Weihong Yuan, PhD

Associate Professor, UC Department of Radiology

Weihong.Yuan@cchmc.org

About

Biography

Weihong Yuan, PhD, joined the faculty in 2005 and currently is the McLaurin fellow in pediatric neurosurgery and research assistant professor of radiology at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center within the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. He is a biomedical engineer by training with BS degree (1991) from Zhejiang University, PRC, and MS (1997) and PhD degree (2000) from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ.

BS: Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, PRC, 1991.

MS: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ, 1997.

PhD: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ, 2000.

Interests

Diffusion tensor study pediatric patient with hydrocephalus; diffusion tensor imaging study of pediatric supratentorial tumors; diffusion tensor imaging study of children with traumatic brain injury; functional MRI study of pediatric patients with spina bifida; fMRI/DTI study of epilepsy; intra-operative neuroimaging

Services and Specialties

Radiology

Research Areas

Radiology, Imaging

Publications

Prenatal tobacco smoke exposure and risk for cognitive delays in infants born very premature. Mahabee-Gittens, EM; Harun, N; Glover, M; Folger, AT; Parikh, NA; Altaye, M; Arnsperger, A; Beiersdorfer, T; Bridgewater, K; Cahill, T; Wineland, K; Wuertz, S; Wuest, D; Yuan, W. Scientific Reports. 2024; 14:1397.

Differential neural mechanisms for movement adaptations following neuromuscular training in young female athletes with a history of sports-related concussion. Zuleger, TM; Slutsky-Ganesh, AB; Kim, HW; Anand, M; Warren, SM; Grooms, DR; Yuan, W; Riley, MA; Gore, RK; Myer, GD; Diekfuss, JA. Neuroscience. 2024; 558:70-80.

White matter characteristics in children with cerebral palsy prior to selective dorsal rhizotomy: a multicenter diffusion tensor imaging study. Yuan, W; Stevenson, CB; Moretti, P; Mangano, FT; Pavanello, M; Cama, A; Tortora, D; Tacchino, C; Bailes, AF; Greve, KR; Harpster, K; Kurowski, BG; Mitelpunkt, A; Aronow, B. Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics. 2024; 34:268-277.

High magnitude exposure to repetitive head impacts alters female adolescent brain activity for lower extremity motor control. Zuleger, TM; Slutsky-Ganesh, AB; Grooms, DR; Yuan, W; Barber Foss, KD; Howell, DR; Myer, GD; Diekfuss, JA. Brain Research. 2024; 1828:148785.

Structural connectivity at term equivalent age and language in preterm children at 2 years corrected. Barnes-Davis, ME; Williamson, BJ; Kline, JE; Kline-Fath, BM; Tkach, J; He, L; Yuan, W; Parikh, NA. Brain Communications. 2024; 6:fcae126.

Corpus Callosum Abnormalities at Term-Equivalent Age Are Associated with Language Development at 2 Years' Corrected Age in Infants Born Very Preterm. Kojima, K; Kline, JE; Altaye, M; Kline-Fath, BM; Parikh, NA; Allahverdy, A; Arnsperger, A; Beiersdorfer, T; Bridgewater, K; Cahill, T; Wineland, K; Wuertz, S; Wuest, D; Yuan, W. 2024; 11:200101.

Visuo-vestibular and cognitive connections of the vestibular neuromatrix are conserved across age and injury populations. Smith, JL; Diekfuss, JA; Dudley, JA; Ahluwalia, V; Zuleger, TM; Slutsky-Ganesh, AB; Yuan, W; Foss, KD B; Gore, RK; Myer, GD; Allen, JW. Journal of Neuroimaging. 2023; 33:1003-1014.

28 A Graph Theoretical Approach to Understanding Associations between Structural Connectivity and Improvements in Behavior of Children Born Very Preterm Following a Positive Parenting Intervention. Glazer, S; Parikh, N; Yuan, W; Pedapati, E; Chiu, P; Wade, S. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS. 2023; 29:903-904.

Design and Harmonization Approach for the Multi-Institutional Neurocognitive Discovery Study (MINDS) of Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD) Neuroimaging Ancillary Study: A Technical Note. Panigrahy, A; Schmithorst, V; Ceschin, R; Lee, V; Beluk, N; Wallace, J; Wheaton, O; Chenevert, T; Qiu, D; Lee, JN; Umfleet, LG; Cohen, S; Zaidi, A; Gurvitz, M. Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease. 2023; 10:381.

DTI of Opioid-Exposed Fetuses Using ComBat Harmonization: A Bi-Institutional Study. Dudley, JA; Nagaraj, UD; Merhar, S; Mangano, FT; Kline-Fath, BM; Ou, X; Acheson, A; Yuan, W. American Journal of Neuroradiology. 2023; 44:1084-1089.