Jia-Hong Gao, Ph.D.

Professor of Radiology, Medical Physics, and Psychiatry & Behavioral Neuroscience

Co-Director of Brain Research Imaging Center

Address:	5841 S. Maryland Ave., MC 2026, Rm Q301B Chicago, Illinois 60637
Phone:	773-834-0480
Fax:	773-834-7610
Email:	jgao@uchicago.edu

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Education & Training

• University of Science and Technology of China – B.S. in Physics, 1984
• Yale University – Ph.D. in Applied Physics and Engineering, 1991
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) – Postdoc. Training in MRI, 1991-1993

Research Interests

• Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• Human Brain Mapping

Teaching

• Lecture, Medical Imaging 1

Society Memberships

• Member, Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM)
• Member, International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM)

Selected Publications

• J.H. Gao, L. Parsons, J. Bower, J. Xiong, J. Li, P. Fox, “Cerebellum implicated in sensory acquisition and discrimination rather than motor control,” Science 272, 545-547 (1996).
• Y. Liu, J.H. Gao, M. Liotti, Y. Pu, P.T. Fox, “Temporal dissociation of parallel processing in the human subcortical outputs,” Nature 400, 364-366 (1999).
• Y Liu, J.H. Gao, H. Liu, P.T. Fox, “The temporal response of the brain after eating revealed by functional MRI,” Nature 405, 1058-1062 (2000).
• H. Liu, P. Kochunov, Y Pu, J. Hou, C. Feng, S. Yee, P.T. Fox, J.H. Gao, “Perfusion-weighted imaging of interictal hypoperfusion in temporal lobe epilepsy using FAIR-HASE: comparison with H215O PET measurements,” Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 45, 431-435 (2001).
• L. Tan, H. Liu, C. Perfetti, J. Spinks, P.T. Fox, J.H. Gao, “The neural system underlying Chinese logograph reading.” NeuroImage 13, 836-846 (2001).
• C. Feng, H. Liu, P. Fox, J.H. Gao, “Comparison of the experimental BOLD signal change in event-related fMRI with the balloon model,” NMR in Biomedicine 14, 397-401 (2001).
• T. Lee, H. Liu, L. Tan, P.T. Fox, J.H. Gao, “Lie detection by functional magnetic resonance imaging,” Human Brain Mapping 15, 157-164 (2002).
• C. Feng, H. Liu, P.T. Fox, J.H. Gao, “Dynamic changes of CMRO2 and oxygen extraction ratio in event-related functional MRI,” NeuroImage 18, 257-262 (2003).
• L. Nickerson, S Narayana, J. Lancaster, P. Fox, J.H. Gao, “Estimation of the local statistical noise in positron emission tomography revisited: practical implementation,” NeuroImage 19, 442-456 (2003).
• L. Tan, J. Spinks, C. Feng, W. Siok, C. Perfetti, J. Xiong, P. Fox, J.H. Gao, “Neural systems of second language reading are shaped by native language,” Human Brain Mapping 18, 149-157 (2003).
• J. Xiong, P.T. Fox, J.H. Gao, “Direct mapping magnetic field effects of neuronal activity by magnetic resonance imaging,” Human Brain Mapping 20, 41-49 (2003).
• J. Feng, S. Narayana, J. Lancaster, P. Jerabek, T. Arnow, F. Zhu, L. Tan, P.T. Fox, J.H. Gao, “CBF brain activation maps: PET vs. fMRI,” NeuroImage 22, 443-446 (2004).
• T. Lee, H. Liu, C. Chan, S. Fang, J.H. Gao, “Neural activation associated with emotion recognition observed in men and women,” Molecular Psychiatry 10, 450-455 (2005).
• K. Matsuo, D. Glahn, M. Peluso, J. Hatch, E. Monkul, P. Najt, M. Sanches, F. Zamarripa, J. Li, J. Lancaster, P. Fox, J.H. Gao, J. Soares, “Perfrontal hyperactivation during working memory task in untreated individuals with major depressive disorder,” Molecular Psychiatry 12, 158-166 (2007).
• Q. Luo, H. Liu, B Parris, H Lu, D Senseman, and J.H. Gao, “Modeling oxygen effects in tissue preparation neuronal current MRI,” Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 58, 407-412 (2007).
• A Lin, P. Fox, Y. Yang, H. Lu, L. Tan, J.H. Gao, “Evaluation of MRI models in the measurement of CMRO2 and its relationship with CBF,” Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 60, 380-389 (2008).
• H Liu, P Wei, Y Wai, W Kuan, C Huang, C Wu, C Buckle, Y Wan, J.H. Gao, “Inflow effects on hemodynamic response characterized by event-related fMRI using gradient-echo EPI sequences,” Medical Physics 35, 4300-4307 (2008).
• A Lin, P. Fox, Y. Yang, H Lu, L Tan, J.H. Gao, “Time-dependent correlation of cerebral blood flow with oxygen metabolism in human visual cortex as measured by fMRI,” NeuroImage 44,16-22 (2009).
• T Lee, C. Chan, A Leung, P. Fox, J.H. Gao, “Sex-related differences in neural activity during risk taking: An fMRI study,” Cerebral Cortex 19, 1303-1312 (2009).

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