Jun Shen
Chief
Section on Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
National Institute of Mental Health NCNP
Japan
Biography
Dr. Shen is chief of the Section on Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, Molecular Imaging Branch, Mood & Anxiety Disorders Program of the Intramural Research Program, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. He attended college at Nankai University and graduate schools at Nankai University and University of Wisconsin at Madison. He did postdoctoral research in molecular biochemistry and biophysics at Yale University School of Medicine. He joined NIMH in 2002. His previous work involved in vivo magnetic resonance spectroscopy technology and applications with a focus on measuring glutamate and GABA. Prior to joining NIMH, he received a NARSAD Young Investigator Award.
Research Interest
brain chemistry and biophysics
