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Kathy Niu, M.D.

Kathy Niu, M.D.

Assistant Professor

School
Medical School
Department
Psychiatry

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  • Biography

    Kathy Niu, M.D., is a dual-boarded Assistant Professor in the departments of Psychiatry and Neurology. Dr. Niu is the Program Director of the Neurology-Psychiatry Combined Residency Program at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School and has a strong interest in neuropsychiatry education. After medical school at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, she completed residency at the Combined Neurology/Psychiatry Program at UMass Chan Medical School. Her clinical work includes a neuropsychiatry clinic at Empire Central and a general neurology clinic at Aston, where she supervises residents and medical students.

  • Publications

    Star Featured Publications

    Neuroimaging education in psychiatric training.
    Cooper JJ, Valencia VA, Niu K, Neuropsychopharmacology 2024 Jul
    Clinical Neuroscience Continuing Education for Psychiatrists.
    Schildkrout B, Niu K, Cooper JJ, Acad Psychiatry 2023 Jun 47 3 297-303
    Case 26-2020: A Woman with Altered Mental Status and Left-Sided Weakness.
    Smith CM, Komisar JR, Niu KL, N Engl J Med 2021 Jan 384 1 92
    Fantastic Thinking and Frontal Cerebrovascular Disease.
    Parand L, Niu K, Yerstein O, Mendez MF, J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci 2020 32 2 201-203
    Pathologic role of nitrergic neurotransmission in mood disorders.
    Ghasemi M, Claunch J, Niu K, Prog Neurobiol 2019 Feb 173 54-87
    Culturally Confounded Diagnostic Dilemmas: When Religion and Psychosis Intersect.
    Tuttle MC, Niu K, Yang F, Xia G, Harv Rev Psychiatry 2019 27 3 201-208
    BV6, an IAP Antagonist, Activates Apoptosis and Enhances Radiosensitization of Non-small Cell Lung Carcinoma In Vitro.
    Li W, Li B, Giacalone NJ, Torossian A, Sun Y, Niu K, Lin-Tsai O, Lu B Journal of thoracic oncology : official publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer 2011 Jul 1801-9
    A Novel Bioluminescence Orthotopic Mouse Model for Advanced Lung Cancer.
    Li B, Torossian A, Li W, Schleicher S, Niu K, Giacalone NJ, Kim SJ, Chen H, Gonzalez A, Moretti L, Lu B Radiation research 2011 Jun 486-93
  • Professional Associations/Affiliations
    • American Academy of Neurology (2013)
    • American Neuropsychiatric Association (2013)
    • American Psychiatric Association (2013)
    • Association of Directors of Medical Student Education in Psychiatry (2021-2024)