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Justin Yuan, PhD

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Title(s)Affiliate, Psychiatry
SchoolSchool of Medicine
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ORCID ORCID Icon0000-0003-3402-0432 Additional info
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    Stanford University, Stanford, CAPh.D.06/2025Psychology
    University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CAB.S.12/2013Physiology & Neuroscience
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    National Science Foundation2021  - 2025Graduate Research Fellowship Program

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    1. The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on neurobiological functioning in adolescents. Transl Psychiatry. 2025 Aug 12; 15(1):276. Yuan JP, Borchers LR, Lee Y, Buthmann JL, Coury SM, Joachimsthaler J, Jaeger EL, Ho TC, Gotlib IH. PMID: 40796772; PMCID: PMC12343994.
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    2. Value-based cognitive control moderates the relation of inflammation with depression in adolescents. Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci. 2025 Jan 18; 20(1). Yuan JP, Miller JG, Joachimsthaler J, Uy JP, Ho TC, Gotlib IH. PMID: 41298307; PMCID: PMC12726961.
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    3. Task-Rest Reconfiguration Efficiency of the Reward Network Across Adolescence and Its Association With Early Life Stress and Depressive Symptoms. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2025 Feb; 64(2):290-300. Lee Y, Yuan JP, Winkler AM, Kircanski K, Pine DS, Gotlib IH. PMID: 38878818; PMCID: PMC11638404.
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    4. Socioeconomic Disadvantage Moderates the Association of Systemic Inflammation With Amygdala Volume in Adolescents Over a 2-Year Interval: An Exploratory Study. Biol Psychiatry Cogn Neurosci Neuroimaging. 2024 Sep; 9(9):896-904. Yuan JP, Jaeger EL, Coury SM, Uy JP, Buthmann JL, Ho TC, Gotlib IH. PMID: 38815859; PMCID: PMC11381175.
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    5. Effects of Pollution Burden on Neural Function During Implicit Emotion Regulation and Longitudinal Changes in Depressive Symptoms in Adolescents. Biol Psychiatry Glob Open Sci. 2024 Jul; 4(4):100322. Uy JP, Yuan JP, Colich NL, Gotlib IH. PMID: 38957313; PMCID: PMC11217611.
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    6. Sex-Specific Vulnerability to Externalizing Problems: Sensitivity to Early Stress and Nucleus Accumbens Activation Over Adolescence. Biol Psychiatry. 2025 Jan 01; 97(1):73-80. Borchers LR, Yuan JP, Leong JK, Jo B, Chahal R, Ryu J, Nam A, Coury SM, Gotlib IH. PMID: 38272286; PMCID: PMC11266527.
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    7. Early life stress moderates the relation between systemic inflammation and neural activation to reward in adolescents both cross-sectionally and longitudinally. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2024 Feb; 49(3):532-540. Yuan JP, Coury SM, Ho TC, Gotlib IH. PMID: 37673968; PMCID: PMC10789786.
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    8. Early life stress, systemic inflammation, and neural correlates of implicit emotion regulation in adolescents. Brain Behav Immun. 2022 10; 105:169-179. Yuan JP, Ho TC, Coury SM, Chahal R, Colich NL, Gotlib IH. PMID: 35842188; PMCID: PMC11824613.
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    9. Dimensions of Early Adversity and the Development of Functional Brain Network Connectivity During Adolescence: Implications for Trajectories of Internalizing Symptoms. Biological Psychiatry. 2022 May 1; 91(9):s48. Chahal CR, Miller MJ, Yuan YJ, Buthmann BJ, Ho HT, Gotlib GI. .
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    10. Trajectories of Depressive Symptoms and Reward Circuitry in Adolescence Following Early Life Stress: A Longitudinal Assessment. Biological Psychiatry. 2022 May 1; 91(9):s79. Borchers BL, Yuan YJ, Chahal CR, Ryu RJ, Colich CN, Gotlib GI. .
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    11. An exploration of dimensions of early adversity and the development of functional brain network connectivity during adolescence: Implications for trajectories of internalizing symptoms. Dev Psychopathol. 2022 05; 34(2):557-571. Chahal R, Miller JG, Yuan JP, Buthmann JL, Gotlib IH. PMID: 35094729; PMCID: PMC9117398.
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    12. Reduced anxiety and changes in amygdala network properties in adolescents with training for awareness, resilience, and action (TARA). Neuroimage Clin. 2021; 29:102521. Tymofiyeva O, Henje E, Yuan JP, Huang CY, Connolly CG, Ho TC, Bhandari S, Parks KC, Sipes BS, Yang TT, Xu D. PMID: 33316764; PMCID: PMC7735968.
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    13. Neural Correlates of Smartphone Dependence in Adolescents. Front Hum Neurosci. 2020; 14:564629. Tymofiyeva O, Yuan JP, Kidambi R, Huang CY, Henje E, Rubinstein ML, Jariwala N, Max JE, Yang TT, Xu D. PMID: 33132878; PMCID: PMC7577047.
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    14. Gray Matter Changes in Adolescents Participating in a Meditation Training. Front Hum Neurosci. 2020; 14:319. Yuan JP, Connolly CG, Henje E, Sugrue LP, Yang TT, Xu D, Tymofiyeva O. PMID: 32922278; PMCID: PMC7456888.
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    15. NIMG-56. A MULTIMODAL 7 TELSA MRI INVESTIGATION OF LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF RADIOTHERAPY ON THE ADOLESCENT BRAIN & COGNITION. Neuro-Oncology. 2019 Nov 11; 21(Supplement_6):vi173-vi174. Morrison MM, Avadiappan AS, Yuan YJ, Stoller SS, Jakary JA, Mueller MS, Molinaro MA, Banerjee BA, Hess HC, Braunstein BS, Lupo LJ. .
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    16. 4.32 SMARTPHONE DEPENDENCE, BRAIN CONNECTIVITY, AND LINKS TO DEPRESSION IN ADOLESCENTS. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 2019 Oct 1; 58(10):s229-s230. Tymofiyeva TO, Yuan YJ, Kidambi KR, Huang HC, Blom BE, Rubinstein RM, Xu XD, Yang YT. .
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    17. Application of machine learning to structural connectome to predict symptom reduction in depressed adolescents with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). Neuroimage Clin. 2019; 23:101914. Tymofiyeva O, Yuan JP, Huang CY, Connolly CG, Henje Blom E, Xu D, Yang TT. PMID: 31491813; PMCID: PMC6627980.
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    18. MEDU-15. STRUCTURAL BRAIN NETWORK PROPERTIES AND COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT IN ADOLESCENTS AFTER RADIATION THERAPY. Neuro-Oncology. 2019 Apr 23; 21(Supplement_2):ii106-ii106. Yuan YJ, Morrison MM, Jakary JA, Mueller MS, Tymofiyeva TO, Xu XD, Lupo LJ. .
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    19. MEDU-18. FUNCTIONAL BRAIN NETWORK PROPERTIES AND COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT IN ADOLESCENTS FOLLOWING RADIATION THERAPY. Neuro-Oncology. 2019 Apr 23; 21(Supplement_2):ii107-ii107. Morrison MM, Jakary JA, Felton FE, Stoller SS, Yuan YJ, Mueller MS, Lupo LJ. .
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    20. Test-Retest Reliability of Graph Theoretic Metrics in Adolescent Brains. Brain Connect. 2019 03; 9(2):144-154. Yuan JP, Henje Blom E, Flynn T, Chen Y, Ho TC, Connolly CG, Dumont Walter RA, Yang TT, Xu D, Tymofiyeva O. PMID: 30398373; PMCID: PMC6444894.
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    21. 5.48 Using MRI to Predict Depression Symptom Improvement in Depressed Adolescents Undergoing Cbt. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 2018 Oct 1; 57(10):s242. Tymofiyeva TO, Yuan YJ, Connolly CC, Blom BE, Xu XD, Yang YT. .
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    22. High levels of mitochondrial DNA are associated with adolescent brain structural hypoconnectivity and increased anxiety but not depression. J Affect Disord. 2018 05; 232:283-290. Tymofiyeva O, Henje Blom E, Ho TC, Connolly CG, Lindqvist D, Wolkowitz OM, Lin J, LeWinn KZ, Sacchet MD, Han LKM, Yuan JP, Bhandari SP, Xu D, Yang TT. PMID: 29500956; PMCID: PMC5864120.
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