Shaolin Yang, PhD

Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Assistant Professor of Bioengineering

Areas of Expertise

  • Anxiety, OCD & Trauma Disorders
  • Mood Disorders
  • Older Adults
Dr. Shaolin Yang

Expertise & Interests

Research Interests

Neuroimaging; Human brain mapping

Selected Publications

  1. Fang L, Wu M, Aizenstein HJ, Kumar A & Yang S. Adaptively optimized combination of phased-array MR spectroscopy data without noise correlation estimation: A joint diagonalization method. NMR in Biomedicine, 2026;39:e70371.
  2. Chen CL, Wu M, Rose M, Chi Y, Weber JC, Lamb ST, Ladouceur CD, Chang YF, Tseng KY, Aizenstein HJ & Yang S. Differential cerebral white matter tract alterations in generalized anxiety disorder revealed by ultra-high field 7T diffusion-weighted imaging. Journal of Affective Disorders, 2026;412:121989.
  3. Guo R, Yang S, Wiesner HM, Li Y, Zhao Y, Liang ZP, Chen W & Zhu XH. Mapping intracellular NAD content in entire human brain using phosphorus-31 MR spectroscopic imaging at 7 Tesla. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 2024;18:1389111.
  4. Yang S & Tseng KY. Maturation of corticolimbic functional connectivity during sensitive periods of brain development. Sensitive Periods of Brain Development and Preventive Interventions. Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences. 2022;53:37-53.
  5. Nigro SE, Wu M, Juliano AC, Flynn B, Lu LH, Landay AL, French AL & Yang S. Effects of cocaine and HIV on decision-making abilities. Journal of NeuroVirology. 2021;27(3):422433.

Education & Credentials

Education & Training

Education
PhD, Radio Physics, Wuhan University, China
Postdoctoral
Neuroimaging, National Institute on Drug Abuse Neuroimaging Research Branch
Postdoctoral
Radiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Postdoctoral
Radiology, Cornell University Weill Medical College

Professional Affiliations

  • Member, International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
  • Member, Society for Neuroscience
  • Member, Organization for Human Brain Mapping