Amelia Gallitano, PhD

Amelia Gallitano is a professor in the departments of Basic Medical Sciences, Psychiatry, and Translational Neuroscience at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix and a board-certified psychiatrist. She was named the 2025 Keating Family Endowed Professor for Interdisciplinary Research at the BIO5 Institute. 

She joined the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix in 2007 as one of the founding faculty members. Her research investigates how genes and life experiences, especially stress, interact to affect brain function and contribute to serious mental illnesses such as schizophrenia. Her lab works to identify biological markers that could enable earlier diagnosis and lead to more personalized, effective treatments.

Gallitano received her medical degree and Ph.D. in neuroscience from The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. She completed residency training in Psychiatry at Columbia University, New York, and the New York State Psychiatric Institute, followed by a post-doctoral research fellowship at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, where she was a faculty member in the Department of Psychiatry before coming to the University of Arizona.