Prof. Limor Aharonson-Daniel
Prof. Aharonson-Daniel is a professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences and is a founding member of the School for Public Health. She earned a BA degree in statistics from Tel Aviv University and a doctorate in public health from Hong Kong University. She came to BGU in 2008 after serving as the deputy director of The Israel National Center for Trauma and Emergency Medicine Research. In 2009 she opened and headed the Masters program in Emergency Preparedness and Response and founded the PREPARED Center for Emergency Response Research.
Between 2011 and 2016, Prof. Aharonson-Daniel served as head of the Department of Emergency Medicine until she was named Vice-Rector for International Academic affairs. As Vice-Rector she lead several significant initiatives to raise the University's international profile, including drafting a five-year plan for internationalization that was presented to the Council of Higher Education. As a result of that presentation the Council granted BGU a large operating fund, which has enabled the University to expand English-language courses and options for incoming international students. The expansion of BGU's exchange agreements with academic institutions around the world during her tenure has lead to significant growth in the number of BGU students and staff participating in exchange programs with colleagues overseas.
