Rivka Carmi

Rivka Carmi
Rivka Carmi
רבקה כרמי
	Rivka Carmi (2015)
Born	1948 (age 76–77); Zikhron Ya'akov, Israel
Education	The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Hadassah Medical School; Soroka University Medical Center (residency in pediatrics and fellowship in neonatology); Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School (fellowship in medical genetics);
Occupation(s)	pediatrician and geneticist
Known for	Molecular basis of genetic diseases in the Negev Arab-Bedouin population; President of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Rivka Carmi (Hebrew: רבקה כרמי; born 1948) is an Israeli pediatrician and geneticist. She served as President of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) from May 2006 until December 2018. Carmi is the first woman to be appointed president of an Israeli university.