Leyre
Gambra Echeverria

Leyre Gambra is an Associate Professor at the School of Education and Psychology, where she teaches in the Education and Pedagogy undergraduate programs, as well as in the Master's Degree in Educational and Psychological Intervention, which she currently directs. Her teaching and research career is closely linked to the fields of neurodevelopment and learning. She is an active member of the University of Navarra’s Neurodevelopment and Learning research group. Her main research interests focus on specific learning difficulties, with particular emphasis on Nonverbal Learning Disorder (NVLD), as well as the design and validation of psychoeducational assessment tools. She has also participated in numerous competitive research projects, several of them Knowledge Generation Projects funded by the Spanish State Research Agency. These projects have focused on social inclusion and improving the quality of life of individuals with intellectual disabilities, ADHD, and those involved in adapted physical activity and sports. She is currently the Principal Investigator of the project entitled Validation of the IDAP Screening Inventory for the Detection of Nonverbal Learning Disorder (NVLD) in Schoolchildren Aged 6 to 12 Years. She completed a 12-month research stay at University College Dublin and collaborates with prestigious institutions and professionals, including the University of Melbourne and the University of Southampton. She has also been awarded a recognized six-year research evaluation period (Sexenio de Investigación) by ANECA. Her distinctions and awards include the Extraordinary End-of-Degree Award (2015), the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport Collaboration Scholarship (2015), the University of Navarra Doctoral Thesis Incentive Scholarship (2015), the University of Navarra Friends Association Predoctoral Research Scholarship (2016–2020), and the Erasmus+ Grant funded by the European Union (2024).