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Staff Profile

Dr Jiabao He

Senior Lecturer in Medical Imaging

  • Email: jiabao.he@ncl.ac.uk
  • Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 1150
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  • Address: Â鶹´«Ã½ Magnetic Resonance Centre
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    Campus for Ageing and Vitality
    Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne, NE4 5PL
    United Kingdom
Background
Dr He is a Senior Lecturer in Medical Imaging with a research focus on clinical translation of novel imaging methods. He was awarded BSc from Fund University, China after completing a four-year degree within 3 years. He then moved to the University of Nottingham for his PhD study under the supervision of Prof Peter Morris (CBE) in Sir Peter Mansfield Imaging Centre. Despite significant health issue leading to the loss of majority of eye sight, he successfully completed his PhD for the effective combination of functional MRI and magnetoencephalography (MEG). Subsequently, he undertook 2 postdoctoral training on preclinical and clinical brain imaging at the University of Sheffield and Â鶹´«Ã½ respectively. In 2013, he was appointed Lecturer in Medical Imaging by the University of Aberdeen to develop cancer imaging programme. In 2022, Dr He was appointed Senior Lecturer in Medical Imaging by Â鶹´«Ã½, to consolidate the strength in brain ageing research and develop cross cutting research programme in cancer imaging.

The long term mission of Dr He's group is to relieve human suffering through the delivery of change to healthcare based on high quality clinical translational research leveraging novel imaging methods.
Research
The long term mission of Dr He's group is to relieve human suffering through the delivery of change to healthcare based on high quality clinical translational research leveraging novel imaging methods.

Jiabao's current research has 2 branches: cancer imaging research aligning with 1 of the 7 Cancer Research UK (CRUK) centres in Â鶹´«Ã½, and brain imaging research aligning with National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) Centre for healthy ageing. Jiabao's group has conducted clinical trial in patients with breast cancer using novel imaging methods, leading to 6 last author journal papers in the past 2 years and 82 last author conference abstracts (26 oral presentations).

Selected grants
[1] 2021, Chief Scientist Office. J. He, Z. Miedzybrodzka, Y. Masannat, S. M. Cheung. Robust EArly Detection of bReast cancer in hIgh-riSK premenopausal population using novel lipid based imaging methods (READ RISK). £296,114
[2] 2020, Commonwealth Scholarship Commission. J. He. Non-invasive mapping of exygen extraction fraction in patients with breast cancer. £78,120
[3] 2020, Scottish Funding Council. J. He, Z. Miedzybrodzka, Y. Masannat. Is lipid composition mapping using magnetic resonance imaging an effective early detection tool for breast cancer in high risk populations? £35,764
[4] 2019, Cancer Research UK. J. He, Z. Miedzybrodzka, Y. Masannat, T. Gagliardi. Is lipid composition mapping using magnetic resonance imaging an effective early detection tool for breast cancer in high risk populations? £72,085
[5] 2016, Princess Royal Tenovus Scotland Medical Research Scotland. J. He, K. Wahle, Y. Masannat, E. Husain. Non-invasive mapping of lipid and metabolite profiles in breast cancer: translational development of advanced multi-dimensional Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopic Imaging (MRSI) methods. £80,000
[6] 2015, LUPUS UK. N. Basu, L. P. Erwig, J. He, G. D. Waiter, S. R. Gray. Unravelling SLE Related Fatigue: Investigating the Role of Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Skeletal Muscle. £35,052
[7] 2015, BBSRC EastBio. J. He. Development of quantitative microstructure measurement method using diffusion MRI for the application in human heart and breast cancer. £80,000

Teaching
Dr He is currently the primary supervisor of 1 research fellow and 2 PhD students. He has supervised 3 PhD students to successful completion (each with multiple first author publications), and 10 MSc students (8 receiving distinction and 2 receiving commendation). His underlying teaching philosophy is to focus on quality and long term career development, so that students' full potential can be fulfilled.

During Jiabao's tenure at the University of Aberdeen, he was the course coordinator of MBChB Year 4 Student Selected Component (SSC), and effected a course reform leading to high student satisfaction and achievement. He also contributed to the teaching in MSc in Biomedical Physics programme both in classroom lectures and research project supervision, contributing to an expansion of students from approximately 20 per year to 70 per year.
Publications

  • Articles

    • Cheung SM, Chan K-S, Zhou W, Husain E, Gagliardi T, Masannat Y, He J. . Scientific Reports 2024, 14, 4699.
    • Cheung SM, Wu W-S, Senn N, Sharma R, McGoldrick T, Gagliardi T, Husain E, Masannat Y, He J. . Frontiers in Oncology 2023, 13, 1277556.
    • Chan K-S, Cheung SM, Senn N, Husain E, Masannat Y, Heys S, He J. . BMC Cancer 2022, 22(1), 285.
    • Cheung SM, Husain E, Mallikourti V, Masannat Y, Heys S, He J. . European Radiology 2021, 31(6), 3703-3711.
    • Mallikourti V, Cheung SM, Gagliardi T, Senn N, Masannat Y, McGoldrick T, Sharma R, Heys SD, He J. . Scientific Reports 2020, 10(1), 20041.
    • Cheung SM, Husain E, Masannat Y, Miller ID, Wahle K, Heys SD, He J. . British Journal of Cancer 2020, 123(2), 261-267.
    • Senn N, Masannat Y, Husain E, Siow B, Heys SD, He J. . Radiology: Imaging Cancer 2019, 1(1), e190008.
    • Mallikourti V, Cheung SM, Gagliardi T, Masannat Y, Heys SD, He J. . Scientific Reports 2019, 9(1), 9259.
    • Cheung SM, Keenan K, Senn N, Hutcheon G, Chan K, Erwig L, Schrepf A, Dospinescu P, Gray S, Waiter G, He J, Basu N. . Arthritis Care and Research 2019, 71(12), 1640-1646.
    • Finkelmeyer A, He J, MacLachlan L, Blamire AM, Newton JL. . PLoS ONE 2018, 13(7), e0200068.
    • Finkelmeyer A, He J, Maclachlan L, Watson S, Gallagher P, Newton JL, Blamire AM. . NeuroImage: Clinical 2018, 17, 24-30.
    • Su L, Blamire AM, Watson R, He J, Hayes L, O'Brien JT. . Translational Psychiatry 2016, 6(8), e877-e877.
    • Cameron D, Siddiqi N, Neil CJ, Jagpal B, Bruce M, Higgins DM, He J, Singh S, Redpath TW, Frenneaux MP, Dawsona DK. . European Journal of Radiology 2016, 85(1), 279-285.
    • Firbank MJ, Watson R, Mak E, Aribisala B, Barber R, Colloby SJ, He J, Blamire AM, O'Brien JT. . Parkinsonism and Related Disorders 2016, 24, 76-80.
    • Su L, Blamire AM, Watson R, He JB, Aribisala B, O'Brien JT. . Current Alzheimer Research 2016, 13(5), 534-544.
    • Finkelmeyer A, Nilsson J, He J, Stevens L, Maller JJ, Moss RA, Small S, Gallagher P, Coventry K, Ferrier IN, McAllister-Williams RH. . Psychological Medicine 2016, 46(10), 2157-2168.
    • Keogh MJ, Aribisala BS, He J, Tulip E, Butteriss D, Morris C, Gorman G, Horvath R, Chinnery PF, Blamire AM. . Journal of Neurology 2015, 262(10), 2232-2240.
    • Su L, Blamire AM, Watson R, He JB, Aribisala B, O'Brien JT. . Journal of Neurology 2015, 262(1), 165-172.
    • Moore SA, Hallsworth K, Jakovljevic DG, Blamire AM, He JB, Ford GA, Rochester L, Trenell MI. . Neurorehabilitation & Neural Repair 2015, 29(7), 623-635.
    • Bohr I, McDonald C, He J, Kerr S, Newton J, Blamire AM. . AGE 2015, 37, 91.
    • Croall ID, Cowie CJA, He J, Peel A, Wood J, Aribisala B, Mitchell P, Mendelow AD, Smith FE, Millar D, Kelly T, Blamire AM. . Neurology 2014, 83(6), 494-501.
    • Bentley R, Gray SR, Schwarzbauer C, Dawson D, Frenneaux M, He J. . Physiological Reports 2014, 2(17), e12089.
    • Aribisala BS, Cowie CJA, He JB, Wood J, Mendelow DA, Mitchell P, Blamire AM. . Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography 2014, 38(6), 915-923.
    • Tryambake D, He J, Firbank MJ, O'Brien JT, Blamire AM, Ford GA. . Hypertension 2013, 61(6), 1309-1315.
    • Taylor JP, Firbank MJ, He JB, Barnett N, Pearce S, Livingstone A, Vuong Q, McKeith IG, O'Brien JT. . British Journal of Psychiatry 2012, 200(6), 491-498.
    • Watson R, Blamire AM, Colloby SJ, Wood JS, Barber R, He JB, O'Brien JT. . Neurology 2012, 79(9), 906-914.
    • Firbank MJ, He J, Blamire AM, Singh B, Danson P, Kalaria RN, O'Brien JT. . Neurology 2011, 76(17), 1478-1484.

  • Note

    • He JB, Blamire AM. . Magnetic Resonance in Medicine 2010, 63(3), 842-847.