Zhiqiang Sha (X: @sha_zhiqiang)
@zhiqiangsha.bsky.social
Assistant Prof. at USC Prior Penn/CHOP, Max Planck Institute, Pitts; Neuroimaging Genetics; Developmental disorders; Posting papers and faculty jobs
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🔥🔥My new lab has a new Postdoc position, exploring how genetic factors and environmental factors (e.g., early life stress) influence brain development, child psychopathology, and neurodevelopmental disorders (e.g., autism) based on neuroimaging. Please check uscjobs.sc.edu/postings/194...
🔥🔥🧠PhD positions are open in my lab, studying brain development and neurodevelopmental disorders based on neuroimaging MRI scans. Due: Dec 1, 2025. If you are interested, please DM me.
October 21, 2025 at 7:53 PM
🔥🔥🧠PhD positions are open in my lab, studying brain development and neurodevelopmental disorders based on neuroimaging MRI scans. Due: Dec 1, 2025. If you are interested, please DM me.
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🔥🔥New faculty position in lifespan neuroimaging (McCausland Distinguished Chair). That's an amazing opportunity to join our brand-new Brain Health Network in Columbia. If you are interested in, please DM me.
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Peter and Bonnie McCausland Distinguished Chair in Neuroscience
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September 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
🔥🔥New faculty position in lifespan neuroimaging (McCausland Distinguished Chair). That's an amazing opportunity to join our brand-new Brain Health Network in Columbia. If you are interested in, please DM me.
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ft. @zhiqiangsha.bsky.social, @kevin-y-sun.bsky.social, R. Gur, R. Gur, @mikejg84, J. Seidlitz, @aarona-b.bsky.social (Psych), L. Schultz, @AKMerikangas, L. Almasy (@chopresearch.bsky.social) & @takishinohara (@dbei-upenn.bsky.social) @penngenetics.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s44...
September 16, 2025 at 2:56 PM
ft. @zhiqiangsha.bsky.social, @kevin-y-sun.bsky.social, R. Gur, R. Gur, @mikejg84, J. Seidlitz, @aarona-b.bsky.social (Psych), L. Schultz, @AKMerikangas, L. Almasy (@chopresearch.bsky.social) & @takishinohara (@dbei-upenn.bsky.social) @penngenetics.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Faculty position in Cognitive Neuroscience at University of Notre Dame
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September 11, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Faculty position in Cognitive Neuroscience at University of Notre Dame
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Faculty position in Computational Psychology at the Tufts University
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Faculty position in Computational Psychology at the Tufts University
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Assistant Professor position in Cognitive Neuroscience at the Princeton University
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September 11, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Assistant Professor position in Cognitive Neuroscience at the Princeton University
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Assistant Professor position in Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Wisconsin–Madison
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Assistant Professor of Psychology - Madison, Wisconsin, United States
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September 11, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Assistant Professor position in Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Wisconsin–Madison
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🔥🔥My new lab has a new Postdoc position, exploring how genetic factors and environmental factors (e.g., early life stress) influence brain development, child psychopathology, and neurodevelopmental disorders (e.g., autism) based on neuroimaging. Please check uscjobs.sc.edu/postings/194...
September 9, 2025 at 3:02 PM
🔥🔥My new lab has a new Postdoc position, exploring how genetic factors and environmental factors (e.g., early life stress) influence brain development, child psychopathology, and neurodevelopmental disorders (e.g., autism) based on neuroimaging. Please check uscjobs.sc.edu/postings/194...
🔥🧠Excited to announce that I am recruiting PhD students this fall. Our lab uses neuroimaging (MRI) and computational modeling to study the mechanisms of neurodevelopmental disorders, bridging genetic factor, brain circuitry, early life stress, and psychopathology. Please feel free to DM me.
September 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM
🔥🧠Excited to announce that I am recruiting PhD students this fall. Our lab uses neuroimaging (MRI) and computational modeling to study the mechanisms of neurodevelopmental disorders, bridging genetic factor, brain circuitry, early life stress, and psychopathology. Please feel free to DM me.
🔥🔥Thrilled to share that our recent paper in American Journal of Psychiatry on a CNV framework for understanding child psychopathology has been highlighted in a commentary by Drs. Boen Rune and Bearden Carrie E.. Grateful for this thoughtful engagement!
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Structural Genetic Variations Illuminate the Dimensional Landscape of Child Psychopathology and Cognition | American Journal of Psychiatry
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September 1, 2025 at 1:14 AM
🔥🔥Thrilled to share that our recent paper in American Journal of Psychiatry on a CNV framework for understanding child psychopathology has been highlighted in a commentary by Drs. Boen Rune and Bearden Carrie E.. Grateful for this thoughtful engagement!
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Finally out!!! Our new study described the CNV landscape of the ABCD study, published in the American Journal of Psychiatry. We identified its associations with dimensions of chid psychopathology and cognitive development. Thanks, Aaron, Joe and all co-authors.
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Copy Number Variant Architecture of Child Psychopathology and Cognitive Development in the ABCD Study | American Journal of Psychiatry
Objective: Late childhood is a crucial period for individuals with psychiatric disorders. While common single-nucleotide polymorphisms explain a large proportion of inherited risk, structural variatio...
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June 11, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Finally out!!! Our new study described the CNV landscape of the ABCD study, published in the American Journal of Psychiatry. We identified its associations with dimensions of chid psychopathology and cognitive development. Thanks, Aaron, Joe and all co-authors.
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👍👍Our new paper is featured on the cover of the American Journal of Psychiatry in August! In this study, we explored the contribution of copy number variants to child psychopathology and cognitive development. Thanks to all co-authors!!
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July 2, 2025 at 5:45 PM
👍👍Our new paper is featured on the cover of the American Journal of Psychiatry in August! In this study, we explored the contribution of copy number variants to child psychopathology and cognitive development. Thanks to all co-authors!!
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💥🧠🧬Finally out!! Our new paper on the overlapping genetic basis of brain structures and psychiatric disorders has been published in Nature Mental Health. The full list of shared genetic loci is also available online. Thank you so much, Aaron and all co-authors.
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The overlapping genetic architecture of psychiatric disorders and cortical brain structure - Nature Mental Health
This study highlights sex differences in major depressive disorder using resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging. Findings suggest hormonal fluctuations influence onset, emphasizing the ne...
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August 11, 2025 at 6:54 PM
💥🧠🧬Finally out!! Our new paper on the overlapping genetic basis of brain structures and psychiatric disorders has been published in Nature Mental Health. The full list of shared genetic loci is also available online. Thank you so much, Aaron and all co-authors.
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Tenure-track faculty position in Cognitive Neuroscience at University of Notre Dame
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Tenure-track faculty position in Cognitive Neuroscience at University of Notre Dame
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Tenure-track faculty position in Developmental Neuroscience at University of Notre Dame
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Tenure-track faculty position in Developmental Neuroscience at University of Notre Dame
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A pattern-learning algorithm associates copy number variations with brain structure and behavioural variables in an adolescent population cohort | Nature Biomedical Engineering.
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A pattern-learning algorithm associates copy number variations with brain structure and behavioural variables in an adolescent population cohort - Nature Biomedical Engineering
A multilevel pattern-learning framework investigates the effects of genome-wide protein-coding mutations on brain organization and behaviour in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development cohort.
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July 22, 2025 at 8:08 PM
A pattern-learning algorithm associates copy number variations with brain structure and behavioural variables in an adolescent population cohort | Nature Biomedical Engineering.
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👍👍Our new paper is featured on the cover of the American Journal of Psychiatry in August! In this study, we explored the contribution of copy number variants to child psychopathology and cognitive development. Thanks to all co-authors!!
psychiatryonline.org/doi/full/10....
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July 2, 2025 at 5:45 PM
👍👍Our new paper is featured on the cover of the American Journal of Psychiatry in August! In this study, we explored the contribution of copy number variants to child psychopathology and cognitive development. Thanks to all co-authors!!
psychiatryonline.org/doi/full/10....
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Addressing artifactual bias in large, automated MRI analyses of brain development | Nature Neuroscience
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Addressing artifactual bias in large, automated MRI analyses of brain development - Nature Neuroscience
As large-scale neurodevelopmental MRI studies gain prominence, the authors identify tradeoffs between sample size and quality control that can dramatically affect results, and they evaluate a range of...
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July 2, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Addressing artifactual bias in large, automated MRI analyses of brain development | Nature Neuroscience
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👇👇My new lab is hiring a full-time Research Assistant, exploring how genetic factors and environmental factors (e.g., early life stress) influence brain development and neurodevelopmental disorders (e.g., autism). Welcome! Pls RT and DM me if you are interested. Thanks.
June 17, 2025 at 10:04 PM
👇👇My new lab is hiring a full-time Research Assistant, exploring how genetic factors and environmental factors (e.g., early life stress) influence brain development and neurodevelopmental disorders (e.g., autism). Welcome! Pls RT and DM me if you are interested. Thanks.
Noninvasive reduction of neural rigidity alters autistic behaviors in humans | Nature Neuroscience
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Noninvasive reduction of neural rigidity alters autistic behaviors in humans - Nature Neuroscience
Autism is associated with inflexibility of brain dynamics. Watanabe and Yamasue show that TMS over the right superior parietal lobule while the brain is ‘stuck’ in a certain state reduces this rigidit...
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June 14, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Noninvasive reduction of neural rigidity alters autistic behaviors in humans | Nature Neuroscience
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Finally out!!! Our new study described the CNV landscape of the ABCD study, published in the American Journal of Psychiatry. We identified its associations with dimensions of chid psychopathology and cognitive development. Thanks, Aaron, Joe and all co-authors.
psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/...
psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/...
Copy Number Variant Architecture of Child Psychopathology and Cognitive Development in the ABCD Study | American Journal of Psychiatry
Objective: Late childhood is a crucial period for individuals with psychiatric disorders. While common single-nucleotide polymorphisms explain a large proportion of inherited risk, structural variatio...
psychiatryonline.org
June 11, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Finally out!!! Our new study described the CNV landscape of the ABCD study, published in the American Journal of Psychiatry. We identified its associations with dimensions of chid psychopathology and cognitive development. Thanks, Aaron, Joe and all co-authors.
psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/...
psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/...
👇👇🧠🧬My new lab is hiring an imaging-genetics Postdoc, exploring how genetic factors (e.g., genomics, transcriptomics) and environmental factors (e.g., early life stress) influence brain development, psychopathology, and neurodevelopmental disorders (e.g., autism). I am happy to take any questions.
June 9, 2025 at 7:52 PM
👇👇🧠🧬My new lab is hiring an imaging-genetics Postdoc, exploring how genetic factors (e.g., genomics, transcriptomics) and environmental factors (e.g., early life stress) influence brain development, psychopathology, and neurodevelopmental disorders (e.g., autism). I am happy to take any questions.
I’m excited to share that I will be joining the Department of Psychology at the University of South Carolina as a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Fall 2025. I really appreciate the invaluable support and guidance from my mentors, including Aaron, Cldye, Simon, Ruben, and Mary.
June 5, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I’m excited to share that I will be joining the Department of Psychology at the University of South Carolina as a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Fall 2025. I really appreciate the invaluable support and guidance from my mentors, including Aaron, Cldye, Simon, Ruben, and Mary.
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Large-scale genetic mapping for human brain asymmetry.
Chapter by @zhiqiangsha.bsky.social & @clydefrancks.bsky.social
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Chapter by @zhiqiangsha.bsky.social & @clydefrancks.bsky.social
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March 17, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Large-scale genetic mapping for human brain asymmetry.
Chapter by @zhiqiangsha.bsky.social & @clydefrancks.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-15646-5.00029-4
Paper: tinyurl.com/wr4abt9r
Chapter by @zhiqiangsha.bsky.social & @clydefrancks.bsky.social
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Paper: tinyurl.com/wr4abt9r