Evon Ereifej is a Research Investigator at the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System and in the Departments of Neurology and Biomedical Engineering at University of Michigan. Dr. Ereifej’s research efforts investigate the inflammatory response in the central nervous system to develop treatment strategies for patients with neurological diseases and injuries. The Ereifej lab focuses on the improvement and integration of intracortical microelectrode technologies into the biological tissue. Her research emphasizes on applying biological principles to improve the performance and longevity of implanted intracortical microelectrodes.
Evon Ereifej completed her Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering at Wayne State University studying the inflammatory response to biomaterials used for neural implants and methods to optimize the biocompatibility of biomaterials. She completed post-doctoral training at Virginia Tech investigating cellular and molecular mechanisms of traumatic brain injury. Dr. Ereifej was a Research Associate in the Biomedical Engineering department at Case Western Reserve University and the Louis Stokes Cleveland Veteran Affairs Medical Center, where she examined the oxidative stress response to implanted intracortical microelectrodes and utilized antioxidant approaches to mitigate this response.
