Finnegan J Calabro, PhD

Research Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Bioengineering

Areas of Expertise

  • Children & Adolescents
  • AI & Computational Methods
Finnegan J Calabro, PhD
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Expertise & Interests

Research Interests

Cognitive & affective systems in adolescence; Adolescent multi-modal neuroimaging; Adolescent neurophysiological development

Selected Publications

  1. Calabro FJ, LeCroy D, Foran W, Sydnor VJ, Parr AC, Constantinidis C & Luna B, 2025. Developmental decorrelation of local cortical activity through adolescence supports high-dimensional encoding and working memory. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience 73, 101541. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2025.101541
  2. McKeon SD, Perica MI, Calabro FJ, Foran W, Hetherington H, Moon CH & Luna B, 2024. Prefrontal excitation/inhibition balance supports adolescent enhancements in circuit signal to noise ratio. Progress in Neurobiology 243, 102695. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pneurobio.2024.102695
  3. Tervo-Clemmens B, Calabro FJ, Parr AC, Fedor J, Foran W & Luna B. (2023). A canonical trajectory of executive function maturation from adolescence to adulthood. Nature Communications, 14(1), 6922. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-42540-8
  4. Marek S, Tervo-Clemmens B, Calabro FJ, Montez DF, Kay BP, Hatoum AS, Donohue MR, Foran W, Miller RL, Hendrickson TJ, Malone SM, Kandala S, Feczko E, Miranda-Dominguez O, Graham AM, Earl EA, Perrone AJ, Cordova M, Doyle O, Dosenbach NUF. (2022). Reproducible brain-wide association studies require housands of individuals. Nature. Https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-04492-9
  5. Calabro FJ, Montez DF, Larsen B, Laymon CM, Foran W, Hallquist MN, Price JC & Luna B. (2022). Striatal dopamine supports reward expectation and learning: A simultaneous PET/fMRI study. NeuroImage, 267, 119831. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119831
  6. Cascone AD, Calabro F, Foran W, Larsen B, Nugiel T, Parr AC, Tervo-Clemmens B, Luna B & Cohen JR. (2023). Brain tissue iron neurophysiology and its relationship with the cognitive effects of dopaminergic modulation in children with and without ADHD. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 63, 101274. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2023.101274
  7. Sonnenschein SF, Mayeli A, Yushmanov VE, Blazer A, Calabro FJ, Perica M, Foran W, Luna B, Hetherington HP, Ferrarelli F & Sarpal DK. (2022). A longitudinal investigation of GABA, glutamate, and glutamine across the insula during antipsychotic treatment of first-episode schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research, 248, 98106. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2022.08.008
  8. Mayeli A, Sonnenschein SF, Yushmanov VE, Wilson JD, Blazer A, Foran W, Perica M, Calabro FJ, Luna B, Hetherington HP, Sarpal DK & Ferrarelli F. (2022). Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex glutamate/gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) alterations in clinical high risk and first-episode schizophrenia: A preliminary 7-T magnetic resonance spectroscopy imaging study. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 23(24), 15846. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms232415846
  9. Sarpal DK, Blazer A, Wilson JD, Calabro FJ, Foran W, Kahn CE, Luna B & Chengappa KNR. (2022). Relationship between plasma clozapine/N-desmethylclozapine and changes in basal forebrain-dorsolateral prefrontal cortex coupling in treatment-resistant schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research, 243, 170177. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2022.03.014
  10. Sarpal DK, Tarcijonas G, Calabro FJ, Foran W, Haas GL, Luna B & Murty VP. (2022). Context-specific abnormalities of the central executive network in first-episode psychosis: Relationship with cognition. Psychological Medicine, 52(12), 22992308. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291720004201

Education & Credentials

Education & Training

Education
PhD, Biomedical Engineering, Boston University
Postdoctoral
Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Postdoctoral
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Postdoctoral
Biomedical Engineering, Boston University

Professional Affiliations

  • Member, Society for Neuroscience
  • Member, Society for Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Member, International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

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