Yusuke Shono

Yusuke Shono is an assistant professor in the School of Community and Global Health (SCGH) at Claremont Graduate University. Prior to joining the SCGH faculty, Shono held the following positions: research assistant professor in the Department of Medical Social Sciences at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, research scientist at Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah, NIAAA postdoctoral fellowship in alcohol research at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle, and research statistician at the Hawai`i State Department of Health. He received his PhD in Health Promotion Sciences with a concentration in neurocognitive sciences from Claremont Graduate University and his MA in Psychology (experimental cognition) from the City University of New York.

Shono’s broad research interests center around the intersection of neurocognitive science, health behaviors, and cognitive and health outcomes. His primary research seeks to understand different classes of cognitive processes (e.g., implicit cognition, memory, executive functions) and their relations to health behaviors (e.g., substance use, risky sex, physical activity) and health outcomes (e.g., mild cognitive impairment, dementia, physical functioning, depression). Another area of his research focus is applied psychometric investigations using classical and modern test theory to better address and understand measurement and psychometric issues pertaining to measures of cognition and health behaviors and outcomes. As a senior data analyst, consultant statistician, and co-investigator, he has provided analytic, psychometric, and methodological support on numerous NIAAA, NIDA, NIA, and NIMHD and other national and international research projects.

At CGU, Shono teaches applied statistics and research methodology classes, provides statistical and methodological support and consultation to SCGH faculty and students, and serves as co-director of the Master of Science in Applied Biostatistics (MSAB) program.