NEWS

9/1/2025

Congratulations to Dr. Bai receiving the Mentorship Award

Dr. Bai was awarded the Guiding STAR Mentorship Award from Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing at Emory University. This award shows the tremendous dedications of Dr. Bai on mentoring of nursing and non-nursing students and scholars.

8/15/2025

Our lab welcomes new member, Jianing Quan, PhD student

Jianing joins us after completing her master degree from Emory University Rollins School of Public Health. Her research focuses on symptoms and toxicities in cancer survivors. BAI Lab is so excited to have her join us 🎉.

9/1/2025

Our lab welcomes new member, Dr. Mays Basha, PhD

Dr. Basha joins us after completing her PhD from University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her research focuses on symptom burdens among cellular and targeted therapies among children and adolescents with cancer. Bai lab is very excited to have her 🎉🎉💐.

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5/31/2025

Dr. Bai (PI) is presenting an abstract in the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual conference in May 31, Chicago, IL.

Bai, J., Borges, M., Nguyen-Tân, P.F., Rosenthal, D.I., Caudell, J.J., Gillison, M., Mell, L.K., Bruner, D.W., Yeager, K.A., Eldridge, R., Thorstad, W., Xu, M.J., Medek, S., Echevarria, M., Awan, M., Shin, D.M., Pugh, S.L., Yom, S.S. (2025). Identifying multi-level social determinants for disparities in survival and patient-reported outcomes in national head and neck cancer trials. The 2025 ASCO Annual Meeting, May 30-June 3, Chicago, IL.

3/22/2025

Dr. Bai (PI) is presenting an abstract in the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) annual conference in April 27, Chicago, IL.

Bai, J., Janss, A., Mazewski, C., Noh, H., Swartz, M.C., Ingerski, L., & Fong, G. (2025). Gut microbiome, physical activity and cognitive dysfunction among childhood brain tumor survivors. The AACR 2025 Annual Conference, April 26-30, Chicago, IL.

3/22/2025

Dr Jinbing Bai led one article published in International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, and Physics (IF: 6.4). This is one of the first study focuses on the skin microbiome and skin toxicities across radiation therapy.

*+Bai, J., Gong, C., Bruner, D.W., Torres, M., Buchwald, Z.S., Hu, Y-J., & Lin, J. Skin microbiome, inflammation and skin toxicities in breast cancer women receiving hypofractionated radiation therapy. International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, & Physics, in press. DOI:10.1016/j.ijrobp.2025.02.044

2/9/2025

Dr Jinbing Bai and co-authors published article in Journal Psychiatry Research (IF: 4.2)

*Cao, Y-N., Fan, X-X., Zang, T-Z., Li, Y-T., Tu, Y-M., Wei, Y., Bai, J., & Liu, Y-Q. Gut microbiota causes depressive phenotype by modulating glycerophospholipid and sphingolipid metabolism via the gut-brain axis. Psychiatry Research, in press. DOI:10.1016/j.psychres.2025.116392

1/14/2025

Drs Jinbing Bai, Hui Mao, and  Tricia King received a Winship Invest$ Team Science Grant

Project Title: A Systematic Approach to Understand the Role of Gut-Immune-Brain Axis in Neurocognitive Impairment among Children Treated for Cancer

1/11/2025
Dr Bai and co-authors published an article in the Journal of Affective Disorders (IF: 4.9)

*Dai, J-M., Huang, Y-J., Liu, J., Sun, Y., Fan, X-X., Tu, Y-M., Huang, Y-Y., Lin, Y-M., Zhang, M-J.,Bai, J., & Liu, Y-Q. (2025). Effect of the thinking healthy programme-based internet intervention model for maternal perinatal depression: A pilot study. Journal of Affective Disorders, 374, 294-302. DOI:10.1016/j.jad.2025.01.037

1/10/2025
Presentation Title: Gut Microbiome and Psychoneurological Symptoms in Childhood Brain Tumor Survivors

🎉🎉🎉 Our Honors’ student Ethan Mo is presenting his thesis in the SNRS 39th Annual Conference, February 19-21, 2025, Memphis, TN.