Research
Adolescent brain development
Appointments
- Assistant Professor, Neuroscience IDP
- Psychology
- Behavioral Neuroscience
- Developmental Psychology
- Member, Brain Research Institute
Biography
Dr. Galván’s work is broadly focused on identifying key neural circuits that are disrupted in children and adolescents with developmental disabilities. She uses magnetic resonance imaging, functional magnetic resonance imaging, and behavioral methods to address questions regarding typical and atypical brain development.
Most recently, she has focused her efforts on elucidating neural correlates of cognitive control and inhibition in children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Tic Disorder, Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Social Anxiety Disorder.
Publications
- Casey, BJ, Cohen, AO, Galvan, A. The beautiful adolescent brain: An evolutionary developmental perspective. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2025; :. doi: 10.1111/nyas.15314. PubMed PMID:40096627 .
- EuroSurg Collaborative and STARSurg Collaborative . Extended pharmacological thromboprophylaxis and clinically relevant venous thromboembolism after major abdominal and pelvic surgery: international, prospective, propensity score-weighted cohort study. Br J Surg. 2025;112 (3):. doi: 10.1093/bjs/znaf005. PubMed PMID:40067192 PubMed Central PMC11894929.
- Rad, LM, Hughes, KR, Wheeler, SN, Decker, JT, Orbach, SM, Galvan, A et al.. Engineered immunological niche directs therapeutic development in models of progressive multiple sclerosis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2025;122 (7):e2409852122. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2409852122. PubMed PMID:39937858 PubMed Central PMC11848328.
- Galvan, AR, Green, CM, Hooe, SL, Oktay, E, Thakur, M, Díaz, SA et al.. Design and Characterization of a Gene-Encoding DNA Nanoparticle in a Cell-Free Transcription-Translation System. ACS Appl Nano Mater. 2024;7 (11):12891-12902. doi: 10.1021/acsanm.4c01456. PubMed PMID:39830902 PubMed Central PMC11741557.
- Baker, AE, Galván, A, Fuligni, AJ. The connecting brain in context: How adolescent plasticity supports learning and development. Dev Cogn Neurosci. 2025;71 :101486. doi: 10.1016/j.dcn.2024.101486. PubMed PMID:39631105 PubMed Central PMC11653146.