PROFILE

SHIMIZU Toshiaki, M.D., Ph.D.


Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Short Biography

1977.04-1983.03
M.D. Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine
1984.04-1988.03
Ph.D. Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine
The thesis: Prostaglandin and fatty acid metabolism in the patients with congenital biliary atresia.
1988.07-1991.08
Assistant in the Department of Pediatrics, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine
1990.10-1992.09
Research Fellow in the Department of Pediatrics, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
1997.02-1999.09
Lecturer in the Department of Pediatrics, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine
1999.10-2007.07
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine
2001.10-2002.04
Research Fellow in the Child Nutrition Research Center, Adelaide University, Australia
2007.08-Present
Professor and Chairman, Department of Pediatrics, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine
2011.07-Present
Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine
 

Keywords

  • Pediatric nutrition
  • Pediatric gastroenterology
  • Neonatology
  • Lipid metabolism
  • Medical education

Main Research Topics and Interests

  • Effects of n-3 PUFAs
  • Epidemiology and mucosal immunity of IBD
  • Pathophysiology of H.pylori infection
  • Diagnosis and treatment of pancreatic diseases
  • Effects of probiotics

Publications (in English)

  • Original Articles: 323
  • Review Articles: 10
  • Books: 5
  • h-Index: 26 (Web of Science)
  • Sum of Times Cited: 3,253 (Web of Science)

Recent Main Publications

  • Horigome A, Hisata K, Odamaki T, Iwabuchi N, Xiao JZ, Shimizu T. Colonization of Supplemented Bifidobacterium breve M-16V in Low Birth Weight Infants and Its Effects on Their Gut Microbiota Weeks Post-administration. Front Microbiol 12:610080. 2021
  • Miyata E, Kudo T, Ikuse T, Tokita K, Arai N, Oka I, KyodoR, Sato M, Hosoi K, Jimbo K, Aoyagi Y, Ohtsuka Y, Shimizu T. Eradication therapy forHelicobacter pyloriinfection based on the antimicrobial susceptibility test in children: A single-center study over 12 years. Helicobacter 26:e12764. 2021
  • Yoneyama T, Nakano, N, Hara M, Yamada H, Izawa K, Uchida K, Kaitani A, Ando T, Kitaura J, Ohtsuka Y, Ogawa H, Okumura K, Shimizu T. Notch signaling contributes to the establishment of sustained unresponsiveness to food allergens by oral immunotherapy. J Allergy Clin Immunol 147:1063-1076. 2021
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Other Specific Comments

  • Relationship between gut immunity and intestinal flora in pediatric gastrointestinal diseases is presently the most hot subject in our department.

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