Dah-Jyuu Wang, PhD Dah-Jyuu Wang, PhD, is the chief of MR Spectroscopy at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Appointments and Referrals: 1-800-TRY-CHOP (1-800-879-2467) Education and Training FellowshipPostdoctoral Research Fellow - Metabolic Magnetic Resonance Research and Computing Center, Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA Undergraduate DegreeBS in Chemistry - Tamkang University, Tamsui, Taiwan Graduate DegreePhD in Physical Chemistry - SUNY at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY Titles and Academic Titles Chief, MR Spectroscopy Departments and Services Department of Radiology Research Interests MR Spectroscopy Publications Papers2009 Karama S, Ad-Dab'bagh Y, Haier RJ, Deary IJ, Lyttelton OC, Lepage C, Evans AC and ‡the Brain Development Cooperative Group. Positive association between cognitive ability and cortical thickness in a representative US sample of healthy 6 to 18 year-olds. Intelligence 37(2): 145-155, 2009 2008 Assadi M, Baseman S, Janson C, Wang DJ, Bilaniuk L, Leone P. Serial 1H-MRS in GM2 Gangliosidoses. Eur J Pediatr. 167(3):347-52, 2008 2007 Waber CP, deMoor C, Forbes PW, Almli CR, Botteron KN, Leonard G, Milovan D, Paus T, Rumsey J and ‡the Brain Development Cooperative Group. The NIH MRI study of normal brain development: Performance of a population based sample of healthy children aged 6 to 18 years on a neuropsychological battery. J Int Neuropsychol Soc. 13(5):729-46,2007. 2006 Janson CG, McPhee SW, Francis J, Shera D, Assadi M, Freese A, Hurh P, Haselgrove J, Wang DJ, Bilaniuk L, Leone P. Natural History of Canavan Disease Revealed by Proton Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (1H-MRS) and Diffusion-weighted MRI. Neuropediatrics. 37(4):209-21, 2006 Janson CG, Kolodny EH, Zeng BJ, Raghavan S, Pastores G, Torres P, Assadi M, McPhee S, Goldfarb O, Saslow B, Freese A, Wang DJ, Bilaniuk L, Shera D, Leone P. Mild-onset presentation of Canavan's disease associated with novel G212A point mutation in aspartoacylase gene. Ann Neurol. 59(2):428-31, 2006 Brain Development Cooperative Group and Evans AC. The NIH MRI study of normal brain development. Neuroimage. 30(1):184-202, 2006 Nioka S, Wang DJ, Im J, Hamaoka T, Wang ZJ,Leigh JS, Chance B. Simulation of Mb/Hb in NIRS and Oxygen Gradient in the Human and Canine Skeletal Muscles Using H-NMR and NIRS. Adv Exp Med Biol. 578: 223-8, 2006 2005 Wang ZJ, Wang DJ. An RF Field Pattern with Improved B1 Amplitude Homogeneity. Magnetic Resonance Engineering, 24B(1), 1-5, 2005 Editorial and Academic Positions Editorial Positions Ad hoc reviewer, Pediatric Neuroradiology Ad hoc reviewer, American Journal of Neuroradiology Academic and Institutional Committees Radiology Research Committee Leadership and Memberships Memberships in Professional Organizations International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine - International Organizations Member