Huili Sun
Postdoctoral AssociateAbout
Research
Publications
2026
External validation improves generalizability, replicability and reproducibility in predictive models for neuroimaging
Rosenblatt M, Foster M, Adkinson B, Tejavibulya L, Khaitova M, Ye J, Sun H, Rodriguez R, Camp C, Chinta A, McCusker M, Han L, Fields C, Mehta S, Scheinost D. External validation improves generalizability, replicability and reproducibility in predictive models for neuroimaging. Nature Methods 2026, 1-11. PMID: 42203860, DOI: 10.1038/s41592-026-03115-9.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsFeature selection leads to divergent neurobiological interpretations of brain-based machine learning biomarkers
Adkinson B, Rosenblatt M, Sun H, Dadashkarimi J, Tejavibulya L, Horien C, Westwater M, Rodriguez R, Noble S, Scheinost D. Feature selection leads to divergent neurobiological interpretations of brain-based machine learning biomarkers. Nature Human Behaviour 2026, 1-15. PMID: 41986741, DOI: 10.1038/s41562-026-02447-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHigh-resolution in utero SV2A PET imaging of the nonhuman primate brain using the NeuroEXPLORER
Mehta S, Sun H, Micali N, Holden D, Fowles K, Rossano S, Zhang J, Ma C, Han P, Lee W, Duque A, Rakic P, Groman S, Carson R, Scheinost D, Toyonaga T. High-resolution in utero SV2A PET imaging of the nonhuman primate brain using the NeuroEXPLORER. Journal Of Cerebral Blood Flow And Metabolism : Official Journal Of The International Society Of Cerebral Blood Flow And Metabolism 2026, 0271678x261429044. PMID: 41823342, PMCID: PMC12987752, DOI: 10.1177/0271678x261429044.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2025
Associations of Prenatal Social Support in Adolescent Mothers With Measures of Social‐Emotional Development in Their Young Children
Holland C, Sun H, Rodriguez R, Bennett M, Cheng B, Peterson B, Scheinost D, Spann M. Associations of Prenatal Social Support in Adolescent Mothers With Measures of Social‐Emotional Development in Their Young Children. Brain And Behavior 2025, 15: e71059. PMID: 41250941, PMCID: PMC12623451, DOI: 10.1002/brb3.71059.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFunctional Connectivity in the Social Perception Pathway at Birth Is Linked to Attention to Faces at Four Months
Chawarska K, Vernetti A, Sun H, Hampson M, Li C, Macari S, Powell K, Constable R, Chang J, Ment L, Scheinost D. Functional Connectivity in the Social Perception Pathway at Birth Is Linked to Attention to Faces at Four Months. Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science 2025, 5: 100597. PMID: 41127567, PMCID: PMC12538059, DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsgos.2025.100597.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2024
Brain age prediction and deviations from normative trajectories in the neonatal connectome
Sun H, Mehta S, Khaitova M, Cheng B, Hao X, Spann M, Scheinost D. Brain age prediction and deviations from normative trajectories in the neonatal connectome. Nature Communications 2024, 15: 10251. PMID: 39592647, PMCID: PMC11599754, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-54657-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPower and reproducibility in the external validation of brain-phenotype predictions
Rosenblatt M, Tejavibulya L, Sun H, Camp C, Khaitova M, Adkinson B, Jiang R, Westwater M, Noble S, Scheinost D. Power and reproducibility in the external validation of brain-phenotype predictions. Nature Human Behaviour 2024, 8: 2018-2033. PMID: 39085406, DOI: 10.1038/s41562-024-01931-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEdge-centric network control on the human brain structural network
Sun H, Rosenblatt M, Dadashkarimi J, Rodriguez R, Tejavibulya L, Scheinost D. Edge-centric network control on the human brain structural network. Imaging Neuroscience 2024, 2: imag-2-00191. PMID: 40800268, PMCID: PMC12272207, DOI: 10.1162/imag_a_00191.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2023
Network controllability of structural connectomes in the neonatal brain
Sun H, Jiang R, Dai W, Dufford A, Noble S, Spann M, Gu S, Scheinost D. Network controllability of structural connectomes in the neonatal brain. Nature Communications 2023, 14: 5820. PMID: 37726267, PMCID: PMC10509217, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-41499-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCross Atlas Remapping via Optimal Transport (CAROT): Creating connectomes for different atlases when raw data is not available
Dadashkarimi J, Karbasi A, Liang Q, Rosenblatt M, Noble S, Foster M, Rodriguez R, Adkinson B, Ye J, Sun H, Camp C, Farruggia M, Tejavibulya L, Dai W, Jiang R, Pollatou A, Scheinost D. Cross Atlas Remapping via Optimal Transport (CAROT): Creating connectomes for different atlases when raw data is not available. Medical Image Analysis 2023, 88: 102864. PMID: 37352650, PMCID: PMC10526726, DOI: 10.1016/j.media.2023.102864.Peer-Reviewed Original Research