Yuan Cao

Dr. Yuan Cao

Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Thuringia, Germany
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Biography

I am a Clinician-Scientist currently serving as a Postdoctoral Researcher at Jena University Hospital, Germany. I hold an MD&PhD from West China Hospital, Sichuan University (2025). My academic journey began at Nanchang University (2014–2019), where I complemented my clinical medicine degree with basic research on the NLRP3 inflammasome. During my doctoral training, I specialized in neuroimaging and clinical psychiatry at the Huaxi MR Research Center (2019-2020) and the Mental Health Center (2020-2023). From 2023 to 2025, I conducted pivotal research on the neuroinflammatory mechanisms of bipolar II depression at Jena University Hospital. After a brief tenure as a Clinician-Scientist at West China Hospital in late 2025, I returned to Jena to pursue my postdoctoral studies, focusing on the intersection of neuroimaging and immunology in mental health.

Affiliations

Jena University Hospital

Jena, Thuringia, Germany

Psychiatry and Psychotherapy

West China Hospital of Sichuan University

Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Mental Health Center

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Experience

Senior Scientist or Principal Investigator

Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany

01 Dec 2025 - 01 Feb 2026