CURRICULUM VITAE
Date of Preparation: March 25, 2005
YI-HONG ZHANG, M.D., Ph.D.
TITLE Research Assistant
Professor
ADDRESS
Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
855 Monroe Ave., Suite 515
Memphis, TN 38163
Tel. (901) 448-1223
Fax: (901) 448-7193
Email: yzhang32@utmem.edu
EDUCATION
M.D.: Capital Institute of Medicine, Beijing, China (1991)
Ph.D.: Department of Physiology, Osaka University Medical School, Osaka,
Japan (1997)
Postdoctoral training: Harvard Medical School (laboratory of Dr. Clifford
B. Saper, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 1997 - 1999); University
of Calgary (laboratory of Dr. Quentin J. Pittman, 1999 - 2001)
FIELD OF RESEARCH INTEREST
Neuroanatomy and neurophysiology/neuropharmacology in pain system, inflammation,
fever, and thermoregulation system.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2003 - Present Research Assistant Professor, Department
of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center,
Memphis, Tennessee.
2002 - 2003 Scientist, Pre-clinical Research Group,
Bioaxone Therapeutique Inc., Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
2001 - 2002 Research associate, Neuroscience Program
affiliated with Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Ottawa Health
Research Institute (OHRI) and University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
1999 - 2001 Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Physiology
and Biophysics, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
1997 - 1999 Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Neurology,
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston,
Massachusetts.
ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
· Society for Neuroscience
· American Pain Society
HONORS, AWARDS
1999 - 2001 Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada Fellowship
1997 Yasu Kuno Memorial Award of Physiological Society
of Japan
1997 Ph.D. in Physiology, Osaka University Medical School,
Osaka, Japan
1991 M.D. in Clinic Medicine, Capital Institute of Medicine,
Beijing, China
LANGUAGES
Fluent English, Japanese, and Chinese (mother tongue)
PUBLICATIONS
1. Storbeck CJ, Daniel K, Zhang Y-H, Lunde J, Scime
A, Asakura A, Jasmin B, Korneluk RG, and Sabourin LA. Ste20-like kinase
SLK displays myofiber type specificity and is involved in C2C12 myoblast
differentiation. Muscle Nerve. 2004, 29 (4): 553-64
2. Zhang Y-H, Lu J, Elmquist JK, and Saper CB. Specific
roles of cyclooxygenase-1 and cyclooxygenase-2 in lipopolysaccharide induced
fever and Fos expression in rat brain.
J Comp Neurol. 2003, 463: 3–12
3. Zhang Y-H, Hume K, Cadonic R, Thompson CS, Hakim
AM, Staines W, and Sabourin LA. Characterization of Sterile20-like kinase
(SLK) expression in the central nervous system (CNS) and animal model of
stroke. Dev Brain Res. 2002, 139: 205-215
4. Lu J, Zhang Y-H, Chou T, Gaus SE, Elmquist JK, Shiromani
P, and Saper CB. Contrasting effects of ibotenate lesions of the paraventricular
nucleus and subparaventricular zone on sleep-wake cycle and temperature regulation.
J Neurosci. 2001, 21 (13): 4864-4874
5. Zhang Y-H, Lu J, Elmquist JK, and Saper CB. Lipopolysaccharide
activates specific populations of hypothalamic and brainstem neurons that
project to the spinal cord.
J Neurosci. 2000, 20 (17): 6578-6586
6. Kazuyuki K, Hosono T, Zhang Y-H, and Chen X-M. Neuronal
networks controlling thermoregulatory effectors. Prog Brain Res. 1998, 115:
49-62
7. Zhang Y-H, Hosono T, Yanase-Fujiwara M, Chen X-M,
and Kanosue K. Effect of midbrain stimulations on thermoregulatory vasomotor
responses in rats. J Physiol. 1997, 503 ( Pt 1): 177-86
8. Hosono T, Yanase-Fujiwara M, Zhang Y-H, Chen X-M,
Fukuda Y, Asaki Y, Yamaji K, and Kanosue K. Effect of gonadotropin releasing
hormone on thermoregulatory vasomotor activity in ovariectomized female rats.
Brain Res. 1997, 754 (1-2): 88-94
9. Hosono T, Chen X-M, Zhang Y-H, and Kanosue K. Effects
of estrogen on thermoregulatory responses in freely moving female rats. Ann
N Y Acad Sci. 1997, 813: 207-10
10. Zhang Y-H, Yamada K, Hosono T, Chen X-M, Shiosaka
S, and Kanosue K. Efferent neuronal organization of thermoregulatory vasomotor
control. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1997, 813: 117-22
11. Zhang Y-H, Yanase-Fujiwara M, Hosono T, and Kanosue
K. Warm and cold signals from the preoptic area: which contribute more to
the control of shivering in rats? J Physiol. 1995, 485 ( Pt 1): 195-202
12. Kanosue K, Zhang Y-H, Yanase-Fujiwara M, and Hosono
T. Hypothalamic network for thermoregulatory shivering. Am J Physiol. 1994,
267 (1 Pt 2): R275-82
ABSTRACTS
1. Zhang Y-H, Thompson CS, Cadonic R, Hume K, Hakim
AM, and Sabourin LA. Characterization of Sterile20-like kinase (SLK) expression
in the central nervous system (CNS) and animal model of stroke. OHRI. Ann.
Cele. Res. Symposium. Abstr. 2002
2. Zhang Y-H, Elmquist JK, and Saper CB. Intraperitoneal
cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitor affects lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced
fever and Fos expression in rat brain. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 1999, 25: 1695
3. Chou T, Lu J, Zhang Y-H, Gaus SE, Elmquist JK, Shiromani
P, and Saper CB. Distinct lesions of the subparaventricular zone (SPZ) affect
circadian rhythm of sleep vs. temperature. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 1999, 25:
1370
4. Zhang Y-H, Elmquist JK, and Saper CB. Intravenous
lipopolysaccharide activates neurons in the paraventricular nucleus of hypothalamus
projecting to the spinal cord. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 1998, 24: 367
5. Zhang Y-H, Yamada K, Yanase-Fujiwara M, Hosono T,
Chen XM, and Kanosue K. Projections from the preoptic area to the midbrain
for thermoregulatory vasomotor control in rats. Soc. Neurosci. Abstr. 1995,
21: 880
6. Zhang, Y-H, Yamada K, Yanase-Fujiwara M, Hosono T,
Chen X-M, and Kanosue K. Projections from the preoptic area to the midbrain
for thermoregulatory vasomotor control in rats. Japan Neurosci. Soc.
Abstr. 1994
7. Zhang, Y-H, Yanase-Fujiwara M, Hosono T, Yamada K,
and Kanosue K. Preoptic warm-sensitive neurons contribute more to the control
of shivering than cold-sensitive neurons. Physiol. Soc. Japan Abstr. 1994
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