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Adi Lifshitz
Curriculum vitae
Date of birth
Nationality
Correspondence Address
Telephone
E-mail
4 October 1981
Israeli
11 Avshalom street, Haifa 34403, Israel.
+972-(0)50-6487414 / +972-(0)4-8377710
adilifsh@gmail.com
Education
2008-2009
THE BRAIN AND BEHAVOUR RESEARCH PROGRAM, FACULTY OF
EDUCATION, HAIFA UNIVERSITY
Mater of Arts (MA) studies. Research thesis on inter-hemispheric connections during
language processing, using effective connectivity fMRI technique. Special award for
outstanding achievements.
2003-2007
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION DISORDERS, FACULTY OF
WELFARE & HEALTH STUDIES, HAIFA UNIVERSITY
BA, official license as a speech therapist and audiologist.
2002 -2003
FACULTY OF MEDICINE, THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM
Studies towards a BSc in medical sciences.
1987-1999
HEBREW RE’ALI SCHOOL, HAIFA
Summa cum laude state baccalaureate certificate, with special award for outstanding
achievements in chemistry. Extended subjects: mathematics, computer science, chemistry,
English.
Awards
2009
The Graduate Studies Dean's scholarship for outstanding achievements in postgraduate
M.A. studies.
2009
Diploma for an outstanding thesis-related poster at the annual research fair of the Faculty
of Social Welfare and Health Science, Haifa University.
2007
The Israeli parliament (Knesset) prize for outstanding achievements in undergraduate
studies; representing of Haifa University at the ceremony.
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Professional Experience
2007-
SHOHAM GERIATRIC HOSPITAL, PARDES HANNA, ISRAEL.
Speech therapy and rehabilitation of language, speech and swallowing capacities of patients
who suffered a Cerebral Vascular Accident (stroke).
2007-2008
THE ISRAELI EDUCATION MINISTRY, HAIFA DISTRICT
Speech therapy and language/speech lessons to deaf and hearing-impaired students at a
primary school.
2004-2007
CLINICAL INTERNSHIPS
2005
2005
2006
2007
Working with children suffering from learning disabilities, Or Akiva, Israel.
Audiology training (a variety of clinical hearing tests), Audiology Department,
Rambam Hospital, Haifa, Israel.
Speech and language rehabilitation for post-stroke geriatric population, The
Shoham Geriatric hospital, Israel.
Speech and language care for children with Cerebral Palsy and other complicated
disabilities.
2004-2009
THE SIGN LANGUAGE RESEARCH LABORATORY, UNIVERSITY OF
HAIFA
Research Assistant in a project about the history of ISL and on the emergence of
grammar. Coding, transcription, and analysis of research data.
2005-2009
NITZAN – A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION SUPPORTING THE
LEARNING-DISABELD
Social counselor, tours and trips coordinator, and night counselor in a special estate
housing adults with learning disabilities, autism, adaptation disorders, etc.
Compulsory Military Service
1999-2001
ELITE TECHNOLOGICAL UNIT, IDF INTELLIGENCE CORPS
Academic training in programming, data bases, algorithmics, and Arabic.
Extensive knowledge of the programming languages C, Perl, Cshell, Sql, Python, Pascal, Html, and fourth
generation languages (4gl)
Unix, MVS in IBM Main Frame, Adabas and Oracle databases, Windows 98, XP, Microsoft Office
Basic acquaintance with data communication and several protocols
Voluntary and Extra-Curricular Activities
2006-2008
ACADEMIC ASSISTANCE TO A STUDENT FROM THE ETHIOPIAN
COMMUNITY
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Teaching and supporting a student at the Department of Communication Disorders as
part of a social engagement project at Haifa University.
2003-2006
LIFE, INSTITUTION FOR CANCER TREATMENT
Teaching young children biology and natural history
2001
THE IDF AND JEWISH AGENCY DELEGATION TO PENNSYLVANIA, USA
Youth guide (3 months)
1998
MARCH OF THE LIVING, POLAND
Participant in the Re’ali school’s delegation to the holocaust memorial service
1997
THE INTERNATIONAL ZIONIST ORGANIZATION
Young delegate to the Centenary Zionist Congress, Basel, Switzerland
1996
‘BOW AND ARROW’ PROGRAM', IDF
Joint project for American and Israeli teenagers
1997-1999
YOUTH COUNCILORS TRAINING COURSE
Navigation and environmental skills for school seniors
Languages
Fluent Hebrew and English
Intermediate Spanish and Arabic