Technical Staff, Gardner Research Unit

Tel: (048) 462-1111 x7069

Email: yuko_hara (at) brain.riken.jp

Languages: English, Japanese, French (conversational)

Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA (May 2009)

B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, Medical Imaging Track

Coursework includes Signals and Systems, Differential Equations, Probability Theory, Image Processing and Analysis, Cognitive Neuroscience, Programming, Physics

Christine Larson Nelson Memorial Scholarship for Engineering and Applied Sciences

University of Nantes, Nantes, France (Spring 2007)

French-taught coursework including Muscular Physiology, French Language, and Art History

Punahou School, Honolulu, HI, USA (Jun 2005)

High School Diploma with Honors

President’s Award, Principal’s Award (2004, 2005)

RIKEN Brain Science Institute Wako, Saitama, Japan (Jun 2009 – present)

Gardner Research Unit

Investigating the role of attention on human visual perception

Advisor: Dr. Justin L. Gardner, Unit Leader

Magnetic Resonance Research Center New Haven, CT, USA (Jun 2008 – May 2009)

Designing a diagnostic pipeline that localizes epileptic seizure foci based on resting-state functional connectivity

Advisor: Dr. R. Todd Constable, Professor of Radiology, Neurosurgery, and BME

Biomedical Engineering Summer Research Fellowship 2008

Hara, Y., Gardner, J.L. (2011) Cueing prior probability of a target results in graded improvements in behavior but categorical changes in human early visual cortical activity. Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness 15th Annual Meeting. Kyoto, Japan. (poster, abstract)

Hara, Y., Cheng, K., Gardner, J.L. (2010) Graded Improvement in human contrast discrimination by limiting the number of irrelevant locations cued. Society for Neuroscience 40th Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA, USA. (poster, abstract)

Hara, Y., Gardner, J.L. (2009) Manipulating criterion in a motion detection task. RIKEN Brain Science Institute Annual Retreat. Shinrinkoen, Saitama, Japan. (poster)

Constable, R.T., Hara, Y., N. Rajeevan, Tokoglu, F., Papademetris, X. (2009) Intrinsic connectivity contrast: a novel contrast mechanism for investigating a wide range of brain disorders. International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 17th Scientific Meeting and Exhibition. Honolulu, HI, USA. (poster)

Constable, R.T., Hara, Y., Tokoglu, F., Papademetris, X. (2009) Intrinsic connectivity contrast: a voxel level summary of tissue connectivity. Organization for Human Brain Mapping 15th Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA, USA. (poster)

Yale Engineering Tour Guide

Yale English Language Institute Assistant to the Director

Financial Times, Tokyo Bureau (Summer 2006)

- Journalism internship through Yale Bulldogs-in-Tokyo program

RIKEN Brain Science Institute Annual Retreat Volunteer Committee (Jan 2010-Sep 2010)

Yale Biomedical Engineering Society Treasurer (Sep 2008 – May 2009)

Mathematics in Brain Imaging Summer School UCLA Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (Jul 21-25, 2008)

Japanese American Student Union at Yale Political Chair (Jan – Dec 2007)