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Name	Yi-Heng Tu
Contact Information	tuyh@psych.ac.cn
Language ability	English, Chinese
Province	Beijing

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Name

Yi-Heng Tu

Contact Information

tuyh@psych.ac.cn

Language ability

English, Chinese

Province

Beijing

University/Lab Affiliation and Title	Chinese Academy of Sciences
Faculty	institute of psychology CAS
Academic Background & Achievements	2012-2016 PhD: University of Hong Kong Achievement: Not mentioned
Work Experience	2017-2019 - Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital - Postdoctoral Researcher 2019-2020 - Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital - Lecturer 2020-11 to present - Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Researcher
Awards	National Natural Science Foundation Excellent Young Scientists Fund (2023) Chinese Academy of Sciences High-level Talent Project (2022) China Association for Science and Technology Youth Talent Support Project (2021)

University/Lab Affiliation and Title

Chinese Academy of Sciences

Faculty

institute of psychology CAS

Academic Background & Achievements

2012-2016 PhD: University of Hong Kong
Achievement: Not mentioned

Work Experience

2017-2019 - Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital - Postdoctoral Researcher
2019-2020 - Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital - Lecturer
2020-11 to present - Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Researcher

Awards

National Natural Science Foundation Excellent Young Scientists Fund (2023)
Chinese Academy of Sciences High-level Talent Project (2022)
China Association for Science and Technology Youth Talent Support Project (2021)

Areas of Focus	Behavioral-brain-genetic basis of pain chronicity Neuropathological basis of comorbidity of chronic pain with depression and dementia Neuroregulation techniques for chronic pain intervention
Publications	Morphological and genetic decoding shows heterogeneous patterns of brain aging in chronic musculoskeletal pain, Zhao, L., Liu, J., Zhao, W., Chen, J., Fan, J., Ge, T., & Tu, Y., 2024 Multimodal covarying brain patterns mediate genetic and psychological contributions to individual differences in pain sensitivity, Zhang, H., Zhao, L., Lu, X., Peng, W., Zhang, L., Zhang, Z., Hu, L., Cao, J., & Tu, Y., 2024 Pain-preferential thalamocortical neural dynamics across species, Tu, Y., Li, Z., Zhang, L., Zhang, H., Bi, Y., Yue, L., & Hu, L., 2023 Elevated dementia risk, cognitive decline, and hippocampal atrophy in multisite chronic pain, Zhao, W., Zhao, L., Chang, X., Lu, X., & Tu, Y., 2023 Causal relationships between migraine and microstructural white matter: a Mendelian randomization study, Zhao, L., Zhao W., IHGC, Cao, J., & Tu, Y., 2023 The altered hippocampal functional connectivity and serum BDNF level predict cognitive decline in patients with knee osteoarthritis, Liu, J., Tao, J., Cai, G., Chen, J., Zhao, L., Wang, Y., Xu, S., Chen, R., Hu, L., Cao, J., Chen, L., & Tu, Y., 2023 Manipulating placebo analgesia and nocebo hyperalgesia by changing brain excitability, Tu, Y. H., Wilson, G., Camprodon, J., Dougherty, D., Vangel, M., Benedetti, F., Kaptchuk, T., Gollub, R. and Kong, J., 2021 Distinct thalamocortical network dynamics are associated with the pathophysiology of chronic low back pain, Tu, Y. H., Fu, Z. N., Gollub, R., Park, J., Wilson, J., Napadow, V., Gerber, J., Chan, S. T., Edwards, R., Kaptchuk, T., Calhoun, V., Rosen, B. and Kong, J., 2020 Mesocorticolimbic pathways encode cue based expectancy effects on pain, Tu, Y. H., Bi, Y. Z., Zhang, L. B., Wei, H., and Hu, L., 2020 An fMRI based neural marker for migraine, Tu, Y. H., Zeng, F., Lan, L., Li, Z. J., Maleki, N., Liu, B., Chen, J., Wang, C. C., Park, J., Lang, C., Gao, Y. J., Liu, M. L., Fu, Z. N., Zhang, Z. G., Liang, F. R. and Kong, J., 2020 Abnormal thalamo-cortical dynamics in migraine, Tu, Y. H., Fu, Z. N., Zeng, F., Maleki, N., Lan, L., Li, Z. J., Park, J., Wilson, G., Gao, Y. J., Liu, M. L., Calhoun. V., Liang, F. R. and Kong, J., 2019 When does the youthfulness of the female brain emerge?, Tu, Y. H., Fu, Z. N., Maleki, N., 2019 Abnormal medial prefrontal cortex functional connectivity and its association with clinical symptoms in chronic low back pain, Tu, Y. H., Jung, M., Gollub, R., Napadow, V., Gerber, J., Ortiz, A., Lang, C., Mawla, I., Shen, W., Chan, S. T., Wasan, A., Edwards, R., Kaptchuk, T., Rosen, B. and Kong, J., 2019

Areas of Focus

Behavioral-brain-genetic basis of pain chronicity
Neuropathological basis of comorbidity of chronic pain with depression and dementia
Neuroregulation techniques for chronic pain intervention

Publications

Morphological and genetic decoding shows heterogeneous patterns of brain aging in chronic musculoskeletal pain, Zhao, L., Liu, J., Zhao, W., Chen, J., Fan, J., Ge, T., & Tu, Y., 2024
Multimodal covarying brain patterns mediate genetic and psychological contributions to individual differences in pain sensitivity, Zhang, H., Zhao, L., Lu, X., Peng, W., Zhang, L., Zhang, Z., Hu, L., Cao, J., & Tu, Y., 2024
Pain-preferential thalamocortical neural dynamics across species, Tu, Y., Li, Z., Zhang, L., Zhang, H., Bi, Y., Yue, L., & Hu, L., 2023
Elevated dementia risk, cognitive decline, and hippocampal atrophy in multisite chronic pain, Zhao, W., Zhao, L., Chang, X., Lu, X., & Tu, Y., 2023
Causal relationships between migraine and microstructural white matter: a Mendelian randomization study, Zhao, L., Zhao W., IHGC, Cao, J., & Tu, Y., 2023
The altered hippocampal functional connectivity and serum BDNF level predict cognitive decline in patients with knee osteoarthritis, Liu, J., Tao, J., Cai, G., Chen, J., Zhao, L., Wang, Y., Xu, S., Chen, R., Hu, L., Cao, J., Chen, L., & Tu, Y., 2023
Manipulating placebo analgesia and nocebo hyperalgesia by changing brain excitability, Tu, Y. H., Wilson, G., Camprodon, J., Dougherty, D., Vangel, M., Benedetti, F., Kaptchuk, T., Gollub, R. and Kong, J., 2021
Distinct thalamocortical network dynamics are associated with the pathophysiology of chronic low back pain, Tu, Y. H., Fu, Z. N., Gollub, R., Park, J., Wilson, J., Napadow, V., Gerber, J., Chan, S. T., Edwards, R., Kaptchuk, T., Calhoun, V., Rosen, B. and Kong, J., 2020
Mesocorticolimbic pathways encode cue based expectancy effects on pain, Tu, Y. H., Bi, Y. Z., Zhang, L. B., Wei, H., and Hu, L., 2020
An fMRI based neural marker for migraine, Tu, Y. H., Zeng, F., Lan, L., Li, Z. J., Maleki, N., Liu, B., Chen, J., Wang, C. C., Park, J., Lang, C., Gao, Y. J., Liu, M. L., Fu, Z. N., Zhang, Z. G., Liang, F. R. and Kong, J., 2020
Abnormal thalamo-cortical dynamics in migraine, Tu, Y. H., Fu, Z. N., Zeng, F., Maleki, N., Lan, L., Li, Z. J., Park, J., Wilson, G., Gao, Y. J., Liu, M. L., Calhoun. V., Liang, F. R. and Kong, J., 2019
When does the youthfulness of the female brain emerge?, Tu, Y. H., Fu, Z. N., Maleki, N., 2019
Abnormal medial prefrontal cortex functional connectivity and its association with clinical symptoms in chronic low back pain, Tu, Y. H., Jung, M., Gollub, R., Napadow, V., Gerber, J., Ortiz, A., Lang, C., Mawla, I., Shen, W., Chan, S. T., Wasan, A., Edwards, R., Kaptchuk, T., Rosen, B. and Kong, J., 2019

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