Center board member Adriana Galván has been named UCLA’s dean of undergraduate education. In addition to serving on the Center’s Leadership Team and National Scientific Council, Professor Galván is a professor of psychology, holds the Wendell Jeffrey and Bernice Wenzel Term Chair in Behavioral Neuroscience, and is director of the Developmental Neuroscience Lab at UCLA. Congratulations, Adriana!
In this video, our co-executive directors, Andrew J. Fuligni and Adriana Galván, explore “The Opportunity of Adolescence” and share the science behind why adolescence is an important window of opportunity and plasticity where investments and science-informed supports can help set our young people up for thriving futures.
In a new episode of the podcast CaseyCast, Annie E. Casey Foundation President and CEO Lisa Lawson and CDA’s co-executive director Adriana Galván discuss how to better support young people as they navigate the path to adulthood. This podcast episode is adapted from a fireside chat that took place at the 2026 Adolescent Brain Development Summit.
