Nov. 12-16, 2019
Dr. Shinozaki attended the annual meeting of Academy of Consultation-Liasion Psychiatry held in San Diego, CA on November 13-16, 2019. He presented three talks at the symposia:
"Making Waves: New Biosignal Technologies are Changing the Face of Psychosomatic Medicine"
"New Hypothesis of Epigenetic Mechanisms and Supporting Evidence of Delirium Pathophysiology: Evidence of DNA Methylation Change in TNF-alpha and BDNF Along with Aging"
"New Perspectives: A Closer Look at the Effects on Corticosteroids on the Brain"
Additionally, he was presented with a national award from the organization for his work as a visiting professor at University of Texas Southwestern.
See link: https://www.clpsychiatry.org/about-aclp/awards/vis-prof/ for more info.
Oct. 9, 2019
PI, Gen Shinozaki, MD, gave a lecture at the Research Center for Child Mental Development at the University of Fukui. He enjoyed nice company after his talk!
“Epigenetics and Neuroinflammation in Psychiatric Research ~ Pathophysiological Hypothesis and Evidence”
Sept. 30, 2019
PI, Gen Shinozaki, MD, was featured in a VPMA Focus Forum.
Sept. 13, 2019
Our visiting scholar, Taku Saito, MD, will be going back to Japan. We had a farewell cake at our lab meeting. We will miss you, Taku!
Sept 3, 2019
PI, Gen Shinozaki, MD, and team published “Identification of Patients With High Mortality Risk and Prediction of Outcomes in Delirium by Bispectral EEG” in Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.
The article was also featured at Healio Psychiatry.
Sept 1, 2019
PI, Gen Shinozaki, MD, hosted the annual lab BBQ. The weather was perfect, we enjoyed good company and food, with Japanese traditional summer fun with watermelon breaker!
August 2019
PI, Gen Shinozaki, MD, received the 2019 Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Visiting Professor Award.
July 18, 2019
PI, Gen Shinozaki, MD, was awarded the 2019 Academy of Consultation Liaison Psychiatry Visiting Professorship.
July 3, 2019
PI, Gen Shinozaki, MD, gave the following invited presentations at Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd. in Osaka, Japan:
"Frontier of delirium investigation: Prediction of outcomes by EEG device, Development of epigenetics biomarkers, and Potential of drug discovery through animal model"
June 20-22, 2019
PI, Gen Shinozaki, MD, gave the following symposium and independent presentations at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Psychiatry and Neurology in Niigata, Japan:
“Development of Delirium Screening Algorithm with Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Portable EEG”
“Epigenetics of delirium and DNA methylation analysis of inflammatory cytokine genes”
“Screening of delirium and prediction of patient outcomes by a portable bispectral EEG device”
“Analysis and Prediction of Problematic Gambling Behavior based on Variability in Play Interval”
June 17th, 2019
PI, Gen Shinozaki, MD, presented the following posters at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the American Delirium Society in Boston, MA:
“Sub-Clinical Brain Failure: Identification of High Risk Mortality Patients and Prediction of Patient Outcomes Associated with Delirium with a Novel Bispectral EEG Device”
“Epigenetic Mechanism of Delirium Pathophysiology: Hypothesis and Evidence from Preliminary Data”
May 28, 2019
Visiting medical student, Nakako Mabuch, will be spending 4 weeks in our lab. Welcome, Nakako!
May 20, 2019
Gen Shinozaki, MD, was inducted as Distinguished Fellow of American Psychiatric Association at their national meeting in San Francisco.
May 19, 2019
Medical Student Assistant Robert Wanzek, MD, presented a poster titled“Increased Mortality in Patients with Standard EEG Findings of "Diffuse Slowing”" at the annual APA meeting in San Francisco.
May 18, 2019
Gen Shinozaki, MD, presented a poster titled, “Epigenetics of delirium: Potential Role of Dna Methylation Change on Cytokine Genes in Glia and Blood along with Aging” at the Society of Biological Psychiatry's 2019 annual meeting in Chicago.
May 2019
Medical Student Assistants Jon Heizman, MD, Rob Wanzek, MD, and, Julian Robels, MD, graduated from the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine. Jon and Rob will be starting their psychiatry residency training at University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics. Julian will be starting an internal medicine residency program at Central Iowa Health System in Des Moines.
Undergraduate Student Assistants, Gabby Duncan, Mason Klisares, Sophia Daniel, and Elena Neuhaus, graduated from the University of Iowa and move on to the next stage of their successful careers.
Congratulations, all!
April 30, 2019
Gen Shinozaki, MD, received the 2018 University of Iowa Inventor Award, which will be presented at the 2019 Discovery & Innovation Awards Ceremony at Hancher.
April 1, 2019
Gabby Duncan, undergrad RA and ICRU fellow, was selected to present the lab's work “Epigenetics of Delirium and Aging” at Research in the Capitol 2019. Duncan will be presenting directly to state policy makers.
March 7, 2019
Gen Shinozaki, MD, presented a grand rounds talk at Allegheny General Hospital titled “Prediction of Delirium Outcomes by a Novel Bispectral EEG Device and Epigenetics Investigation of Delirium Pathophysiology.”
March 6, 2019
Gen Shinozaki, MD, gave a research seminar talk at Jeffery Cohn’s laboratory at the University of Pittsburg. The presentation was titled, “Prediction of Delirium Outcomes by a Novel Bispectral EEG Device."
March 1, 2019
Genome-wide DNA methylation investigation of glucocorticoid exposure within buccal samples was published in the journal of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences.
January, 2019
PI, Gen Shinozaki, MD, was named a Distinguished Fellow by the American Psychiatric Association!
January 29, 2019
"Genome-wide DNA Methylation Comparison between Live Human Brain and Peripheral Tissues within Individuals" was published in Translational Psychiatry.
January, 2019
PI, Gen Shinozaki, MD, collaborated with Karin Hoth, PhD, to publish "Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression and Use of Anxiolytic-Hypnotics and Antidepressants in Current and Former Smokers with and without COPD - A Cross Sectional Analysis of the COPDGene Cohort" in the Journal of Psychosomatic Research.
December, 2018
PI, Gen Shinozaki, MD, was published in the Journal of Affective Disorders for his paper, "Pharmacokinetic-Pharmacodynamic Interaction Associated with Venlafaxine-XR Remission in Patients with Major Depressive Disorder with History of Citalopram / Escitalopram Treatment Failure."
December 10, 2018
PI, Gen Shinozaki, MD, presented a poster, “Sub-Clinical Brain Failure: Identification of High Risk Mortality Patients and Prediction of Patient Outcomes Associated With Delirium With a Novel Bispectral EEG Device” at the American College of NeuroPsychopharmatoclogy 57th Annual Meeting in Hollywood, FL.
November 2018
PI, Gen Shinozaki, MD, received the Dlin/Fisher Clinical Research Award at the Academy of Consultation Liaison Psychiatry Annual Meeting. The award is presented for significant achievement in clinical research along with recognizing the best paper submitted for presentation at the meeting. Shinozaki was recognized for his outstanding work in using a novel EEG device to screen for delirium.