Research Overview
Dr. Huang received M.D. degree from Peking University in 1997 and completed two year residency training in Neurology Clinic of Xuan-Wu Hospital, Beijing, China. After that, she joined the Ph.D. program at the Division of Geriatric, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Occupational Therapy and Elderly Research, in Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. She received Ph.D. in 2003, and specialized in preclinical diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease using the state-of-the-art neuroimaging techniques (SPECT and MRI) and EEG. Dr. Huang completed fellowship training in movement disorders in 2006 at North Shore University Hospital (NSUH), New York University School of Medicine, working with Dr. David Eidelberg.
Dr. Huang's current research focuses on the use of PET and MRI to elucidate the brain changes that accompany cognitive impairment in Parkinson's disease (PD). Her research interest lies in understanding the etiology and pathophysiology of the neurodegenerative disease, facilitating the diagnosis at the presymptomatic stage and monitoring the disease progression by utilizing imaging methods, such as PET and MRI.
