Hou, Ruihua - University of Southampton

个人简介

She was then awarded a clinical fellowship and completed her clinical attachment at the Department of Psychiatry at Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham in 2003. After completing her PhD in psychopharmacology in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Nottingham in 2007, Dr Hou joined the Department of Psychiatry in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Southampton. She has led clinical studies in psychiatry as principle investigator and has published many research papers in peer-reviewed journals. Her work has been recognised at major neuropsychopharmacology congresses. She was awarded the Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy in 2015. She holds visiting professorships at university hospitals in China. She also holds an honorary contract with Southern Health NHS foundation Trust and has clinical attachments in both hospital and community mental health teams. She has been a member of the British Association for Psychopharmacology since 2003. She is also a member of the Institute for Life Sciences, the Centre for Applications of Health Psychology, the Southampton Neuroscience Group, and the Multidisciplinary Research Network. Dr Hou is interested in developing collaborations between UK and China and has successfully initiated and implemented academic staff exchange schemes to support research collaborations in the field of psychiatry between university hospitals in China and Southampton. She is the lead for the Bachelor of Medicine International Transfer module and the coordinator for the Bachelor of Medical Science programme in psychiatry. She delivers lectures and tutorials to medical students as well as supervising research students.

研究领域

Dr Hou’s main research interests are: 1) psychoneuroimmunology in affective disorders – exploring interactions between the central nervous system and the immune system, and how these affect cognitive function and behaviour, with the goal of identifying potential therapeutic targets; 2) explore the role of the locus coeruleus in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease using MRI imaging technique, with the goal of identifying new pharmacological intervention targets; 3) human psychopharmacology, with a special interest in neural mechanisms-the role of the locus coeruleus underlying regulation of arousal and sleep using pharmacological methodology and pupillometry.

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Risk-taking in junior doctors working night shifts in intensive care - Capanna, M., Hou, R., Garner, M., Yuen, H.M. and Hill, C. Published:2017Publication:Intensive Care MedicinePage Range:1-4 Donepezil regulates 1-Methyl-4-phenylpyridinium-induced microglial polarization in Parkinson’s Disease - Chen, Teng, Hou, Ruihua, Xu, Shujun and Wu, Chengyuan Published:2015Publication:Journal of the American Chemical SocietyVolume:6, (10)Page Range:1708-1714doi:10.1021/acschemneuro.5b00026PMID:26114860 MPTP/MPP+ suppresses activation of protein C in Parkinson's disease - Chen, T., Hou, R., Li, C., Wu, C. and Xu, S. Published:2015Publication:Journal of Alzhheimer's DiseaseVolume:43, (1)Page Range:133-142doi:10.3233/JAD-140126PMID:25061051 Effects of antipsychotics on bone mineral density and prolactin levels in patients with schizophrenia: a 12-month prospective study - Wang, Mengxin, Hou, Ruihua, Jian, Jia, Mi, Guolin, Qu, Huimin, Cao, Bingyu and Tang, Maoqin Published:2014Publication:Human Psychopharmacology Clinical and ExperimentalVolume:29Page Range:183-189doi:10.1002/hup.2387PMID:24738111 Attention processes in chronic fatigue syndrome: attentional bias for health-related threat and the role of attentional control - Hou, R.H., Moss-Morris, R., Risdale, A., Lynch, J., Jeevaratnam, P., Bradley, B.P. and Mogg, K. Published:2014Publication:Behaviour Research and TherapyVolume:52Page Range:9-16doi:10.1016/j.brat.2013.10.005