Noelia Calvo, PhD
Research Associate
University of Toronto
Cognitive neuroscientist investigating how hormonal, biological, and experiential factors influence cognitive aging, dementia risk, and resilience.
Noelia Calvo Bio
Noelia Calvo, is a PhD in Psychology with over five years of postdoctoral research experience in aging and neurodegenerative disease. She is currently a Research Associate at the University of Toronto.
Dr. Calvo’s research investigates sex-specific mechanisms of cognitive aging, dementia risk, and resilience across the lifespan. Her work integrates neuroimaging, endocrinology, epidemiology, and computational modeling to examine how hormonal transitions, metabolic and inflammatory processes, and experiential factors shape brain health trajectories in women and aging populations.
Using large-scale longitudinal cohorts and multimodal approaches—including MRI, EEG, endocrine and genetic biomarkers—Dr. Calvo develops reproducible analytic pipelines to identify early markers of neurodegenerative vulnerability and resilience. Her research aims to inform precision prevention strategies for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias while advancing rigorous, reproducible, and equitable neuroscience research.
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Calvo, N., Gravelsins, L., Brown, A., et al. (2025). Cognitive and brain health in early middle-aged women: Implications for risk, resilience, and subjective cognitive decline. Alzheimer’s & Dementia. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.70454
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Calvo, N., Phillips, N., Bialystok, E., & Einstein, G. (2025). Biological sex and multilingualism: Interactions of risk and reserve in dementia. Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment & Disease Monitoring. doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/dad2.70255
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Calvo, N. & Einstein, G. (2025).Clarifying our language for better women’s brain health: What do we really mean when we say “menopause” and “hormone therapy”?British Journal of Psychiatry. doi: https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.2025.109
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Calvo, N., McFall, G. P., Ramana, S., et al. (2024).Risk and resilience factors associated with Alzheimer’s disease in women with early bilateral oophorectomy: Evidence from the UK Biobank. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease. doi: https://doi.org/10.3233/JAD-240646
Selected Publications
These publications reflect an integrated research program on biological, endocrinological, and experiential modifiers of dementia risk and resilience.
