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Limor Aharonson-Daniel

Limor Aharonson-Daniel is an Israeli emergency preparedness expert.

Limor Aharonson-Daniel
Born1963
Israel
NationalityIsraeli
Scientific career
FieldsInjury epidemiology
InstitutionsBen-Gurion University of the Negev
Websitehttps://bgu.academia.edu/LimorAharonsonDaniel

Biography

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Limor Aharonson-Daniel was born in Israel to Nurit and Ephraim Aharonson, a direct descendant of the Aharonson family of Zichron Yaakov. Married to Shlomo Daniel and mother to Edan Daniel-Hertz, Atai, Ohad and Eilam Daniel.

Medical and academic career

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Aharonson-Daniel is the director of the PREPARED Center for Emergency Response Research at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU). She served as Vice President for Global Engagement at BGU between 2019-2023, after being Vice Rector for international academic affairs 2016-2019. She is a full Professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Public Health. Limor is an international expert on injury epidemiology and played a significant role in the academization of the field of emergency preparedness and response and in the development of innovative approaches and tools for the study of emergency situations. Among these are the Barel body region by nature of injury diagnosis matrix,[1] Multiple Injury Profiles[2][3] and the Conjoint Community Resiliency Assessment Measure (CCRAM).[4][5][6][7]

Aharonson-Daniel joined BGU in 2008 after being the deputy director of The Israel National Center for Trauma and Emergency Medicine Research. In 2009 she founded the master's program in Emergency Medicine and the adjacent PREPARED research center at BGU. She headed the Department of Emergency Medicine between 2011 and 2016 when she was nominated as vice rector. Limor contributed to the field of coding and classification of injury. Several of her studies resulted in the development of innovative approaches and tools to facilitate practically oriented studies of disasters and emergency situations. Among these are the Barell Matrix[1] Multiple Injury Profiles[2][3] and the Conjoint Community Resiliency Assessment Measure.[4][5][6][7] Other studies she led improved the provision of care during emergency situations to vulnerable populations, particularly deaf persons[6] and chronically ill patients.

She has published extensively in leading peer-reviewed journals and authored several book chapters both on Injury Research Methods and on Disaster Preparedness Assessment.[8] Prof. Aharonson-Daniel served on the editorial board of Injury Prevention journal for eight years and now serves on the editorial board of Injury Epidemiology journal[9] and as a reviewer for several other journals. Prof. Aharonson-Daniel is a member of the CDCs' International Collaborative Effort (ICE) on injury statistics,[10] core member of the Global Burden of Disease study 'Injuries Expert Group',[11] the Society for the Advancement of Violence and Injury Research (SAVIR), the World Association of Disaster and Emergency Medicine (WADEM) where she served on the board of directors and as co-chair of the psychosocial section (2015-2017).[12] Prof. Aharonson-Daniel is a member of the American Public Health Association (APHA) section on Injury Control and Emergency Health Services (ICEHS).[13]

References

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  1. ^ a b Barell, V.; Aharonson-Daniel, L.; Fingerhut, L. A.; Mackenzie, E. J.; Ziv, A.; Boyko, V.; Abargel, A.; Avitzour, M.; Heruti, R. (2002-06-01). "An introduction to the Barell body region by nature of injury diagnosis matrix". Injury Prevention. 8 (2): 91–96. doi:10.1136/ip.8.2.91. ISSN 1353-8047. PMC 1730858. PMID 12120842.
  2. ^ a b Aharonson-Daniel, L.; Giveon, A.; Peleg, K. (2005-08-01). "Gaps in injury statistics: multiple injury profiles reveal them and provide a comprehensive account". Injury Prevention. 11 (4): 197–200. doi:10.1136/ip.2005.008227. ISSN 1353-8047. PMC 1730234. PMID 16081744.
  3. ^ a b Aharonson-Daniel, Limor (2010-02-01). "Counting secondary injuries on national estimates: the road to multiple injury profiles". Injury Prevention. 16 (1): 71–72. doi:10.1136/ip.2009.025528. ISSN 1353-8047. PMID 20179041. S2CID 206981950.
  4. ^ a b Leykin, Dmitry; Lahad, Mooli; Cohen, Odeya; Goldberg, Avishay; Aharonson-Daniel, Limor (2013-12-01). "Conjoint Community Resiliency Assessment Measure-28/10 Items (CCRAM28 and CCRAM10): A Self-report Tool for Assessing Community Resilience". American Journal of Community Psychology. 52 (3–4): 313–323. doi:10.1007/s10464-013-9596-0. ISSN 1573-2770. PMID 24091563. S2CID 34558631.
  5. ^ a b Aharonson-Daniel, L.; Lahad, M.; Leykin, D.; Cohen, O.; Goldberg, A.; Community Resilience Assessment - Meeting the Challenge - the Development of the Conjoint Community Resiliency Assessment. (8): 108 – 127 in Ajdukovic, D.; Kimhi, S.; Lahad, M. (2015-04-08). Resiliency: Enhancing Coping with Crisis and Terrorism. IOS Press. ISBN 9781614994909.
  6. ^ a b c Cohen, Odeya; Bolotin, Arkady; Lahad, Mooli; Goldberg, Avishay; Aharonson-Daniel, Limor (2016-07-01). "Increasing sensitivity of results by using quantile regression analysis for exploring community resilience". Ecological Indicators. 66: 497–502. doi:10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.02.012.
  7. ^ a b Cohen, Odeya; Geva, Diklah; Lahad, Mooli; Bolotin, Arkady; Leykin, Dima; Goldberg, Avishay; Aharonson-Daniel, Limor (2016-02-04). "Community Resilience throughout the Lifespan – The Potential Contribution of Healthy Elders". PLOS ONE. 11 (2): e0148125. Bibcode:2016PLoSO..1148125C. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0148125. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 4741520. PMID 26844889.
  8. ^ "Limor Aharonson-Daniel - Google Scholar Citations". scholar.google.co.il. Retrieved 2017-07-14.
  9. ^ "Injury Epidemiology". Injury Epidemiology. Retrieved 2017-07-14.
  10. ^ "Limor Aharonson‐Daniel". Injury Prevention. 12 (5): 301. October 2006. doi:10.1136/ip.2006.013425. ISSN 1353-8047. PMC 2563453.
  11. ^ Bhalla, Kavi; Harrison, James; Abraham, Jerry; Borse, Nagesh N.; Lyons, Ronan; Boufous, Soufiane; Aharonson-Daniel, Limor (2009-01-20). "Data Sources for Improving Estimates of the Global Burden of Injuries: Call for Contributors". PLOS Medicine. 6 (1): e1000001. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1000001. ISSN 1549-1676. PMC 2628399. PMID 19166263.
  12. ^ "Limor Aharonson-Daniel | WADEM". WADEM. Retrieved 2017-07-14.
  13. ^ "Injury Control and Emergency Health Services". www.apha.org. Retrieved 2017-07-14.
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