Youngsun Cho, MD/PhD
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Dr. Youngsun T. Cho is an Assistant Professor in the Child Study Center and Department of Psychiatry at Yale University. She is a child, adolescent and adult psychiatrist. She holds an MD/PhD degree from the University of Rochester, and completed dissertation work on amygdala neuroanatomy and reward processing using fMRI. She completed psychiatry residency in the Neuroscience Research Training Program (NRTP) at Yale, and a child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship at the Yale Child Study Center.
Her current research focuses on the development of cognitive and motivational brain circuits in adolescents with depression and adolescents with schizophrenia using fMRI, and pharmacologic neuroimaging to identify mechanisms of potential treatments. Her work is funded by the NIMH, and the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation.
Appointments
Child Study Center
Assistant ProfessorFully JointPsychiatry
Assistant ProfessorFully Joint
Other Departments & Organizations
- Anticevic Lab
- Center for Brain & Mind Health
- Child Study Center
- Cho Lab
- Division of Neurocognition, Neurocomputation & Neurogenetics
- Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program
- Janeway Society
- MR Center
- Neuroscience Research Training Program (NRTP)
- Psychiatry
- Yale Combined Program in the Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS)
- Yale Medicine
Education & Training
- MD/PhD
- Univ of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry (2013)
- MS
- University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry (2009)
- BS
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2005)
Board Certifications
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
- Certification Organization
- AB of Psychiatry & Neurology
- Original Certification Date
- 2019
Psychiatry
- Certification Organization
- AB of Psychiatry & Neurology
- Original Certification Date
- 2017
Research
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0000-0001-8639-3869- View Lab Website
Cho Lab
Research at a Glance
Yale Co-Authors
Albert Powers, MD, PhD
Clara Fonteneau, PhD
Godfrey Pearlson, MA, MBBS
John Cahill, MD, PhD
John D Murray, PhD
Scott Woods, MD
Publications
2024
Individual differences in spatial working memory strategies differentially reflected in the engagement of control and default brain networks
Suljič N, Kraljič A, Rahmati M, Cho Y, Ozimič A, Murray J, Anticevic A, Repovš G. Individual differences in spatial working memory strategies differentially reflected in the engagement of control and default brain networks. Cerebral Cortex 2024, 34: bhae350. PMID: 39214852, PMCID: PMC11364466, DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhae350.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsCategorical representationsWorking memoryBrain activityFunctional magnetic resonance imaging studySpatial working memory strategySpatial working memory taskFrontoparietal network activitySpatial working memoryWorking memory taskEngagement of controlAssociated with distinct patternsWorking memory strategiesMagnetic resonance imaging studiesNetwork activityMemory taskBrain systemsAttentional resourcesTask trialsBrain networksMemory strategiesStimulus informationStronger deactivationTiming of stimuliHealthy participantsSpatial representation249. Interactive Effects of Motivation and Cognition in Adolescents With Depression and Neurotypical Peers
Pham P, Frazier A, Agrawal S, Anticevic A, Cho Y. 249. Interactive Effects of Motivation and Cognition in Adolescents With Depression and Neurotypical Peers. Biological Psychiatry 2024, 95: s201. DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2024.02.484.Peer-Reviewed Original Research215. A Preliminary Interim Analysis of Cognitive Performance in Adolescents With Depression and Neurotypical Peers Using the NIH Toolbox
Agrawal S, Pham P, Frazier A, Anticevic A, Cho Y. 215. A Preliminary Interim Analysis of Cognitive Performance in Adolescents With Depression and Neurotypical Peers Using the NIH Toolbox. Biological Psychiatry 2024, 95: s187-s188. DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2024.02.450.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThe Habenula and Our Drive for Food
Cho Y. The Habenula and Our Drive for Food. Biological Psychiatry 2024, 95: 912-913. PMID: 38692797, DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2024.03.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAccelerating Medicines Partnership® Schizophrenia (AMP® SCZ): Rationale and Study Design of the Largest Global Prospective Cohort Study of Clinical High Risk for Psychosis
Wannan C, Nelson B, Addington J, Allott K, Anticevic A, Arango C, Baker J, Bearden C, Billah T, Bouix S, Broome M, Buccilli K, Cadenhead K, Calkins M, Cannon T, Cecci G, Chen E, Cho K, Choi J, Clark S, Coleman M, Conus P, Corcoran C, Cornblatt B, Diaz-Caneja C, Dwyer D, Ebdrup B, Ellman L, Fusar-Poli P, Galindo L, Gaspar P, Gerber C, Glenthøj L, Glynn R, Harms M, Horton L, Kahn R, Kambeitz J, Kambeitz-Ilankovic L, Kane J, Kapur T, Keshavan M, Kim S, Koutsouleris N, Kubicki M, Kwon J, Langbein K, Lewandowski K, Light G, Mamah D, Marcy P, Mathalon D, McGorry P, Mittal V, Nordentoft M, Nunez A, Pasternak O, Pearlson G, Perez J, Perkins D, Powers A, Roalf D, Sabb F, Schiffman J, Shah J, Smesny S, Spark J, Stone W, Strauss G, Tamayo Z, Torous J, Upthegrove R, Vangel M, Verma S, Wang J, Rossum I, Wolf D, Wolff P, Wood S, Yung A, Agurto C, Alvarez-Jimenez M, Amminger P, Armando M, Asgari-Targhi A, Cahill J, Carrión R, Castro E, Cetin-Karayumak S, Chakravarty M, Cho Y, Cotter D, D’Alfonso S, Ennis M, Fadnavis S, Fonteneau C, Gao C, Gupta T, Gur R, Gur R, Hamilton H, Hoftman G, Jacobs G, Jarcho J, Ji J, Kohler C, Lalousis P, Lavoie S, Lepage M, Liebenthal E, Mervis J, Murty V, Nicholas S, Ning L, Penzel N, Poldrack R, Polosecki P, Pratt D, Rabin R, Eichi H, Rathi Y, Reichenberg A, Reinen J, Rogers J, Ruiz-Yu B, Scott I, Seitz-Holland J, Srihari V, Srivastava A, Thompson A, Turetsky B, Walsh B, Whitford T, Wigman J, Yao B, Yuen H, Ahmed U, Byun A, Chung Y, Do K, Hendricks L, Huynh K, Jeffries C, Lane E, Langholm C, Lin E, Mantua V, Santorelli G, Ruparel K, Zoupou E, Adasme T, Addamo L, Adery L, Ali M, Auther A, Aversa S, Baek S, Bates K, Bathery A, Bayer J, Beedham R, Bilgrami Z, Birch S, Bonoldi I, Borders O, Borgatti R, Brown L, Bruna A, Carrington H, Castillo-Passi R, Chen J, Cheng N, Ching A, Clifford C, Colton B, Contreras P, Corral S, Damiani S, Done M, Estradé A, Etuka B, Formica M, Furlan R, Geljic M, Germano C, Getachew R, Goncalves M, Haidar A, Hartmann J, Jo A, John O, Kerins S, Kerr M, Kesselring I, Kim H, Kim N, Kinney K, Krcmar M, Kotler E, Lafanechere M, Lee C, Llerena J, Markiewicz C, Matnejl P, Maturana A, Mavambu A, Mayol-Troncoso R, McDonnell A, McGowan A, McLaughlin D, McIlhenny R, McQueen B, Mebrahtu Y, Mensi M, Hui C, Suen Y, Wong S, Morrell N, Omar M, Partridge A, Phassouliotis C, Pichiecchio A, Politi P, Porter C, Provenzani U, Prunier N, Raj J, Ray S, Rayner V, Reyes M, Reynolds K, Rush S, Salinas C, Shetty J, Snowball C, Tod S, Turra-Fariña G, Valle D, Veale S, Whitson S, Wickham A, Youn S, Zamorano F, Zavaglia E, Zinberg J, Woods S, Shenton M. Accelerating Medicines Partnership® Schizophrenia (AMP® SCZ): Rationale and Study Design of the Largest Global Prospective Cohort Study of Clinical High Risk for Psychosis. Schizophrenia Bulletin 2024, 50: 496-512. PMID: 38451304, PMCID: PMC11059785, DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbae011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricConceptsClinical high-risk individualsClinical high riskNational Institute of Mental HealthInstitute of Mental HealthAttenuated positive symptomsPersistent negative symptomsTransition to psychosisCHR statusHigh riskNegative symptomsPositive symptomsAnxiety symptomsPsychosocial functioningCognitive dataOutcomes of individualsDigital health technologiesDaily surveysPsychosisSCZPublic health needsMental healthNovel pharmacological interventionsSchizophreniaClinical outcomesHealth needs
Clinical Trials
Current Trials
Brain Network Changes Accompanying and Predicting Responses to Pharmacotherapy in OCD
HIC ID2000023688RoleSub InvestigatorPrimary Completion Date07/31/2024Recruiting ParticipantsGenderBothAge18 years - 65 yearsTeen Brain and Behavior Study
HIC ID1111009332RoleSub InvestigatorPrimary Completion Date12/21/2022Recruiting ParticipantsGenderBothAge13 years - 17 yearsBiomarkers of Clinical Subtype and Treatment Response in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
HIC ID0803003626RoleSub InvestigatorPrimary Completion Date04/19/2025Recruiting ParticipantsGenderBothAge18 years - 70 years
News
News
- November 13, 2024
Woods, Cho Awarded $76M NIH Grant to Conduct Clinical Trials for Youth at Risk for Schizophrenia
- April 12, 2024
Spring 2024 postgraduate associate travel award recipients announced
- January 30, 2024
ASCI Recognizes Early-career Yale Faculty and Trainees
- January 17, 2024
Cho Honored With 2024 Young Physician-Scientist Award