Lab (EN)

Yuki Furukawa is a psychiatrist and clinical researcher specialized in evidence synthesis. He obtained his medical degree from Nagoya City University, completed his psychiatry training at the University of Tokyo and is a Board Certified Psychiatrist in Japan. He joined the EBMPP lab led by Prof. Stefan Leucht at Technical University of Munich from September 2024, and is currently working on several meta-analytic projects on pharmacotherapies for schizophrenia.

Top 3 Publications

  • Furukawa Y, Sakata M, Yamamoto R, et al. Components and Delivery Formats of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Chronic Insomnia in Adults: A Systematic Review and Component Network Meta-Analysis. JAMA Psychiatry. 2024;81(4):357-365. doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2023.5060
  • Furukawa Y, Imai K, Takahashi Y, Efthimiou O, Leucht S. Comparative Efficacy and Acceptability of Treatment Strategies for Antipsychotic-Induced Akathisia: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-analysis. Schizophr Bull. Published online June 13, 2024. doi:10.1093/schbul/sbae098
  • Furukawa Y, Luo Y, Funada S, et al. Optimal duration of antibiotic treatment for community-acquired pneumonia in adults: a systematic review and duration-effect meta-analysis. BMJ Open. 2023;13(3):e061023. Published 2023 Mar 22. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2022-061023

See Google Scholar for other publications.

Projects

Schizophrenia

Yuki is working on several meta-analysitc researches on schizophrenia at the EBMPP lab.

  • Sex differences in the efficacy and tolerability of antipsychotics in people with schizophrenia: an individual-participant-data, dose-response, network meta-analysis https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/view/CRD420251022957
  • Pharmacological, psychological and non-invasive brain stimulation treatments for antipsychotic resistant schizophrenia: a protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis https://osf.io/wcs5d/

Insomnia

Yuki is involved in the living systematic review project of psychotherapies (i.e., CBT-I) for chronic insomnia in collaboration with the Metapsy.