Education & Training
- Ph.D.: University of Pennsylvania, 2020
- M.A.: University of Pennsylvania, 2020
- M.M.Sc.: Shandong University (山东大学), 2012
- B.A.: Shandong University (山东大学), 2008
- B.A.: Shandong University (山东大学), 2008
- B.S.N.: Shandong University (山东大学),
Major Awards
- Innovation Accelerator Award, School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, 2023
- Pilot grant award from the Center for Healthy Aging Behaviors and Longitudinal Investigation, University of Chicago, 2022
- Campaign for Community Grant, Office of the Provost, University of Pennsylvania, 2020
Research Interests
Dr. Dong’s research is anchored in a stress-vulnerability-resilience framework, concentrating on identifying and mitigating traumatic stressors and environmental factors influencing psychotic/psychiatric symptoms. Dr. Dong has an excellent background in multiple disciplines including psychiatry, neuroscience, psychology, and statistics. Embracing a comprehensive life-span perspective, her previous work explores neurobiological aspects (sleep and stress biomarkers), neuroimaging (rsfMRI and task-based fMRI), and neuropsychological pathways (executive function and social cognition) contributing to psychiatric symptoms, particularly within early psychosis, depression, and dementia populations. Dr. Dong’s statistical expertise lies in longitudinal data analysis and study design, encompassing structural equation modeling (SEM), multilevel modeling, mediation and moderation analysis, network analysis, data mining, and missing data methods. She is also enthusiastic about fostering collaborative efforts and welcome interdisciplinary partnerships to support people with psychiatric/psychotic symptoms.
Recent Publications
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Connection Learning Healthcare System Hub of the Early Psychosis Intervention Network: Program and Participant Characteristics
Calkins, M. E., Jumper, M., Ered, A., Dong, F., Sarpal, D. K., Baker, K. K., Bencivengo, D. J., Margolis, R. L., Buchanan, R. W., Boumaiz, Y., Burris, E., Campbell, P. D., Chengappa, K. N. R., Conroy, C., Cooke, A., Dickerson, F., Flowers, N., Fauble, M., Goldberg, R. W. & Harvin, A. & 21 others, , Apr 2025, In: Early Intervention in Psychiatry. 19, 4, e70031.
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Measuring salivary cortisol in biobehavioral research: A systematic review and methodological considerations
Dong, F., Sefcik, J. S., Euiler, E. & Hodgson, N. A., Feb 2025, In: Brain, Behavior, and Immunity – Health. 43, 100936.
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Suicidality among clients in a network of coordinated specialty care (CSC) programs for first-episode psychosis: Rates, changes in rates, and their predictors
Phalen, P., Jones, N., Davis, B., Sarpal, D., Dickerson, F., Vatza, C., Jumper, M., Kuczynski, A., Thompson, E., Jay, S., Buchanan, R., Chengappa, K. N. R., Goldberg, R., Kreyenbuhl, J., Margolis, R., Dong, F., Riggs, J., Moxam, A., Burris, E. & Campbell, P. & 17 others, , Dec 2024, In: Schizophrenia research. 274, p. 150-157 8 p.
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Serum soluble alpha-klotho klotho and cognitive functioning in older adults aged 60 and 79: an analysis of cross-sectional data of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2011 to 2014
Ge, S., Dong, F., Tian, C., Yang, C. H., Liu, M. & Wei, J., Dec 2024, In: BMC Geriatrics. 24, 1, 245.
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Salivary Diurnal Cortisol Predicts Post−Traumatic Stress Symptoms in Parents of Infants With Congenital Heart Disease
Lisanti, A. J., Dong, F., Demianczyk, A., Vogiatzi, M. G., Quinn, R., Chittams, J., Hoffman, R. & Medoff−Cooper, B., Jul 2024, In: Biological Research for Nursing. 26, 3, p. 341-349 9 p.