Victor Novack's main clinical and research interest is clinical epidemiology and especially the effect of environment on human health. Specifically, Prof. Novack's group studies demographic and health characteristics that make a patient more susceptible for the detrimental effects of the air pollution. His background includes training in internal medicine and PhD in Epidemiology. Prof. Novack heads the Research Authority and Department of Medicine at Soroka University Medical Center, the second largest hospital in Israel. He serves as a Vice Dean for innovation at the Faculty of Health Sciences at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.