained Certified Pediatric Gastroenterology, Certified Pediatric Gastroenterology, and Certified Gastroenterologist certifications. From 2005 to 2015, Prof. Lerner served as head of the Pediatric Gastroenterology Unit at Carmel Medical Center. Since 2020, Prof. Aaron Lerner's current academic and professional position has been at the Chaim Sheba Medical Center, the Zabludowicz Research Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Tel-Hashomer, Israel. His scientific interests include mucosal immunology, autoimmunity, diagnostic serology, celiac disease, nutritional deficiencies, industrial food additives, intestinal permeability, microbial transglutaminase, microbiomes/dysbiomes/viromes, gluten-induced neurodegeneration, cross-reactivity, and sequence similarity. Prof. Lerner has published more than 370 peer-reviewed scientific publications.