Akira Sawa
Director, Johns Hopkins Schizophrenia Center · Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Credentials: · ·
History
- Present
Johns Hopkins Schizophrenia Center · Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Psychiatry
Research
Review · The Lancet · 2016 · 1,452 citations
S-nitrosylated GAPDH initiates apoptotic cell death by nuclear translocation following Siah1 binding
Nature Cell Biology · 2005 · Last of 14 authors · 894 citations
Improving polygenic prediction in ancestrally diverse populations
Nature Genetics · 2022 · 550 citations
- NC
51 papers

30 papers · 1 as a resident
- DS
25 papers
- CR
23 papers
- FN
22 papers · 1 as a resident
- TS
21 papers

20 papers

13 papers
Grants
- 2024–2029
Impact of the Olfactory System on Higher Brain Function and Schizophrenia
National Institute of Mental Health · P50
Contact PI · $9.7M · Johns Hopkins University
- 2018–2024
High Throughput Marker for Cognitive Deficit: Cellular Autofluorescence
National Institute of Mental Health · R01
Contact PI · $3M · Johns Hopkins University
- 2011–2021
Gene-Environment Interactions for Cortical Development and Schizophrenia
National Institute of Mental Health · P50
Contact PI · $19.9M · Johns Hopkins University
- 2014–2021
DISC1-Dependent Defects in Neural Fate, Corticogenesis and Cognition in Psychosis
National Institute of Mental Health · R01
PI · $2.8M · Johns Hopkins University

