UCLA cancer researcher Jingwen Yao, PhD

Jingwen Yao, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Radiological Sciences

Languages

English

Education

Fellowship

Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, CA, 2022

Degrees

PhD, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 2021
MS, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 2017
MBBS, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, 2015

Contact Information

Scientific Interests

Dr. Yao's research focuses on the development and clinical translation of advanced MRI techniques for brain tumor imaging, with the goal of improving tumor characterization, treatment monitoring, and therapeutic response assessment. She specializes in the development of non-invasive imaging techniques, including pH- and oxygen-sensitive MRI, advanced diffusion imaging, and susceptibility imaging to characterize different aspects of tumor biology, including metabolism, microstructure, and immune environments. Her work aim is to optimize these imaging techniques to refine imaging-informed patient stratification, differential diagnosis, and enhance personalized patient management in neuro-oncology.

Highlighted Publications

Sanvito F, Yao J, Cho NS, Raymond C, Telesca D, Pope WB, Everson RG, Salamon N, Boxerman JL, Cloughesy TF, Ellingson BM. "Synthetic" DSC Perfusion MRI with Adjustable Acquisition Parameters in Brain Tumors Using Dynamic Spin-and-Gradient-Echo Echoplanar Imaging. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2025 Jan 23;. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A8475. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 39242197.

Patel KS, Yao J, Cho NS, Sanvito F, Tessema K, Alvarado A, Dudley L, Rodriguez F, Everson R, Cloughesy TF, Salamon N, Liau LM, Kornblum HI, Ellingson BM. pH-Weighted amine chemical exchange saturation transfer echo planar imaging visualizes infiltrating gliobla toma cells. Neuro Oncol. 2024 Jan 5;26(1):115-126. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/noad150. PubMed PMID: 37591790; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10768991.

Yao J, Hagiwara A, Oughourlian TC, Wang C, Raymond C, Pope WB, Salamon N, Lai A, Ji M, Nghiemphu PL, Liau LM, Cloughesy TF, Ellingson BM. Diagnostic and Prognostic Value of pH- and Oxygen-Sensitive Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Glioma: A Retrospective Study. Cancers (Basel). 2022 May 20;14(10). doi: 10.3390/cancers14102520. PubMed PMID: 35626127; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9139712.