I specialise in the study of the behavioral and neuroimaging studies of depression, particularly focusing on the symptoms of anhedonia and motivational impairment, as well as the societal factors that influence these symptoms. I am dedicated to researching effective intervention strategies for depression and subthreshold depression.
ACEDEMIC POSITIONS
March 2016 - Shenzhen University, School of Psychology Associate Professor, Master Supervisor
Education and Work Experience
July 2010 - December 2015 Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering from the University of Electronic Science and Technology
HONORS & AWARDS
2024 Excellent Teacher, Shenzhen University
2023 Excellent Internship Supervisor, Shenzhen University
2022 Excellent Undergraduate Teaching Award, Shenzhen University
2016 Excellent Internship Supervisor, Shenzhen University
GRANTS
2022-2025 Multimodal Social Brain Network Characteristics and Predictive Study of Early Depressive Disorders (funded by the General Program of Shenzhen Science and Technology Plan's Basic Research Project), Chair
2022-2024 Teaching Exploration and Practice of Integrating Ideological and Political Concepts into "Psychological Statistics" (funded by the Guangdong Undergraduate Teaching Quality and Teaching Reform Engineering Construction Project), Chair
2021-2022 Brain Network Mechanism and Predictive Study of the Conversion of Subthreshold Depression (funded by the General Program of Shenzhen Science and Technology Plan's Stable Support Project), Chair
2019-2022 Predictive Study on the Conversion of Adolescent Subthreshold Depression: Interaction of Genetics and Environment and Its Brain Network Mechanism (funded by the General Program of Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation), Chair
2018-2020 Research on the Dynamic Regulatory Mechanism of Positive and Negative Emotion Processing Networks in Depression (2018-2020, funded by the Free Exploration Project of Shenzhen Science and Technology Plan's Basic Research), Chair
2017-2019 Imaging Genetics Study of Schizophrenia-Related Brain Networks Based on Dopamine System Genes (funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China), Chair
PUBLICATIONS
1.Wang Haixia, Lei Yi, Zheng Wenyu, Li Hong, Wang Chao* (2022). Application of rtfMRI-NF Technology in the Intervention of Depression. Journal of Psychological Science.
2.Chen FF, Lv XY, Fang JL, Li T, Xu JP, Wang XL, Hong Y, Hong L, Wang J, Wang WD, Wang Chao* (2021). Body–Mind Relaxation Meditation Modulates the Thalamocortical Functional Connectivity in Major Depressive Disorder: A Preliminary Resting-State fMRI Study. Translational Psychiatry.
3.Luo L, Wu HW, Xu JP, Chen FF, Wu FC, Wang K, Wang Chao*, Wang JJ (2020). Abnormal Large-Scale Resting-State Functional Networks in Drug-Free Major Depressive Disorder. Brain Imaging and Behavior.
4.Li Hong, Yang Xiaoguang, Zheng Wenyu, Wang Chao* (2019). The Impact of Depressive Tendencies on Individuals' Emotion Regulation Goals: Evidence from Event-Related Potentials. Acta Psychologica Sinica.
5.Wang Chao, Wu HW, Chen FF, Xu JP, Li HM, Li H, Wang JJ (2018). Disrupted Functional Connectivity Patterns of the Insula Subregions in Drug-Free Major Depressive Disorder. Journal of Affective Disorders.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Lecturer in ‘Psychological Statistics’ for undergraduates in the Faculty of Psychology, and 'Advanced Psychological Statistics' for postgraduates.
