Rate My Professor Megan Galbally

Professor Galbally's research centers on the relationship between maternal mental health and child mental health and developmental outcomes, encompassing early women's mental health, the effects of childhood trauma and domestic violence, parenting practices such as breastfeeding, infant and maternal sleep patterns, and parent-child relationships, as well as antenatal care models for women with eating disorders, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder. She developed and leads key longitudinal studies including the Victorian Psychotropic Registry and the Mercy Pregnancy and Emotional Wellbeing Study, a pregnancy cohort examining antidepressant medication exposure effects on offspring. Her contributions include lead editorship of the book Psychopharmacology and Pregnancy: Treatment Efficacy, Risks and Guidelines (Springer, 2014), and peer-reviewed publications such as 'Assisted reproduction and perinatal emotional wellbeing: Findings from a longitudinal study' (Psychological Medicine, 2024), 'Sex Differences Between Female and Male Individuals in Antipsychotic Efficacy and Adverse Effects in the Treatment of Schizophrenia' (CNS Drugs, 2024), 'The role of lack of grandparental support in perinatal depression' (Journal of Affective Disorders, 2024), and 'Maternal attachment state of mind and perinatal emotional wellbeing: Findings from a pregnancy cohort study' (Journal of Affective Disorders, 2023). She has received national and international invitations to speak, serves as an expert advisor on clinical guidelines, and contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals 3 (Good Health and Well-being) and 5 (Gender Equality). Professor Galbally supervises PhD students and leads projects on personalized prediction of premature ovarian insufficiency, cervical cancer screening in women with severe mental illness, paternal mental health impacts on child anxiety, and perinatal depression in culturally diverse populations.