Galit Pelled

Biography

Galit Pelled is Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Radiology, and Chief of the Neuroengineering division of the Institute of Quantitative HealthSciences and Engineering. Her research program focuses on understanding how injury changes neuronal connections, how neuromodulation impacts these changes, and how these changes affect recovery. She received her Ph.D. in Neuroscience from the Hebrew University. Before coming to MSU, she served as an Associate Professor of Radiology at the John Hopkins School of Medicine and Kennedy Kreiger Institute and completed her postdoctoral fellowship in the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Pelled is enthusiastic about promoting research collaboration between MSU scholars, Israeli scholars and Israeli institutions, participating in and expanding study abroad opportunities in Israel, and joining our intellectual community.