Alon Friedman (MD, PhD)
Alon Friedman is a Professor of Neuroscience and holds the Dennis Chair in Epilepsy Research at Dalhousie University in Halifax and also is a Professor in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel. 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 did his post-doctoral training at the Charité Medical University in Berlin as an Alexander von-Humboldt fellow.
His work has been recognized by multiple international awards, the most prominent being the international Michael prize for Epilepsy Research, the Mercator Professorship at the Charité Medical University in Berlin, and the Foulkes Foundation Research Award.
His research is focused on exploring the interactions between the vascular and neuronal systems within the CNS and specifically on the involvement of microvascular pathology and blood-brain barrier dysfunction in the pathogenesis of injury-related epilepsy and neurodegeneration.
Dalhousie University
Ben-Gurion
University of the Negev
Kay Murphy
Lab Manager
Jim Kukurin
Engineer/ Manager ECoG Recording and Lab Data Storage Systems
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Dr. Lyna Kamintsky
Post-doctoral Fellow
Dr. Gerben van Hameren
Post-doctoral Fellow
Dr. Mark Maclean
Post-doctoral Fellow
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Dr. Yonatan Serlin
Post-doctoral Fellow
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Dr. Hannah Reid
Post-doctoral Fellow
Dr. Ellen Parker
Research Associate
Dr. Refat Aboghazleh
Research Associate
Pooyan Moradi
Graduate Student
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Dr. Saara Mansoor
Graduate PhD Student
Sheida Mirloo
Graduate PhD Student
Jamil Muradov
Graduate PhD Student
Hamza Imtiaz
Graduate PhD Student
Moussa Hamati
Graduate PhD Student
Sammy Pham
Graduate PhD Student
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Laith Alhadeed
Graduate MSc Student
Wali Khan
Graduate MSc Student
Abdulla Alshanti
Graduate MSc Student
Mozhdeh Radpour
Graduate MSc Student
Aminat Mustapha
Graduate MSc Student
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Joshua Ojile
Graduate MSc Student
Khalid Saadeh
DMRF Student
Anna Minarik
Zambia Team Coordinator/Research Assistant
Ben McVicker
Research Coordinator Global Affairs Canada Project
Sina Lash
Research Assistant
Sophie Orr
Research Assistant
Ben Hatt
Honours Student
Amirhossein Talebanpour
Honours Student
Madison Dunbar
Honours Student
Basim Shafiq
NESC 4000 Student
Matthew Lawton
Honours Student
Mia Till
Honours Student
Trinity Adams
Special Projects Student
Julia Enman
Honours Student
Stefan Hall
Research In Medicine Student
Dr. Ofer Prager
Research Associate
Florent Boyer-Ayme
Graduate PhD Student
Alaa Abu Ahmad
Joint PhD Student at BGU&Dalhousie
Mazal Partook
Graduate MSc Student
Sol Amara
Graduate MSc Student
Zohar Sharon
Graduate MSc Student
Sheizaf Shpilberg
Graduate MSc Student/Assistant
Eden Bachar
Special Projects Student
Selected Collaborations
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Dr. Chris Bowen, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Dalhousie University, Halifax
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Dr. Cindy Calkin, Department of Psychiatry, Dalhousie University, Halifax.
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Dr. David Clarke, Division of Neurosurgery, Dalhousie University, Halifax
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Dr. Ramon Diaz-Arrastia, Clinical TBI Research Center, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine.
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Dr. Jens Dreier, Center for Stroke Research Berlin, Charite Medical University, Germany.
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Dr. Lee Goldstein, Lee Goldstein Research Lab, College of Engineering Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine.
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Dr. Daniela Kaufer, The Kaufer Lab, Berkeley University, California.
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Andrew Malunga, Mfuwe Epilepsy Research Project, Kakumbi Rural Health Centre, Mambwe District, Zambia.
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Dr. Theodor Rüber, Translational Neuroimaging Lab, Bonn Medical Center, Germany.
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Dr. Merav Shamir, Veterinary Neurobiology Lab, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
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Dr. Hermona Soreq, Hermona Soreq Lab, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
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Dr. Annamaria Vezzani, Laboratory Experimental Neurology, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri IRCCS, Italy.
Invited Lectures/Visitors to the Dalhousie University Laboratory
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Uwe Heinemann, Charité University, Germany
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Jens Dreier, Charité University, Germany
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Karl Schoknecht, Charité University, Germany
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Daniela Kaufer, Berkeley University, United States.
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Ramon Diaz-Arrastia, University of Pennsylvania, United States
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Hermona Soreq, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
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Merav Shamir, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
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Erez Hanael, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
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Yoash Chassidim, Sapir Academic College, Israel
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Ronel Veksler, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
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Anna Maslarova, Buzsáki Lab, NYU Langone
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Zin-Juan Klaft, Tufts University, MA
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Seda Salar, Tufts University, MA
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Rossella Di Sapia, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Italy
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Hadar Shalev, Soroka University Medical Center, Israel
BBB Alumni
Post-Doctoral Fellows
Guy Bar Klein (2015)
Yoash Chassidim (2015)
Yonatan Serlin (2016)
Aaron Winters (MD, 2016)
Yonatan Serlin (2023)
Evyatar Swissa (PhD, 2024)
Graduate Students
Haviv Levi (MSc, 2009)
Jonathan Cohen (MD-PhD, 2010)
Oren Tomkins (MD-PhD, 2010)
Shy Hefetz (MSc, 2010)
Yehudit Gnatek (MSc, 2010)
Yifat Bitan (MSc, 2010)
Chen Tiferet (MA, 2014)
Itali Weissberg (MD-PhD, 2015)
Nitzan Levy (PhD, 2015)
Guy Bar Klein (MSc, 2010)
Lev Pavlovskly (MD-PhD, 2010)
Ayelet Peer (MSc, 2011)
Chen Klein (MSc, 2011)
Lavi Shahar (MSc, 2011)
Yaron David (MD-PhD, 2011)
Etti Ashkenazi (MSc, 2012)
Lyna Kamintsky (MSc, 2012)
Maya Ketzef (PhD, 2012)
Netali Efrat (MSc, 2012)
Guy Bar Klein (PhD, 2014)
Mike Fassler (PhD, 2015)
Ofer Prager (PhD, 2015)
Karl Shoknecht (PhD, 2016)
Dror Rosenback (MMedSci, 2017)
Netta Elazari (MSc, 2017)
Rotem Saar-Ashkenazi (PhD, 2017)
Evyatar Swissa (MSc, 2018)
Svetlana Lublinski (PhD, 2018)
Dan Milikovsky (MD-PhD, 2019)
Ellen Parker (PhD, 2019)
Ronel Veksler (MD-PhD, 2019)
Olumide Adegunna (MSc, 2019)
Yehuda Vazana (PhD, 2019)
Refat Aboghazleh (PhD, 2020)
Lyna Kamintsky (PhD, 2021)
Uri Monsonego (MSc, 2021)
Ayala Tabak (MSc, 2021)
Daniel Zelig (MSc, 2021)
Jonathan Ofer (MSc, 2021)
Evyatar Swissa (PhD, 2022)
Lior Schori (MSc, 2022)
Shayna Cort (PhD, 2024)
Mila Gelfond (MSc, 2024)
Honours Students
Jillian Newton (BSc, 2018)
Klara Doelle (BSc, 2019)
Griffin Mumby (BSc, 2020)
Isabelle Roach (BSc, 2020)
Alaa-Abu Ahmad (BSc, 2021)
Anna Minarik (BSc, 2022)
Keiran Andrews (BSc, 2023)
Caitlin McKenna (BSc, 2023)
Sammy Pham (BSc, 2023)
Linzhi Wu (BSc, 2024)
Special Projects
Hotjensa Dalipaj (SCIE 4100, 2017)
Naama Mor-Yosef (2017)
Michal Abba-Daleski (2017)
Meital Kooper (2018)
Tal Malka (2018)
Roy Maianski (SCIE 3100, 2018)
Amanda Adams (PSYC 4402, 2019)
Nofar Shemen (2019)
Itamar Burger (2019)
Mazal Tob-Partook (2020)
Baar Alon (2020)
Nir Cafri (2020)
Atalya Harpaz (2020)
Christian Neira (SCIE 3100, 2021)
Trinity Chesley (2022)
Caitlin Mckenna (2022)
Sammy Pham (2022)
Eshan Auroa (2023)
Nir Cafri (2022)
Mack Hancock (2024)
Staff
Liron Sheintuch (2014)
Adiel Charbash (2017)
Dr. Howser Teng Wei Hon (2018)
Santosh Vema (2018)
Noa Hacohen (2019)
Colyn Munn (2020)
Nofar Shemen (2020)
Shahar Feiglin (2021)
Udi Vazana (2021)
Kevin Shanks (2023)
DMRF Students
Ellen Parker (2019-2023)
Rylan Smith (2019-2023)
Volunteers
Dylan Gates (2017)
Jennifer Kpolu (2018)
Noa Maianski (2018)
Summer Program for International Research Internship and Training (SPIRIT)
SPIRIT is an intensive 12 week summer research program for undergraduate medical students from Al Faisal University in in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It is designed to provide international research experience and mentorship for students interested in basic or clinical research. Under the guidance of a research mentor, interns will work on a research project and present their findings at a competitive poster session.
Current SPIRIT Students
Ahmad Hajjar
2024
Hashem Thalaj
2024
SPIRIT Alumni
Mohammed Hady Kamal Albitar
2023
Ziad Hady Abdulazeem Alhosainy
2023
Mohammed and Ziad won first place at the medical poster competition at Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia for their work at Dalhousie 2023.
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Hala Ayman Helmi
2017
Syed Osama Ahmad
2017
Fadie Dyab Mtanious Altuame
2018
Anas Mhd Imad Alkhabaz
2019
Saara Mansoor
2019
Trinity College Summer Exchange Program
The Friedman Lab's Summer Research Program, in partnership with Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, offers a unique opportunity for undergraduate students. Over a 10-week period during the summer, students from Trinity College work directly within the Friedman Lab, engaging in preclinical research. This program is tailored to provide participants with international research exposure and mentorship. Under the guidance of experienced research mentors, interns delve into various research projects, gaining hands-on experience with a diverse range of techniques and procedures. It's an enriching experience designed to foster academic growth and exploration in the field of preclinical research.
Current Exchange Students
Exchange Alumni
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Brid Murphy
2023
Aoife Ni Shaoraigh
2024
New Additions to the Lab
Lab Pets
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