LUCIE YANG, MD-PhD - ANSIR Laboratory

CURRICULUM VITÆ
LUCIE YANG, MD-PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Radiology
ANSIR lab, PP1, 7 th floor
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Medical Center Blvd., Winston-Salem, NC 27157 USA
Phone: (336) 716-0473 Fax: (336) 716-0798
Email: yanglucie@yahoo.com
Education
Present Post-Doctoral Fellowship
Dept of Radiology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Mentors: Paul Laurienti, MD-PhD and Joseph Maldjian, MD
2006 Radiology Residency
Dept of Radiology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Program Director: Rita Freimanis, MD
2005 General Surgery Internship
Dept of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco
Program Director: Linda Reilly, MD
2004 Doctor of Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
2002 Doctor of Philosophy
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of California, San Francisco
Mentor: Cynthia Kenyon, PhD
1994 Bachelor of Science
Chemistry, Summa Cum Laude, University of Maryland, College Park
Mentor: Daniel Falvey, PhD
Professional Experiences / Other Research Experiences
2007-present Small Group Facilitator (Scientific Integrity and Professionalism)
Graduate School, Wake Forest University School of Medicine
2003-2005 Neuroradiology Research Fellow
Mentors: Soonmee Cha, MD and William Dillon, MD
University of California, San Francisco
2001-2002 Science Educator (Fourth Grade Students)
Science and Health Education Partnership
University of California, San Francisco / San Francisco Unified School District
1998-1999 Teaching Assistant (Biochemistry)
School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
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1992-1994 Undergraduate Research Scholar
Mentor: Daniel Falvey, PhD
Department of Chemistry, University of Maryland, College Park
Summer 1993 Research Fellow
Mentor: Bernardo Nadal-Ginard, MD
Department of Cardiology, Harvard Medical School
Summer 1992 Cold Spring Harbor Undergraduate Research Program Scholar
Mentor: David Helfman, PhD
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Summer 1991 NIH Foundation for Advanced Education in the Sciences Research Scholar
Mentor: David Davies, PhD
National Institute of Diabetic, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases, NIH
Summer 1990 NIH Sobel-Howard Hughes Medical Institute Summer Research Scholar.
Mentor: Dinah Singer, PhD
National Cancer Institute, NIH
Honors and Awards
2008 Voted “Best presentation” Statistical Parametric Mapping Course,
(representative for Connectivity group, 10 total groups covering various topics),
University College London, London
2007 Accepted for participation in Multimodal Imaging Course (competitive
application process, limited to 24 international attendees), Harvard-MIT-MGH
Athinoula Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Charlestown, MA
2004 Trainee Travel Award International Society for Magnetic Resonance in
Medicine Conference, Kyoto, Japan
1994-2004 Medical Scientist Training Program Scholar (full stipend and tuition
MD-PhD merit scholarship supported by the National Institutes of Health),
Univ. of California, San Francisco
1990-1994 Francis Scott Key Scholar (full tuition, books, room and board merit
Scholarship), Univ. of Maryland, College Park
1990-1994 Maryland Distinguished Scholarship.
1990-1994 Omicron Delta Kappa and Mortar Board Honor Societies, Univ. of
Maryland, College Park
1994 Spirit of Maryland Award (presented to two senior class members for
outstanding scholarship, leadership, campus involvement, and community
service), Univ. of Maryland, College Park
1993 Woman of Influence Leadership Award, Univ. of Maryland, College Park
1993 College Chemistry Achievement Award, American Chemical Society.
1993 American Institute of Chemists Award
1992-1993 Barry Goldwater Scholarship (for independent study)
1992 John Leidy Scholarship for Excellence in Chemistry Award.
1991 Outstanding Freshman Chemical Rubber Company Chemistry Award
1989 National Merit Commended Scholar
1989 Summer Engineering Institute Scholarship, Northeastern Univ., Boston, MA
1989 Bausch and Lomb Award in Science
1989 American Computer Science League All-Star Contest High Scorer,
Toronto, Ontario
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Professional Licensure
United States Medical License Examination
Passed USMLE Parts I, II, and III
North Carolina Medical License (#2007-00131)
Passed American Board of Radiology Radiologic Physics Examination
Professional Memberships
American Medical Association (AMA)
Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS)
International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM)
Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM)
Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)
Society for Neuroscience (SFN)
Western North Carolina Society for Neuroscience (WNCSFN)
Professional Services
Committees:
2008 Abstract Selection Committee for Human Brain Mapping Meeting
Postdoctoral Representative
Organization for Human Brain Mapping
2006 Graduate Medical Education Internal Review Committee
Resident Representative
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center
2005-2006 Conference Committee, Radiology Residency
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center
1995-1996 Brain and Behavior Subject Area Committee
Student Representative
School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
1995-1996 7 th Annual AIDS Forum Organizing Committee (Chair)
University of California, San Francisco
1993-1994 Search Committee for Dean for Undergraduate Studies
Student Representative
University of Maryland, College Park
1992-1994 Dean’s Committee on Undergraduate Education (to improve teaching)
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Chair, 1993-1994
University of Maryland, College Park
1990-1994 Stamp Union Program Council, Issues and Answers Committee
Chair, 1992-1993 (Outstanding committee of the year);
Vice-chair, 1991-1992; Treasurer 1990-1991
University of Maryland, College Park
1991-1994 Student Honor Council (decided on cheating and plagiarism allegations)
Presiding Officer, 1992-1994
University of Maryland, College Park
1991-1992 Honors Program Admissions (Co-chair) and Francis Scott Key
Scholarship Selection Committees
University of Maryland, College Park
1990-1991 Student Parking Appeals Board
University of Maryland, College Park
1990-1991 President’s Colloquium Planning Committee
University of Maryland, College Park
Other Services:
2008 Various service activities, including Habitat for Humanity
2007 Various service activities, including Brain Awareness Week
1994-2005 Various service activities, including Habitat for Humanity, San Francisco
Homeless Clinic, Mission Neighborhood Health Fair
1995-1996 Science Article Writer, University of California, San Francisco campus
newspaper, Synapse
1993 U.S. Senate Intern, Senator Barbara Mikulski, Maryland
1990-1994 Various service activities including Washington, D.C. St. Elizabeth’s
Psychiatric Hospital volunteer, University Community Concerts Usher
Publications
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles:
• Anderson G, Yang L, Falvey D. Photogenerated Arylnitrenium Ions:
Photoisomerization of N-tert-Butyl-3-methylanthranilium Ion and Spin-Selective
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Reactivity of the Isomeric Arylnitrenium Ion. Journal of the American Chemical
Society. 115: 7254-7262 (1993)
• Robbins R, Yang L, Anderson G, Falvey D. Photogenerated Arylnitrenium Ions:
Reactions of N-tert-Butyl (2-Acetyl-4-substituted) phenyl Nitrenium Ions with
Alcohols and Water Studied by Laser Flash Photolysis. Journal of the American
Chemical Society. 117: 6544-6552 (1995)
• Yang L, Sym M, Kenyon C. The roles of Two C. elegans HOX Co-factor Orthologs
in Cell Migration and Vulva Development. Development. 132: 1413-1428 (2005)
• Cha S, Yang L, Johnson G, Lai A, Chen M, Tihan R, Wendland MF, Dillon WP.
Comparison of Microvascular Permeability Measurements, K trans , Determined with
Conventional Steady-State T1-Weighted and First-Pass T2*-Weighted MR Imaging
Methods in Gliomas and Meningiomas. American Journal of Neuroradiology. 27:
409-417 (2006)
• Casanova R, Ryali S, Serences J, Yang L, Kraft R, Laurienti PJ, Maldjian JA. The
Impact of Temporal Regularization on Estimates of the BOLD Hemodynamic
Response Function: A Comparative Analysis. Neuroimage, 40(4): 1606-18 (2008)
• Addicott M, Yang L, Peiffer A, Burnett L, Burdette J, Chen M, Hayasaka S, Kraft R,
Maldjian JA, Laurienti PJ. The Effect of Daily Caffeine Use on Cerebral Blood Flow:
How Much Caffeine Can We Tolerate? Human Brain Mapping (in press).
• Casanova R, Yang L, Hairston D, Laurienti PJ, Maldjian JA. Evaluating the impact
of spatio-temporal smoothness constraints on the BOLD hemodynamic response
function estimation: an analysis based on Tikhonov regularization. submitted to
Neuroimage.
• Addicott M, Yang L, Laurienti PJ. Caffeine and Blood Pressure: Acute effects in a
"native" caffeinated state. submitted to Psychosomatic Medicine.
• Addicott M, Yang L, Peiffer A, Laurienti PJ. Methodological Considerations for the
Quantification of Self-Reported Caffeine Use. submitted to Psychopharmacology.
• Tan H, Maldjian JA, Pollock J, Burdette J, Deibler A, Yang L, Kraft R. A Fast,
Effective Filtering Method for Improving Clinical Pulsed Arterial Spin Labeling MRI.
submitted to JMRI.
• Yang L and Laurienti PJ. Caffeine and cerebral perfusion: implications for research
and clinical imaging. submitted to J Cereb Blood Flow & Metabolism.
Presentations
Conferences:
• Yang L, Kenyon C. Two New Genes Required for Positioning QR Descendants
Along the Anterior-Posterior Body Axis. West Coast Worm Meeting, Berkeley, CA,
USA. June 1998 (Poster)
• Yang L, Sym M, Ch’ng Q, Kenyon C. Two New Genes Regulating Neuroblast
Migration in C. elegans. West Coast Worm Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, USA. June
2000 (Poster)
• Yang L, Sym M, Kenyon C. Hox Cofactors CEH-20 and UNC-62 Regulate
Neuroblast Migration in C. elegans. Santa Cruz Conference on Developmental
Biology, Santa Cruz, CA, USA. 2000 (Poster)
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• Yang L, Sym M, Kenyon C. Hox Cofactors CEH-20 and UNC-62 Regulate
Neuroblast Migration in C. elegans. Cold Spring Harbor Symposium on Cell
Migration and Axon Guidance, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA. 2000 (Poster)
• Yang L, Cha S, Johnson G, Lai A, Wendland MF, Dillon WP. Comparison of
Endothelial Permeability Surface Area Product, K trans , Derived by Steady-State T1
and First-Pass T2* Methods for Brain Tumors. American Society for Neuroradiology
Meeting, Seattle, WA, USA. June 2004 (Oral)
• Yang L, Cha S, Johnson G, Lai A, Wendland MF, Dillon WP. Comparison of
Endothelial Permeability Surface Area Product, K trans , Derived by Steady-State T1
and First-Pass T2* Methods for Brain Tumors. International Society for Magnetic
Resonance in Medicine Meeting, Kyoto, Japan. May 2004 (Oral)
• Yang L, Lupo J, Oh J, Mayo M, Chang J, Han ET, Pelletier D, Nelson S, Cha S.
Quantitative 3.0 Tesla Perfusion MRI of Deep Gray Matter in Multiple Sclerosis
Patients: Correlation with Disease Status. International Society for Magnetic
Resonance in Medicine Meeting, Miami Beach, FL, USA. May 2005 (Poster)
• Burnett L, Kraft R, Maldjian J, Burdette J, Chen M, Yang L, Laurienti P. Caffeine
Induces BOLD Signal Decreases in Subjects Without Pre-scan Withdrawal.
Organization for Human Brain Mapping Conference, Florence, Italy. June 2006
(Poster)
• Addicott M, Peiffer A, Yang L, Kraft R, Maldjian J, Burdette J, Burnett L, Chen M,
Laurienti P. The Effects of Caffeine on Cerebral Perfusion in Withdrawal and Native
States. Organization for Human Brain Mapping Conference, Chicago, IL, USA. June
2007 (Poster)
• Yang L, Peiffer A, Addicott M, Kraft R, Maldjian J, Burdette J, Burnett L, Chen M,
Laurienti P. BOLD Signal Decreases Following Caffeine Challenge in Individuals
Who Intake High Daily Doses of Caffeine. Organization for Human Brain Mapping
Conference, Chicago, IL, USA. June 2007 (Poster)
• Yang L, Casanova R, Peiffer A, Addicott M, Kraft R, Maldjian J, Burdette J,
Hayasaka S, Burnett L, Chen M, Laurienti P. Evaluating BOLD Signal Time Course
in Pharmacological Functional MRI. Society for Neuroscience Meeting, San Diego,
CA, USA. November 2007 (Oral)
• Addicott M, Yang L, Peiffer A, Kraft RA, Maldjian JA, Burdette JH, Hayasaka S,
Burnett L, Chen M, Laurienti PJ. The effects of chronic caffeine use on the temporal
dynamics of the BOLD signal. Organization for Human Brain Mapping Conference,
Melbourne, Australia. June 2008 (Poster)
• Yang L, Addicott M, Peiffer A, Kraft RA, Maldjian JA, Burdette JH, Burnett L, Chen
M, Laurienti PJ. Caffeine is not a universal BOLD contrast booster. Organization for
Human Brain Mapping Conference, Melbourne, Australia. June 2008 (Poster)
• Yang L, Wilson T, Leuthold A, Casanova R, Pardo P, Laurienti P, Lewis S,
Georgopoulos A. Spatiotemporal gamma frequency activations distinguish semantic
processes engaged by words and pseudowords. International Conference on
Biomagnetism, Sapporo, Japan. August 2008 (Poster)
Invited Lecture:
• Yang L. Visualizing the effects of caffeine on the brain. Center for Design
Innovation, Winston-Salem, NC, USA. Sept 2007.
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