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Faculty

Our program faculty offer high-quality research mentorship and are in charge of the following activities.

Year 1 Basic Medical Sciences/Clinical Medical Sciences
Year 2 Biomedical Sciences
Year 3-5 Research

All the program faculty will be involved in planning and running the IPBS program as committee members of the following committees.

The Committee for Academic Affairs
The Admission Committee
The Committee for International Affairs
The Committee for Academic-Industrial-Government Cooperation
The Committee for Public Affairs
The Committee for Internal Evaluation

Program Faculty

Osaka University

Yasushi Okamura, M.D., Ph.D.
Affiliation: Graduate School of Medicine, Division of Medicine
Position: Professor
Primary Research Interests: Integrative Physiology
Kiyoshi Takeda, M.D., Ph.D.
Affiliation: Graduate School of Medicine, Division of Medicine
Position: Professor
Primary Research Interests: Immune Regulation
Koji Nishida, M.D., Ph.D.
Affiliation: Graduate School of Medicine, Division of Medicine
Position: Professor
Primary Research Interests: Ophthalmology
Yasufumi Kaneda, M.D., Ph.D.
Affiliation: Graduate School of Medicine, Division of Medicine
Position: Vice-President
Primary Research Interests: Gene Therapy Science
Yoshiki Sawa , M.D., Ph.D.
Affiliation: Graduate School of Medicine, Division of Medicine
Position: Professor
Primary Research Interests: Cardiovascular Surgery
Atsushi Kumanogo, M.D., Ph.D.
Affiliation: Graduate School of Medicine, Division of Medicine
Position: Professor
Primary Research Interests: Respiratory Medicine, Allergy and Rheumatic Diseases
Akira Kikuchi, M.D., Ph.D.
Affiliation: Graduate School of Medicine, Division of Medicine
Position: Professor
Primary Research Interests: Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
Toshihide Yamashita, M.D., Ph.D.
Affiliation: Graduate School of Medicine, Division of Medicine
Position: Professor
Primary Research Interests: Molecular Neuroscience
Shoichi Shimada, M.D., Ph.D.
Affiliation: Graduate School of Medicine, Division of Medicine
Position: Professor
Primary Research Interests: Neuroscience and Cell Biology
Akihiro Harada, M.D., Ph.D.
Affiliation: Graduate School of Medicine, Division of Medicine
Position: Professor
Primary Research Interests: Cell Biology
Hideki Mochizuki, M.D., Ph.D.
Affiliation: Graduate School of Medicine, Division of Medicine
Position: Professor
Primary Research Interests: Neurology
Katsuto Tamai, Ph.D.
Affiliation: Graduate School of Medicine
Position: Endowed Chair Professor
Primary Research Interests: Regenerative Medicine, Dermatology
Toru Nakano, M.D., Ph.D.
Affiliation: Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Department of Frontier Biosciences
Position: Professor
Primary Research Interests: Stem Cell Pathology
Tamotsu Yoshimori, M.D., Ph.D.
Affiliation: Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Department of Frontier Biosciences
Position: Professor
Primary Research Interests: Genetics
Masaru Ishii, M.D., Ph.D.
Affiliation:Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Department of Frontier Biosciences
Position: Professor
Primary Research Interests: Immune Cellular Dynamics
Mitsuru Akashi, Ph.D.
Affiliation: Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences
Position: Specially Appointed Professor
Primary Research Interests: Polymer Chemistry and Biomaterials
Shizuo Akira, M.D., Ph.D.
Affiliation: Immunology Frontire Research Center
Position: Specially Appointed Professor
Primary Research Interests: Host Defense
Shimon Sakaguchi, M.D., Ph.D.
Affiliation: Immunology Frontire Research Center
Position: Specially Appointed Professor
Primary Research Interests: Experimental Immunology
Tomohiro Kurosaki, M.D., Ph.D.
Affiliation: Immunology Frontire Research Center
Position: Specially Appointed Professor
Primary Research Interests: Lymphocyte Differentiation
Hitoshi Kikutani, M.D., Ph.D.
Affiliation: Immunology Frontire Research Center
Position: Professor
Primary Research Interests: Molecular Immunology
Hisashi Arase, M.D., Ph.D.
Affiliation: Research Institute for Microbial Diseases
Position: Professor
Primary Research Interests: Immunochemistry
Standley Daron, Ph.D.
Affiliation: Research Institute for Microbial Diseases
Position: Professor
Primary Research Interests: System Immunology
Taroh Kinoshita, M.D., Ph.D.
Affiliation: Research Institute for Microbial Diseases
Position: Professor
Primary Research Interests: Immunoglycobiology
Coban Cevayir, M.D.
Affiliation: Immunology Frontire Research Center
Position: Specially Appointed Professor
Primary Research Interests: Innate Immunity
Toru Tobe, Ph.D.
Affiliation: Graduate School of Medicine, Division of Health Sciences
Position: Professor
Primary Research Interests: Bacteriology, Molecular Biology
Eiji Miyoshi, M.D., Ph.D.
Affiliation: Graduate School of Medicine, Division of Health Sciences
Position: Professor
Primary Research Interests: Biochemistry, Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Glycobiology
Haruo Sugiyama, M.D., Ph.D.
Affiliation: Graduate School of Medicine, Division of Health Sciences
Position: Specially Appointed Professor
Primary Research Interests: Tumor Immunology
Shinya Murakami, D.D.S., Ph.D.
Affiliation: Graduate School of Dentistry, Course for Oral Sciences
Position: Professor
Primary Research Interests: Periodontology
Satoru Toyosawa, D.D.S., Ph.D.
Affiliation: Graduate School of Dentistry, Course for Oral Sciences
Position: Professor
Primary Research Interests: Oral Pathology
Takeshi Noda, Ph.D.
Affiliation: Graduate School of Dentistry, Center for Frontier Oral Science
Position: Professor
Primary Research Interests: Cell Biology
Masato Okada, Ph.D.
Affiliation: Research Institute for Microbial Diseases
Position: Professor
Primary Research Interests: Cancer Biology
Junichi Takagi, Ph.D.
Affiliation: Institute for Protein Research
Position: Professor
Primary Research Interests: Structural Biology
Atsushi Nakagawa, D.Sc.
Affiliation: Institute for Protein Research
Position: Professor
Primary Research Interests: Synchrotron Radiation Structural Biology
Kunio Awazu, Ph.D., Dr. Med.
Affiliation: Graduate School of Engineering Sustainable Energy and Environmental Engineering
Position: Professor
Primary Research Interests: Biomedical Optics
Kazuya Kikuchi, Ph.D.
Affiliation: Graduate School of Engineering, Advanced Science and Biotechnology
Position: Professor
Primary Research Interests: Chemical Biology
Keisuke Uenishi, Ph.D.
Affiliation: Graduate School of Engineering, Department of Management of Industry
 and Technology
Position: Professor
Primary Research Interests: Intelligent Material Processing
Yasuo Tsutsumi, Ph.D.
Affiliation: Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Advanced Pharmaco-science
Position: Professor
Primary Research Interests: Toxicology
Hiroyuki Mizuguchi, PharmD, Ph.D.
Affiliation: Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Advanced Pharmaco-science
Position: Professor
Primary Research Interests: Molecular Biology
Tsuyoshi Inoue, Ph.D.
Affiliation: Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Advanced Pharmaco-science
Position: Professor
Primary Research Interests: Structural Biological Chemistry
Yasushi Fujio, M.D., Ph.D.
Affiliation: Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Medical Pharmacy
Position: Professor
Primary Research Interests: Cardiology
Hitoshi Hashimoto, PharmD, Ph.D.
Affiliation: Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Medical Pharmacy
Position: Professor
Primary Research Interests: Neuropeptide, PACAP, Gene Targeting, Stem Cell, Psychomotor Function
Mayumi Ishikawa, M.A.
Affiliation: Center for Global Initiatives
Position: Professor
Primary Research Interests: Social Anthropology

Industry and Research Institutes

Yoshihiro Yoneda, M.D., Ph.D.
Affiliation: National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition
Interest: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Yoshifumi Fukunishi, Ph.D.
Affiliation: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Primary Research Interests: Computational Chemistry
Toshiyuki Nakanishi, Ph.D.
Affiliation: Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd.
Primary Research Interests: Gnetics
Kunihiro Hattori, Ph.D.
Affiliation: Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Primary Research Interests: Drug Discovery
Takahisa Sugita, Ph.D.
Affiliation: Mitsubisi Tanabe Pharma Corporation
Primary Research Interests: Immunology, inflammation
Tsuneaki Sakata, Ph.D.
Affiliation: Shionogi & Co., Ltd.
Primary Research Interests: Molecular Biology, Pharma-Innovation
Hiroaki Kasukawa, Ph.D.
Affiliation: TERUMO Corporation
Primary Research Interests: Molecular Biology, Pharmaceutical Sciences
Toshiya Naka, M.A.
Affiliation: Panasonic Corporation
Primary Research Interests: Promotion for Business-Academia Cooperation
Daisuke Kajihara, Ph.D.
Affiliation: GE Healthcare Japan
Primary Research Interests: Organic Chemistry, Intermolecular Interaction

Other universities

Masaaki Murakami, D.V.M, Ph.D.
Affiliation: Hokkaido University
Primary Research Interests: Developmental Immunology
Ken Ishii, M.D., Ph.D.
Affiliation: Tokyo University
Primary Research Interests: Immunology, Vaccinilogy. Clinical Trials, Regulatory Science
Tomoyuki Takura, Ph.D.
Affiliation: Tokyo University
Primary Research Interests: Health Economics, Medical Assessment, Healthcare Administration