Rachel-Shelly Levy-Drummer

Dr. Rachel-Shelly Levy-Drummer holds a B.Sc., M.Sc. in Chemistry and Ph.D. in Biomathematical modeling from Bar-Ilan University. Dr. Levy-Drummer has an additional B.A. in Statistics and a certificate in Business Administration. Since 1982, Dr. Levy-Drummer teaches and conducts research in the field of Bio-mathematical Modeling and Bio-Statistics. In 1996, Dr. Levy-Drummer founded the Biostatistics Counseling Unit in the life science faculty. From 2005 until 2014, Levy-Drummer has been serving as the coordinator for the Computational Biology program (B.A. and M.A.) alongside Prof. Ron Unger. Her role included consulting and accompaniment of students in computational biology, as well as taking part in editing, adaptations, and updates of the computational biology curriculum.

Dr. Levy-Drummer teaches a unique bio-statistics and clinical trial course for postgraduate students and physicians. The course offers students a thorough understanding of applied statistical thinking and provides them with tools for implementing descriptive and theoretical statistics.

In 2010, Dr. Levy-Drummer initiated the Genomics and Biomedical Informatics program in collaboration with the Sheba Medical Center and Bar-Ilan University. The program was jointly developed with Prof. Ron Unger (Bar-Ilan University) and Prof. Gidi Rechavi (Sheba hospital). The program has been taught for the past seven years and in 2014 it received the endorsement of the Israeli Ministry of Health and the Scientific Committee of the Israeli Medical Association.

In 2014, Dr. Rachel-Shelly Levy-Drummer was appointed the Academic Secretary at Bar-Ilan University. In this role, Levy-Drummer oversees new curricula in all fields and is responsible for the management of approval of new academic programs within the university and in regards to the Council for Higher Education.