Bo Cao
Contact
Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - Psychiatry Dept
- bcao2@ualberta.ca
Overview
Area of Study / Keywords
Computational Psychiatry Machine Learning Mental Disorders Precision Medicine in Mental Health Brain Imaging Brain Maturation and Aging
About
Trained in mathematics (BSc), psychology (MSc), computational neuroscience (My main research interests are:
1) Computational psychiatry and precision medicine in mental health. I hope to develop translational tools that can provide accurate and personalized diagnosis and treatment optimization for mental disorders. This can be achieved by identifying objective biomarkers associated with mental disorders and their treatment outcomes through multimodal data including brain imaging, genetic, biological, behavioral, cognitive and clinical measurements, and by applying advanced machine learning and statistical algorithms to these data.
2) Brain development and aging. Our brain is a very plastic organ that changes over the lifespan. It is necessary to consider the brain development and aging and associated cognitive
3) Neuromodulation and neurofeedback.
Featured Publications
DeMaster D., Godlewska B., Liang M., Vannucci M., Bockmann T., Bo C., Selvaraj S.
JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS. 2022 June; 307 10.1016/j.jad.2022.03.041
Adolescents present higher than expected mental health-related utilization after the COVID-19 pandemic
Psychiatry Research Day - University of Alberta . 2022 June;
Benoit J.R.A., Dursun S.M., Greiner R., Cao B., Brown M.R.G., Lam R.W., Greenshaw A.J.
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY-REVUE CANADIENNE DE PSYCHIATRIE. 2022 June; 67 (1):39-47 10.1177/07067437211037141
Treating maternal depression: Barriers toward receiving rTMS
Psychiatry Research Day - University of Alberta . 2022 June;
Predicting anxiety onset with machine learning using Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA)
Psychiatry Research Day - University of Alberta . 2022 June;
Yang S. Liu, Jeffrey R. Hankey, Stefani Chokka, Pratap R. Chokka, Bo Cao
Scientific Reports. 2022 June; 12 (1):9599 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-13642-y
Al-Shamali H., Hussain A., Dennett L., Cao B., Burback L., Greenshaw A., Zhang Y.
Journal of Affective Disorders Reports. 2022 May; 9 10.1016/j.jadr.2022.100356
Obuobi-Donkor G., Eboreime E., Bond J., Phung N., Eyben S., Hayward J., Zhang Y., MacMaster F., Clelland S., Greiner R., Jones C., Cao B., Brémault-Phillips S., Wells K., Li X.M., Hilario C., Greenshaw A.J., Agyapong V.I.O.
JMIR Research Protocols. 2022 April; 11 (4) 10.2196/30680
Yankouskaya A., Denholm-Smith T., Yi D., Greenshaw A.J., Cao B., Sui J.
Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience. 2022 April; 16 10.3389/fnsys.2022.833625
Eboreime E., Shalaby R., Mao W., Owusu E., Vuong W., Surood S., Bales K., MacMaster F.P., McNeil D., Rittenbach K., Ohinmaa A., Bremault-Phillips S., Hilario C., Greiner R., Knox M., Chafe J., Coulombe J., Xin-Min L., McLean C., Rathwell R., Snaterse M., Spurvey P., Taylor V.H., McLean S., Urichuk L., Tzeggai B., McCabe C., Grauwiler D., Jordan S., Brown E., Fors L., Savard T., Grunau M., Kelton F., Stauffer S., Cao B., Chue P., Abba-Aji A., Silverstone P., Nwachukwu I., Greenshaw A., Agyapong V.I.O.
BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH. 2022 March; 22 (1) 10.1186/s12913-022-07510-8
Wang Y., Zhou X., Cao B., Chen L., Wang R., Qi L., Meng L., Zeng L., Liu X., Wang W., Li C., Yang J., Gu X., Li Z., Zhou Y.
JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS. 2022 February; 298 10.1016/j.jad.2021.10.130
Lang X., Wang D., Chen D., Xiu M., Zhou H., Wang L., Cao B., Zhang X.
Neurotherapeutics. 2022 January; 19 (1):399-407 10.1007/s13311-021-01174-8
Sämann P.G., Iglesias J.E., Gutman B., Grotegerd D., Leenings R., Flint C., Dannlowski U., Clarke-Rubright E.K., Morey R.A., van Erp T.G.M., Whelan C.D., Han L.K.M., van Velzen L.S., Cao B., Augustinack J.C., Thompson P.M., Jahanshad N., Schmaal L.
HUMAN BRAIN MAPPING. 2022 January; 43 (1):207-233 10.1002/hbm.25326
Liu Y.S., Chokka S., Cao B., Chokka P.R.
Journal of Affective Disorders Reports. 2021 December; 6 10.1016/j.jadr.2021.100215
Forgie E.M.E., Lai H., Cao B., Stroulia E., Greenshaw A.J., Goez H.
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH. 2021 December; 23 (12) 10.2196/25230
Cao B., Liu Y.S., Selvitella A., Librenza-Garcia D., Passos I.C., Sawalha J., Ballester P., Chen J., Dong S., Wang F., Kapczinski F., Dursun S.M., Li X.M., Greiner R., Greenshaw A.
Scientific Reports. 2021 October; 11 (1) 10.1038/s41598-021-99534-z
Sui J., Greenshaw A.J., Macrae C.N., Cao B.
JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS. 2021 October; 293 10.1016/j.jad.2021.06.041
Zhang Q., He H., Cao B., Gao R., Jiang L., Zhang X., Dai J.
NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS. 2021 August; 760 10.1016/j.neulet.2021.136084
Jeffrey Sawalha, Muhammad Yousefnezhad, Alessandro M. Selvitella, Bo Cao, Andrew J. Greenshaw & Russell Greiner
Scientific Reports. 2021 August; 11 10.1038/s41598-021-98957-4
Tannous J., Cao B., Stanley J.A., Zunta-Soares G.B., Mwangi B., Sanches M., Soares J.C.
MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY. 2021 August; 26 (8):4117-4126 10.1038/s41380-020-00927-9
Chang M., Womer F.Y., Gong X., Chen X., Tang L., Feng R., Dong S., Duan J., Chen Y., Zhang R., Wang Y., Ren S., Wang Y., Kang J., Yin Z., Wei Y., Wei S., Jiang X., Xu K., Cao B., Zhang Y., Zhang W., Tang Y., Zhang X., Wang F.
MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY. 2021 July; 26 (7):3003 10.1038/s41380-020-00938-6
Antonelli-Salgado T., Monteiro G.M.C., Marcon G., Roza T.H., Zimerman A., Hoffmann M.S., Cao B., Hauck S., Brunoni A.R., Passos I.C.
JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS. 2021 July; 290 10.1016/j.jad.2021.04.044
Jabbari-zadeh F., Cao B., Stanley J.A., Liu Y., Wu M.J., Tannous J., Lopez M., Sanches M., Mwangi B., Zunta-Soares G.B., Soares J.C.
JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS. 2021 June; 289 10.1016/j.jad.2021.04.011
Nunez J.J., Nguyen T.T., Zhou Y., Cao B., Ng R.T., Chen J., Frey B.N., Milev R., Müller D.J., Rotzinger S., Soares C.N., Uher R., Kennedy S.H., Lam R.W.
PLoS One. 2021 June; 16 (6 June) 10.1371/journal.pone.0253023
Wei G.X., Ge L., Chen L.Z., Cao B., Zhang X.
HUMAN BRAIN MAPPING. 2021 April; 42 (6):1617-1625 10.1002/hbm.25315
Shalaby R., Vuong W., Hrabok M., Gusnowski A., Mrklas K., Li D., Snaterse M., Surood S., Cao B., Li X.M., Greiner R., Greenshaw A.J., Agyapong V.I.O.
JMIR mHealth and uHealth. 2021 April; 9 (4) 10.2196/24184
Sawalha J., Cao L., Chen J., Selvitella A., Liu Y., Yang C., Li X., Zhang X., Sun J., Zhang Y., Zhao L., Cui L., Zhang Y., Sui J., Greiner R., Li X.m., Greenshaw A., Li T., Cao B.
JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS. 2021 March; 282 10.1016/j.jad.2020.12.046
Agyapong V.I.O., Shalaby R., Hrabok M., Vuong W., Noble J.M., Gusnowski A., Mrklas K., Li D., Snaterse M., Surood S., Cao B., Li X.M., Greiner R., Greenshaw A.J.
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021 February; 18 (4):1-13 10.3390/ijerph18042157
Nkire N., Mrklas K., Hrabok M., Gusnowski A., Vuong W., Surood S., Abba-Aji A., Urichuk L., Cao B., Greenshaw A.J., Agyapong V.I.O.
Frontiers in Psychiatry. 2021 February; 12 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.553468
Hong S., Liu Y.S., Cao B., Cao J., Ai M., Chen J., Greenshaw A., Kuang L.
JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS. 2021 February; 280 10.1016/j.jad.2020.10.077
Zhou H., Wang D., Wang J., Xu H., Cao B., Zhang X.
Asian Journal of Psychiatry. 2021 January; 10.1016/j.ajp.2021.102749
Xiu M.H., Lang X., Chen D.C., Cao B., Kosten T.R., Cho R.Y., Shi H., Wei C.W., Wu A.S., Zhang X.Y.
CEREBRAL CORTEX. 2021 January; 31 (1):89-96 10.1093/cercor/bhaa208
Camkurt M.A., Melicher T., Mwangi B., Wu M.J., Cao B., Zeni C.P., Tannous J., Zunta-Soares G., Hasan K., Sanches M., Soares J.C.
CNS SPECTRUMS. 2021 January; 10.1017/S1092852921000584
Yang D., Chen J., Cheng X., Cao B., Chang H., Li X., Yang C., Wu Q., Sun J., Manry D., Pan Y., Dong Y., Li J., Xu T., Cao L.
DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY. 2021 January; 10.1002/da.23186
Agyapong V.I.O., Hrabok M., Shalaby R., Vuong W., Noble J.M., Gusnowski A., Mrklas K., Li D., Urichuck L., Snaterse M., Surood S., Cao B., Li X.M., Greiner R., Greenshaw A.J.
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. 2021 January; 10.1017/dmp.2021.27
Benoit J.R.A., Dursun S.M., Greiner R., Cao B., Brown M.R.G., Lam R.W., Greenshaw A.J.
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY-REVUE CANADIENNE DE PSYCHIATRIE. 2021 January; 10.1177/07067437211037141
Agyapong V.I.O., Hrabok M., Vuong W., Shalaby R., Noble J.M., Gusnowski A., Mrklas K.J., Li D., Urichuk L., Snaterse M., Surood S., Cao B., Li X.M., Greiner R., Greenshaw A.J.
JMIR Mental Health. 2020 December; 7 (12) 10.2196/22423
Song Y., Talarico F., Greenshaw A., Cao B.
JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS. 2020 December; 277 10.1016/j.jad.2020.09.048