Shosuke Suzuki Emory University Laney Graduate School 1414 Euclid Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30307 [email protected] (949)836-6916
EDUCATION 2020-Present Ph.D. in progress, Clinical Psychology, Emory University 2018-2020 M.A., Psychology, Emory University 2010-2014 B.S., Neuroscience, University of California Los Angeles
PUBLICATIONS Suzuki S, Mell M, O'Malley SS, Krystal JH, Anticevic A, & Kober H. (2020). Regulation of Craving and Negative Emotion in Alcohol Use Disorder. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging. 5(2): 239-250.
Suzuki S & Kober H. Substance-related and addictive disorders. (2018). In JN Butcher, JM Hooley, and PD Kendall (Eds.), APA Handbook of Psychopathology: Vol. 1. Understanding, Assessing, and Treating Adult Mental Disorders. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Boswell RG, Sun W, Suzuki S, & Kober H. (2018). Training in cognitive strategies reduces eating and improves food choice. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(48): E11238-47.
Inagaki TK, Bryne Haltom KE, Suzuki S, Jevtic I, Hornstein E, Bower JE, & Eisenberger NI. (2016). The neurobiology of giving versus receiving support: The role of stress-related and social reward related neural activity. Psychosomatic Medicine. 78(4): 443-453.
MANUSCRIPTS UNDER REVIEW / IN PREP Suzuki S, Lawlor VM, Cooper JA, Arulpragasam AR, & Treadway MT. (under review). Distinct striatal subregions and corticostriatal connectivity for effort, action, and reward.
Suzuki S, Kamps F, Dilks D, & Treadway MT. (in prep). Retrosplenial complex represents the broader spatial environment during the active experience of navigation.
Suzuki S, O’Malley S, Mell M, Kyrstal J, Anticevic A, & Kober H. (in prep). Alcohol images selectively disrupt perceptual decision making in Alcohol Use Disorder.
PRESENTATIONS Suzuki S & Treadway MT. (2019). Ventral Striatal Encoding of Effort and Reward in a Navigational Context. Presentation at the Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, Washington D.C.
Suzuki S, O’Malley S, Mell M, Kyrstal J, Anticevic A, & Kober H. (2019). Alcohol Images Selectively Disrupt Perceptual Decision Making in Alcohol Use Disorder. Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Affective Science, Boston, MA.
Suzuki S, Mell M, Krystal J, O’Malley S, Anticevic A, & Kober H. (2018). Activation of Common Prefrontal Regions During Regulation of Craving and Negative Emotions in Alcohol Use Disorder. Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Social & Affective Neuroscience Society, Brooklyn, NY.
Suzuki S, Mell M, Krystal J, Anticevic A, O’Malley S, & Kober H. (2017). Regulation of Craving in Alcohol Use Disorder: An fMRI Study. Presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Social & Affective Neuroscience Society, Boston, MA.
Suzuki S, Torre J, Niles A, Bryne Haltom KE, Inagaki T, Mulvenna C, Stanton AL, & Lieberman MD. (2016). Expressive Writing and Depression Symptoms: Predicting Improvement from Neural Activation. Presentation at the Annual Convention of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, CA.
Suzuki S, Vezich S, Castle E, & Lieberman MD. (2014). Learning for Teaching: An fMRI Study. Presentation at the annual Powell Undergraduate Research Week at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 2018-Present Graduate Student Motivation in Virtual Environment for Reward Emory University Collected and analyzed fMRI data using first-person virtual- Translational Research in reality maze navigation paradigm to examine how effort- Affective Disorders Lab related signals interact with value signals within striatal Advisor: Dr. Michael Treadway subregions at different phases of cost/benefit decision- making. Current preparing a manuscript for submission to Science (pre-submission enquiry accepted).
Effort and Decision Making Mentored undergraduate RA on data collection, management, and analysis for a behavioral study investigating desensitization to effort-related costs.
2015-2018 Research Assistant Managed the operation of 5 multi-session studies Yale University (including 2 clinical trials) that included fMRI, EEG, and Clinical and Affective psychophysiological components. Screened and extracted Neuroscience Lab data for 3 meta-analyses including fMRI & PET data. Advisor: Dr. Hedy Kober Trained and mentored new staff and undergraduate RAs. Authored chapter in APA Handbook of Psychopathology (Suzuki & Kober, 2018) and co-authored paper in PNAS (Boswell et al, 2019).
2015 Research Assistant Collected and managed data for fMRI study investigating UCLA affect labeling as an emotion regulation strategy in PTSD Anxiety and Depression (joint project with Dr. Matthew Lieberman). Research Center Advisor: Dr. Michelle Craske
2013-2015 Research Assistant Collected and analyzed data for fMRI study investigating UCLA the neural and cognitive mechanisms related to learning for Social Cognitive teaching. Neuroscience Laboratory Advisor: Dr. Matthew Lieberman
2014 Research Assistant Collected data for fMRI study investigating the relationship UCLA between giving vs. receiving social support and neural Social and Affective activity associated with stress and reward. Co-authored Neuroscience Laboratory paper in Psychosomatic Medicine (Inagaki et al, 2016). Advisor: Dr. Naomi Eisenberger
CLINICAL EXPERIENCE 2019-Present Therapy Practicum Student, Emory Psychology Clinic, Emory University 2019-Present Assessment Practicum Student, Emory Psychology Clinic, Emory University 2014-2015 Child Care Provider, Social Skills Group at UCLA Psychology Clinic, UCLA
SERVICE 2018-Present Committee Member, Graduate Students in Psychology and Neuroscience, Emory University 2011-2014 Vice President, Japan America Language and Culture Exchange, UCLA 2012-2013 President, Japanese Student Association at UCLA
MEMBERSHIP 2017-2020 Association for Psychological Science 2018-2019 Society for Affective Science 2016-2018 Social & Affective Neuroscience Society
AWARDS 2014 Vice Provost’s Recognition Award, Powell Undergraduate Research Week, UCLA 2014 Dean’s Honor list, UCLA
SKILLS Physiological data acquisition: fMRI, EEG, ECG, EMG, GSR, respiration, and heart rate. Programming: Matlab, Python, C#, R. Computerized task designs: E-Prime, Psychtoolbox (Matlab), Unity3D (C#). Statistics software: SPSS, R, python (e.g., scipy, scikit-learn). fMRI analysis: SPM, NeuroElf, CONN toolbox. Clinical testing: SCID-5, WAIS-IV, WISC-V, WJ-IV, KTEA-3, CTOPP-2, GORT-5, NDRT, CPT 3