Thesis Research, Johns Hopkins University (with Prof. Tom Lippincott)
How meaning shifts as stories are retold from person to person.
Research Experience
Research Assistant, Johns Hopkins University — Honey Lab (Prof. Christopher Honey)
Analyzing human fMRI data to study how narrative representations persist from story encoding into free association.
Research Assistant, University of Hong Kong, Department of Medicine (Neurology)
Clinical research in stroke, using CT/MRI and LLM-assisted imaging phenotype extraction, and in Neuro-Long COVID, using biomarker and neuroimaging data.
PhD Research, University of Hong Kong
Developed a novel rat model of post-stroke epilepsy and studied its neuroprotective and inflammatory mechanisms.
Publications
- Guo, Y.T., & Cheung, R.T.F. A novel rat model for post-stroke epilepsy. Bio-protocol.
- Ma, K., Guo, Y.T., Teo, K.C., & Cheung, R.T.F. Fatty acid-binding protein 4–mediated monocytic pro-inflammation exacerbates ischemic injury in cerebral ischemia-reperfusion. Under review, CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics.
- Guo, Y.T., & Cheung, R.T.F. Protective effects of melatonin in a novel rat model of post-stroke epilepsy. Manuscript in preparation.
- Guo, Y.T., & Cheung, R.T.F. Protective effects of melatonin in a novel rat model of post-stroke epilepsy. XXVI World Congress of Neurology, Canada, 2023. Poster presentation, Best Poster Certificate.