She received her medical training in Albert Szent Gyorgyi Medical University in Szeged, Hungary. She then completed her internship in internal medicine in Southern Illinois University, three years of neurology residency in University of Wisconsin, and two years of fellowship in epilepsy and clinical neurophysiology in Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Afra is currently conducting clinical pharma- and neurostimulation device-trials in epilepsy. She also investigates the dynamics of intracranially recorded seizures, and the basis of variations of human cognitive function including synesthesia.