Susan Shur-Fen Gau

Susan Shur-Fen Gau
高淑芬
Born	1962 (age 62–63) Taipei, Taiwan
Education	Chung Shan Medical University (MD) Yale University (PhD)
Scientific career
Fields	Epidemiology
Institutions	Taiwanese Society of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	高淑芬
Simplified Chinese	高淑芬
Hanyu Pinyin	Gāo shūfēn
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Gāo shūfēn Bopomofo ㄍㄠ   ㄕㄨˊ   ㄈㄣ

Susan Shur-Fen Gau (traditional Chinese: 高淑芬; born 1962), also known as Susan Gau, Shur-Fen Gau, Gau Shur-Fen, is a Taiwanese epidemiologist.[1][2][3]

Early life and career

Gau was born and raised in Wanhua District, Taipei City.[4] After graduating from Chung Shan Medical University in 1988 with a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), she earned a Ph.D. in epidemiology from Yale University in the United States in 2001.[5]

As being a President of Taiwanese Society of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and an important member in Taiwanese Psychiatric Association, she has been making effort to improve medical environment regarding psychiatry which in turn benefited not just much pediatricians but also thousands of patients and their families.[6][7]

Research

She is one of the pioneers in Taiwan that started Taiwan-based research and enrolled local patients to the domestic clinical trials. Since then, Taiwanese patients' statistics were involved in many secondary thesis such as meta-analysis and systematic reviews.[3]

Selected publications

2019

• Chen, Ying-Yeh; Chen, Yi-Lung; Gau, Susan Shur-Fen (2019-01-01). "Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and suicidality: The mediating effects of psychiatric comorbidities and family function". Journal of Affective Disorders. 242: 96–104. doi:10.1016/j.jad.2018.08.023. ISSN 0165-0327. PMID 30173064. S2CID 52168979.

2018

• Ni, Hsing-Chang; Lin, Hsiang-Yuan; Tseng, Wen-Yih Isaac; Chiu, Yen-Nan; Wu, Yu-Yu; Tsai, Wen-Che; Gau, Susan Shur-Fen (2018-03-02). "Neural correlates of impaired self-regulation in male youths with autism spectrum disorder: A voxel-based morphometry study". Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry. 82: 233–241. doi:10.1016/j.pnpbp.2017.11.008. ISSN 0278-5846. PMID 29129723.
• Shang, Chi-Yung; Sheng, Chia; Yang, Li-Kuang; Chou, Tai-Li; Gau, Susan Shur-Fen (June 2018). "Differential brain activations in adult attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorder subtypes: a counting Stroop functional MRI study". Brain Imaging and Behavior. 12 (3): 882–890. doi:10.1007/s11682-017-9749-0. ISSN 1931-7557. PMID 28699075. S2CID 3993544.
• Chien, Yi-Ling; Hsieh, Ming Hsien; Gau, Susan Shur-Fen (May 2018). "Mismatch Negativity and P3a in Adolescents and Young Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders: Behavioral Correlates and Clinical Implications". Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 48 (5): 1684–1697. doi:10.1007/s10803-017-3426-4. ISSN 0162-3257. PMID 29198040. S2CID 4701587.
• Bölte, Sven; Mahdi, Soheil; Coghill, David; Gau, Susan Shur-Fen; Granlund, Mats; Holtmann, Martin; Karande, Sunil; Levy, Florence; Rohde, Luis A.; Segerer, Wolfgang; de Vries, Petrus J.; Selb, Melissa (2018-02-12). "Standardised assessment of functioning in ADHD: consensus on the ICF Core Sets for ADHD". European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 27 (10): 1261–1281. doi:10.1007/s00787-018-1119-y. hdl:20.500.11937/66499. ISSN 1018-8827. PMID 29435654.
• Lu, Dai-Hua; Liao, Hsiao-Mei; Chen, Chia-Hsiang; Tu, Huang-Ju; Liou, Houng-Chi; Gau, Susan Shur-Fen; Fu, Wen-Mei (2018-02-13). "Impairment of social behaviors in Arhgef10 knockout mice". Molecular Autism. 9 (1): 11. doi:10.1186/s13229-018-0197-5. ISSN 2040-2392. PMC 5810065. PMID 29456827.
• Hwang-Gu, Shoou-Lian; Lin, Hsiang-Yuan; Chen, Yu-Chi; Tseng, Yu-han; Hsu, Wen-Yau; Chou, Miao-Chun; Chou, Wen-Jun; Wu, Yu-Yu; Gau, Susan Shur-Fen (2018-05-30). "Symptoms of ADHD Affect Intrasubject Variability in Youths with Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Ex-Gaussian Analysis". Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. 48 (3): 455–468. doi:10.1080/15374416.2018.1452151. ISSN 1537-4416. PMID 29847154. S2CID 44182343.
• Han, Gloria T.; Chen, Yi-Lung; Tsai, Fang-Ju; Gau, Susan Shur-Fen (2018-08-01). "Temporal and Reciprocal Relations Between ADHD symptoms and Emotional Problems in School-Age Children". Journal of Attention Disorders. 24 (7): 1032–1044. doi:10.1177/1087054718787891. ISSN 1087-0547. PMC 6675667. PMID 30066607.
• Chien, Yi-Ling; Chou, Miao-Chun; Chou, Wen-Jiun; Wu, Yu-Yu; Tsai, Wen-Che; Chiu, Yen-Nan; Gau, Susan Shur-Fen (2018-06-28). "Prenatal and perinatal risk factors and the clinical implications on autism spectrum disorder". Autism. 23 (3): 783–791. doi:10.1177/1362361318772813. ISSN 1362-3613. PMID 29950101. S2CID 49478739.
• Lin, Hsiang-Yuan; Cocchi, Luca; Zalesky, Andrew; Lv, Jinglei; Perry, Alistair; Tseng, Wen-Yih Isaac; Kundu, Prantik; Breakspear, Michael; Gau, Susan Shur-Fen (2018-02-07). "Brain–behavior patterns define a dimensional biotype in medication-naïve adults with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder". Psychological Medicine. 48 (14): 2399–2408. doi:10.1017/s0033291718000028. ISSN 0033-2917. PMID 29409566. S2CID 4483222.
• Chang, Jane Pei-Chen; Lai, Meng-Chuan; Chou, Miao-Chun; Shang, Chi-Yung; Chiu, Yen-Nan; Tsai, Wen-Che; Wu, Yu-Yu; Gau, Susan Shur-Fen (2018-02-08). "Maternal and Family Processes in Different Subgroups of Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder". Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology. 47 (1): 177–194. doi:10.1007/s10802-018-0404-z. ISSN 0091-0627. PMID 29417447. S2CID 46849316.
• Lin, Yu-Ju; Gau, Susan Shur-Fen (2018-06-26). "Developmental changes of neuropsychological functioning in individuals with and without childhood ADHD from early adolescence to young adulthood: a 7-year follow-up study". Psychological Medicine. 49 (6): 940–951. doi:10.1017/s0033291718001599. ISSN 0033-2917. PMID 29941053. S2CID 49408023.
• Hsu, Chi-Lin; Chou, Chih-Hsuan; Huang, Shih-Chuan; Lin, Chia-Yi; Lin, Meng-Ying; Tung, Chun-Che; Lin, Chun-Yen; Lai, Ivan Pochou; Zou, Yan-Fang; Youngson, Neil A; Lin, Shau-Ping; Yang, Chang-Hao; Chen, Shih-Kuo; Gau, Susan Shur-Fen; Huang, Hsien-Sung (2018-01-15). "Analysis of experience-regulated transcriptome and imprintome during critical periods of mouse visual system development reveals spatiotemporal dynamics". Human Molecular Genetics. 27 (6): 1039–1054. doi:10.1093/hmg/ddy023. ISSN 0964-6906. PMID 29346572.
• Lin, Chun-Yen; Chang, Kai-Wei; Lin, Chia-Yi; Wu, Jia-Ying; Coon, Hilary; Huang, Pei-Hsin; Ho, Hong-Nerng; Akbarian, Schahram; Gau, Susan Shur-Fen; Huang, Hsien-Sung (2018-03-09). "Allele-specific expression in a family quartet with autism reveals mono-to-biallelic switch and novel transcriptional processes of autism susceptibility genes". Scientific Reports. 8 (1): 4277. Bibcode:2018NatSR...8.4277L. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-22753-4. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 5844893. PMID 29523860.
• Fan, Li-Ying; Shang, Chi-Yung; Tseng, Wen-Yih Isaac; Gau, Susan Shur-Fen; Chou, Tai-Li (2018-05-10). "Visual processing as a potential endophenotype in youths with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: A sibling study design using the counting Stroop functional MRI". Human Brain Mapping. 39 (10): 3827–3835. doi:10.1002/hbm.24214. ISSN 1065-9471. PMC 6866550. PMID 29749060.
• Chiang, Huey-Ling; Kao, Wei-Chih; Chou, Mei-Chun; Chou, Wen-June; Chiu, Yen-Nan; Wu, Yu-Yu; Gau, Susan Shur-Fen (2018-02-10). "School dysfunction in youth with autistic spectrum disorder in Taiwan: The effect of subtype and ADHD". Autism Research. 11 (6): 857–869. doi:10.1002/aur.1923. ISSN 1939-3792. PMID 29427542. S2CID 46777023.

See also

• List of psychiatrists

References

1. "找回專注力：成人ADHD全方位自助手冊". 博客來 (in Chinese). 2016-05-09. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
2. "首頁 - 高淑芬醫師". 國立臺灣大學醫學院附設醫院醫療體系全球資訊網 (in Chinese). 2017-11-30. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
3. "CURRICULUM VITAE" (PDF). NTUH. 2017. Retrieved 2017-11-30. Section of RESEARCH GRANTS
4. "科技部科技大觀園－愛與責任─高淑芬深化臺灣的兒童精神醫學". 科技大觀園 (in Chinese). 2013-10-07. Retrieved 2017-12-01.
5. biography sketch
6. "用藥爭議-立法院上演大對決 ADHD用藥爭議 立法院上演大對決". 聯合報官方網站 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Taipei. 2016. Archived from the original on 2017-09-02. Retrieved 2017-09-02.
7. "寧花100萬讓過動兒上課 就是不看病". 聯合報官方網站 (in Chinese). 聯合報. 2016-07-04.

Books

• 高淑芬 (2016-05-09). 找回專注力：成人ADHD全方位自助手冊. 台北: 心靈工坊. ISBN 9789863570592. Retrieved 2016-12-12.
• 高淑芬 (2013-08-28). 家有過動兒：幫助ADHD孩子快樂成長. 台北: 心靈工坊. ISBN 9789866112805. Retrieved 2016-12-09.

External links

• Shur-Fen Gau at National Taiwan University Hospital Department of Psychiatry (in Chinese)
• Susan Gau research team's official channel on YouTube (in Chinese)
• "首頁 - 高淑芬醫師" [Home-Dr. Gao Shufen]. National Taiwan University Hospital (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. (in Chinese)