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The Children's National 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 202-476-4996 Email

Research Profile

Research Centers

Neuroscience Research

Research Interests

White matter development and injury
Myelin
Glia
Neural stem cells

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)

Academic Appointments

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

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.