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Thu, 12/04/2008 - 20:10 — YAN Chao-Gan

 

YAN, Chao-Gan Ph.D.

Contact Details
 ➢    +1-(646)6254337    ycg.yan#gmail.com
➢    The Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, 140 Old Orangeburg Road, Orangeburg, NY 10962, USA
➢    Child Mind Institute, 445 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10022, USA
➢    The Phyllis Green and Randolph Cowen Institute for Pediatric Neuroscience, New York University Child Study Center, New York, NY 10016, USA
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Research Interests
 ➢    Functions of the Default Mode Network
➢    Computational methodology of resting-state fMRI
➢    Causal influence of fMRI
➢    Brain anatomical/functional network analysis
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Education Backgrounds
➢    2006-2011  Ph.D. in Cognitive Neuroscience, State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University
➢    2002-2006  B.S. in Automation, University of Science and Technology Beijing
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Scholarships and Awards
➢    2011  Award for GSK Tomorrow’s Star, GlaxoSmithKline; Award for Outstanding Graduate, Beijing Normal University.
➢    2010  Award for Outstanding Young Scholar (for doctoral candidates,   Ministry of Education, China); Huazang scholarship, Beijing Normal University; Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement (1st level), State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University
➢    2009  Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement (2nd level)  and Award for excellent Research work, State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University
➢    2008  Award for excellent Research work, State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University
➢    2007  Scholarship for Outstanding Postgraduate, Beijing Normal University
➢    2006  Award for Outstanding Undergraduate, University of Science and Technology Beijing
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Research Experiences
 ➢    Doctoral Dissertation - "The spontaneous brain activity: resting-state fMRI network studies". State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing. Thesis Advisor: ZANG Yu-Feng, M.D.
➢    Data Processing Assistant for Resting-State fMRI (DPARSF): designing and maintaining
➢    Resting state fMRI Data Analysis Toolkit (REST): maintaining and upgrading
➢    Study on the Granger Causality and Directional Network in Application to Resting-state fMRI (Funds for Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation, Beijing Normal University 08046, CY)
➢    Study on the Sex- and Brain Size-Related Small-World Structural Cortical Networks in Young Adults
➢    Study on the Differences of Spontaneous Brain Activity in the Default Mode Network during Different Resting-State Conditions with Limited Cognitive Load
➢    Study on Resting-State fMRI: Computational Methodology and Applications to Brain Disorders (Project of International Cooperation and Exchanges NSFC, PI: ZANG Yu-Feng M.D.)
➢    Study on the Brain Anatomical/Functional Complex Network Based on Multimodality MRI Images (Project of National Natural Science Foundation of China, PI: HE Yong Ph.D.)
➢    Study on the Spatial Patterns of Intrinsic Brain Activity in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer’s Disease (collaborate with WANG Zhi-Qun M.D., Xuanwu Hospital of Capital Medical University, Beijing)
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Lectures and Courses
➢    Multimedia Course of Data Processing of Resting-State fMRI: http://www.restfmri.net/forum/Course
➢    Data Processing of Resting-State fMRI. April 10, 2011, Workshop on New Advances of fMRI Techniques and Their Applications to Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders, Hangzhou, Zhejiang
➢    Data Processing of Resting-State fMRI. December 20, 2010, Workshop on fMRI principles and clinical application, Guangzhou, Guangdong
➢    Data Processing of Resting-State fMRI. April 4, 2010, Workshop on resting-state fMRI: data analysis and clinical research, Chengdu, Sichuang
➢    Data Processing of Resting-State fMRI. December 20, 2009, Workshop on principles and applications of fMRI and DTI, Beijing Normal University, Beijing
➢    Resting-state fMRI: Algorithms, Applications to Brain Disorders and Data Processing. June 14-16, 2008, Guangzhou, Guangdong
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Social Experiences
➢    2008-2011  Captain of the basketball team of Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University
➢    2006-2007  Chairman of the Postgraduate Association of Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University
➢    2006.4-2006.9 Hardware Engineer, Beijing Liuhe Greatness Technology Co., Ltd
➢    2001-2002  Mathematical teacher, Ertang Middle school, Qinglong, Dayu, Ganzhou, Jiangxi
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Publications

 

➢    Dai ZJ**, Yan CG**, Wang ZQ, Wang JH, Xia MR, Li KC, He Y (2012) Discriminative analysis of early Alzheimer’s disease using Multi-modal imaging and Multi-level characterization with Multi-classifier (M3). Neuroimage. 59: 2187-2195.   
➢    Zang ZX, Yan CG, Dong ZY, Huang J, Zang YF (2012) Granger causality analysis implementation on MATLAB: a graphic user interface toolkit for fMRI data processing. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 203: 418-426.
➢    Liang X, Wang JH, Yan CG, Shu N, Xu K, Gong GL, He Y (2012) Effects of different correlation metrics and preprocessing factors on small-world brain functional networks: a resting-state functional MRI study. PLoS ONE. 7(3): e32766.
➢    Li SF, Zou QH, Li J, Li J, Wang DY, Yan CG, Dong Q, Zang YF (2012) 5-HTTLPR polymorphism impacts task-evoked and resting-state activities of the amygdala in Han Chinese. PLoS ONE. In Press. 
➢    Yan CG and He Y. (2011) Driving and driven architectures of directed small-world human brain functional networks. PLoS ONE. 6(8): e23460.
➢    Yan CG, Gong GL, Wang JH, Wang DY, Liu DQ, Zhu CZ, Chen ZJ, Evans A, Zang YF, He Y (2011) Sex- and brain size-related small-world structural cortical networks in young adults: a DTI tractography study. Cerebral Cortex. 21: 449-458.
➢    Song XW, Dong ZY, Long XY, Li SF, Zuo XN, Zhu CZ, He Y, Yan CG, Zang YF (2011) REST: A Toolkit for Resting-State Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Data Processing. PLoS ONE. 6: e25031.
➢    Wang ZQ**, Yan CG**, Zhao C, Qi ZG, Zhou WD, Lu J, He Y, Li KC (2011) Spatial patterns of intrinsic brain activity in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease: A resting-state functional MRI study. Human Brain Mapping. 32: 1720-1740. (From the cover)
➢    Kang J, Wang L, Yan CG, Wang JH, Liang X, He Y (2011) Characterizing dynamic functional connectivity in the resting brain using variable parameter regression and Kalman filtering approaches. Neuroimage. 56: 1222-1234.
➢    Tian LX, Wang JH, Yan CG, He Y (2011) Hemisphere- and gender-related differences in small-world brain networks: a resting-state functional MRI Study. Neuroimage. 54: 191-202.
➢    Wu JT, Wu HZ, Yan CG, Chen WX, Zhang HY, He Y, Yang HS. (2011) Aging-related changes in the default mode network and its anti-correlated networks: A resting-state fMRI study. Neuroscience Letters. 504: 62-67.
➢    Zhang TJ, Wang JH, Yang YC, Wu QZ, Li B, Chen L, Yue Q, Tang HH, Yan CG, Lui S, Huang XQ, Chan RCK, Zang YF, He Y, Gong QY (2011) Abnormal small-world architecture of top-down control networks in obsessive-compulsive disorder. Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience. 36: 23-31.
➢    Yan CG* and Zang YF* (2010) DPARSF: a MATLAB toolbox for "pipeline" data analysis of resting-state fMRI. Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience. 4(13).
➢    Liu DQ, Yan CG, Ren JJ, Yao L, Kiviniemi VJ and Zang YF (2010) Using coherence to measure regional homogeneity of resting-state fMRI signal. Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience. 4(24).
➢    Yan CG, Liu DQ, He Y, Zou QH, Zhu CZ, Zuo XN, Long XY, Zang YF (2009) Spontaneous brain activity in the default mode network is sensitive to different resting-state conditions with limited cognitive load. PLoS ONE. 4(5): e5743.
➢    He Y, Wang JH, Wang L, Chen ZJ, Yan CG, Yang H, Tang HH, Zhu CZ, Gong QY, Zang YF, Evans AC (2009) Uncovering intrinsic modular organization of spontaneous brain activity in humans. PLoS ONE. 4(4): e5226.
➢    Zou QH, Long XY, Zuo XN, Yan CG, Zhu CZ, Yang YH, Liu DQ, He Y, Zang YF (2009). Functional connectivity between the thalamus and visual cortex under eyes closed and eyes open conditions: A resting-state fMRI study. Human Brain Mapping. 30: 3066-3078.
➢    Zhu CZ, Zang YF, Cao QJ, Yan CG, He Y, Jiang TZ, Sui MQ, Wang YF (2008). Fisher discriminative analysis of resting-state brain function for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Neuroimage. 40:110-20.
(*Corresponding author **Shared first authorship)

 
 

 

PS: People always put their family name before their given name in China. Thus, YAN is my family name. The "-" in the given name "Chao-Gan" indicates "Chao" and "Gan" are two distinguished Chinese characters. YAN Chao-Gan can be also written as Chaogan Yan in western style.