Biography

I am an MD-PhD candidate at Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine. I was very fortune to work with Prof. Hiroyasu Iso there. I currently work as a Fulbright student researcher at the University of California, Berkeley, advised by Prof. Mark van der Laan. My research focus is causal learning of optimal treatment strategies for chronic diseases.

Interests
  • Causal Inference
  • Chronic Diseases
  • Optimal Management Strategy
Education

  • PhD in Medicine, 2018-2024 (planned)

    Osaka University

  • Visiting Student Researcher (Fulbright Award), Visiting Scholar, 2022-2024

    University of California, Berkeley

  • Bachelor of Medicine (MD equivalent), 2016

    Osaka University

Skills

Mathematics

100%

C++, python

80%

Google JAX

30%

Publications

Toru Shirakawa, Kazumasa Yamagishi, Hiroshi Yatsuya, Naohito Tanabe, Akiko Tamakoshi, Hiroyasu Iso, JACC Study Group (2017). Alcohol consumption and mortality from aortic disease among Japanese men: The Japan Collaborative Cohort study. Atherosclerosis.

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Toru Shirakawa, Hiroyasu Iso, Kazumasa Yamagishi, Hiroshi Yatsuya, Naohito Tanabe, Satoyo Ikehara, Shigekazu Ukawa, Akiko Tamakoshi (2016). Watching television and risk of mortality from pulmonary embolism among Japanese men and women: The JACC study (japan collaborative cohort). Circulation.

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Contact

  • shrkwtr at gmail dot com