Junqian Xu, PhD

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR | Radiology
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR | Neuroscience

Research Topics:

Brain Imaging, Diffusion Tensor Imaging, Image Analysis, Imaging, MRI, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Multiple Sclerosis, Neuroscience, Pain, Spinal Cord

Curriculum Vitae

Contact Information

Business Office

Business Office 1

Hess CSM Building Floor 1 Room 109

1470 Madison Ave

New York, NY 10029

Tel: 212-824-8555

Dr. Junqian (Gordon) Xu received his PhD degree from the Biomedical Magnetic Resonance Lab (BMRL) at Washington University in St. Louis in 2007. He completed his postdoctoral training in the Multiple Sclerosis Center at Washington University School of Medicine. In 2010, Dr. Xu joined the WU-Minn consortium of the Human Connectome Project (HCP) and had worked on multiband EPI sequence development at the Center for Magnetic Resonance Research (CMRR), University of Minnesota for two years before joining Mount Sinai in 2012 to establish a neuroimaging laboratory using advanced in vivo magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques.

Complete list of publications at PubMed; citations at Google Scholar, Scopus or ResearcherID; and peer-review records at Publon.

Multi-Disciplinary Training Areas

Biophysics and Systems Pharmacology [BSP], Neuroscience [NEU]

Education

BS, Peking University

PhD, Washington University in St. Louis

Awards

2017
Dr. Harold Golden Lamport Clinical Research Award
2015
Richard and Susan Friedman Research Scholar Award
2014
IPMSA Infrastructure Award
2014
NARSAD Young Investigator Award
2013
RSNA Research Scholar Award

Research

Advanced magnetic resonance (MR) techniques in neuroimaging

brainstem and cervical spinal cord MRI at ultra-high field.
functional and structural assessment of the spinal cord and optic nerve.
functional MRI of small nuclei in the brain, such as the habenula.

Publications

Xu J, Sun SW, Naismith RT, Snyder AZ, Cross AH, Song SK. Assessing optic nerve pathology with diffusion MRI: from mouse to human. NMR in Biomedicine 2008 Nov; 21(9): 928-40.

Naismith* RT, Xu* J, Tutlam NT, Snyder A, Benzinger T, Shimony J, Shepherd J, Trinkaus K, Cross AH, Song SK. Disability in optic neuritis correlates with diffusion tensor-derived directional diffusivities. Neurology 2009 Feb; 72(7): 589-94.

Xu J, Shimony JS, Klawiter EC, Snyder AZ, Trinkaus K, Naismith RT, Benzinger TL, Cross AH, Song SK. Improved in vivo diffusion tensor imaging of human cervical spinal cord. NeuroImage 2013 Feb; 67(15): 64-76.

Naismith RT, Xu J, Klawiter EC, Lancia S, Tutlam NT, Wagner JM, Qian P, Trinkaus K, Song SK, Cross AH. Spinal cord tract diffusion tensor imaging reveals disability substrate in demyelinating disease. Neurology 2013 Jun; 80(24): 2201-9.

Uğurbil K, Xu J, Auerbach EJ, Moeller S, Vu AT, Duarte-Carvajalino JM, Lenglet C, Wu X, Schmitter S, Van de Moortele PF, Strupp J, Sapiro G, De Martino F, Wang D, Harel N, Garwood M, Chen L, Feinberg DA, Smith SM, Miller KL, Sotiropoulos SN, Jbabdi S, Andersson JL, Behrens TE, Glasser MF, Van Essen DC, Yacoub E. Pushing spatial and temporal resolution for functional and diffusion MRI in the Human Connectome Project. NeuroImage 2013 Oct; 80: 80-104.

Xu J, Moeller S, Auerbach EJ, Strupp J, Smith SM, Feinberg DA, Yacoub E, Uğurbil K. Evaluation of slice accelerations using multiband echo planar imaging at 3T. NeuroImage 2013 Jul; 83: 991-1001.

Chang ST, Xu J, Trinkaus K, Pekmezci M, Arthur SN, Song SK, Barnett EM. Optic nerve diffusion tensor imaging parameters and their correlation with optic disc topography and disease severity in adult glaucoma patients and controls. Journal of glaucoma 2014; 23(8): 513-20.

Kim JW, Naidich TP, Ely BA, Yacoub E, De Martino F, Fowkes ME, Goodman WK, Xu J. Human habenula segmentation using myelin content. NeuroImage 2016 Apr; 130: 145-56.

Ely BA, Xu J, Goodman WK, Lapidus KA, Gabbay V, Stern ER. Resting-state functional connectivity of the human habenula in healthy individuals: Associations with subclinical depression. Human brain mapping 2016 Jul; 37(7): 2369-84.

Zhang B, Seifert AC, Kim JW, Borrello J, Xu J. 7 Tesla 22-channel wrap-around coil array for cervical spinal cord and brainstem imaging. Magnetic resonance in medicine 2017 Oct; 78(4): 1623-34.

Industry Relationships

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Dr. Xu did not report having any of the following types of financial relationships with industry during 2017 and/or 2018: consulting, scientific advisory board, industry-sponsored lectures, service on Board of Directors, participation on industry-sponsored committees, equity ownership valued at greater than 5% of a publicly traded company or any value in a privately held company. Please note that this information may differ from information posted on corporate sites due to timing or classification differences.

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