Assistant professor (Ph.D.), Initiative for Advanced Research, Gunma University
Nov, 2025 – Apr, 2026
Research Fellow (Ph.D.), Graduate School of Medicine, General Surgery, Gunma University
Oct, 2024 – Jul, 2025
Research Associate (Ph.D.), Neurovascular Research Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital
Dec, 2022 – Sep, 2024
Research Fellow (Ph.D.), Neurovascular Research Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital
Nov, 2020 – Nov, 2022
Research fellow (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Overseas Research Fellowships) (Ph.D.), Neurovascular Research Lab, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital
May, 2020 – Mar, 2021
(Ph.D.), Gifu Pharmaceutical University
Apr, 2020
(Ph.D.), Molecular Pharmacology, Department of Biofunctional Evaluation, Gifu Pharmaceutical University
Cerebral collateral arteriogenesis and cerebrovascular reserve in aged and diet-induced obese mice after unilateral common carotid occlusion
Yuichi Sasaki, Sanem A. Aykan, Joanna Yang, Fumiaki Oka, Xuyan Jin, Andreia Morais,Takahiko Imai, Elyssa Alber, Sava Sakadžić, David Y. Chung …Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism March 12th, 2026
Methods for randomized, blinded, controlled evaluation of putative disease interventions in multilaboratory, preclinical assessment networks
Jessica Lamb, Karisma Nagarkatti, Marcio A. Diniz, Ryan Cabeen, Monica Estrada, Karen L. Crawford, Andre Rogatko, Sungjin Kim, Cenk Ayata, David C. Hess …
Lab Animal 55(3) 74-82 February 18th, 2026 Peer-reviewed paper
High spatial resolution 23Na-MRI for ischemic brain injury detection
Yuanyuan Jiang, Xiaoqing Alice Zhou,Takahiko Imai, Lydia Hawley, David Hike, Sohail Mohammed, Grace Yu, Cenk Ayata, David Y. Chung, Xin Yu February 10th, 2026
Feasibility of a Multi-Laboratory Model of Middle Cerebral Artery Thromboembolic Stroke with Thrombolysis: TE-MCAo
Michelle Lin, Mozammel Bhuiyan, Carly McCurry, Jessica Lamb, Marcio A. Diniz, Karni Bedirian, Anil K. Chauhan, Abhishek Jha, Aditi Jain, Enrique C. Leira …
Translational Stroke Research February, 2026
Smooth Muscle Dysfunction Drives Cerebrovascular Reserve Failure and End-Organ Brain Injury Takahiko Imai, Vijai Krishnan, James H Lai, Elyssa Alber, Lydia Hawley, Aarushi Gandhi, Pazhanichamy Kalailingam, Joanna Yang, Diana Tambala, David C Hike …
January 26th, 2026
The Stroke Preclinical Assessment Network Multi-laboratory Model of Thromboembolic Stroke with Thrombolysis: TE-MCAo.
Bhuiyan M, Lin M, McCurry C, Lamb J, Diniz MA, Bedirian K, Chauhan A, Jha A, Jain A, Leira E …
Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE December 19th, 2025
Evaluating tocilizumab in ischemic stroke: Findings from the SPAN multicenter trial.
Chauhan A, Lee EA, Patel RB, Kumskova M, Leira EC, Chauhan AK, Shi Y, Cao S, Koehler RC, Dhandapani KM …
Neuropharmacology December 5th, 2025
Treatment of a severe vascular disease using a bespoke CRISPR-Cas9 base editor in mice.
Christiano R R Alves, Sabyasachi Das, Vijai Krishnan, Leillani L Ha, Lauren R Fox, Hannah E Stutzman, Claire E Shamber, Pazhanichamy Kalailingam, Siobhan McCarthy, Christian L Lino Cardenas …
Nature biomedical engineering September 11th, 2025 Peer-reviewed paper
Fingolimod as a Potential Cerebroprotectant Results From the Stroke Preclinical Assessment Network.
Ligia S B Boisserand, Alison L Herman, Basavaraju G Sanganahalli, Jelena Mihailovic, Hannah E Beatty, Conor W Johnson, Sebastian Diaz, Jonathan H DeLong, Sofia Velazquez, Jaime Grutzendler …
Stroke September 3rd, 2025 Peer-reviewed paper
Determinants of Outcome After Endovascular Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion in Rats in the SPAN Trial
Xuyan Jin, Andreia Morais,Takahiko Imai, Jessica Lamb, Karisma Nagarkatti, Ligia Boisserand, Hannah E. Beatty, Lauren H. Sansing, Mohammad Badruzzaman Khan, Krishnan Dhandapani …
Stroke September, 2025 Peer-reviewed paper
Multicenter SPAN Trial of Fasudil in Ischemic Stroke Takahiko Imai, Andreia Lopes de Morais, Xuyan Jin, Tao Qin, Jessica Lamb, Karisma A. Nagarkatti, Mu-Hsun Chen, Ligia S.B. Boisserand, Rakesh B. Patel, Mariia Kumskova …
Stroke August, 2025 First-authored / Peer-reviewed paper
Isoform-selective and non-selective rho-kinase inhibitors do not affect collagenase-induced intracerebral hemorrhage outcomes in mice: Influence of sex and circadian cycle Takahiko Imai, Andreia Morais, Tao Qin, Yuichi Sasaki, Taylan Erdogan, Lisa McKerracher, Cenk Ayata
Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism June, 2025 First-authored / Peer-reviewed paper
Uric Acid Stroke Cerebroprotection Transcended Sex, Age, and Comorbidities in a Multicenter Preclinical Trial.
Rakesh B Patel, Mariia Kumskova, Hanish Kodali, Ivan Budnik, Vitalii Kuznetsov, Aditi Jain, Abhishek Jha, Daniel Thedens, Nirav Dhanesha, Brijesh Sutariya …
Stroke 56(4) 965-973 April, 2025 Peer-reviewed paper
Examination of Inter‐α Inhibitor Proteins in Permanent and Transient Focal Ischemia Takahiko Imai, Andreia Lopes de Morais, Tao Qin, Yuichi Sasaki, Yow‐Pin Lim, Cenk Ayata
Journal of the American Heart Association February 18th, 2025 First-authored / Peer-reviewed paper
