Linda K Friedman

Biography:

Dr. Linda K Friedman, Associate Professor of Neuroscience, New York Medical College, grew up in Massachusetts and received her Bachelor's degree from the University of Louisville in 1980. She obtained her MA and PhD degrees from the City University of New York, Mount Sinai in 1988. She was a postdoc at Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn and at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 1988-1994 and was appointed Instructor Professor in 1994-1996. She was appointed to Assistant and Associate Professor at NJ Neuroscience Institute Seton Hall University 1997-2012, then transferred to New York Medical College in 2012 to present. She has focused on pre-clinical models to study neurotoxicity, delayed neurodegeneration, novel drug therapy, that may lead to neuroprotective and cognitive benefits. She has many awards and honors: 1992, 1997, Annual American Epilepsy Society, Seattle, Junior Investigator Awardee; Red Ribbon Best Poster Award in Basic Research at the 114th Annual Osteopathic Association Convention. 2012, Platform Presentation Selection: Annual American Epilepsy Society Convention. Chosen in Top 10%; 2021: Platform Presentation Selection: “Chronic postnatal subconvulsive activity alters mood, cognition, seizure severity, NeuN antigenicity and polyphosphoinositide hydrolysis within limbic structures of juvenile rats”. Friedman LK, Tenth and 11^th International Meetings on Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors. AMPA and mGluR expression after chronic anticonvulsant treatment and epilepsy. Taormina Sicily-Italy.