主持参与完成的项目：

1.国家“973”计划子课题1项(项目号2014CB744601-1，基于脑电-fMRI，语音，行为等数据研究，探索与抑郁症风险高度相关的新生物、心理信息特征，2014.01-2018.12，已结题，主持)

2.国家“973”计划1项(项目号2014CB744600，基于多模态生物、心理信息的潜在抑郁风险普适化预警建模，2011.01-2015.12，已结题，参加)

3.“中央高校基本科研业务费专项资金”自由探索面上项目1项(lzujbky-2011-61，轻度认知障碍群体脑结构网络的研究，2011.01-2012.12，已结题，主持)

4.参与国防创新项目2项(项目号：17-163-×××××××-01、17-163-×××××××-01)

代表性SCI论文如下：

[1] Zheng W, Woo C W, Yao Z, et al. Pain-Evoked Reorganization in Functional Brain Networks [J]. Cerebral Cortex, 2019.

[2] Yao Z, Zou Y, Zheng W, et al. Structural alterations of the brain preceded functional alterations in major depressive disorder patients: Evidence from multimodal connectivity [J]. Journal of affective disorders, 2019, 253: 107-117.

[3] Yao Z, Fu Y, Wu J, et al. Morphological changes in subregions of hippocampus and amygdala in major depressive disorder patients[J]. Brain imaging and behavior, 2018: 1-15.

[4] Yao Z, Shi J, Zhang Z, et al. Altered dynamic functional connectivity in weakly-connected state in major depressive disorder [J]. Clinical Neurophysiology, 2019, 130(11): 2096-2104.

[5] Yao Z, Fang L, Yu Y, et al. Gender-disease interaction on brain cerebral metabolism in cancer patients with depressive symptoms [J]. BMC psychiatry, 2019, 19(1): 1-8.

[6] Zhang Z, Liu G, Yao Z, et al. Changes in dynamics within and between resting-state subnetworks in juvenile myoclonic epilepsy occur at multiple frequency bands [J]. Frontiers in neurology, 2018, 9: 448.

[7] Yao Z, Liao M, Hu T, et al. An effective method to identify adolescent generalized anxiety disorder by temporal features of dynamic functional connectivity [J]. Frontiers in human neuroscience, 2017, 11: 492.

[8] Zhang Z, Liao M, Yao Z, et al. Frequency-specific functional connectivity density as an effective biomarker for adolescent generalized anxiety disorder [J]. Frontiers in human neuroscience, 2017, 11: 549.

[9] Yao Z, Hu B, Xie Y, et al. Resting-state time-varying analysis reveals aberrant variations of functional connectivity in autism [J]. Frontiers in human neuroscience, 2016, 10: 463.

[10] Fang L, Yao Z, An J, et al. Topological organization of metabolic brain networks in pre-chemotherapy cancer with depression: a resting-state PET study [J]. PloS one, 2016, 11(11).

[11] Zheng W, Yao Z, Hu B, et al. Novel cortical thickness pattern for accurate detection of Alzheimer’s disease [J]. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 2015, 48(4): 995-1008.

[12] Yao, Z, Zhang, Y, Lin, L, et al. Abnormal cortical networks in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease , PLoS computational biology, 2010.11.01, 6(11)

《Neuroscience letter》、《IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing》、《Electronic letter》、《PLoS One》、《IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering》《Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering》等期刊的审稿人。

在脑认知领域，研究组利用统计分析、图论分析、机器学习及数据挖掘等方法对生理、心理疾病患者的脑影像数据进行计算、统计、分析，研究精神和认知疾病状态下大脑结构、功能网络的异常及遗传因素在精神疾病中的作用。在人工智能领域，在计算机辅助诊断，疾病预测等方面开展研究。先后在Cerebral cortex、Brain Imaging and Behavior、Plos Computational Biology、Journal of affective disorders、Journal of Alzheimer's Disease等期刊上发表论文30余篇。