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Team members

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Runsen Chen, Ph.D.

Principle Investigator

I am an Assistant Professor and Principal Investigator of Vanke School of Public Health, Tsinghua University. I received my doctoral degree at Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford in 2020. My research interests are psychiatric epidemiology, psychopathology and psychological interventions, with focuses on mood disorders, self-harm and suicide in children and adolescents.

Diyang Qu, Ph.D.

Co-Principal Investigator

Post-Doctoral Fellow
Shuimu Tsinghua Scholar 
The Postdoctoral International Exchange Progra

My research interests involve exploring the multifaceted protective and promoting factors across various systems within at-risk populations. Specifically, I focus on individuals who engage in nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) or experience mental health challenges. Additionally, I am dedicated to the development of impactful interventions that facilitate positive adaptation among these individuals. These interventions encompass a range of modalities, including face-to-face interactions, digital platforms, and just-in-time interventions.

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Post-doc

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Zhijun Wu, Ph.D.

Post-doc Fellow

I am a researcher with a keen interest in adolescent mental health, particularly in understanding the mechanisms underlying non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) and suicide. My work also focuses on identifying the protective and risk factors associated with NSSI. I am particularly drawn to large-scale longitudinal studies as they offer valuable insights into the long-term trajectories of mental health outcomes. My research aims to contribute to the development of effective interventions and policies to support adolescents' mental well-being.

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​Weijia Li,Ph.D.

Post-doc Fellow

My research focuses on the relationship between family education and the development of social-emotional competence in children and adolescents. It explores how family education practices contribute to mental health, including cognitive function, psychological well-being, emotional regulation, and behavioral adaptability. Additionally, my work investigates the mechanisms by which family education influences mental health outcomes, including the roles of parent-child interactions, parenting styles, and family environment. Through multidimensional data analysis and longitudinal research methods, I aim to uncover the key factors in family education that modulate the occurrence and progression of mental health issues in children and adolescents. Focusing on the aforementioned research questions, I have published research articls as the first author in prestigious journals such as Journal of Personality Assessment and Journal of Cognition and Development.

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Zihang Su, Ph.D.

Post-Doctoral Fellow

My research interest is using electrophysiological signals for the screening of depression and suicide risks. Depression and suicidal tendencies are often associated with dysfunctions in the autonomic nervous system and abnormalities in brain network activity. Electrophysiological signals, including heart rate variability (HRV), electroencephalogram (EEG) features, and galvanic skin response (GSR), provide insights into the regulatory states of the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems as well as emotion-related neural activities, providing objective biomarkers for the early detection of depression and suicide. In my work, I collect multimodal electrophysiological data—such as EEG, electrocardiogram (ECG), electromyogram (EMG), and GSR—and apply frequency-domain, time-domain, and nonlinear analytical methods to investigate the correlation between signal variations and depression/suicide risks. Furthermore, deep learning and explainable artificial intelligence techniques can be employed to extract key features and identify recurring patterns in the data, presenting a potential research direction for constructing effective detection models. The overarching goal of this research is to develop a real-time, non-invasive, and highly sensitive screening tool that supports the early detection and personalized intervention of depression and suicide. During my doctoral studies, my primary research focused on pattern recognition for intelligent agents, including a project aimed at developing goal recognition algorithms to analyze EMG signals and identify human arm motion intentions. I published several papers as the first/corresponding author in leading journals such as Artificial Intelligence and Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence.

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Xiaoyu Lv, Ph.D.

Post-Doctoral Fellow

My research focuses on integrating multimodal neuroimaging data with machine learning techniques to develop suicide behavior prediction models and explore the neural mechanisms underlying suicidal intent and behavior from a brain function perspective. Additionally, I aim to create personalized suicide behavior prediction models based on existing clinical suicide data, with the goal of embedding suicide prevention into every household and effectively reducing the incidence of suicidal behavior. Regarding personalized treatment strategies, I published a study as the first author in Communications Biology, where I proposed a variational relevance evaluation algorithm framework. This framework successfully applied machine learning in non-big-data environments by combining variational methods based on small sample datasets, providing an important basis for future individualized suicide behavior prediction model development.

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Chang Liu, Ph.D.

Post-Doctoral Fellow

My research is centered on the dose-response relationship between physical activity and mental health, as well as between physical activity and suicidal ideation and behavior. The aim is to tailor the modality and dosage of physical activity to the specific characteristics of different groups, such as age, gender, and body mass index, in order to precisely promote mental health and effectively reduce the incidence of suicidal thoughts and actions. Additionally, the research delves into the neurobiological, psychosocial and behavioral mechanisms underlying the connection between physical activity and mental health, suicidal ideation, and behavior, with the goal of providing a solid scientific foundation for further clinical applications. I published an article as the first author in the "JAMA Pediatrics". The article used a multi-level meta-analysis method to explore the relationship between physical activity interventions and the mental health of children and adolescents with neurodevelopmental disorders, including cognitive function, psychological well-being, internalizing and externalizing problems, and identified potential moderators related to methodology, participant characteristics, types and doses of physical activity, as well as the interactions among these moderators. Subsequently, I published another article as the first author in the "American Journal of Preventive Medicine," further exploring the potential neurobiological, psychosocial, and behavioral mechanisms underlying the relationship between physical activity interventions and the mental health of children and adolescents with neurodevelopmental disorders.

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Graduate Students

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Quan Zhang

Ph.D. student

Research interests:

Adolescent mental health, digital mental health intervention

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Chang Lei

Ph.D. student

Research interests:

Prediction and mechanism exploration of non-suicidal self-injury and suicide, real-time monitoring, and large-scale longitudinal studies.

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Yinan Duan

Ph.D. student

Research interests:

adolescent mental health, addictive behavior, lifestyle, and suicide behavior.

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Xue Wen

PH.D. student

Research interests:

Developmental Psychiatry, Brain Mechanism, Artificial Intelligence

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Yisheng Aku

PH.D. student

Joint-Supervision with Chengdu Sport University

Research interests:

Physical Education and Athletic Training, Sports Interventions for Mental Health, Youth Mental Health Sports Interventions.

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Bowen Liu

MPH student

Research interests:

Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Symptom Network Analysis, Prevention and Intervention Strategies

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Yunzhi Ding

MPH student

Research interests:

adolescent mental health,digital psychological intervention

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Shihui Wang

MPH student 2023 intake

Research interests:

Adolescent mental health, pain sensitivity and non-suicidal self-injury in adolescents

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Zhining Fu

MPH Student

Research interests:

adolescent mental health,non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) and suicide

Yuhan Zhang

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MPH student

Research interests:

BetrayaAdolescent mental health, digital mental health intervention,non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) and suicide

Yuqi Li

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MPH student

Joint-Supervision with China University of Geosciences (Wuhan)

Research interests:

Betrayal trauma,Adolescent psychological counseling,Non-suicidal self-injury in adolescents,Suicide intervention

Yuxin Zu

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MPH student

Joint-Supervision with  Bengbu Medical University

Research interests:

Adolescent mental health,Intersection of public health and adolescent mental health,Psychological well-being of adolescents

Undergraduate Student

Research Assistant

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Weijian Wu

Research interest:

Personal Identity, School Bullying, Bystander Behavior, Verbal Function, Stress and Motivation.

​Zejia Cao

Research interests:

Cross-cultural Developmental Psychology, adolescent mental disorders, and Children Creativity

 

Zeming Zhang

Research interests:

Motivations of digital self-harm and suicide, self-harm, depression, and anxiety. Standardized semi-structured interview tools for adolescent mental health.

​Zhenxing Zhang

Research interests:

The EMA of NSSI and self-harm; Co-morbidities of mental illness in NSSI and self-harm; Neural signatures of NSSI on risk decision and Pain management

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Yanpeng Jin

Research interests:

Psychotherapeutic strategies for anxiety disorders and affective disorders,Emotional and behavioral adaptation issues in children and adolescents under distress

Jingyan Yan

Research interests:

adolescent mental health, cohort study, suicide behavior, and the intervention of adolescents with non-suicidal self-injury

Tongtong Cai

Research interests:

Emotional regulation of adolescents, school adjustment of Average-achieving students,

group psychological counselling.

Qingyi Li

Research interests:

Cognitive and Developmental Neuroscience mechanisms of NSSI, Adolescent Mental Health and Technology, Social and Emotional Development of Children and Adolescence

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Mengyu Xue

Research interests:

Clinical psychology, psychological counseling

Intern

Weiyan Ye; Junkang Lin; Zining Ding; Yinghao Qin; Songhao Li; Songsong Huang; Lu Liu; Jian Feng

Alumini

Dongyu Liu

Ph.D. inPublic  Health, University of Hong Kong

Chengxi Cai

Professional doctorate

in clinical psychology,

University of East London

Jinman Jiang

Ph.D. in psychology,

University College

London

Yanwen Zhang

Lecturer in Department 

of Psychology, Guangzhou

Baiyun College

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Xueer Duan

Ph.D. in Psychology,

South China Normal University

Peishan Jiang

Graduate student,

Peking University

Yinzhe Wang

Practice of Clinical 

Psychologist in New York

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Zimo Huang

Graduate student in neuroscience,

University College London

Xue Yang

Ph.D. in Psychology 

Capital Normal 

University

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Daixi Ren

Ph.D. in Psychology,

Central South University PHD student

Research Assistant

Ziqian Wei

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Yuhao He

Research Assistant

Jiaao Yu

Research assistant

Yating Deng

Lab manager

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ZiQi Liu

Research assistant

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Ning Yue

Research assistant

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Xuan Zhang

Research assistant

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Yifan Qin

Research assistant

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Kunxu Liu

Research assistant

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Xiaoyu Xu

​MPH studnet

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Dongyang Chen

Research assistant

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Linshanjie Da

Research assistant

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Anni Zhu

Research assistant

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Liying Che

Research assistant

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Can Zhu

​MPH studnet

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Chen Yin

MPH student

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Jiajia Ren

MPH Student

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Yajing Sun

Post-doc

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Juan Wang

Post-doc

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Meng Han

Post-doc

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Mei Yu

Post-doc

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Huagen Wang

Post-doc

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