Dec 16th, 2016
PI, Gen Shinozaki, MD, was awarded with Master's Degree in Informatics from University of Iowa Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Informatics. His graduate school work funding was awarded by Carver College of Medicine, Helen Johnson Scholar in Informatics Program.
Nov 18, 2016
PI, Gen Shinozaki, MD, and EL, Kumi Yuki, MD, completed NSF I-Corp training held in Detroit, MI. Great work, Kumi!
Nov 9-12, 2016
PI, Gen Shinozaki, MD, organized and presented the following three symposia at the Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine’s Annual Meeting, held November 9-12, 2016 in Austin, TX.
1. Novel Approach for Delirium Prevention, Prediction, Screening and Treatment: New Pharmacotherapy, Machine Learning Approach and Newly Developed EEG Device
2. Co-managed Inpatient Care: There Is More Than One Way to Skin a Cat: Case Presentation and Consultative Workshop for Med-Psych Inpatient Care
3. Research SIG Presents: “What Can APM Do for You!? Research Career Development in Academic Psychiatry
Nov 1, 2016
Potash Lab’s PhD student, Tricia, presented “Genome-wide DNA methylation comparison between live human brain and peripheral tissues within individuals” at World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics Conference, Nov 2016, Jerusalem, Israel
Oct 28, 2016
A new research fellow, Mai Tanaka-Sahker, DDS, joined the lab. Welcome, Mai!
Oct 27, 2016
A sophomore, Nicholas Coon, joined the lab as an undergraduate student assistant. Welcome, Nick C!
Oct 7th, 2016
Research assistant, Jenny, took a new job closer to her home so that she can spend more time with her children. We will miss you, Jenny!
Oct 2016
PI, Gen Shinozaki, MD, and EL, Kumi Yuki, MD, were awarded NSF I-Corp funding for the project, “Bispectral EEG and Automated Signal Processing Algorithm Suitable for Point-of-Care Mass Screening of Delirium”.
Sept. 20, 2016
A senior, Theodosis Chronis, joined the lab as an undergraduate student assistant. Welcome, Theo!
Sept. 20, 2016
A PhD student for Education Psychology, Sheng-Chun Yang, joined the lab as a PhD student assistant. Welcome, Sheng-Chun!
Sept 19th, 2016: PI, Gen Shinozaki, MD, hosted a BBQ party for the lab members. Over 20 guests enjoyed nice weather, food, and company!
Sept. 9, 2016
Jon Heinzman, medical student assistant, won The Lauretta Bender Award for Research in Psychiatry at 48th Annual Student Medical Research Day.
Congratulations, Jon!
Aug. 29, 2016
A psychiatry resident (PGY2), Yang Roby, MD, PhD, joined the lab as a resident scholar. Welcome, Yang!
Aug. 18, 2016
Medical students Nick Sparr (M2) and Julian Robels (M2) joined our lab as medical student assistants. Welcome, Nick and Julian!
July 18, 2016
A new research fellow, Kumi Yuki, MD, joined our lab. Welcome, Kumi!
June 30, 2016
PI, Gen Shinozaki, MD, presented the following, “Current psychiatric practice, education and research, a perspective from a physician scientist in the United States”, at the University of Yamanashi, Yamanashi, Japan.
June 29, 2016
PI, Gen Shinozaki, MD, presented the following, “Genome-wide DNA Methylation Comparison between Live Human Brain and Peripheral Tissues within Individuals”, at the National Defense Medical College in Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan.
June 3, 2016
PI, Gen Shinozaki, MD, presented the following, “Genome-wide DNA Methylation Comparison between Live Human Brain and Peripheral Tissues within Individuals”, as a lead speaker of a symposium, “Role of DNA methylation in psychiatric disorders: From biomarkers to pathophysiology”, at the Japanese Society of Psychiatry and Neurology’s 112th Annual Convention, held June 2-4, 2016 in Makuhari, Chiba, Japan.
May 20-June 17, 2016
Two visiting medical students, Yuta Muratake and Chio Kogure, from Yamanashi, Japan, rotated at the Shinozaki Lab for their research elective through an exchange program between the University of Yamanashi and the University of Iowa. Welcome, Yuta and Chio!
May 14, 2016
PI, Gen Shinozaki, MD, presented the following at the Society of Biological Psychiatry’s 71st Annual Scientific Convention and Program, held May 12-14, 2016 in Atlanta, GA:
“Genome-wide DNA Methylation Comparison between Live Human Brain and Peripheral Tissues within Individuals”
May 2016
Undergraduate student assistant, Marie Hafner, graduated from the University of Iowa. She will be focusing on her next career by applying for medical school next year. We wish her the best!
May 2, 2016
An undergraduate student assistant, Lindsey Gaul (sophomore), was awarded academic year 2016-2017 fellowship funding from ICRU to conduct a military sexual trauma epigenetics study. Congratulations, Lindsey!
http://www.uiowa.edu/icru/article/icru-research-fellows-program
April 5 ,2016
PI, Gen Shinozaki, MD, presented the following at Grand Rounds alongside Angeles Morcuende, MD:
"PTSD: Evolutionary Trade-off and a Role for Epigenetics - Genome-wide DNA Methylation Comparison between Brain and Peripheral Tissues”
March 31st, 2016
An undergraduate student assistant, Lindsey Gaul (sophomore), was awarded summer fellowship funding from ICRU to conduct a military sexual trauma epigenetics study. Congratulations, Lindsey!
http://www.uiowa.edu/icru/article/icru-research-fellows-program
March 24th, 2016
A medical student assistant, Jon Heinzman (M1), was awarded summer fellowship funding from the Carver College of Medicine to conduct a neurosurgery/steroid epigenetics study. Congratulations, Jon!
http://www.medicine.uiowa.edu/md/summerfellowship/
March 18th, 2016
PI, Gen Shinozaki, MD, presented the following at the Neurosurgery Research Conference:
“Genome-wide DNA Methylation Comparison between Live Human Brain and Peripheral Tissues within Individuals”
February 29th, 2016
A research coordinator, Jennifer Twombley, RN, joined the lab through ICTS. Welcome, Jenny!
February 29th, 2016
A medical student, Timothy Ando (M3), joined the lab as a medical student assistant. Welcome, Tim!
January 17th, 2016
A medical student, Terrence Wong (M3), joined the lab as a medical student assistant. Welcome, Terrence!
November 9th, 2015
A sophomore, Lindsey Gaul, joined the lab as an undergraduate student assistant. Welcome, Lindsey!
November 1st, 2015
An internal medicine-psychiatry resident, Aubrey Chan, MD, PhD, joined the lab as a resident scholar. Welcome, Aubrey!
October 9th, 2015
PI, Gen Shinozaki, MD, in partnership with John Cromwell, MD, of the University of Iowa Surgery Department, recently secured funding from the University’s Research Foundation Commercialization GAP Fund Program to test a new device-driven approach to screening for and predicting delirium.
http://uiventures.uiowa.edu/university-iowa-gap-funding
http://www.medicine.uiowa.edu/Psychiatry/psych_newsarticle.aspx?id=35106
September 29th, 2015
A medical student, Jonathan Heinzman (M1), joined the lab as a medical student assistant. Welcome, Jon!
July 1st, 2015
PI, Gen Shinozaki, MD, was awarded a K23 Award from the National Institute of Mental Health to conduct a military sexual trauma epigenetics study.
http://www.medicine.uiowa.edu/psychiatry/shinozaki/research/
May 24th, 2015
A sophomore, Marie Hafner, joined the lab as an undergraduate student assistant. Welcome, Marie!
May, 2015
PI’s office was moved to Medical Laboratories B002.