Daichi Shimbo, MD

As the Directors of the Columbia Hypertension Center and the Translational Laboratory at the Center for Behavioral Cardiovascular Health, I conduct translational research into the behavioral, psychosocial, and biological mechanisms that underlie hypertension and cardiovascular disease (CVD). I have expertise in clinic blood pressure (BP) measurement, ambulatory BP monitoring (ABPM), and home BP monitoring (HBPM); and the characterization of several BP phenotypic measures including those that represent a clinic-out-of-clinic hypertension mismatch (white coat hypertension and masked hypertension). Further, I have expertise in uncontrolled and treatment resistant hypertension and in BP variability. In addition to hypertension, I have expertise how pathways that underlie atherosclerosis and CVD risk relate to negative emotions and stress. This research primarily relies on laboratory procedures to assess the link between negative emotions and stress and CVD risk. Overall, I have expertise in both clinical and translational research.

I am the Director of the TRANSFORM (Training and Nurturing Scholars for Research that Is Multidisciplinary) Resource of the Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC) Clinical and Translational Research Award (CTSA). TRANSFORM is the Irving Institute’s training and educational resource for scientist and allied research personnel scholars. I am also the Associate Director of the Irving Institute, and co-leader of the workforce development (WFD) initiative at the Irving Institute. Since 2003, I have mentored approximately 40 early career scholars including students, residents/fellows, and junior faculty members, many of whom are pursuing an academic career in clinical and translational research