Biography

General information
Name: Yanhui Liao, M.D., Ph.D.
Gender: Female
Birthday: June 20th 1981
Nationality: People’s Republic of China
Marital status: Married
Address: Department of Psychiatry, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, 3 East Qingchun Road, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China (310016)
E-mail: liaoyanhui@zju.edu.cn; tangliaoyanhui@163.com

Education
1. PhD Psychiatry, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China, 2005-2010
2. Visiting PhD Student Behavioral and Clinical Neuroscience Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge UK, 2009-2010. Department of Psychiatry, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL USA, 2007-2008.
3. MD Medical School, University of South China, Hengyan, China, 2004

Working Experiences
1. Postdoctoral Research Associate
Addictions Department, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, Kings College London, Oct.2019 – Sep.2020
2. Professor (Zhejiang University “Hundred Talents Program”)
Department of Psychiatry, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, 2019-present
3. Associate Professor
Mental Health Institute, the Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University. 2017-2019
4. Postdoctoral Scholar-Fellowship
Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Jane & Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior, UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles), Los Angeles, CA, USA. Sep.2015 – Aug.2017
5. Visiting Researcher
Institute for Global Tobacco Control, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA. April 2014 – Sep. 2015
6. Attending Psychiatrist
Department of Psychiatry, Mental Health Institute, the Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University. 2012- Present
7. Assistant Professor
Mental Health Institute, the Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University. 2010-2017
8. Resident and Chief Resident
Mental Health Institute, the Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University. 2010 -2012 (Chief Resident)
Mental Health Institute, the Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University. 2008-2009 (Resident/Chief Resident)
Mental Health Institute, the Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University. 2005-2007 (Resident)

Research Interests
1. My research interests focus on understanding the neural mechanisms underlying addiction in order to improve addiction treatment and reduce relapse (especially for ketamine, amphetamine and nicotine). Toward this end, I utilize functional and structural magnetic resonance imaging to understand how brain regions are affected by addiction. My research focuses on integrating psychopharmacological and neuroimaging methods to investigate the treatment of addiction and smoking cessation, and their effects on brain. Considering the high relapse rates in addicts, I am interested in finding most effective strategies for preventing relapse into addictions, with a specific focus on comprehensive and individualized interventions (e.g. combined pharmacotherapy with cognitive behavioral interventions, motivational enhancement therapy).
2. My research also focuses on clinic trials of smoking cessation, such as “Wechat Wequit” program for health care providers and for treatment seeking cigarette smokers, CBT based/ Mindfulness based group therapy for smoking cessation.
3. I am interested in Mindfulness practice. I constantly join in UCLA Mindful Awareness Research Center’s Mindful Awareness Practices Classes and Events since 2015.