The People of the Olin Neuropsychiatry Research Center

Who Am I?

Sarah Galvin received her B.A. in Psychology from Central Connecticut State University in May 2006. During this time she assisted with research in Biofeeback at the university and worked as a vocational and residential counselor at the Mental Health Association of Connecticut. She also received her M.A. in Psychology from Central Connecticut State University in May 2009. During this time she worked as a graduate assistant for the Department of Psychology. Her Master’s Thesis examined the possible contribution of a person’s degree of sense of coherence and their level of familiarity with mental illness on their likelihood to discriminate against an individual with mental illness. She has also been taking courses to work toward obtaining an American Sign Language interpreting license. Sarah joined the Olin Neuropsychiatry Research Center in July of 2009 as a research assistant working on the Bipolar Psychosis study within Dr. Glahn’s lab. Sarah ultimately plans to obtain her Ph.D. in Clinical Neuropsychology.