Supporting Staff
Dr Celia DONG
Senior Scientific Officer
PhD (HKU), BEng (ZJU)
- ST815
- 2766 7157
- celia.dong@polyu.edu.hk
Biography
Dr Dong obtained her BEng in Information Science and Communication Engineering from Zhejiang University and her PhD in Biomedical Engineering from The University of Hong Kong. Prior to joining the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, she worked in the University Research Facility in Behavioral and Systems Neuroscience (UBSN) at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Dr Dong’s research background includes the development of multimodal imaging techniques to investigate brain function in human and animal models. Additionally, she possesses extensive experience in facility and project management, research project consultancy, and event coordination.
Education and Academic Qualifications
- Bachelor of Engineering, Zhejiang University
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Hong Kong
Research Interests
Research Output
A. T. Leong*, C. M. Dong*, P. P. Gao*, R. W. Chan*, A. To, D. H. Sanes, E. X. Wu: Optogenetic auditory fMRI reveals the effects of visual cortical inputs on auditory midbrain response. Scientific Reports, 8(1):8736, 2018. (*equal contribution).
J. Liu, N. Li, Z. Zhu, K. M. Y. Kiang, A. C. K. Ng, C. M. Dong, G. K. K. Leung: Vitamin D Enhances Hematoma Clearance and Neurologic Recovery in Intracerebral Hemorrhage. Stroke, 53(6), 2058-2068, 2022.
A. T. Leong, X. Wang, E. C. Wong, C. M. Dong, E. X. Wu: Neural activity temporal pattern dictates long-range propagation targets. NeuroImage, 235:118032, 2021.
J. Huang, P. C. van Zijl, X. Han, C. M. Dong, G. W. Cheng, K. H. Tse, L. Knutsson, L. Chen, J. H. Lai, E. X. Wu, J. Xu, K. W. Chan: Altered d-glucose in brain parenchyma and cerebrospinal fluid of early Alzheimer's disease detected by dynamic glucose-enhanced MRI. Science Advances, 6(20):eaba3884, 2020.
A. T. Leong, Y. Gu, Y. S. Chan, H. Zhang, C. M. Dong, R. W. Chan, X. Wang, Y. Liu, L. H. Tan, E. X. Wu: Optogenetic fMRI interrogation of brain-wide central vestibular pathways. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116(20):10122-9, 2019.
D. D. Shi, Y. H. Huang, C. S. Lai, C. M. Dong, L. C. Ho, E. X. Wu, Q. Li, X. M. Wang, S. K. Chung, P. C. Sham, Z. J. Zhang: Chemotherapy-induced cognitive impairment is associated with cytokine dysregulation and disruptions in neuroplasticity. Molecular neurobiology, 56(3):2234-43, 2019.
D. D. Shi, Y. H. Huang, C. S. Lai, C. M. Dong, L. C. Ho, X. Y. Li, E. X. Wu, Q. Li, X. M. Wang, Y. J. Chen, S. K. Chung: Ginsenoside Rg1 Prevents Chemotherapy-Induced Cognitive Impairment: Associations with Microglia-Mediated Cytokines, Neuroinflammation, and Neuroplasticity. Molecular neurobiology, 1-7, 2019.
D. D. Shi, C. M. Dong, L. C. Ho, C. T. W. Lam, X. D. Zhou, E. X. Wu, Z. J. Zhou, X. M. Wang, Z. J. Zhang: Resveratrol, a natural polyphenol, prevents chemotherapy-induced cognitive impairment: involvement of cytokine modulation and neuroprotection. Neurobiology of disease, 114:164-73, 2018.
R. W. Chan, A. T. Leong, L. C. Ho, P. P. Gao, E. C. Wong, C. M. Dong, X. Wang, J. He, Y. S. Chan, L. W. Lim, E. X. Wu: Low-frequency hippocampal–cortical activity drives brain-wide resting-state functional MRI connectivity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 114(33):E6972-81, 2017.
S. Abdoli, L. C. Ho, J. W. Zhang, C. M. Dong, C. Lau, E. X. Wu: Diffusion tensor imaging reveals changes in the adult rat brain following long-term and passive moderate acoustic exposure. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 140(6):4540-7, 2016.
