Yusuke Shiozawa

Yusuke Shiozawa, MD, PhD is a faculty member at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, leading the Shiozawa Lab within the Comprehensive Cancer Center. His research focuses on bone metastasis, chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy, and the gut-bone axis in prostate cancer.

• Education: MD (2000) and PhD (2006) from Juntendo University.
• Key Research: Mechanisms of cancer-induced bone pain, microbiome interactions with bone metastasis, and neuroimmune contributions to chemotherapy side effects.
• Labs: Shiozawa Lab investigates bone marrow microenvironment regulation of metastatic progression.

His publications highlight gut microbiome influence on bone metastasis, exosome-mediated signaling, and immunotherapy strategies for metastatic prostate cancer. He contributes to the Cancer Biology PhD program and collaborates on clinical translation projects.