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Limor Aharonson-Daniel

Limor Aharonson-Daniel is an Israeli public health researcher and professor known for her work on injury epidemiology, emergency preparedness and community resilience.

born 1963Co-developing the Barell MatrixFounding the PREPARED research centerCommunity resilience researchInjury epidemiology

Limor Aharonson-Daniel
Occupation
scientist
Education
University of Hong Kong, Tel Aviv University

Limor Aharonson-Daniel was born in 1963 in Israel

Limor Aharonson-Daniel was born in Israel in 1963 to Nurit and Ephraim Aharonson. She is a direct descendant of the Aharonson family of Zichron Yaakov. She is married to Shlomo Daniel and has four children.

She earned a bachelor's degree in statistics at Tel Aviv University. In 1995 she received a doctorate from the University of Hong Kong, in the department of community medicine. Her thesis applied operations research to ambulatory care and ambulance services.

She then worked for 8 years at the Israel National Center for Trauma and Emergency Medicine Research at Sheba Medical Center, where she became deputy director. There she helped develop the Barell Matrix and the Multiple Injury Profiles method for classifying injuries.

She joined Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in 2008 and founded the PREPARED Center for Emergency Response Research. She headed the Department of Emergency Medicine from 2011 to 2016. Her research also led to the Conjoint Community Resiliency Assessment Measure and to better emergency care for deaf and chronically ill people.

She served as Vice Rector for international academic affairs from 2016 and as Vice President for Global Engagement from 2019 to 2023. She later joined Tel-Hai as its incoming Vice President for Global Engagement.

Milestones in Limor Aharonson-Daniel's life

  1. 1963

    Born in Israel.

  2. 1995

    Received a doctorate from the University of Hong Kong.

  3. 2008

    Joined Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

  4. 2010

    Launched a joint effort with Prof. Mooli Lahad to build a community resilience measure.

  5. 2011

    Became head of the Department of Emergency Medicine.

  6. 2016

    Appointed Vice Rector for international academic affairs.

  7. 2019

    Appointed Vice President for Global Engagement at Ben-Gurion University.

  8. 2023

    Ended her term as Vice President at Ben-Gurion University.

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Based on English Wikipedia, Limor Aharonson-Daniel and Hebrew Wikipedia, לימור אהרונסון-דניאל, under CC BY-SA 4.0. The facts are Wikidata's.

Photograph: Dani Machlis, CC BY-SA 3.0

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