Akiko Mizuno, PhD

Research Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Areas of Expertise

  • Mood Disorders
  • Older Adults
  • AI & Computational Methods
  • Basic & Translational Neuroscience

Expertise & Interests

Research Interests

Psychosocial & neurocognitive factors in late life; Aging-related brain changes

Selected Publications

  1. Mizuno A, Erickson Z, Jimenez DE, Aizenstein HJ. AI in geriatric psychiatry: Precision meets human experience. Neuropsychopharmacology. In press
  2. Mizuno A, Karim HT, Ly MJ, Lopresti BJ, Cohen AD, Ali AA, Mathis CA, Klunk WE, Aizenstein HJ & Snitz BE. Low thalamic activity during a digit-symbol substitution task is associated with symptoms of subjective cognitive decline. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 2023;14.
  3. Kolobaric A*, Mizuno A*, Yang X, George CJ, Seidman A, Aizenstein HJ, Kovacs M & Karim HT. History of major depressive disorder is associated with differences in implicit learning of emotional faces. Journal of psychiatric research. 2023;161:324-32
  4. Mizuno A, Karim HT, Newmark J, Khan F, Rosenblatt MJ, Neppach AM, Lowe M, Aizenstein HJ, Mennin DS & Andreescu C. Thinking of me or thinking of you? Behavioral correlates of self vs. other centered worry and reappraisal in late-life. Front Psychiatry. 2022;13:780745. Epub 2022/07/12.

Education & Credentials

Education & Training

Education
PhD, Cognitive Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University
Postdoctoral
Clinical and Translational Research Training in Late Life Mood Disorders, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine