Areas of Focus
- Empathy and Culture
- Measurement of Empathy
- Empathy and Pain Empathy
Work Experience
- 2021.09-present - Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences - Assistant Researcher in Pain Psychology
- 2019.05-2021.08 - Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University - Postdoctoral Researcher in Clinical Medicine
- 2018.02-2021.08 - Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention - Senior Research Consultant
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2013.08-2018.10 Doctorate in Applied Psychology: Griffith University
- 2009.08-2012.08 Master's in Cognitive Neuroscience: Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 2003.08-2007.08 Bachelor's in Biotechnology: China Agricultural University
Publications
- Pain and Depression, Zhao, Q., Kong, Y., Wan, L., eds., 2022
- Impacts of COVID-19 on psychological wellbeing, Zhao, Q., Sun, X., Xie, F., Chen, B., Wan, L., Wang, L., . . . Dai, Q., 2021
- Validation of the Music Empathizing inventory in China, Zhao, Q., Lu, X, #. Zhang, H., Djekic, S., Wan, L., Hu, L., 2021
- Culture, sex, and group-bias in trait and state empathy, Zhao, Q.#, Neumann, D. L., Yan, C., Djekic, S., & Shum, D. H., 2021
- 疼痛评估量表应用的中国专家共识 (2020版), 万丽#, 赵晴, 陈军, 樊碧发, 高崇荣, 胡理, . . . 宋涛., 2020
- Suicide and sudden death bereavement in Australia: A longitudinal study of family members over 2 years after death, Kõlves, K.#, Zhao, Q., Ross, V., Hawgood, J., Spence, S. H., & de Leo, D., 2020
- Suicide and other sudden death bereavement of immediate family members: An analysis of grief reactions six-months after death, Kõlves, K.#, Zhao, Q., Ross, V., Hawgood, J., Spence, S. H., & de Leo, D., 2019
- Validation of the Empathy Quotient in mainland China, Zhao, Q., Neumann, D. L.#, Cao, X., Baron-Cohen, S., Sun, X., Cao, Y., . . . Shum, D. H., 2018
- Neurological soft signs are not “soft” in brain structure and functional networks: evidence from ALE meta-analysis, Zhao, Q., Li, Z., Huang, J., Yan, C., Dazzan, P., Pantelis, C., ... & Chan, R. C.#, 2013
- Neurological soft signs discriminate schizophrenia from major depression but not bipolar disorder, Zhao, Q., Ma, Y. T., Lui, S. S., Liu, W. H., Xu, T., Yu, X., ... & Chan, R. C.#, 2013
Awards
- 2017: Beijing Science and Technology Award, Second Prize
- 2011: Young Investigator Fellowship Award, 2nd Congress of Asian College of Neuropsychopharmacology