Current Research Description

Dr. Wang’s research is focused on developing neuroimaging biomarkers for neuropsychiatric disorders. His research projects range from psychosis and dementia to pediatric HIV and cancer-treatment related cognitive dysfunction. He uses computational anatomy tools to develop complex, multidimensional and multimodal biomarkers. These tools and their applications bridge mathematics, engineering and clinical neuroscience and ultimately lead to the understanding of these disorders at the brain circuit and systems levels.

Dr. Wang is also interested in contributing to the building of big data and open science infrastructure for neuroimaging research. This includes data discovery, data sharing, and reproducible research. Big data and the increasingly large amount of open science research will help us make new discoveries faster by combining and more fully utilizing already-collected data. Open science will also encourage sharing of tools and foster new collaborations. Dr. Wang’s research develops tools and infrastructure for efficient data discovery and data sharing, with the goal of making scientific resources accessible to the broader scientific community.