Education
 
1998: BS, BA, University of Pittsburgh
2004: PhD, University of Pittsburgh
2006: MD, University of Pittsburgh
 
Selected Honors and Awards
 
1996: Honors College Undergraduate Research Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh
1996: College of Arts and Sciences Alumni Scholarship, University of Pittsburgh
1996: National Institute Mental Health Undergraduate Fellowship, NIH
1996: Golden Key National Honors Society
1997: Bradler Award, Neuroscience Department, University of Pittsburgh
2000: Commendation for participation in NASA Project HR200, Feasibility Study for Habitation in Artificial Gravity, Ames Research Center
2002: NASA Fellowship Award
2002: Barany Society Main Meeting Travel Fellowship Award
2002: NASA Fellowship Award
2003: Andrew Mellon Predoctoral Fellowship
2004: Theodore Kurze Senior Prize, University of Pittsburgh
 
Contact
 
Brian Jian MD, PhD
University of California, San Francisco
Department of Neurological Surgery
505 Parnassus Ave. Rm. M779
San Francisco, CA 94143-0112
 
Selected Recent Publications
 
Jian BJ, Acernese AW, Lorenzo J, Card JP, Yates BJ. Afferent pathways to the region of the vestibular nuclei that participates in cardiovascular and respiratory control. Brain Res 2005 May;1044(2):241-50.
 
Cotter LA, Arendt HE, Cass SP, Jian BJ, Mays DF 2nd, Olsheski CJ, Wilkinson KA, Yates BJ. Effects of postural changes and vestibular lesions on genioglossal muscle activity in conscious cats. J Appl Physiol 2004;96(3):923-30.
 
Anker AR, Ali A, Arendt HE, Cass SP, Cotter LA, Jian BJ, Tamrazi B, Yates BJ. Use of electrical vestibular stimulation to alter genioglossal muscle activity in awake cats. J Vestib Res 2003;13(1):1-8.
 
Yates BJ, Holmes MJ, Jian BJ. Plastic changes in processing of graviceptive signals during spaceflight potentially contribute to postflight orthostatic intolerance [Review]. J Vestib Res 2003;13(4-6):395-404.
 
Jian BJ, Shintani T, Emanuel BA, Yates BJ. Convergence of limb, visceral, and vertical semicircular canal or otolith inputs onto vestibular nucleus neurons. Exp Brain Res 2002;144(2):247-57.
 
Yates BJ, Holmes MJ, Jian BJ. Adaptive plasticity in vestibular influences on cardiovascular control. Brain Res Bull 2000;53(1):3-9.
 
Yates BJ, Jian BJ, Cotter LA, Cass SP. Responses of vestibular nucleus neurons to tilt following chronic bilateral removal of vestibular inputs. Exp Brain Res 2000;130(2):151-8.
 
Jian BJ, Cotter LA, Emanuel BA, Cass SP, Yates BJ. Effects of bilateral vestibular lesions on orthostatic tolerance in awake cats. J Appl Physiol 1999;86(5):1552-60.