Dr. Gregory J. Bix is a Professor of Neurosurgery and Neurology at Tulane University, and is also currently the Director of the Clinical Neuroscience Research Center, Vice-Chair of Clinical & Translational Research, Department of Neurosurgery, and the Vada Odom Reynolds Chair in Stroke Research at Tulane University. He also holds the position of Clinical Lecturer (honorary) at the University of Glasgow, adjunct Professor at the Queensland University of Technology, Professor (honorary) at the University of Manchester, and is a Fellow of the American Heart Association. He completed his clinical and research training at Baylor College of Medicine, the University of Pennsylvania, and Thomas Jefferson University. He has published more than 50 papers in reputed journals, won several research awards, and is the inventor of several patents for his various scientific discoveries. He is currently the P.I. on 4 NIH R01 grants, 1 NIH R21, and co-investigator on two NIH R44 SBIR grants. Dr. Bix’s research focus is on the role and therapeutic potential of the extracellular matrix and its receptors in stroke and vascular dementia.