Graduate Student in Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience (BCN), Psychology

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Graduate Student in Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience (BCN), Psychology

Qijing Yu, CV. p1

Qijing Yu E-mail: [email protected]

Current Status Graduate Student in Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience (BCN), Psychology Pre-doctoral trainee at the Institute of Gerontology (IOG), Wayne State University (WSU)

Education B.S., Zhejiang Normal University (ZJNU) (2008-2012) Psychology Exchange Student, Lawrence Technological University (LTU) (2010-2011) Psychology

Courses Taken Core (major): 8560 Models and Methods in Psychopharmacology (Winter 2017) 7080 Human Cognition (Fall 2015) 7400 Introduction: Lifespan Developmental Science (Winter 2015) 7340 Neuropathology and Behavior (Winter 2015) 8050 Cognitive Neuroscience (Fall 2014) 7440 Cognitive Development (Winter 2014) 8065 Neurophysiology and Neural Plasticity (Winter 2014) 8440 Developmental Neuropsychology (Fall, 2014) 8060 Functional Neuroanatomy (Fall 2013) Statistics (minor): 8740 Latent Growth Curve Modeling and Longitudinal Analysis (Spring, 2015) 8170 Structural Equation Modeling (Winter 2015) 8150 Multivariate Analysis in Psychology (Fall 2014) 7160 Quantitative Methods II (Winter 2014) 7150 Quantitative Methods I (Fall 2013) Qijing Yu, CV. p2

8740 Meta-Analysis (Summer 2016) Others: ENG 5850 Scholarly Writing for Nonnative English Speakers (Fall 2015)

Publications Yu, Q., Homayouni, R., Shafer, A., Raz, N., & Ofen, N. (In Prep). Developmental Difference in Hippocamapl Segmentation using FreeSurfer Compared with Manual Demarcation. Yu, Q., Anderson, D., Chen, Z., Nishimura, M., & Ofen, N. (In Prep). Neural Correlates of Age-related Increase in Use of Memory Strategies. Yu, Q., Daugherty, A. M., Anderson, D. M., Brush, D., Hardwick, A., Lacey, W., Nishimura, M., Raz, S., Ofen, N. (In Press). Socioeconomic Status and Hippocampal Volume in Children and Young Adults. Developmental Science. Ofen, N., Yu, Q., & Chen, D. (2016). Memory and the developing brain: are insights from cognitive neuroscience applicable to education? Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 10, 81–88. Yang, T-x., Allen, R., Yu, Q-j., Chan, R. C.K. (2015). The influence of input and output modality on following instructions in working memory. Scientific Reports, 5, 17657. Daugherty, A. M., Yu, Q., Flinn, R., & Ofen, N. (2015). A reliable and valid method for manual demarcation of hippocampal head, body, and tail. International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience, 41(0), 115-122. Yan, C., Yang, T., Yu, Q.-j., Jin, Z., Cheung, E. F. C., Liu, X., & Chan, R. C. K. (2015). Rostral medial prefrontal dysfunctions and consummatory pleasure in schizophrenia: A meta- analysis of functional imaging studies. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging, 231(3), 187-196. Yang, Y., Xu, X., Hong, X., Xie, L., Yu, Q., & Tian, D. (2012). Gestational and Lactational Exposure to Bisphenol A Affects Anxiety-and Depression-Behaviors in Young Offspring Qijing Yu, CV. p3

Mice. ACTA BIOPHISICA SINICA, 28(2),131- 145

Mentoring and Teaching Experience Graduate Students Abhinav Katti, Basic Medical Sciences, WSU Fall 2014 Undergraduate Students Sanaya Irani, Psychology, WSU Fall 2015 - Present Daniel Schoff, Psychology, Grand Valley State University Summer 2015– Summer 2016 Sydney Howard, Psychology, WSU Fall 2015– Summer 2016 Justin Robinson, Chemistry, WSUSummer– Fall 2015 Sadia Ghazi, Psychology, WSU Winter 2015 Robert Flinn, Biology, WSU Fall 2014 Teaching Assistant Introductory Psychology (High School attached to ZJNU)Winter 2012 Introductory Psychology (Online, LTU) Winter 2011

Professional Membership Cognitive Neuroscience Society, Student Member 2015 Society for Neuroscience, Student Member 2015

Presentations International Yu, Q., Homayouni, R., Shafer, A., Ofen, N. (2017). Developmental Difference in Hippocampal Segmentation using FreeSurfer Compared with Manual Demarcation. Cognitive Neuroscience Society Meeting, San Francisco, CA. Tang, L., Shafer, A., Yu, Q., Angell, W.H., Liddane, R., Ofen, N. (2016). Mapping Prefrontal Cortex Contribution to the Development of Memory Formation. Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, New York, NY. Anderson, D., Yu, Q., Heitzer, A., Qijing Yu, CV. p4

Piercy, J., Raz, S., & Ofen, N. (2016). Assessing the relationship Between Episodic Memory and the Volume of the Hippocampus in Young Children Born Prematurely. International Neuropsychological Society, Boston, MA. Yu, Q., Shafer, A., Anderson, D., Heitzer, A., Piercy, J., Brush, D., Angell, W., Raz, S., & Ofen, N. (2015). Neural Correlates of Spatial Navigation in Young Children: Linking Brain Volumetry and Performance on a Virtual Morris Water Maze Task. Society for Neuroscinece Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. Yu, Q., Anderson, D., Chen, Z., Nishimura, M., & Ofen, N. (2015). Neural Correlates of Age-related Increase in Use of Memory Strategies. Cognitive Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA. Yang, T-x., Yu, Q-j., Allen, R., Chan, R. C.K. (2014). The influence of input and output modality on following instructions in working memory. International Conference on Working Memory, Cambridge, UK Tang, L., Rigoli, C., Patel, I., Adapa, N., Yu, Q., & Ofen, N. (2014). Developmental Differences in the Anterior and Posterior Medial Temporal Lobe during Memory Formation. Organization for Human Brain Mapping Annual Meeting, Hamburg, Germany. Patel, H., Miller Rigoli, C. Schwarzlose, R., Yu, Q., Tang, L., Grosu, I., & Ofen, N. (2014). Mapping the formation of memory in children using Electrocorticography. American Medical Association, Dallas, TX.

Local (*Oral, ^Awarded) Yu, Q., Shafer, A., Anderson, D., Heitzer, A., Piercy, J., Brush, D., Angell, W., Raz, S., & Ofen, N. (2016). Neural Correlates of Spatial Navigation in Young Children. Translational Neuroscience Program Qijing Yu, CV. p5

Symposium and Research Day, Detroit, MI Yu, Q., Anderson, D., Nishimura, M., & Ofen, N. (2016). The Role of Prefrontal Cortex in Mnemonic Strategy Use. Graduate and Post-Doctoral Research Symposium, Detroit, MI Yu, Q., Anderson, D., Nishimura, M., & Ofen, N. (2016). The Role of Prefrontal Cortex in Mnemonic Strategy Use. IOG Lifespan Alliance Research Day, Detroit, MI ^Sam, P., Anderson, D., Yu, Q., Galler, V., Adapa, N., Chen, D., & Ofen, N. (2016). Contribution of working memory capacity to verbal list recall across cognitive development. IOG Lifespan Alliance Research Day, Detroit, MI ^Howard, S., Irani, S., Yu, Q., Anderson, D., Angell. W.H., Tang, L., Heitzer, A., Piercy, J., Brush, D., Shafer, A., Raz, S., Ofen, N. (2016). The Development of Spatial Navigation Ability from Childhood to Adulthood. Annual Rodney Clark Undergraduate Research/Poster Day, Detroit, MI ^Sruthi Ramesh, S., Chen, D., Ghazi, S., Schwarzlose, R., Yu, Q., Ofen, N. (2016). How Does Time Affect the Semantic Memory of Rapidly Presented Images? Annual Rodney Clark Undergraduate Research/Poster Day, Detroit, MI Sam, P., Anderson, D., Yu, Q., Galler, V., Chen, D., Ofen, N. (2016). Developmental Effects in the Contribution of Working Memory Capacity to Verbal List Recall. Annual Rodney Clark Undergraduate Research/Poster Day, Detroit, MI Sarvepalli, S., Liddane, R., Chen, D., Galler, V., Yu, Q., Ofen, N. (2016). Testing Item and Associative Memory in Children and Adolescents. Annual Rodney Clark Undergraduate Research/Poster Day, Detroit, MI ^Yu, Q., Shafer, A., Anderson, D., Heitzer, A., Piercy, J., Brush, D., Qijing Yu, CV. p6

Angell, W., Raz, S., & Ofen, N. (2015). Neural Substrates of Spatial Navigation in Young Children. Psychology Department's Annual Graduate Student Research Poster Day, Detroit, MI Yu, Q., Shafer, A., Anderson, D., Heitzer, A., Piercy, J., Brush, D., Angell, W., Raz, S., & Ofen, N. (2015). The Role of Medial Temporal Lobe and Prefrontal Cortex in Spatial Navigation Performance in 5 – 6 year olds. Annual Graduate Student Research Day, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI ^Sam, P., Anderson, D., Yu, Q., Galler, V., Adapa, N., Chen, D., & Ofen, N. (2015). Contribution of working memory capacity to verbal list recall across cognitive development. Annual Rodney Clark Undergraduate Research/Poster Day, Detroit, MI Ghazi, S., Chen, Z., Schwarzlose, R., Yu, Q., & Ofen, N. (2015). Semantic Representation of Visual Information Needs Time to be Saved in Long-Term Memory. Annual Rodney Clark Undergraduate Research/Poster Day, Detroit, MI Yu, Q., Anderson, D., Nishimura, M., & Ofen, N. (2015). Neural Correlates of Age-related Increase in Use of Memory Strategies. Graduate Exhibition, Detroit, MI *Yu, Q., Anderson, D., Nishimura, M., & Ofen, N. (2015). Neural Correlates of Age-related Increase in Use of Memory Strategies. IOG Lifespan Alliance Research Day, Detroit, MI ^Yu, Q., Brush, D., Ghazi, S., Nishimura, M., Daughtery, A., & Ofen, N. (2015). Socioeconomic Status and Hippocampal Volume. Psychology Department's Annual Graduate Student Research Poster Day, Detroit, MI Brush, D., Ghazi, S., Jones, K., Lacey, W., Yu, Q., Nishimura, M., & Ofen, N. (2015). Socioeconomic Status and Qijing Yu, CV. p7

Hippocampal Volume. IOG Lifespan Alliance Research Day, Detroit, MI Brush, D., Ghazi, S., Jones, K., Lacey, W., Yu, Q., Nishimura, M., & Ofen, N. (2014). Socioeconomic Status and Hippocampal Volume. Psychology Poster Day, Detroit, MI

Research Experience Research Assistant 2013– Present Ofen Lab for Cognitive and Brain Development, Detroit, MI (Supervisor: Dr. Noa Ofen) Projects: Genes (APOE, IL1β , IL6, COMT, etc.) as Modifiers on Brain-Behavior Association Functional Specialization of Hippocampal Subfields Comparison of FreeSurfer and Manual Demarcation in Reliability and Validity across Development Neural Correlates of Spatial Navigation in Typically Developing and Preterm Children Neural Correlates of Age-Related Increase in the Use of Mnemonic Strategy and Learning Rate Research Assistant 2012– 2013 Neuropsychology and Applied Cognitive Neuroscience lab, Institute of Psychology, Beijing, China (Supervisor: Dr. Raymond Chan) Projects: Working Memory in Following Instruction Meta- analysis of Positive-Emotion Induced Brain Activation in Patients with Schizophrenia

Professional Service Go-Girl (Gaining Options-Girls Investigate Real Life), Volunteer 2015, 2016 Brain@Wayne Retreat planning, Committee member 2016 Brain Day planning, Coordinator of the Lifespan Neuroscience Group 2016 Qijing Yu, CV. p8

PLOS ONE (Journal), Reviewer 2015 Cognitive Science (Journal), Reviewer 2015 Brain and Cognition (Journal), Reviewer 2015 OHBM Annual Meeting (Abstract), Reviewer 2015 Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience (Journal), Reviewer 2015 Brain Outreach Event, Avondale High School, Auburn Hills, MI, Volunteer Fall 2015 Diversity Committee in the Psychology Department, BCN Representative 2015– Present Student Society of Neuroscience, WSU, Member 2014– Present Portal to the Public Fellowship Program (Detroit Zoo), Fellow 2014– 2015 Brain Day, Volunteer 2014, 2015, 2016 Future Docs Day, Volunteer 2014, 2016 Scientist Day (Detroit Zoo), Volunteer 2014, 2015 "HBEC (Healthier Black Elders Center) Lunch and Learn" series, Volunteer Fall 2014 Psychiatric Department, Jinhua Hospital, Zhejiang, China (Supervisor: Eng Huang), Volunteer Winter 2011 Psychology Counseling Station (ZJNU), Member 2009– 2010

Skills Volumetric Segmentation: Manual Demarcation, Analyze, Spin, FreeSurfer Statistical Software: Mplus, SPSS, GingerALE

Selected Awards and Honors Betty J. Neitzel Summer Research Award 2017 IOG Travel Award Winter 2017 Elizabeth Olson Memorial Award 2016 Julie A. Thomas Memorial Scholarship 2016 Steven A. Lewis Memorial Research Award 2016 Third Place, Graduate and Post-Doctoral Research Symposium 2016 IOG Travel Award Winter, Fall 2015 Qijing Yu, CV. p9

First Prize, Graduate Poster Day BCN area 2014, 2015 Outstanding Graduate of ZJNU 2012 Dean’ s Honor Roll, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, LTU 2011 Outstanding Students Scholarship, ZJNU 2009- 2011

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