December 8, 2020
Our paper, "Topological data analysis (TDA) enhances bispectral EEG (BSEEG) algorithm for detection of delirium", was accepted by Scientific Reports!
Congratulations to Dr. Shinozaki and everyone involved!
December 2, 2020
Our visiting scholar, Dr. Takehiko Yamanashi's paper, "Beta-hydroxybutyrate, an endogenous NLRP3 inflammasome inhibitor, attenuates anxiety-related behavior in a rodent post-traumatic stress disorder model", was published in Scientific Reports!
Congratulations, Take!
August 11, 2020
Our new publication, "New cutoff scores for delirium screening tools to predict patient mortality", was accepted for publication at the Journal of American Geriatric Society!
Congratulations to Dr. Takehiko Yanamashi, our visiting scholar, and other team members, including summer ICRU fellows, on this paper!
July 29, 2020
Our former undergraduate students, Mason Klisares and Gabby Duncan, will be attending Des Moines Medical University this fall semester! Congratulations on this amazing accomplishment!
July 27, 2020
Our new publication, "Increased Mortality in Patients with Standard EEG Findings of “Diffuse Slowing”", was accepted for publication at the Annals of Clinical Psychiatry! Congratulations to Rob Wanzek, the first author of this paper, and everyone involved!
July 1, 2020
Our collaborator, Dr. Sangil Lee from the Department of Emergency Medicine was promoted to Clinical Associate Professor. Congratulations, Sangil!!
June 12, 2020
Our undergraduate research assistant, Pedro Marra, was featured in the International Program news. Congratulations, Pedro! https://international.uiowa.edu/news/pedro-marra.
June 6, 2020
Our former visiting scholar, Dr. Taku Saito's paper, "The relationship between DNA methylation in neurotrophic genes and age as evidenced from three independent cohorts: Differences by delirium status", was published in the Neurobiology of Aging!
June 1, 2020
Our former visiting scholar, Dr. Taku Saito's paper, "Epigenetics of neuroinflammation: Immune response, inflammatory response and cholinergic synaptic involvement evidenced by genome-wide DNA methylation analysis of delirious inpatients", was published in the Journal of Psychiatric Research!
May 12, 2020
Our former visiting scholar, Dr. Taku Saito's paper, "Effect of interaction between a specific subtype of child abuse and the FKBP5rs1360780 SNP on DNA methylation among patients with bipolar disorder", was published in Journal of Affective Disorders.
Congratulations, Taku!
May 1, 2020
Undergraduate lab members Gloria Chang, Eleanor Sullivan, Pedro Marra and Zoe-Ella Anderson were awarded ICRU Fellowships for the summer session.
Apr. 20, 2020
Lab member Annice Najafi was accepted into the Ph.D program for Biomedical Engineering at Texas A&M. She will begin her program within the Gaharwar Labratory.
Congratulations on your next step and thank you for all you hard work in lab Annice!
Mar. 19, 2020
Research collaborator, Dr. Sangil Lee, was awarded the 2019-2020 Junior Investigator Pilot Award from NIDUS for his project "Machine Learning Algorithm to Predict Delirium from Emergency Department Data".
Feb. 17, 2020
Research collaborator, Dr. Sangil Lee, received funding from the Carver College of Medicine Innovation Research Grant Program for his project "A Pilot Study to Identify High-Risk Medication and Develop the Deprescribing Program for Older Adults in the Emergency Department".
Jan. 25, 2020
Our research team member, Kasra Zarei, and team published "Bispectral EEG (BSEEG) to assess arousal after electro-convulsive therapy (ECT)" in Psychiatry Research.
Congratulations, Kasra!
Jan. 9, 2020
Dr. Shinozaki presented "Game changing approach for delirium: prediction of patient outcomes with novel bispectral EEG device and epigenetic mechanism of pathophysiology", at the Department of Psychiatry at UCSF in San Francisco, CA.