Current Appointments & Affiliations
Associate Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
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2021 - Present
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Adult Psychiatry & Psychology,
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Affiliate of the Center for Brain Imaging and Analysis
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2011 - Present
Duke-UNC Brain Imaging and Analysis Center,
Institutes and Centers
Recent Publications
Iterative learning for joint image denoising and motion artifact correction of 3D brain MRI.
Journal Article Med Image Anal · February 2026 Image noise and motion artifacts greatly affect the quality of brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and negatively influence downstream medical image analysis. Previous studies often focus on 2D methods that process each volumetric MR image slice-by-slic ... Full text Link to item CiteImproving Late-Life Depression Analysis with Collaborative Domain Adaptation: Learning from Heterogeneous Structural MRI
Conference Lecture Notes in Computer Science · January 1, 2026 Accurate identification of late-life depression (LLD) based on brain MRI is crucial for monitoring its clinical progression over time. Existing learning-based LLD studies often suffer from limited (e.g., tens) data, leading to unreliable model training. Wh ... Full text CiteBiomarkers.
Journal Article Alzheimers Dement · December 2025 BACKGROUND: Psychosocial factors, including mood function and residential status (urban vs. rural), have been suggested to affect the risk of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD). Few studies, however, have attempted to examine the associations ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Pesticide Use and Markers of ADRD Neurodegeneration among US Farmers
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Michigan State University · 2025 - 2030The Contribution of Repetitive Head Impacts and Social Determinants of Health to Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementia in Older Adult Black Men
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2025 - 2029The spectrum of cognitive impairment including Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias after liver transplantation: from the Multi-Center Functional Assessment in Liver Transplantation (FrAILT) Study
ResearchCollaborating Investigator · Awarded by University of California - San Francisco · 2018 - 2028View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill ·
2001
Ph.D.