Curriculum Vitae
Name: Noriko, OSUMI, DDS, PhD
Present position:
Professor, Department of Developmental Neuroscience
Chair, Center for Neuroscience
Director, United Centers for Advanced Research &Translational Medicine (ART)
Tohoku University School of Medicine
Academic and Professional Career
1979-1985
School of Dentistry, Tokyo Medical & Dental University
1985-1989
Graduate School of Dentistry, Tokyo Medical & Dental
University
1989-1996
ResearchAssociate,
DepartmentofCraniofacial
Morphogenesis & Anomalies, Tokyo Medical & Dental
University
1996-1998
Associate Professor, National Institute of Neuroscience,
National Center of Neurology & Psychiatry
1998Present position
2007Special Advisor for Gender Equality (Tohoku University)
2007Member of Science Council of Japan
2008-2011
Distinguished Professor (Tohoku University)
2010-2011
Visiting Professor, MCB, Harvard University
2011Director of Core Center for Neuroscience
2012TWAS Associate Member
2014Associate Member of Science Council of Japan
2015Director of United Centers for Advanced Research &Translational Medicine
Award1985
1992
2006

Nagao Award from School of Dentistry, Tokyo Medical &Dental University (for the top student on graduation)
Hatton Travel Award from International Association for Dental
Research for the 70th General Session of the IADRNISTEP Award from MEXTCommittees (only selected):
President, the Molecular Biology Society of Japan
Organizing Member, The Japan Neuroscience SocietyOrganizing Member, Japanese Society for Cell Biology
Editorial Board, Journal of Anatomy
Editorial Board, Genes to Cells
Editorial Board, Neuroscience Research
Editorial Board, Development Growth & Differentiation
Member, Peer Review Committee for Governmental Grants (MEXT)
Member, Advisory Committee for Life Science (MEXT)
Member, Committee for Ethical Problems in Human ES Cells
Member, Committee for Institute for Frontiers Medical Science, Kyoto
University
Advisor for WPI-iCeMS at Kyoto University
Evaluation Committee Member for WPI-IIIS at Tsukuba University

Biosketch
Prof. Osumi has graduated Tokyo Medical and Dental University, been given PhDthesis from the same university, and now is a professor of Tohoku University
School of Medicine since 1998. She was one of the 25 Distinguished Professors
in Tohoku University from 2008 to 2011. Her research interest covers broad areas
such as pre- and postnatal development of the brain, sensory organs, andcraniofacial region, and behavior of animals as models of psychiatric diseases.
More recently, she eagers to understand regulatory mechanisms fortransgenerational effects of paternal aging in regard with offspring’s behavior.
Manipulating embryos and imaging brain cells are expertise of her lab. She isappointed in various governmental committees such as ethical issues, grantsystem development, and career paths for young scientists. She was also chosen
as a youngest member of Japanese Council Japan in 2005 and served for 9years. She has become Associate Fellow of TWAS (The World Academy ofScience) since 2012. She has translated three books into Japanese: EssentialDevelopmental Biology by Jonathan Slack, The Birth of the Mind by Gary Marcus,
and Why Aren’t More Women in Science? edited by Dr. Stephan Ceci. She was arepresentative of CREST project (2005-2010) supported by JST and Global COEproject (2007-2012) supported by MEXT.