Sara EyalDr. Eyal is a senior lecturer at the HUJI Institute for Drug Research since 2011. Her research is aimed at better understanding of the factors that affect drug distribution across the blood-brain barrier (BBB), introducing novel markers for studying olecular changes at the BBB itself and developing delivery systems which would be able to overcome the anatomical and functional barriers to the CNS. In particular, she focuses on identification and targeting epileptogenic brain tissue. She has published more than 50 papers, is on the Editorial Board of Frontiers in Pharmacology; Drug Transport and Metabolism, and recently edited a special issue of Pharmaceutical Research on drug treatment in pregnant and breastfeeding women. Dr. Eyal is a member of the Steering Committee of the Israeli League against Epilepsy. Read More Read Less