Dr. Yurui Gao, PhD

Research Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Dr. Yurui Gao is a neuroimaging scientist and a Research Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Vanderbilt University. Dr. Gao’s research focuses on developing and implementing novel neuroimaging biomarkers, including functional connectivity of white matter, to reflect brain alterations in different stages of Alzheimer’s disease.

Dr. Gao earned her PhD in Biomedical Engineering and completed a fellowship in Biomedical Imaging at Vanderbilt University. She joined the Vanderbilt faculty in 2016.