Wei Jiang M.D. is involved in multiple aspects of research addressing the relationship between cardiac disease and depression.  In addition to mentoring Jonathan Lee M.D., PGY5, in the project leading to presentation at the APA, she recently coauthored a publication in the Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry entitled Metabolomic differences in heart failure patients with and without major depression.  The full citation of the article follows: Steffens DC, Jiang W, Krishnan KR, et al.  Metabolomic differences in heart failure patients with and without major depression.  J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol.  2010 Jan 25. [Epub ahead of print].
 
Dr. Jiang has also been involved in a number of other projects recently accepted or scheduled for publication and/or presentation, including:

Jiang W, Fiuzat M, Oken H, Shaw L, Kuchibhatla M, Cuffe M, Krishnan R, Ladd S, O'Connor C.

Polyunsaturated fatty acids and omega-3 as predictors of mortality in depressed heart failure (HF) patients. Accepted for presentation at the American College of Cardiology meeting March, 2010.

Freedman D, Jiang W.  Perceived Social Support, Depression, and Survival of Patients with Chronic Heart Failure.  Accepted for presentation at the Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine meeting March, 2010.

Benjamin D, Rogers JG, Becker RC, Velazquez EJ, Kuchibhatla M, Kuhn CM, Ortel TL, O'Connor C, Krishnan R, Williams RB, Jiang W.  Platelet serotonin uptake plays a role in mental stress-induced myocardial ischemia.  Accepted for presentation at the Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine meeting March, 2010.