Prof. Alon Friedman is a Professor in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel and holds the Dennis Chair in Epilepsy Research at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada. He completed his medical and doctoral training at Ben-Gurion University and did his residency training in Neurosurgery at Soroka University Medical Center in Israel. He also did his post-doctoral training at the Charité Medical University in Berlin as an Alexander von-Humboldt fellow. His research focus is on how the components of the neurovascular network, including nerve cells, glia, and vasculature, interact to underlie abnormal brain functions following traumatic and ischemic brain injuries. Through a combination of molecular, imaging and electrophysiological techniques, his research focuses on shedding light on the unknown pathological cascade leading to post-injury epilepsy and neurodegeneration, towards the development of new diagnostics and preventive treatments in injured individuals.