Email

olaoluwa.okusaga@bcm.edu

Positions

Associate Professor

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX, United States

Staff Psychiatrist

Michael E DeBakey VA Medical Center
Houston, Texas, United States

Education

MBChB from Ogun State University

10/1999 - Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, Nigeria

MPH from University of Edinburgh

12/2008 - Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Residency at Saint Elizabeths Hospital

06/2012 - Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Certifications

Board Certified

#65408

American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Professional Interests

• Schizophrenia Research
• Psychoneuroimmunology
• Psychopharmacology

Professional Statement

Selected Publications

• Okusaga O, Yolken RH, Langenberg P, Lapidus M, Arling TA, Dickerson FB, Scrandis DA, Severance E, Cabassa JA, Balis T, Postolache TT. " Association of seropositivity for influenza and coronaviruses with history of mood disorders and suicide attempts. " J Affect Disord. 2011 Apr ; 130 (1-2) : 220-5.
  Pubmed PMID: 21030090.
• Boozalis T, Teixeira AL, Cho RY, Okusaga O.. " C-Reactive Protein Correlates with Negative Symptoms in Patients with Schizophrenia. " Front Public Health. 2018 Jan ; 22 (5)
  Pubmed PMID: 29404313.
• Okusaga O, Duncan E, Langenberg P, Brundin L, Fuchs D, Groer MW, Giegling I, Stearns-Yoder KA, Hartmann AM, Konte B, Friedl M, Brenner LA, Lowry CA, Rujescu D, Postolache TT.. " Combined Toxoplasma gondii seropositivity and high blood kynurenine--Linked with nonfatal suicidal self-directed violence in patients with schizophrenia. " J Psychiatr Res. 2016 Jan ; 72 : 74-81.
  Pubmed PMID: 26594873.
• Boozalis T, Devaraj S, Okusaga OO. " Correlations between Body Mass Index, Plasma High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein and Lipids in Patients with Schizophrenia. " Psychiatr Q. 2019 Mar ; 90 (1) : 101-110.
  Pubmed PMID: 30315442.
• Xiu MH, Yang GG, Tan YL, Chen DC, Tan SP, Wang ZR, Yang FD, Okusaga O, Soares JC, Zhang XY. " Decreased interleukin-10 serum levels in first-episode drug-naïve schizophrenia: relationship to psychopathology. " Schizophr Res. 2014 Apr ; 156 (1) : 9-14.
  Pubmed PMID: 24766914.
• Okusaga O, Yolken RH, Langenberg P, Sleemi A, Kelly DL, Vaswani D, Giegling I, Hartmann AM, Konte B, Friedl M, Mohyuddin F, Groer MW, Rujescu D, Postolache TT. " Elevated gliadin antibody levels in individuals with schizophrenia " World J Biol Psychiatry. 2013 Sep ; 14 (7) : 509-15.
  Pubmed PMID: 23282016.
• Okusaga O, Muravitskaja O, Fuchs D, Ashraf A, Hinman S, Giegling I, Hartmann AM, Konte B, Friedl M, Schiffman J, Hong E, Reeves G, Groer M, Dantzer R, Rujescu D, Postolache TT. " Elevated levels of plasma phenylalanine in schizophrenia: a guanosine triphosphate cyclohydrolase-1 metabolic pathway abnormality? " PLoS One. 2014 Jan ; 9 (1)
  Pubmed PMID: 24465804.
• Deng H, Kahlon RS, Mohite S, Amin PA, Zunta-Soares G, Colpo GD, Stertz L, Fries GR, Walss-Bass C, Soares JC, Okusaga OO.. " Elevated Plasma S100B, Psychotic Symptoms, and Cognition in Schizophrenia. Psychiatr Q. " Psychiatr Q.. 2018 Mar ; 89 (1) : 53-60.
  Pubmed PMID: 28435992.
• Tangu K, Ifeanyi A, Velusamy M, Dar S, Shah N, Ezeobele IE, Okusaga OO.. " Knowledge and Attitude Towards Pharmacological Management of Acute Agitation: A Survey of Psychiatrists, Psychiatry Residents, and Psychiatric Nurses " Acad Psychiatry. 2017 Jun ; 41 (3) : 333-336.
  Pubmed PMID: 27943131.
• Okusaga O, Fuchs D, Reeves G, Giegling I, Hartmann AM, Konte B, Friedl M, Groer M, Cook TB, Stearns-Yoder KA, Pandey JP, Kelly DL, Hoisington AJ, Lowry CA, Eaton WW, Brenner LA, Rujescu D, Postolache TT.. " Kynurenine and Tryptophan Levels in Patients With Schizophrenia and Elevated Antigliadin Immunoglobulin G Antibodies " Psychosom Med. 2016 Oct ; 78 (8) : 931-939.
  Pubmed PMID: 27359171.
• Okusaga O, Hamilton RG, Can A, Igbide A, Giegling I, Hartmann AM, Konte B, Friedl M, Reeves GM, Rujescu D, Postolache TT.. " Phadiatop Seropositivity in Schizophrenia Patients and Controls: A Preliminary Study. " AIMS Public Health. 2015 Jun ; 1 (2) : 43-50.
  Pubmed PMID: 25346942.
• Mohite S, Yang F, Amin PA, Zunta-Soares G, Colpo GD, Stertz L, Sharma AN, Fries GR, Walss-Bass C, Soares JC, Okusaga OO.. " Plasma soluble L-selectin in medicated patients with schizophrenia and healthy controls " PLoS One. 2017 Mar ; 12 (3)
  Pubmed PMID: 28334045.
• Okusaga O, Langenberg P, Sleemi A, Vaswani D, Giegling I, Hartmann AM, Konte B, Friedl M, Groer MW, Yolken RH, Rujescu D, Postolache TT. " Toxoplasma gondii antibody titers and history of suicide attempts in patients with schizophrenia. " Schizophr Res. 2011 Dec ; 133 (1-3) : 150-5.
  Pubmed PMID: 21890329.

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Memberships

American Psychiatric Association

Society of Biological Psychiatry

American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology

Member (07/2010)

Funding

MEDVAMC Seed Award

$50,000.00   (10/01/2020 - 09/30/2021)

Grant funding from Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center

Antipsychotic-Induced Metabolic Syndrome (AIMS) in Schizophrenia: A Preliminary In Vitro Study of Alpha Lipoic Acid/Acetyl-L-Carnitine