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Email

olaoluwa.okusaga@bcm.edu

Positions

Associate Professor

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
ÌÇÐÄÊÓƵ of Medicine
Houston, TX, United States

Staff Psychiatrist

Michael E DeBakey VA Medical Center
Houston, Texas, United States

Education

MBChB from Ogun State University

10/1999 - Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, Nigeria

MPH from University of Edinburgh

12/2008 - Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Residency at Saint Elizabeths Hospital

06/2012 - Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Certifications

Board Certified

#65408

American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Professional Interests

• Schizophrenia Research
• Psychoneuroimmunology
• Psychopharmacology

Professional Statement

Selected Publications

• Okusaga O, Yolken RH, Langenberg P, Lapidus M, Arling TA, Dickerson FB, Scrandis DA, Severance E, Cabassa JA, Balis T, Postolache TT. " " J Affect Disord. 2011 Apr ; 130 (1-2) : 220-5.
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• Boozalis T, Teixeira AL, Cho RY, Okusaga O.. " " Front Public Health. 2018 Jan ; 22 (5)
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• Okusaga O, Duncan E, Langenberg P, Brundin L, Fuchs D, Groer MW, Giegling I, Stearns-Yoder KA, Hartmann AM, Konte B, Friedl M, Brenner LA, Lowry CA, Rujescu D, Postolache TT.. " " J Psychiatr Res. 2016 Jan ; 72 : 74-81.
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• Boozalis T, Devaraj S, Okusaga OO. " " Psychiatr Q. 2019 Mar ; 90 (1) : 101-110.
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• Xiu MH, Yang GG, Tan YL, Chen DC, Tan SP, Wang ZR, Yang FD, Okusaga O, Soares JC, Zhang XY. " " Schizophr Res. 2014 Apr ; 156 (1) : 9-14.
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• Okusaga O, Yolken RH, Langenberg P, Sleemi A, Kelly DL, Vaswani D, Giegling I, Hartmann AM, Konte B, Friedl M, Mohyuddin F, Groer MW, Rujescu D, Postolache TT. " " World J Biol Psychiatry. 2013 Sep ; 14 (7) : 509-15.
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• Okusaga O, Muravitskaja O, Fuchs D, Ashraf A, Hinman S, Giegling I, Hartmann AM, Konte B, Friedl M, Schiffman J, Hong E, Reeves G, Groer M, Dantzer R, Rujescu D, Postolache TT. " " PLoS One. 2014 Jan ; 9 (1)
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• Deng H, Kahlon RS, Mohite S, Amin PA, Zunta-Soares G, Colpo GD, Stertz L, Fries GR, Walss-Bass C, Soares JC, Okusaga OO.. " " Psychiatr Q.. 2018 Mar ; 89 (1) : 53-60.
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• Tangu K, Ifeanyi A, Velusamy M, Dar S, Shah N, Ezeobele IE, Okusaga OO.. " " Acad Psychiatry. 2017 Jun ; 41 (3) : 333-336.
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• Okusaga O, Fuchs D, Reeves G, Giegling I, Hartmann AM, Konte B, Friedl M, Groer M, Cook TB, Stearns-Yoder KA, Pandey JP, Kelly DL, Hoisington AJ, Lowry CA, Eaton WW, Brenner LA, Rujescu D, Postolache TT.. " " Psychosom Med. 2016 Oct ; 78 (8) : 931-939.
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• Okusaga O, Hamilton RG, Can A, Igbide A, Giegling I, Hartmann AM, Konte B, Friedl M, Reeves GM, Rujescu D, Postolache TT.. " " AIMS Public Health. 2015 Jun ; 1 (2) : 43-50.
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• Mohite S, Yang F, Amin PA, Zunta-Soares G, Colpo GD, Stertz L, Sharma AN, Fries GR, Walss-Bass C, Soares JC, Okusaga OO.. " " PLoS One. 2017 Mar ; 12 (3)
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• Okusaga O, Langenberg P, Sleemi A, Vaswani D, Giegling I, Hartmann AM, Konte B, Friedl M, Groer MW, Yolken RH, Rujescu D, Postolache TT. " " Schizophr Res. 2011 Dec ; 133 (1-3) : 150-5.
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Memberships

American Psychiatric Association

Society of Biological Psychiatry

American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology

Member (07/2010)

Funding

MEDVAMC Seed Award

$50,000.00   (10/01/2020 - 09/30/2021)

Grant funding from Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center

Antipsychotic-Induced Metabolic Syndrome (AIMS) in Schizophrenia: A Preliminary In Vitro Study of Alpha Lipoic Acid/Acetyl-L-Carnitine