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Shan Luo

Assistant Professor of Medicine

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Awards

  • Journal of Obesity: Top Five Winning Paper, 2024
  • American Federation for Medical Research: Young Investigator Award, 2024
  • NIH NIDDK: Travel Award, 2019
  • NIH NIDDK: Career Development Award, 2018-2022
  • USC Postdoctoral Association: Travel and Training Award, 2015
  • University of Southern California: Social Neuroscience Fellowship, 2012
  • University of Southern California: Dissertation Award, 2012
  • University of Southern California: Graduate Merit Fellowship, 2007-2011

Publications

  • Prenatal Exposure to Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Is Associated With Greater Pre-Pubertal BMI Growth and Faster Post-Pubertal Cortical Thinning During Peri-Adolescence. Pediatr Obes. 2026 Jan; 21(1):e70069.. View in PubMed
  • Longitudinal Effects of Continuous Music Training on Cognitive Development: Evidence From the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2025 Nov; 1553(1):283-299.. View in PubMed
  • Influence of insulin sensitivity on food cue evoked functional brain connectivity in children. Neuroimage. 2025 Apr 15; 310:121154.. View in PubMed
  • Neural and Behavioral Correlates of Binge Eating in 9- to 10-Year-Old Children. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2025 Apr; 64(4):475-487.. View in PubMed
  • Pavlovian impatience: The anticipation of immediate rewards increases approach behaviour. Cogn Affect Behav Neurosci. 2025 Apr; 25(2):358-376.. View in PubMed
  • Impaired Dietary Decision-Making in Children and Adolescents with Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia. Horm Res Paediatr. 2025 Mar 11; 1-10.. View in PubMed
  • Breastfeeding duration and brain-body development in 9-10-year-olds: modulating effect of socioeconomic levels. Pediatr Res. 2025 Jan; 97(1):378-386.. View in PubMed
  • Neural Correlates of Obesity and Inflammation in Children and Adolescents with Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia. Horm Res Paediatr. 2025; 98(2):174-184.. View in PubMed
  • Exposure to gestational diabetes mellitus in utero impacts hippocampal functional connectivity in response to food cues in children. Int J Obes (Lond). 2024 12; 48(12):1728-1734.. View in PubMed
  • Associations among prenatal exposure to gestational diabetes mellitus, brain structure, and child adiposity markers. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2023 11; 31(11):2699-2708.. View in PubMed
  • Relationships between physical activity, healthy eating and cortical thickness in children and young adults. Brain Imaging Behav. 2022 Dec; 16(6):2690-2704.. View in PubMed
  • Associations Between Sleep and Metabolic Outcomes in Preadolescent Children. J Endocr Soc. 2022 Oct 11; 6(11):bvac137.. View in PubMed
  • [Retention Effect of Heavy Metals in Rivers of a Typical Mountainous City by Cascade Weirs: A Case Study of Liangtan River in Chongqing]. Huan Jing Ke Xue. 2022 Aug 08; 43(8):4018-4031.. View in PubMed
  • Functional mechanism and clinical implications of miR-141 in human cancers. Cell Signal. 2022 07; 95:110354.. View in PubMed
  • FGF21 response to sucrose is associated with BMI and dorsal striatal signaling in humans. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2022 06; 30(6):1239-1247.. View in PubMed
  • Brief report on the relation between complement C3a and anti dsDNA antibody in systemic lupus erythematosus. Sci Rep. 2022 05 02; 12(1):7098.. View in PubMed
  • Brain responses to glucose ingestion are greater in children than adults and are associated with overweight and obesity. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2021 12; 29(12):2081-2088.. View in PubMed
  • The role of maternal BMI on brain food cue reactivity in children: a preliminary study. Brain Imaging Behav. 2021 Dec; 15(6):2746-2755.. View in PubMed
  • Fixed Attributes and Discounting Behavior. Exp Psychol. 2021 Nov; 68(6):305-322.. View in PubMed
  • Obesity and Sex-Related Associations With Differential Effects of Sucralose vs Sucrose on Appetite and Reward Processing: A Randomized Crossover Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 09 01; 4(9):e2126313.. View in PubMed
  • Wearing a N95 mask increases rescuer’s fatigue and decreases chest compression quality in simulated cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Am J Emerg Med. 2021 Jun; 44:434-438.. View in PubMed
  • Selective morphological and volumetric alterations in the hippocampus of children exposed in utero to gestational diabetes mellitus. Hum Brain Mapp. 2021 06 01; 42(8):2583-2592.. View in PubMed
  • Child physical activity as a modifier of the relationship between prenatal exposure to maternal overweight/obesity and neurocognitive outcomes in offspring. Int J Obes (Lond). 2021 06; 45(6):1310-1320.. View in PubMed
  • A systematic review of neural correlates of dysregulated eating associated with obesity risk in youth. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2021 05; 124:245-266.. View in PubMed
  • Associations Between Exposure to Gestational Diabetes Mellitus In Utero and Daily Energy Intake, Brain Responses to Food Cues, and Adiposity in Children. Diabetes Care. 2021 05; 44(5):1185-1193.. View in PubMed
  • Appetite-Regulating Hormones Are Reduced After Oral Sucrose vs Glucose: Influence of Obesity, Insulin Resistance, and Sex. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2021 03 08; 106(3):654-664.. View in PubMed
  • Evidence of a Role for the Hippocampus in Food-Cue Processing and the Association with Body Weight and Dietary Added Sugar. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2021 02; 29(2):370-378.. View in PubMed
  • Obesity and Dietary Added Sugar Interact to Affect Postprandial GLP-1 and Its Relationship to Striatal Responses to Food Cues and Feeding Behavior. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2021; 12:638504.. View in PubMed
  • Impacts of Acute Sucralose and Glucose on Brain Activity during Food Decisions in Humans. Nutrients. 2020 Oct 27; 12(11).. View in PubMed
  • Contributions of Prenatal Exposures and Child Lifestyle to Insulin Sensitivity. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2020 07 01; 105(7).. View in PubMed
  • Fasting may increase incentive signaling for nonfood rewards. Nutr Res. 2020 05; 77:43-53.. View in PubMed
  • Dietary Fructose Intake and Hippocampal Structure and Connectivity during Childhood. Nutrients. 2020 Mar 26; 12(4).. View in PubMed
  • Sex differences in the association between prenatal exposure to maternal obesity and hippocampal volume in children. Brain Behav. 2020 02; 10(2):e01522.. View in PubMed
  • New Insights Into Causal Pathways Between the Pediatric Age-Related Physical Activity Decline and Loss of Control Eating: A Narrative Review and Proposed Conceptual Model. Front Psychol. 2020; 11:578690.. View in PubMed
  • Children Exposed to Maternal Obesity or Gestational Diabetes Mellitus During Early Fetal Development Have Hypothalamic Alterations That Predict Future Weight Gain. Diabetes Care. 2019 08; 42(8):1473-1480.. View in PubMed
  • Effects of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior on Brain Response to High-Calorie Food Cues in Young Adults. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2018 Mar; 26(3):540-546.. View in PubMed
  • Resting state hypothalamic response to glucose predicts glucose-induced attenuation in the ventral striatal response to food cues. Appetite. 2017 09 01; 116:464-470.. View in PubMed
  • Influences of Dietary Added Sugar Consumption on Striatal Food-Cue Reactivity and Postprandial GLP-1 Response. Front Psychiatry. 2017; 8:297.. View in PubMed
  • Differential effects of fructose versus glucose on brain and appetitive responses to food cues and decisions for food rewards. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 May 19; 112(20):6509-14.. View in PubMed
  • The behavioral and neural effect of emotional primes on intertemporal decisions. Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci. 2014 Mar; 9(3):283-91.. View in PubMed
  • The behavioral and neural effect of emotional primes on intertemporal decisions. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. 2014; 3(9):283-291.
  • Increased functional coupling between the left fronto-parietal network and anterior insula predicts steeper delay discounting in smokers. Human Brain Mapping. 2014; 8(35).
  • Representation in the Medial Prefrontal Cortex during Intertemporal Choices. The Journal of Neuroscience. 2014; 22(34):7522-7530.
  • Willpower is not synonymous with “executive function”. Behav Brain Sci. 2013 Dec; 36(6):700-1; discussion 707-26.. View in PubMed
  • Abdominal fat is associated with a greater brain reward response to high-calorie food cues in Hispanic women. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2013 Oct; 21(10):2029-36.. View in PubMed
  • Behavioral and Brain Sciences. Willpower is not synonymous with “executive function”. 2013; 06(36):700-701.
  • Neuroeconomics and the study of addiction. Biol Psychiatry. 2012 Jul 15; 72(2):107-12.. View in PubMed
  • Moderators of the association between brain activation and farsighted choice. NeuroImage. 2012; 2(59):1469-1477.
  • Biological Psychiatry. Neuroeconomics and the study of addiction. 2012; 2(72):107-112.
  • cigarette smokers. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 2011; 1-3(116):18-23.
  • Journal of Neuroscience, Psychology and Economics. An argument against dual valuation system competition: cognitive capacities supporting future orientation mediate rather than compete with visceral motivations. 2010; 1(3):1-14.
  • Behavioral and neural evidence of incentive bias for immediate rewards relative to preference-matched delayed rewards. The Journal of Neuroscience. 2009; (29):14820- 14827.

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