Assistant Professor Sho Shimada

Speciality / Research theme / Keywords

Specialties: Infectious Diseases, Genomic Analysis, Clinical Epidemiology

Supervision

Masters ProgrammeDoctoral Programme

Qualifications

M.D. Ph.D.,Certified General Internal Medicine Specialist, Certified Infectious Disease Specialist, Certified Respiratory Medicine Specialist

Background

• 2012: M.D., Shinshu University School of Medicine
• 2014: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU)
• 2017: Research Fellow, Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Toho University
• 2018: Summer Team Member, 60th Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition
• 2021: Ph.D., Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, TMDU (Department of Respiratory Medicine)
• 2021: Assistant Professor, Department of Respiratory Medicine, TMDU Hospital
• 2024: Assistant Professor, Department of Infectious Diseases, Nagasaki University Hospital
• 2025: Faculty Member, Graduate School of Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nagasaki University

Teaching

• Lectures for undergraduate medical students
• Bedside clinical education in infectious disease diagnosis and management
• Graduate student supervision in genomics and microbial/viral infection experiments

Research

• Clinical and seroepidemiological studies on SFTS
• Prospective studies on long COVID and post-infectious conditions
• Genomic analysis of mycobacteria
• Investigation of microbiome dynamics in enclosed environments such as polar regions

The country/countries where you work currently

Japan

Five MOST IMPORTANT/INTERESTING recent publications

1. Shimada S, Nakai R, Aoki K, Shimoeda N, Ohno G, Kudoh S, Imura S, Watanabe K, Miyazaki Y, Ishii Y, Tateda K. Chasing Waterborne Pathogens in Antarctic Human-Made and Natural Environments, with Special Reference to Legionella spp. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2021; 87(2): e02247-20.
2. Shimada S, Nakai R, Aoki K, Kudoh S, Imura S, Shimoeda N, Ohno G, Watanabe K, Miyazaki Y, Ishii Y, Tateda K. Characterization of the First Cultured Psychrotolerant Representative of Legionella from Antarctica Reveals Its Unique Genome Structure. Microbiol Spectr. 2021; 9(2): e0042421.
3.  Ando T, Shimada S, Sugihara J, Takayama K, Kobayashi M, Miyashita Y, Ito T, Okayasu K, Tsuyuki S, Ohba T, Doi M, Saito H, Fujie T, Chiaki T, Nakagawa A, Anzai T, Takahashi K, Shibata S, Tateishi T, Miyazaki Y. Impairment of Social-Related Quality of Life in COVID-19 Pneumonia Survivors: A Prospective Longitudinal Study. J Clin Med Res. 2023; 12(24): 7640.
4. Shimada S, Yamaguchi T, Mikoshiba S, Sato K, Mitsumura T, Komori K, Yamana T, Iijima Y, Sakakibara R, Shibata S, Honda T, Shirai T, Okamoto T, Furusawa H, Tateishi T, Miyazaki Y. Relapsing bronchopneumonia due to community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: a case report. BMC Infect Dis. 2024; 24(1): 374.
5. Sonoda S, Shimada S, Sawada A, Yasuda T, Shirai T, Furusawa H, Tanaka Y, Tanimoto K, Takeuchi H, Miyazaki Y. Refractory pneumonia due to persistent SARS-CoV-2 infection in an immunocompromised host successfully treated with extended course nirmatrelvir/ritonavir. ASM Case Rep. 2025; 1(2).

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