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The Children's Research Institute

Vittorio Gallo, Ph.D.

Chief Research Officer, Children’s National Hospital & Scientific Director, Children’s National Research Institute

Associate Dean for Child Health Research, GWU School of Medicine & Health Sciences

Director, DC Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities Research Center & Wolf-Pack Chair in Neuroscience

Research Center(s) Membership(s)

Neuroscience Research

Contact Information

vgallo@childrensnational.org

202-476-4996

Academic Appointment(s)

Professor of Pediatrics, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences

Professor of Pharmacology and Physiology, George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences

Research Interests

White matter development and injury
Myelin
Glia
Neural stem cells

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Publications on PubMed

Bio Education & Training

Bio

Biography

Dr. Gallo is the Chief Research Officer of Children’s National and holds the Ruth Pack Wolf and William B. Wolf, Sr., Professorship in Neuroscience.

He was inducted into the national honorary medical society Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA). The top 10% of medical students nationwide are elected to AOA, and he was elected the occasional honorary member.

Research and Publications

Hypoxia Due to Congenital Heart Disease Linked to Abnormal Neurogenesis and Impaired Cortical Growth

Education & Training

Ph.D., Neurobiology, University of Rome and Institute of Cell Biology, CNR, Rome, Italy, (1974-1979)
EMBO Fellow, Developmental Neurobiology, MRC, Developmental Neurobiology Unit, London, UK, (1979-1983)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Neuropharmacology, Laboratory of Preclinical Pharmacology, NIMH, Washington, DC, (1983-1984)
EMBO Fellow, Neurophysiology, Department of Pharmacology, University College, London, UK, (1985)

The Children's Research Institute

Vittorio Gallo, Ph.D.

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Chief Research Officer, Children’s National Hospital & Scientific Director, Children’s National Research Institute

Associate Dean for Child Health Research, GWU School of Medicine & Health Sciences

Director, DC Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities Research Center & Wolf-Pack Chair in Neuroscience

Research Center(s) Membership(s)

Contact Information

Academic Appointment(s)

Research Interests

Biography

Research and Publications

Education & Training