Bridget Callaghan, PhD

Principal Investigator

ORCID | Google Scholar | Bluesky | X
bcallaghan@ucla.edu

Bridget is an Assistant Professor of Psychology and is the director of the Brain and Body Lab (BABLab), which opened in 2019. Before starting at UCLA, Bridget was a postdoctoral research fellow at Columbia University in New York, and completed her doctorate in Psychology and her training as a clinical psychologist at the University of New South Wales in Australia. Bridget has experience working with animal models of early adversity, as well as in behavioral, fMRI, and biological research within human populations.

Born in Sydney, Bridget is a lover of the sun and beaches. When she is not in the lab, she likes to spend time with her husband Beau, son Freddie, and dog Vinnie, hanging out in nature, curling up with a good fantasy book, and crafting or sewing.