Minjie Wu, PhD

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Areas of Expertise

  • AI & Computational Methods
  • Older Adults
  • Women & Reproductive Health
Minjie Wu, PhD

Expertise & Interests

Research Interests

Brain development and aging; Neuroimaging

Selected Publications

  1. Chen C-L, Son SJ, Schweitzer N, Jin H, Li JH, Wang L, Yang S, Hong C-H, Roh H-W, Park B, Choi J-W, An Y-S, Seo S-W, Cho Y-K, Hong S-H, Nam Y-J, Minhas DS, Laymon CM, Stetten GD, Tudorascu DL, Aizenstein HJ, Wu M*, Mayo Clinic Study of Aging. Periventricular diffusivity reflects APOE4-modulated amyloid accumulation and cognitive impairment in Alzheimers continuum. Alzheimers & Dementia. In press.
  2. Schweitzer N, Li J, Thurston RC, Lopresti B, Klunk WE, Snitz B, Tudorascu D, Cohen A, Kamboh MI, Halligan-Eddy E, Iordanova B, Villemagne VL, Aizenstein H, Wu M*. Sex-dependent alterations in hippocampal connectivity are linked to cerebrovascular and amyloid pathologies in normal aging. Alzheimers & Dementia. 20(2):914-924, 2024.
  3. Wu M, Schweitzer N, Iordanova BE, Halligan-Eddy E, Tudorascu DL, Mathis CA, Lopresti BJ, Kamboh MI, Cohen AD, Snitz BE, Klunk WE, Aizenstein HJ. Pre-clinical AD small vessel disease is associated with altered hippocampal connectivity and atrophy. American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 31(2):112-123, 2023.
  4. Wang L, Kolobaric A, Aizenstein H, Lopresti B, Tudorascu D, Snitz B, Klunk W, Wu M. Identifying sex-specific risk architectures for predicting amyloid deposition using neural networks. NeuroImage. 275:120147, 2023.
  5. Wu M, Thurston RC, Tudorascu DL, Karim HT, Mathis CA, Lopresti BJ, Kamboh MI, Cohen AD, Snitz BE, Klunk WE, Aizenstein HJ. Amyloid deposition is associated with different patterns of hippocampal connectivity in men versus women. Neurobiology of Aging. 76:141-150, 2019.

Education & Credentials

Education & Training

Education
PhD, Bioengineering, Biosignal and Imaging, University of Pittsburgh, Swanson School of Engineering
Education
MS, Electrical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Swanson School of Engineering
Postdoctoral
Neurology, Northwestern University