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
- Abdelhady, G, Brull, OR, He, J, Lin, MK, Galvan, A, Pfenning, AR et al.. A Multimodal Atlas Reveals the Anatomical Distribution of Medium Spiny Neuron Subtypes and a Novel RGS6+ Population in the Primate Striatum. bioRxiv. 2025; :. doi: 10.1101/2025.11.16.688724. PubMed PMID:41332519 PubMed Central PMC12667836.
- Galvan, A, Guidorizzi, E, Carton, F, Malatesta, M, Calderan, L. In Vitro and Ex Vivo Models to Study Molecular Trafficking Across the Human Intestinal Barrier. Int J Mol Sci. 2025;26 (21):. doi: 10.3390/ijms262110535. PubMed PMID:41226569 PubMed Central PMC12607444.
- NIHR Global Health Research Group on Environmentally Sustainable Hospitals in Low‐ and Middle‐income Countries. Global anaesthesia practice using inguinal hernia surgery as a tracer condition: a secondary analysis of an international prospective cohort study. Anaesthesia. 2025;80 (11):1343-1351. doi: 10.1111/anae.16686. PubMed PMID:40923367 PubMed Central PMC12519944.
- Marraccini, ME, Delgaty, LE, Middleton, TJ, Hubal, R, Brick, LA, Galvan, A et al.. Practice Experiences for School Reintegration (PrESR): A Pilot Multiphase Optimization Trial of a Virtual Reality Intervention for Adolescents Hospitalized for Suicide-Related Thoughts and Behaviors. Evid Based Pract Child Adolesc Ment Health. 2025; :. doi: 10.1080/23794925.2025.2512537. PubMed PMID:40857420 PubMed Central PMC12288715.
- Meares, AA, Ansteatt, SR, Díaz, SA, Kim, YC, Cunningham, PD, Thomas, S et al.. Control of Indodicarbocyanine Dimer Geometry Using Variable-Length Linkers to DNA Scaffolds. J Am Chem Soc. 2025;147 (32):28651-28664. doi: 10.1021/jacs.5c00128. PubMed PMID:40751281 .