children. During the last year of his three-year fellowship, he joined the lab
of the late James (Jimmy) Schwartz, a renowned neuroscientist.
Currently at Columbia University, Levine is a principle investigator,
together with Nobel Prize laureate Dr. Eric Kandel and distinguished
researcher Dr. Denise Kandel, on a research project sponsored by the
National Institutes of Health. He also has a private practice in Manhattan.
Levine is board-certified in adult psychiatry and is a member of the
American Psychiatric Association, the American Academy of Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry, and the Society for Neuroscience.
He lives with his family in New York City and Southampton, New York.
For as long as she can remember, Rachel Heller has been interested in
human behavior and culture. As the daughter of two university professors—
a historian and a political scientist—she spent her childhood in the United
States, England, Israel, and other countries. Perhaps as a result of this early
experience and her keen interest in diverse cultures, she became an avid
traveler, spending long periods of time in, among other countries, India,
Indonesia, the Philippines, Uganda, Kenya, Madagascar, and Pakistan,
where she trekked in the high Himalayas and learned about local traditions,
hiking, and exploring.
Before entering the field of psychology, Heller worked as a tour guide for
American, British, Australian, and South African volunteers in the Israeli
army as part of her compulsory army service. Later she served as an aide to
a member of the Israeli Knesset, conducting research on legislation and
working with the press, especially on human rights issues.
Heller holds a B.A. in behavioral sciences (psychology, anthropology,
and sociology) and an M.A. degree in social-organizational psychology
from Columbia University. After completing her master’s, she worked for
several management consulting firms, including PricewaterhouseCoopers,
KPMG, and Towers Perrin, where she managed high-profile clients.
Before a recent move to the San Francisco Bay Area, where she now
lives with her husband and three children, Heller worked for the
Educational Psychology Service in Modi’in. There she helped families,