Hiroaki Tomita
Professor
Laboratory of Disaster Psychiatry
Tohoku University
Japan
Biography
Dr. Hiroaki Tomita is a Professor at Laboratory of Disaster Psychiatry, Tohoku University. His Research Themes To develop strategies for improving disaster response and psychosocial interventions. Cohort studies and psychosocial support for people affected by disasters. To elucidate molecular basis of disaster stress and related psychiatric conditions.
Research Interest
disaster psychiatry, PTSD, mood disorders, psychosocial interventions, biomarker, data archiving, cohort study, omics study, animal model, cell sorting
Publications
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Yoshiura, K. I., Kinoshita, A., Ishida, T., Ninokata, A., Ishikawa, T., Kaname, T., ... & Ihara, M. (2006). A SNP in the ABCC11 gene is the determinant of human earwax type. Nature genetics, 38(3), 324.
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Li, J. Z., Vawter, M. P., Walsh, D. M., Tomita, H., Evans, S. J., Choudary, P. V., ... & Mesarwi, O. (2004). Systematic changes in gene expression in postmortem human brains associated with tissue pH and terminal medical conditions. Human molecular genetics, 13(6), 609-616.
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Tomita, H., Vawter, M. P., Walsh, D. M., Evans, S. J., Choudary, P. V., Li, J., ... & Watson, S. J. (2004). Effect of agonal and postmortem factors on gene expression profile: quality control in microarray analyses of postmortem human brain. Biological psychiatry, 55(4), 346-352.
