YAN, Chao-Gan Ph.D.
E-Mail: ycg.yan#gmail.com
Academic Appointments | ➢ Research Scientist, The Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, NY 10962 ➢ Research Assistant Professor, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry / NYU Langone Medical Center Child Study Center, New York University, New York, NY 10016 | |
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Research Interests | ➢ Computational methodology of resting-state fMRI ➢ Electrophysiological significance of fMRI measures ➢ Causal influence of inter-regional brain activities ➢ Brain anatomical/functional network analysis and application in brain disorders | |
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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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Awards & Honors | ➢ 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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Ad Hoc Reviewing | ➢ Journal of Neuroscience, NeuroImage, NeuroImage: Clinical, Human Brain Mapping, PLoS ONE, Brain Connectivity, Journal of Neurophysiology, Neuroinformatics, Journal of Neuroscience Methods, Neuroscience Letters, Behavioral and Brain Functions, Frontiers in Neuroscience, and Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. | |
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Lectures and Invited Talks | ➢ Multimedia Course of Data Processing of Resting-State fMRI: http://www.rfmri.org/Course ➢ Resting-State fMRI: Algorithms, Applications to Brain Disorders and Data Processing. October 28, 2011. Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York ➢ 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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| Software | ➢ Data Processing Assistant for Resting-State fMRI (DPARSF): created in 2009 and keep maintaining ➢ Resting state fMRI Data Analysis Toolkit (REST): leading the maintaining group since 2008 (REST V1.0 and V1.1 were created by Xiao-Wei Song in 2006~2008) ➢ The R-fMRI Network (RFMRI.ORG): initiated in 2013 and serving. | |
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Publications | ➢ Yang Z, Craddock RC, Margulies D, Yan CG, Milham MP (2014) Common intrinsic connectivity states among posteromedial cortex subdivisions: Insights from analysis of temporal dynamics. Neuroimage. In press. ➢ Yan CG, Cheung B, Kelly C, Colcombe S, Craddock RC, Di Martino A, Li Q, Zuo XN, Castellanos FX, Milham MP (2013) A comprehensive assessment of regional variation in the impact of head micromovements on functional connectomics. Neuroimage. 76:183-201. ➢ Yan CG, Craddock RC, Zuo XN, Zang YF, Milham MP (2013) Standardizing the intrinsic brain: towards robust measurement of inter-individual variation in 1000 functional connectomes. Neuroimage. 80: 246-262. ➢ Yan CG, Craddock RC, He Y, Milham MP (2013). Addressing head motion dependencies for small-world topologies in functional connectomics. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 7: 910. ➢ Di Martino A, Yan CG**, Li Q**, Denio E, Castellanos FX, Alaerts K, Anderson JS, Assaf M, Bookheimer SY, Dapretto M, Deen B, Delmonte S, Dinstein I, Ertl-Wagner B, Fair DA, Gallagher L, Kennedy DP, Keown CL, Keysers C, Lainhart JE, Lord C, Luna B, Menon V, Minshew N, Monk CS, Mueller S, Muller RA, Nebel MB, Nigg JT, O’Hearn K, Pelphrey KA, Peltier SJ, Rudie JD, Sunaert S, Thioux M, Tyszka JM, Uddin LQ, Verhoeven JS, Wenderoth N, Wiggins JL, Mostofsky SH, Milham MP (2013) The Autism Brain Imaging Data Exchange: towards large-scale evaluation of the intrinsic brain architecture in Autism. Molecular Psychiatry. In press. ➢ Craddock RC, Jbabdi S**, Yan CG**, Vogelstein J, Castellanos FX, Di Martino A, Kelly C, Heberlein K, Colcombe S, Milham MP (2013) Imaging human connectomes at the macroscale. Nature Methods. 10: 524-539. ➢ Li YY, Booth JR, Peng DL, Zang YF, Li JH, Yan CG, Ding GS (2013) Altered intra- and inter-regional synchronization of superior temporal cortex in deaf people. Cerebral Cortex. 23: 1988-1996. ➢ 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. ➢ Dong ZY, Liu DQ, Wang J, Qing Z, Zang ZX, Yan CG, Zang YF (2012) Low-frequency fluctuation in continuous real-time feedback of finger force: a new paradigm for sustained attention. Neuroscience Bulletin. 28: 456-467. ➢ 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. . 7: e36513. ➢ Wang DY, Han XJ, Li SF, Liu DQ, Yan CG, Zuo XN, Zhu CZ, He Y, Kiviniemi V, Zang YF (2012) Effects of apolipoprotein e genotype on the off-line memory consolidation. PLoS ONE. 7: e51617. ➢ Nooner KB, Colcombe SJ, Tobe RH, Mennes M, Benedict MM, Moreno AL, Panek LJ, Brown S, Zavitz ST, Li Q, Sikka S, Gutman D, Bangaru S, Schlachter RT, Kamiel SM, Anwar AR, Hinz CM, Kaplan MS, Rachlin AB, Adelsberg S, Cheung B, Khanuja R, Yan CG, Craddock CC, Calhoun V, Courtney W, King M, Wood D, Cox CL, Kelly AM, Di Martino A, Petkova E, Reiss PT, Duan N, Thomsen D, Biswal B, Coffey B, Hoptman MJ, Javitt DC, Pomara N, Sidtis JJ, Koplewicz HS, Castellanos FX, Leventhal BL, Milham MP (2012). The NKI-Rockland Sample: A Model for Accelerating the Pace of Discovery Science in Psychiatry. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 6: 152. ➢ 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 **Equal Contribution)
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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.