Yi Han

Yi Han is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Bioengineering at the Swanson School of Engineering, University of Pittsburgh. She earned her master’s degree in Anesthesiology from Xuzhou Medical University, China in 2023. Her research interests focus on using two-photon microscopy to study dendritic spine dynamics and astrocyte heterogeneity in addiction-related synaptic plasticity.

  • Master, Anesthesiology, Xuzhou Medical College, 2020 - 2023
  • Bachelor, Anesthesiology, Xuzhou Medical College, 2015 - 2020

  • Ai, L., Han, Y., Ge, T., Sha, S., Zhai, X.J., Ji, R., Zhou, Y., Chen, D.D., Xie, A., Zhang, W.X., Wu, Z., Zhang, M.R., Yang, J.X., Hu, A.K., Cao, J.L., Song, L.Z., & Zhang, H.X. (2025). Dorsal raphe GABA-ergic neurons regulate the susceptibility to social transfer of pain in mice. Acta Pharmacol Sin, 46(7), 1892-1904.Springer Nature. doi: 10.1038/s41401-025-01494-x.
  • Han, Y., Ai, L., Yang, X., & Zhang, H. (2025). Neural mechanisms of pain susceptibility and resilience: Insights from a socially transferred allodynia mouse model. Journal of Anesthesia and Translational Medicine, 4(3), 193-195.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.jatmed.2025.09.002.
  • Cui, M., Ji, R., Song, L., Wang, X., Pan, X., Han, Y., Zhai, X., Ai, L., Zhang, W., Xie, A., Wu, Z., Song, W., Yang, J.X., Hu, A., Liu, H., Cao, J.L., & Zhang, H. (2024). Neuronal and Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Chronic Pain and Depression Comorbidity in the Paraventricular Thalamus. J Neurosci, 44(13).Society for Neuroscience. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1752-23.2024.
  • Han, Y., Ai, L., Sha, S., Zhou, J., Fu, H., Sun, C., Liu, R., Li, A., Cao, J.L., Hu, A., & Zhang, H. (2024). The functional role of the visual and olfactory modalities in the development of socially transferred mechanical hypersensitivity in male C57BL/6J mice. Physiol Behav, 277, 114499.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2024.114499.
  • Han, Y., Ai, L., Song, L., Zhou, Y., Chen, D., Sha, S., Ji, R., Li, Q., Bu, Q., Pan, X., Zhai, X., Cui, M., Duan, J., Yang, J., Chaudhury, D., Hu, A., Liu, H., Han, M.H., Cao, J.L., & Zhang, H. (2024). Midbrain glutamatergic circuit mechanism of resilience to socially transferred allodynia in male mice. Nat Commun, 15(1), 4947.Springer Nature. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-49340-8.
  • Zhai, X., Ai, L., Chen, D., Zhou, D., Han, Y., Ji, R., Hu, M., Wang, Q., Zhang, M., Wang, Y., Zhang, C., Yang, J.X., Hu, A., Liu, H., Cao, J.L., & Zhang, H. (2024). Multiple integrated social stress induces depressive-like behavioral and neural adaptations in female C57BL/6J mice. Neurobiol Dis, 190, 106374.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.nbd.2023.106374.
  • Zhai, X., Zhou, D., Han, Y., Han, M.H., & Zhang, H. (2023). Noradrenergic modulation of stress resilience. Pharmacol Res, 187, 106598.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.phrs.2022.106598.
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Researcher Graduate Student
YIH167@pitt.edu
Bioengineering Department