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Reflections on a Four-phase Career: Aviva Lev-Ari, PhD, RN, March 2018

 

Prepared for publication in American Friends of the Hebrew University (AFHU), May 2018 Newsletter, Hebrew University’s HUJI Alumni Spotlight Section.

The profile was up on 5/3/2018 on AFHU website under the Alumni Spotlight at https://www.afhu.org/

Excerpts were Published in AFHU e-news on 5/11/2018.

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Aviva Lev-Ari, PhD, RN – February 2018

• On 3/31/2018 was nominated for 2018 Yidan Foundation Prize.

About the Yidan Prize

Founded in 2016 by Dr Charles CHEN Yidan, the Yidan Prize has a mission to create a better world through education. Through a series of initiatives – research, events and multimedia content – alongside the annual award, the prize serves to establish a platform that allows the global community to engage in conversation around education and to play a role in education philanthropy.

 On 9/27/2018 The Yidan Prize Announces Laureates 2018: 

The Yidan Prize’s laureates this year are Northwestern University’s Professor Larry HEDGES and eDX’s founder and CEO, Professor Anant AGARWAL.

Reflections on a Four-phase Career: Aviva Lev-Ari, PhD, RN, March 2018

 

Please read about my Five Passions

• Cherry Blossom

When the cherry blossoms bloomed They brought beauty to my heart. Tatsu-jo¹

 

• Harp Music

The Role of the Harp and of Music in Medical Recovery

 

• Music and Curation in Music

Power of Analogy: Curation in Music, Music Critique as a Curation and Curation of Medical Research Findings – A Comparison

 

• Bob Dylan “for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition”.

Nobel Lecture, 6/5/2017 and Acceptance Speech – Bob Dylan – 2016 Nobel Prize Gala — Bob Dylan Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature, Scientists cited his verses in Scientific Article Titles

 

• 3D Printing in Fashion Design

3D Printing in Fashion Design – 2016 Exhibit at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, #techstyle March 6, 2016 – July 10, 2016 Henry and Lois Foster Gallery (Gallery 158)

https://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com/2016/01/24/neri-oxman-design-at-the-intersection-of-technology-and-biology/

 

Autobiographical expressions made in the following creative writings:

• Autobiographical Annotations: Tribute to My Professors
• Public Eulogy of Note: Prof. Allan Pred, University of California, Berkeley
• Public Eulogy of Note: Prof. David Hooson, University of California, Berkeley

 

Education

• Elementary School Giv’at Nesher, Israel 1959-1964 (Top 5)

Recipient of National Award in Geography of Israel, 1963

• Huggim High School, Mount Carmel, Haifa, Israel, 1965-1968 (Top 5): Economics and Social Sciences concentration
• HUJI, BA, 1973 (with Distinction) Geography and History;
• HUJI, MA, 1976 (Summa Cum Laude) Urban Planning.
• University of California, Berkeley, PhD, 1983. Economic Geography and Industrial Organization Economics, Department of Geography.
• Northeastern University, Biological Sciences, 2005, Nursing, 2007.

My career had several phases:

• Phase 1: Research, 1973 – 1983
• Phase 2: Corporate Applied Research in the US, 1985 – 2005
• Phase 3: Career Reinvention in Health Care, 2005 – 2012
• Phase 4: Electronic Scientific Publishing, 4/2012 to Present

 

Phase 1: Research, 1973 – 1983

In Israel, Research Track

• Masters level in the Urban Studies Department, HUJI, 1973-1976; thesis advisor: Prof. Amiram Gonen
• Work and Welfare Research Institute (WWRI), HUJI, 1975-1976, research assistant to Prof. Shalom Reichman, WWRI director: Prof. Rivka W. Bar-Yosef, and
• Technion, Transportation Research Center (TRC), 1977-1978, research associate and team leader, in Dr. Moshe Becker’s group, Road Safety Center (RSC).

My education at HUJI was crucial in attaining a Research Associate position at the Technion, 1977-1978. The years of research for my Masters at HUJI and the two years at the Technion contributed to my professional motivation and confidence to pursue a PhD at University of California, Berkeley, 9/1978 – 12/1983.

I arrived at my first research position at the Technion following my Masters at HUJI. I was extremely well prepared for the challenge. I was well versed in research methodologies and mastered advanced skills in scientific and technical oral and written communication. These most important skills served me very well three years later when I started my doctorate at University of California, Berkeley.

My professors at HUJI wrote recommendation letters for me which where critical for admission to the PhD program. I remained in contact with them till some passed away, Prof. Louis Guttman in 1989 and Prof. Shalom Reichman in 1994. I am in contact to this day with Prof. Ruth Kark, Dr. Shlomit Levy, and Dr. Sara Hershkovits. I was one of their very able students. On my annual visit in Israel, I meet with all the three.

 

In California, Doctoral Program at Berkeley, Industrial Organization Economics, Economic Geography, 9/1978 – 12/1983. Advisor: Prof. Allan Pred

Comments I made on 3/8/2018 to Nathan F. SAYRE, department chairman:

“The death of Allan Pred, was a colossal loss to humanity and to human geography. Like Albert Einstein’s death was an irrecoverable loss to the physics community and to the universe he researched and modeled!!!”

My own dissertation was creative and led to my first job in the US, after graduation, director level at SRI, International in Menlo Park, CA 

Without the aura of a Berkeley PhD – I could not have been able to carry the torch that guided me to where I am in 2018, an owner of a knowledge-based venture with significant intellectual property, planning to transfer ownership in 2019/20. 

I have expressed my feelings and impressions of my years at Berkeley in the following two articles: 

• Recollections: Part 1 – My days at Berkeley, 9/1978 – 12/1983 –About my doctoral advisor, Allan Pred, other Professors and other Peers

https://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com/2018/03/15/recollections-my-days-at-berkeley-9-1978-12-1983-about-my-doctoral-advisor-allan-pred-other-professors-and-other-peer/

• Recollections: Part 2 – “While Rolling” is preceded by “While Enrolling” Autobiographical Alumna Recollections of Berkeley – Aviva Lev-Ari, PhD’83

https://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com/2018/05/24/recollections-part-2-while-rolling-is-preceded-by-while-enrolling-autobiographical-alumna-recollections-of-berkeley-aviva-lev-ari-phd83/

 

Phase 2: Corporate Applied Research in the US, 1985 – 2005

Twenty years of top-tier management consulting and as a corporate executive. In the corporate world, I worked for Fortune 50 companies, using the principles of statistical modeling, economic geography, and of industrial organization economics, every day.

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Accomplishments

• Technology Executive, Methodology and Decision Scientist, Functional CV
• Contributions to Design of Algorithm-based Decision Support Systems
• Technical Contributions in the Domain of Electronic Commerce Analytics: Aviva Lev-Ari, Ph.D.

Data Science is the Greatest Science. It is the Greatest Science for Women, as Well

Pioneering implementations of Analytics to Business decision making: Contributions to Domain knowledge conceptualization, Research design, Methodology development, Data modeling and Statistical data analysis: Aviva Lev-Ari, UCB, PhD’83; HUJI MA’76

 

Phase 3: Career Reinvention in Health Care, 2005 – 2012

Education

• Northeastern University, Biological Sciences, 2005
• Northeastern University, Nursing, 2007, National Nursing Board, 1/2008

Work experience in Health Care

https://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com/founder/scientific-and-medical-affairs-chronological-cv/

 

• Delivery of Care in MA – Post Acute Nursing Management positions, 2008 – 2012

HealthCare Delivery – Long Term Post Acute Care Nursing Management CV

 

• Cardiovascular pharmacology-therapy research, development of a combination drug therapy, 2006-2007, Northeastern University, with Prof. Paul Aburjaily, PharmD

https://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com/2012/07/16/bystolics-generic-nebivolol-positive-effect-on-circulating-endothilial-progrnetor-cells-endogenous-augmentation/

 

• Conceptual development with a team of scientists on Drug Discovery & Drug Delivery, 2015-2016, LPBI Group, with Dr. Raphael Nir, SBH Sciences, CEO.

https://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com/drugdiscovery-lpbi-group/

 

Phase 4: Electronic Scientific Publishing, 4/2012 to Present

Twitter Profile

 

• 2012 – Present, Editor-in-Chief, Open Access Online Scientific Journal

https://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com/about/

Site statistics on 5/26/2018:

1. 1,435,270 e-Readers,
2. 2,340 subscribers,
3. 5,318 Scientific Articles,
4. ~8000 comments by scientists

 

• Editor-in-Chief of 13 Volumes of a 16-Volume LPBI’s BioMed e-Series, published, 2013 – 2017, available on Amazon.com shelves in Medicine and Life Sciences. Three additional volumes will be published in 2018/9:

Aviva’s Page on Amazon.com

https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-text&field-keywords=Aviva+Lev-Ari&rh=n%3A133140011%2Ck%3AAviva+Lev-Ari

 

• 557 Co-Curations, single author curations and scientific reports in 13 Volumes of LPBI’s BioMed e-Series by Aviva Lev-Ari, PhD, RN

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/557-co-curations-single-author-curation-scientific-13-aviva/

 

• Press coverage of BioMed and BioTech Conferences in Real Time, attendance on Press Pass

https://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com/press-coverage/

 

• e-Scientific Publishing: The Competitive Advantage of a Powerhouse for Curation of Scientific Findings and Methodology Development for e-Scientific Publishing – LPBI Group, A Case in Point

 

Additional Sources for Chronological CV

https://pharmaceuticalintelligence.com/founder/

• Scientific and Medical Affairs Chronological CV
• Technology Executive, Methodology and Decision Scientist, Functional CV
• Contributions to Design of Algorithm-based Decision Support Systems
• Technical Contributions in the Domain of Electronic Commerce Analytics: Aviva Lev-Ari, Ph.D.
• HealthCare Delivery – Long Term Post Acute Care Nursing Management CV
• Editorial & Publication of Articles in e-Books by Leaders in Pharmaceutical Business Intelligence
• List of Invited Lectures, 1983 -2004
• List of Publications, 1983 – 2004
• List of Publications, 2006 – Present
• Cardiovascular Diseases and Pharmacological Therapy: Curations
• MedTech & Medical Devices for Cardiovascular Repair – Curations
• Stem Cells and Cardiac Repair: Content Curation & Scientific Reporting
• Regulatory Affairs: Publications on FDA-related Issues – Aviva Lev-Ari, PhD, RN
• Cancer Research: Curations and Reporting