Doris Wang MD, PhD
Expected Graduation Date: 2017
Education, Training, and Previous Positions
- 2004: Yale University
2009: PhD, Neuroscience Graduate Program, UCSF
2011: MD, Medical Scientist Training Program, UCSF
Professional Memberships
- Congress of Neurological Surgeons
Society for Neuroscience
American Epilepsy Society
Selected Honors and Awards
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2010: Congress of Neurological Surgeons Meeting Pediatrics Top Poster Award
2008: Genentech Graduate Fellowship
2006: American Epilepsy Foundation Pre-doctoral Research Training Fellowship
2004: Medical Scientist Training Program Fellowship, UCSF
2004: Magna Cum Laude and Honors in MCDB, Yale University
2004: Ellsworth Prize in Natural Science Research, Yale University
2003: Yale Travel Fellowship: Rhea Plunkett Wagster Memorial Fellowship
2003: Yale-HHMI Future Scientist Program Fellowship
2003: Yale Science and Engineering Research Presentation Travel Prize
2003: Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship
2002: Society for Neuroscience Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience Award
2001: Perspectives on Science Research Fellowship, Yale University
Selected Recent Publications
Chang EF, Wang DD, Barkovich AJ, Tihan T, Auguste KI, Sullivan JE, Garcia PA, Barbaro NM. Predictors of seizure freedom after surgery for malformations of cortical development. Ann Neurol 2011;70(1):151-62.
Zhao N, Wang DD, Huang X, Karri SK, Wu H, Zheng M. Spontaneous otogenic pneumocephalus presenting with occipital subcutaneous emphysema as primary symptom: could tension gas cause the destruction of cranial bones? J Neurosurg. 2011 Jul 8. [Epub ahead of print]
Chang EF, Wang DD, Perry DW, Barbaro NM, Berger MS. Homotopic organization of essential language sites in right and bilateral cerebral hemispheric dominance. J Neurosurg 2011;114(4):893-902.
Wang DD, Kriegstein AR. Blocking early GABA depolarization with bumetanide results in permanent alterations in cortical circuits and sensorimotor gating deficits. Cereb Cortex 2011;21(3):574-87.
Wang DD, Kriegstein AR. Defining the role of GABA in cortical development. J Physiol 2009;587(Pt 9):1873-9.
Wang DD, Bordey A. The astrocyte odyssey. Prog Neurobiol 2008;86(4):342-67.
Wang DD, Kriegstein AR, Ben-Ari Y. GABA regulates stem cell proliferation before nervous system formation. Epilepsy Curr 2008;8(5):137-9.
Wang DD, Kriegstein AR. GABA regulates excitatory synapse formation in the neocortex via NMDA receptor activation. J Neurosci 2008;28(21):5547-58.
Elias LA, Wang DD, Kriegstein A. Gap junction adhesion is necessary for radial migration in the neocortex. Nature 2007;448(7156):901-7.
Huang H, Barakat L, Wang D, Bordey A. Bergmann glial GlyT1 mediates glycine uptake and release in mouse cerebellar slices. J Physiol 2004;560(Pt 3):721-36.
Wang DD, Krueger DD, Bordey A. GABA depolarizes neuronal progenitors of the postnatal subventricular zone via GABAA receptor activation. J Physiol 2003;550(Pt 3):785-800.
Wang DD, Krueger DD, Bordey A. Biophysical properties and ionic signature of neuronal progenitors of the postnatal subventricular zone in situ. J Neurophysiol 2003;90(4):2291-302.
Barakat L, Wang D, Bordey A. Carrier-mediated uptake and release of taurine from Bergmann glia in rat cerebellar slices. J Physiol 2002;541(Pt 3):753-67.