Illana Gozes PhD, BSc

Dr. Illana Gozes is a Professor of Clinical Biochemistry, the Lily and Avraham Gildor Chair for the Investigation of Growth factors at Tel Aviv University, where she directs the Adams Super Center for Brain Studies, the Levie-Edersheim-Gitter Institute for Functional Brain Imaging. At the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Professor Gozes heads the Dr. Diana and Zelman Elton (Elbaum) Laboratory for Molecular Neuroendocrinology (including 14 staff members). Professor Gozes serves or has served as a member (or chair) of several faculty/university/national and international committees and is currently the Editor-in Chief of the Journal of Molecular Neuroscience. Prof. Gozes serves as the President of the Israel Society for Neuroscience. Professor Gozes co-founded and serves as the Chief Scientific Officer and Member of the Board of Directors at Allon Therapeutics Inc., the Canadian clinical – stage neuroprotection company (TSX:NPC), focused on developing drugs that impact the progression of neurodegenerative diseases.