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Esther Fujiwara

ResearcherMedicineUniversity of Alberta

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Esther Fujiwara

Researcher

Medicine

Health Sciences

University of Alberta

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
12 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 6 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 3 research grants (2 CIHR, 1 SSHRC), most recently in 2018.
Supervisor on 1 trainee award (1 CIHR), most recently in 2008.

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Research

Neuropathic Pain Ageing Hiv Inflammation Micrornas Myeloid Cells Neurocognitive Impairments Peroxisomes

Latest papers

Construct Validation of the Mind-Skin Health Index (MSHI) in Dermatology.
Journal of cutaneous medicine and surgery · 2026
Attentional Dynamics During Emotional Face Processing Differentiate Alexithymia From Mood and Affective Symptoms.
Journal of personality · 2026 · senior author
Associations Between Depressive Symptoms and Memory Functions in Persons with HIV: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Neuropsychology review · 2026 · senior author

All 40 publications

Latest funding

A Trauma Screening Program for People with HIV: Development of a patient-centered Trauma Screening Questionnaire and Implementation Guidance for HIV care programs.
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$302,174
Co-creating a person-centered strategy to manage psychological stress in critically ill patients
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$100,000
Precision health IDEAS (Inclusion/Diversity/Equity/Accessibility/Sustainability) for NeuroHIV: disrupted immunometabolism in the brain
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$20,000

All 12 grants and awards

40 publications.

Construct Validation of the Mind-Skin Health Index (MSHI) in Dermatology.

Chen X, Abdi P, Bangit PR, Hibbard K, Bosonea AM, Chow EY, Salopek T, Gorman CP, Wong SM, Jia L, Veillette H, Zhang Y, Fujiwara E, Dytoc M

Journal of cutaneous medicine and surgery2026

DOI: 10.1177/12034754261470749 PMID: 42557896

Attentional Dynamics During Emotional Face Processing Differentiate Alexithymia From Mood and Affective Symptoms.

Seo J, Dwivedi R, Hoang KN, Selvitella A, Fujiwara E

Journal of personality2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/jopy.70027 PMID: 41122860

Associations Between Depressive Symptoms and Memory Functions in Persons with HIV: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Xu L, Al-Shamali H, Turk T, Campbell SM, Fujiwara E

Neuropsychology review2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s11065-025-09665-7 PMID: 40613982

Gender predictors of adverse health.

Jallad Y, Abdel-Sayyed A, Turk T, Hoang KN, Xu L, Fujiwara E

Journal of health psychology2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1177/13591053251341188 PMID: 40534285

Changing prevalence and risk factors for Toxoplasma gondii seropositivity and disease in persons with HIV at the Southern Alberta Clinic since 1985.

Rosen C, Gill MJ, Fujiwara E, Krentz H, Kamaliddin C, Zhou H, McMillan J, Beckthold B, Lang R

HIV medicine2025

DOI: 10.1111/hiv.70093 PMID: 40760828

Immunometabolism perturbations in post-COVID-19 condition: interleukin-6 and monoamine oxidase interactions drive neuropsychiatric syndromes.

Ogando NS, Elaish M, Mahabadi HM, Langdon KD, Das SK, Joseph JT, Fujiwara E, Holt A, Kaur K, Branton W, Gheblawi M, Lacy P, Oudit GY, Hobman TC, Lam GY, Power C

Brain, behavior, and immunity2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2025.07.002 PMID: 40619111

Validating the Stanford Gender-Related Variables for Health Research (SGVHR) in a Canadian population.

Abdel-Sayyed A, Hoang KN, Turk T, Xu L, Fujiwara E

Journal of health psychology2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1177/13591053241247376 PMID: 38654542

Effects of healthy aging and mnemonic strategies on verbal memory performance across the adult lifespan: Mediating role of posterior hippocampus.

Hoang KN, Huang Y, Fujiwara E, Malykhin N

Hippocampus2024

DOI: 10.1002/hipo.23592 PMID: 38145465

Verbal Memory Performance and Depressive Symptoms in Persons with Treated HIV.

Xu L, Gill MJ, Power C, Fujiwara E

AIDS and behavior2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s10461-023-04006-2 PMID: 36786939

Pharmacological Interventions for Primary Psychodermatologic Disorders: An Evidence Mapping and Appraisal of Randomized Controlled Trials.

Turk T, Liu C, Fujiwara E, Straube S, Hagtvedt R, Dennett L, Abba-Aji A, Dytoc M

Journal of cutaneous medicine and surgery2023

DOI: 10.1177/12034754231155888 PMID: 36802832

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Esther Fujiwara

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Construct Validation of the Mind-Skin Health Index (MSHI) in Dermatology.

Attentional Dynamics During Emotional Face Processing Differentiate Alexithymia From Mood and Affective Symptoms.

Associations Between Depressive Symptoms and Memory Functions in Persons with HIV: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Gender predictors of adverse health.

Changing prevalence and risk factors for Toxoplasma gondii seropositivity and disease in persons with HIV at the Southern Alberta Clinic since 1985.

Immunometabolism perturbations in post-COVID-19 condition: interleukin-6 and monoamine oxidase interactions drive neuropsychiatric syndromes.

Validating the Stanford Gender-Related Variables for Health Research (SGVHR) in a Canadian population.

Effects of healthy aging and mnemonic strategies on verbal memory performance across the adult lifespan: Mediating role of posterior hippocampus.

Verbal Memory Performance and Depressive Symptoms in Persons with Treated HIV.

Pharmacological Interventions for Primary Psychodermatologic Disorders: An Evidence Mapping and Appraisal of Randomized Controlled Trials.

A Trauma Screening Program for People with HIV: Development of a patient-centered Trauma Screening Questionnaire and Implementation Guidance for HIV care programs.

Co-creating a person-centered strategy to manage psychological stress in critically ill patients

Precision health IDEAS (Inclusion/Diversity/Equity/Accessibility/Sustainability) for NeuroHIV: disrupted immunometabolism in the brain

Trauma Related Experiences; evaluating Impact, enhancing Understanding and Mobilizing interventions to improve outcomes among People with HIV (TRIUMPH)

Insights into dentate gyrus structure and function in the aged brain: possible functional and clinical correlates

Prize - 202109PJT - Insights into dentate gyrus structure and function in the aged brain: possible functional and clinical correlates

Canadian HIV-Ageing Multidisciplinary Programmatic Strategy (CHAMPS) in NeuroHIV

Canadian NeuroAIDS Research Team (CNART): interactions with aging and co-infections

Therapeutic effects of intranasal insulin on HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder

Neuroimaging biomarkers of cognitive aging

Frequent collaborators

Christopher Power

Christopher Power

Yanbo Zhang

Nikolai Malykhin

Raynell Lang

Raynell Lang

Christian Beaulieu

Sanjay Kalra

Lonnie Zwaigenbaum

Richard Frayne

Angela Genge

Lawrence Korngut