Ning Olivia Zhao, MD – PGY2

Awards & Honors:

  • UTHealth Houston Psychiatry Department Scholarly Productivity Award
  • American Psychiatric Association (APA) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Fellowship
  • APA Research Colloquium Award
  • Society of Biopsychosocial Science and Medicine (SBSM) MD Travel Award
  • SBSM Developing Investigator Program Scholar
  • Society of Biological Psychiatry (SOBP) Chair’s Choice Travel Fellowship Award
  • Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry (ACLP) Developing Scholars Research Colloquium Independent Investigator Track Award
  • ACLP Trainee Travel Award
  • National Institute of Mental Health Outstanding Resident Award – Honorable Mention
  • Kenneth Krajewski Award for Excellence in Medical Student Education
  • APA Foundation Scholar
  • Wilkenfeld American Group Psychotherapy Association (AGPA) Conference Scholarship
  • American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry (AAGP) Honors Scholar Award
  • AAGP General Scholar Award

Publications:

  • Zhao NO, Chiang S, Jha R, Fries GR. “Blood Biomarkers in Bipolar Disorder.” Bipolar Disorder: An Evidence-Based Clinical Guide. Edited by Ives Cavalcante Passos, Flavio Kapczinski, and Michael Berk. Springer Nature. In press. [Accepted Book Chapter]
  • Pinjari, O.F., Okusaga, O., Zhao, N. O., Meraj, M., & Postolache, T. P594. Plasma Adiponectin Negatively Correlates With Plasma Nitrite in Overweight/Obese Patients With Schizophrenia. In Biological Psychiatry (Vol. 91, Issue 9, p. S330). May 2022. Elsevier BV.
  • Zhao NO, Topolski N, Tusconi M, Salarda EM, Busby CW, Lima CN, Pillai A, Quevedo J, Barichello T, Fries GR. Blood-brain barrier dysfunction in bipolar disorder: molecular mechanisms and clinical implications. Brain, Behavior, & Immunity Health. Mar 2022. 5;21:100441.
  • Liu DY, Xiu MH, Deng HD, Guo HY, Liu WL, Zhang DL, Mao AA, Huang DH, Miao QM, Qiu LJ, Zhao NO, Wu HE, Zhang XY. Sexual dysfunction in chronically medicated male inpatients with schizophrenia: Prevalence, risk factors, clinical manifestations, and response to sexual arousal. Frontiers in Psychiatry. Jan 2022. 12:761598.

Abstracts/ Presentations:

  • Zhao NO, Kunitoki K,  Huang AS,  Findley JC. Student and resident perception of psychiatry residency application requirements [Accepted Poster]. Associations of Directors of Medical Student Education in Psychiatry Annual Meeting. June 2024
  • Zhao NO, Jha R, Mirza S, Lima CNC, Ruiz AC, McInturff S, Vecera C, Kumar A, Favero-Campbell AD, Rubinstein A, Machado-Vieira R, Fries GR. Alternations in DNA methylation in suicidality in hospitalized patients with mood disorders. Society of Biological Psychiatry (SOBP) Annual Meeting. May 2024.
  • Zhao NO, Smith F,  Huang AS, Kunitoki K, Findley JC. Through the Looking Glass of the Residency Match Process [Accepted Poster]. Texas Educator’s Academies Collaborative for Health Professions Southeast (TEACH-S) Educational Symposium. May 2024.
  • Zhao NO, Lima CNC, Kumar A, Fries GR. Metabolic and inflammatory biological mechanisms underlying accelerated aging in bipolar disorder [Accepted Poster]. APA Annual Meeting. May 2024.
  • Zhao NO, Kim D, Huege S, O’Dell R. Knowledge, Efficacy, and Attitude towards a New Journal Club Initiative of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry. AAGP Annual Meeting. March 2024.
  • Zhao NO, Jha R, Mirza S, Lima CNC,  Ruiz AC, McInturff S, Vecera C, Favero-Campbell AD, Rubinstein A, Kumar A, Machado-Vieira R, Fries GR. Longitudinal Blood Transcriptomic Changes In Hospitalized Mood Disorders Individuals With Suicidal Ideation [Accepted Poster]. Molecular Psychiatry Meeting. March 2024.
  • Zhao NO, Lacourt T, Chopra D. Neuropsychiatric profile by proxy measures in cancer patients receiving high dose steroids after immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy. [Poster]. MD Anderson Internal Medicine Research Retreat & Poster Session. June 2023.
  • Zhao NO, Nagpal C. Psychoeducation: The missing piece in patient care! [Poster]. American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting. May 2022.