Contact Information

Fan (Nils) Yang
10 Center Dr.
Bldg. 10, Rm. B1D-723A
Bethesda, MD 20892-1065
USA
Tel.: +1 301 451 9917
Fax: +1 301 480 2558
E-mail: nils.yang at nih . gov

Previous Positions

• 2018-2020 Postdoc Fellow, Georgetown University
• 2020-2022 Postdoc Fellow, University of Maryland, Baltimore

Education

• 2014-2018 PHD in Psychology, SYSU, China
• 2015-2018 Visting PHD in Neurology, Upenn

Publications

• FN Yang, W Xie, Z Wang
  Effects of sleep duration on neurocognitive development in early adolescents in the USA: a propensity score matched, longitudinal, observational study Lancet Child Adolesc Health 2022 6:705-712
• FN Yang, TT Liu, Z Wang
  Functional connectome mediates the association between sleep disturbance and mental health in preadolescence: A longitudinal mediation study.
  Hum Brain Mapp 2022 43:2041-2050
• FN Yang, S Hassanzadeh-Behbahani, P Kumar, DJ Moore, RJ Ellis, X Jiang
  The impacts of HIV infection, age, and education on functional brain networks in adults with HIV.
  J Neurovirol 2022 28:265-273
• X Jiang, S Dahmani, M Bronshteyn, FN Yang, JP Ryan, Jr Gallagher RC, SR Damera, PN Kumar, DJ Moore, RJ Ellis, PE Turkeltaub
  Cingulate transcranial direct current stimulation in adults with HIV.
  PLoS One 2022 17:e0269491
• FN Yang, M Bronshteyn, SA Flowers, M Dawson, P Kumar, GW Rebeck, RS Turner, DJ Moore, RJ Ellis, X Jiang
  Low CD4+ cell count nadir exacerbates the impacts of APOE ε4 on functional connectivity and memory in adults with HIV.
  AIDS 2021 35:727-736
• T Mao, D Dinges, Y Deng, K Zhao, Z Yang, H Lei, Z Fang, FN Yang, O Galli, N Goel, M Basner, H Rao
  Impaired Vigilant Attention Partly Accounts for Inhibition Control Deficits After Total Sleep Deprivation and Partial Sleep Restriction.
  Nat Sci Sleep 2021 13:1545-1560
• M Bronshteyn, FN Yang, KF Shattuck, M Dawson, P Kumar, DJ Moore, RJ Ellis, X Jiang
  Depression is associated with hippocampal volume loss in adults with HIV.
  Hum Brain Mapp 2021 42:3750-3759
• FN Yang, S Hassanzadeh-Behbahani, M Bronshteyn, M Dawson, P Kumar, DJ Moore, RJ Ellis, X Jiang
  Connectome-based prediction of global cognitive performance in people with HIV.
  Neuroimage Clin 2021 30:102677
• Y Li, F Wang, M Yan, E Cantu, FN Yang, H Rao, R Feng
  Peel Learning for Pathway-Related Outcome Prediction.
  Bioinformatics 2021 37:4108-14
• FN Yang, M Stanford, X Jiang
  Low Cholesterol Level Linked to Reduced Semantic Fluency Performance and Reduced Gray Matter Volume in the Medial Temporal Lobe.
  Front Aging Neurosci 2020 12:57
• Y Chai, Z Fang, FN Yang, S Xu, Y Deng, A Raine, J Wang, M Yu, M Basner, N Goel, JJ Kim, DA Wolk, JA Detre, DF Dinges, H Rao
  Two nights of recovery sleep restores hippocampal connectivity but not episodic memory after total sleep deprivation.
  Sci Rep 2020 10:8774
• FN Yang, S Xu, A Spaeth, O Galli, K Zhao, Z Fang, M Basner, DF Dinges, JA Detre, H Rao
  Test-retest reliability of cerebral blood flow for assessing brain function at rest and during a vigilance task.
  Neuroimage 2019 193:157-166
• FN Yang, S Xu, Y Chai, M Basner, DF Dinges, H Rao
  Sleep deprivation enhances inter-stimulus interval effect on vigilant attention performance.
  Sleep 2018 41:
• TT Liu, A Nestor, MD Vida, JA Pyles, C Patterson, Y Yang, FN Yang, E Freud, M Behrmann
  Successful Reorganization of Category-Selective Visual Cortex following Occipito-temporal Lobectomy in Childhood.
  Cell Rep 2018 24:1113-1122.e6
• FN Yang, JS Pan, X Li
  Beta-adrenoreceptor blockade abolishes atomoxetine-induced risk taking.
  Physiol Behav 2016 153:125-32