Major Study Themes of Faculty(As of March 2023)
Department / Centre

Division / Unit

Title
Professor

Name
MERA Yutaka

Major Study Themes
1. Study on nanomaterials, nanostructures and surfaces
2. Development of nano-spectroscopy
3. Medical application of nanotechnology
1. Research for optical properties of nano-,bio-materials

Division of Physics
Associate
Professor

NARUSE Nobuyasu

2. Research for material science using diffraction, microscopy, and spectroscopy
3. Physics research contributing to environmental science, agriculture, disasterprevention, and medical science
4. Research for science education
1. Development of medical materials based on supramolecular chemistry

Department ofDivision of Chemistry

Professor

FURUSHO Yoshio

Fundamental Biosciences

2. Construction of soft materials utilizing formation of organic salt bridges driven byhydrogen bonding
3. Construction of molecular assembly through hierarchical organization of biomolecules

Professor

HIRATA Takako

1. Molecular basis of immune cell trafficking
2. Control of lymphocyte migration to the skin and mucosa
3. Immune regulation by cytoskeleton-associated proteins

Division of Biology

1. Immunometabolism and redox signaling in autoimmunity
Associate
Professor

SATOOKA Hiroki

2. The mechanism of CD8+ regulatory T cell differentiation and the application of CD8+
regulatory T cell for autoimmune disease treatment.
3. Non-lymphoid tissue-specific immune regulation

Division of Mathematics

Division of Psychology
Department of Culture andMedicine

Associate
Professor
Associate
Professor

KAWAKITA Motoko

KOJIMA Takatsugu

1. Algebraic curves with many rational points
1. Spatial cognition and language understanding
2. Affective information processing
3. Non-verbal cognition

Division of English

Professor

KATO Yutaka

Division of Cultural Anthropology

Professor

KANESHIGE Tsutomu

1. International comparative research on bioethics
2. Research on medical and nursing English education
1. Anthropological studies on ethnic minorities of P.R.China
2. Anthropological studies on Fengshui
3. Anthropological studies on merit and merit-making
1. Analysis of the function of the brain phospholipid to the behavior

Professor

UDAGAWA Jun

Division of Anatomy and Cell Biology
SpecialUCHIMURA Yasuhiro

Associate
Professor(developmental origins of health and disease) hypothesis

KATSUYAMA Yu

1. Analysis of brain morphogenesis
2. Analysis of mechanisms of maintenance and differentiation of the stem cells
3. Analysis of model animals of psychiatric diseases.

Associate
Professor

Division of Integrative Physiology

1. Elucidation of the molecular mechanisms underpinning DOHaD
2. Elucidation of the function of the genes involved in the onset of sarcopenia

Division of Neuroanatomy

Department of Physiology

in utero environment
3. Study on the relationship between hand structure and grasping function

Contract
Department of Anatomy

2. Analysis of the pathogenesis of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease related toProfessor

KANEDA Hayato

1. Stem cell aging and tissue homeostasis
2. Search for biomarkers of age-related diseases
3. Brain morphogenesis

HITOSHI Seiji

1. Analysis of the generation,maintenance,and differentiation of neural stem cells
2. Development of regenerative therapy strategy for the damaged central nervous system
3. Understanding the pathogenesis of psychiatry diseases

Division of Molecular Physiological
Chemistry
Department ofProfessor

Biology
Division of Molecular Medical
Biochemistry

Professor
Associate

Professor
Associate
Professor
Department of Pathology

Division of Pathogenesis and Disease
Regulation

2. Regulation of gene expression and cancer development by chromosome dynamics

TERADA Koji

OGITA Hisakazu

1. Molecular mechanism of antigen receptor gene rearrangement in lymphocytes
2. Gene-reglation for lymphocyte development
1. Signal transduction reseach and genetic analysis in the field of cancer biology andcardiovascular diseases
2. Molecular mechanism of cell adhesion

Professor

Division of Human Pathology

1. Epigenetic regulation of gene expression and cancer development
3. Regeneration of cancer specific T cells from iPS cells

Associate
Professor

Biochemistry and Molecular

AGATA Yasutoshi

Professor

SATO Akira
KUSHIMA Ryoji
NAKAYAMA Takahisa

ITOH Yasushi

1. Signal transduction and cell-cell communication in cancer and inflammatory diseases.
2. Adult diseases triggered by aberrant regulation of Wnt signaling.
1. Gastrointestinal pathology
2. Diagnostic pathology
1. Study on the progression potential of non-invasive cancer of gastrointestinal tract
2. Research on antitumor therapy based on synthetic lethality
1. Development of vaccines and therapeutic agents against influenza virus
2. Research on genetic diseases and aging using a non-human primate model
3. Analysis of immune responses using cynomolgus macaques

Associate
Professor

Division of Microbiology and Infectious

Associate

DiseasesProfessor
Professor

ISHIGAKI Hirohito
TANBE Yukihiro

NISHI Eiichiro

1. Immunology with using a primate model especially for tumor, transplantation, andinfectious disease
1. Physiological function(s) of cancer-related genes.
2. Search for novel anti-tumor compounds.
1. Molecular mechanism and pathophysiological role of ectodomain shedding
2. Regulatory role of transcriptional coregulator in metabolism
3. Role of metallopeptidases in cardiovascular disease, cancer and inflammatory diseases

Department ofPharmacology

1. Molecular mechanism and pathophysiological roles of heart rate control by the－
Associate
Professor

OHNO Mikiko

multifunctional protease.
2. Usefulness of the novel biomarker for the early detection of ACS
3. Regulatory role of protease in megakaryocyte maturation and platelet production
4. Role of metalloprotease in Alzheimer’s disease1. Prevention of Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders

SpecialDivision of Occupational andContract

Environmental Health

Associate

KITAHARA Teruyo

Populations

Department of Social
Professor

3. Support for Balancing Treatment and Work
4. Social Barriers and Health of People with Disabilities or Information Vulnerable

Professor
Medicine

2. Health and Safety of Persons with Disabilities (Prevention of secondary disorders)

HITOSUGI Masahito

1. Amalysis of traffic injuries
2. Pathophysiological analysis for sudden death cases due to thrombosis
3. Preventive medicine for deaths of external causes

Division of Legal Medicine
Associate
Professor

Professor

NAKAMURA Mami

1. Forensic Toxicology, clinical toxicology, physiology of abuse drugs
2. Virtopsy, postmortem computed tomography
3. Out-of-hospital death by infectious disease including COVID-19

NAKAGAWA Yoshihisa

1. Coronary reconstruction in ischemic heart disease
2. Primary and secondary prevention for atherosclerosis
3. Optimal antithrombotic therapy

Division of Cardiovascular Medicine

Associate
Professor
Associate
Professor
Professor

Division of Respiratory Medicine

Associate
Professor
Professor

OZAWA Tomoya

SAKAI Hiroshi(To be decided)
1. Elucidation of the pathophysiology of heart failure
2. Research on diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary hypertension
3. Research on diagnosis and treatment of cardiac amyloidosis

NAKANO Yasutaka
YAMAGUCHI Masafumi

ANDOH Akira

1. Structure and function relationship of the lung
2. Structure and function relationship of respiratory diseases
1. Research on the pathophysiology of severe asthma
2. Study on the pathophysiology and treatment of chronic intractable cough1. Mucosal immunology
2. Gut microbiota
3. Cytokine network

Division of Gastroenterology

Associate
Professor
Associate
Professor

INATOMI Osamu

NISHIDA Atsushi

Division of Hematology

Professor

2. New development of endoscopic device in ERCP
1. Mucosal immunity in inflammatory bowel disease
2. The gut microbiota in inflammatory bowel disease
3. Cytokine network in inflammatory bowel diesase

Department of Internal
Medicine

1. Pancreatic fibrosis in pancreatic cancer and chronic pancreatitis

MURATA Makoto

1. Mechanism of immune response after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
2. Prognostic factor for hematological diseases
3. Development of novel cellular therapy

Professor

KUME Shinji

2. Pathogenesis of chronic kidney disease
3. Renal energy metabolism

Division of Diabetology, Endocrinology
and Nephrology

1. Pathogenesis of diabetic nephropathy

1. Pathophysiology of Type 2 diabetes
Associate
Professor

FUJITA Yukihiro

2. Roles of the gut in glucose metabolism, including incretin biology
3. Pathophysiology of alpha cells in pancreatic islets
4. Cohort studies on diabetic complications
1. Molecular targeted therapy for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Professor

URUSHITANI Makoto

2. Cell biological analysis of neurodegenerative diseases
3. Noninvasive diagnosis of neurological diseases
4. Molecular pathology of cerebrovascular diseases
5. Functional brain image analysis of Nerve rehabilitation

Division of Neurology

1. Engineering the novel molecular therapies with cell and tissue specific targeting
Associate
Professor

TERASHIMA Tomoya

2. Application to the regenerative therapies with reprograming of bone marrow-derived
cells
3. Analysis of the relation between bone marrow-derived cells and neurological diseases

Associate
Professor
Professor

YAMAKAWA Isamu

MARUO Yoshihiro

1. Electrodiagnosis in clinical neurology
2. Neurorehabilitation and Brain functional image
1. Molecular genetic analysis of hereditary unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia
2. Polymorphism of UDP-glucuronyltransferase and drug metabolism
3. Genetic analysis of congenital hypothyroidism

Associate
Department of Pediatrics－

Professor
Associate
Professor
Associate
Professor
Professor

TAGA Takashi

SAWAI Toshihiro

OZEKI Yuji

KADOTANI Hiroshi

Professor
Department of Psychiatry－

Associate
Professor

1. Study on diagnosis and treatment of the atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome
2. Elucidation of the disease mechanism of C3 glomerulopathy
3. Research on factors involved in complement dysregulation

YANAGI Takahide

SpecialContract

1. Clinical study for developing therapeutic approach of pediatric leukemia

1. Genetic back ground of prolonged hyperbilirubinemia in preterm infants
2. Genetic back ground of bilirubin encephalopathy in preterm infants
1. Etiology and pathophysiology of schizophrenia
2. Cardiovascular adverse effect by psychotropics
1. Clinical research on sleep disorders
2. Epidemiological research on sleep and mental health
3. Development and evaluation of wearable devices to analyze sleep

FUJII Kumiko

1. Etiology and pathophysiology of schizophrenia.
2. Mental illness with involuntary movemen.
3. Clinical studies of pregnant women with mental illness
1. Establishing novel biomarkers for post-operative delirium on elderly patients

Associate
Professor

YOSHIMURA Atsushi

2. Investigation for decreased quality of life and social function caused by sleep disorder
3. A retrospective observational study associated with electroconvulsive therapy bymultiple facilities

Professor

FUJIMOTO Noriki

1. Analysis of regulatory B cells on autoimmune diseases
2. Investigation for the treatment of cutaneous mailgnant tumors
3. Gene editing for treatment of epidermolysis bullosa

Department of Dermatology－

Associate
Professor
Associate
Professor

KATO Takeshi

1. Research in treatment of hair disease
2. Research in treatment of malignant skin tumor
1. Research for diagnosis and treatment of allergic skin diseases

TAKAHASHI Toshifumi 2. Research for detecting the genomes of pathogens in infectious skin diseases
3. Research for the pathogenesis and treatment of genetic skin diseases

1. Clinical study for the prevention of post operative complications in pancreatectomy
2. Development of immunotherapies for gastrointestinal diseases
Professor

TANI Masaji

3. Study of the pancreatic function
4. Evaluation of mechanisms for the metastasis
5. Study of the intervention for surgical skill

Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery, andBreast, Pediatric, and General Surgery

6. Interaction between cancer cells and fibroblasts
Associate
Professor
Associate
Professor

MIYAKE Tohru

1. Study for Cancer fibrosis.
2. Study for Cancer metastasis.
3. Study for peri operatire management in Colorectal Surgery.

YAMAGUCHI Tsuyosi

1. Research on efficacy and safety of bariatric and metabolic surgery
2. Research on upper gastrointestinal surgery
3. Research on efficacy and safety of treatment of peptic ulcer
1. Long term outcome of total arterial off-pump CABG

Professor

SUZUKI Tomoaki

Department of Surgery

2. The outcome of total arch replacement under mild hypothermia
3. Technical aspect or long-term durability of mitral valve repair
4. Type A aortic surgery: optimal procedure or long-term remodeling
1. Minimally invasive surgery with VATS for chest diseases
2. A study of the operation method for lung cancer

Associate
Professor

HANAOKA Jun

3. da Vinch® robotic surgery in general thoracic surgery
4. A study of the identification technique of the interlobar/intersegmental plane
5. Evaluation of pulmonary function before and after lay resection using dynamic X-ray

Division of Cardiovascular Surgery andapparatus

Thoracic Surgery

1. Uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for non-small cell lung cancer
Associate
Professor

OSHIO Yasuhiko

2. Surgical navigation system for non-small cell lung cancer
3. 8K endoscopic system for thoracic surgery
4. New method to detect and repair intraoperative pulmonary air leakage
5. Antitumor immune response and tumor microenvironment
1. Study of long-term outcome of thoracic aortic aneurysm

Associate
Professor

TAKASHIMA Noriyuki

2. Surgical examination and long-term prognosis study for acute aortic dissection
3. Examination of arterial wall extensibility and clinical application
4. Study of surgical procedure and long-term outcome of aortic stenosis

Professor

IMAI Shinji

1. Improvement of clinical output in arthroscopic shoulder surgery
2. Improvement of clinical output in shoulder arthroplasty
3. Regenerative medicine for injures of articular cartilage and spinal cord

Associate
Department of Orthopaedic
Surgery

Professor

MORI Kanji

1. Research for the ossification of the spinal ligaments
2. Research for the diagnosis and treatment for the disease with spine and spinal cord
3. Research for bone matabolism－

1. Improvement of clinical outcome in total knee arthroplasty
Associate
Professor

KUBO Mitsuhiko

2. Research for kinematics of total knee arthroplasty
3. Basic and clinical research for articular cartilage repair
4. Research for pain in osteoarthritis of the knee

Associate
Professor
Associate
Professor
Department of
Neurosurgery－

Associate
Professor
Associate
Professor

Professor

YAYAMA Takafumi

TSUJI Atsushi

1. Research for ossification process in patients with ossification of spiual ligament
2. Pathological analysis for hypertrophy of ligament tissue
1. Treatment and pathophysiology for ischemic cerebrovascular disease
2. Neuroendovascular treatment
3. Cerebral blood flow and metabolism

FUKAMI Tadateru

1. Research for the multidisciplinary treatment for glioma
2. Research for the safety and the risk of awake surgery
3. Research for the therapeutic indications about neuroendoscopic surgery

NITTA Naoki

1. Pathophysiology and treatment of mesial temporal lobe epilepsy
2. Analysis of neurophysiological examination
3. Pathophysiology and treatment of brain tumors

SHIMIZU Takeshi

1. Pathogenesis and regulation of upper airway inflammation
2. Mucus hypersecretion and goblet cell metaplasia
3. Immunology and allergy of upper airway

Associate
Professor

Department ofOtorhinolaryngology-Head－and Neck Surgery

Associate
Professor
Associate
Professor

OWAKI Shigehiro

KOHZAKI Hideaki

1. Diagnosis and treatment of voice disorder
2. Diagnosis and treatment of headandneck cancer
1. The mechanism and control of epithelial-derived airway allergic diseases
2. The pathophysiological analysis of eosinophilic chronic rhinosinusitis
3. The pathophysiological analysis of Japanese cedar pollen rhinitis

TOJIMA Ichiro

1. Study of eosinophilic inflammation in upper airway
2. The pathophysiological research in allergic rhinitis
3. Mucus production and its regulation in airway epithelium
1. Minimally invasive gynecologic surgery (hysteroscopic, laparoscopic, and robotic

Professor

MURAKAMI Takashi

surgery)
2. Endometriosis and adenomyosis
3. Reproductive endocrinology and infertility
1. Elucidation of pathophysiology and development of treatment and prevention methods

Department of Obstetrics
and Gynecology－

for cesarean scar syndrome
Associate
Professor

TSUJI Syunichiro

2. Elucidation of the pathogenesis and development of treatments for perinatal brain
disorders
3. Diagnosis and treatment of cesarean scar syndrome
4. The role of resident microglia to neonatal hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy

Associate
Professor
Associate
Professor
Department of Urology

KASAHARA Kyoko

JOHNIN Kazuyoshi

Professor

2. Osteoporosis in women
1. Surgery in pediatric urology (Reseach for plastic and laparoscopic surgery)
2. Reserch for voiding dysfunction in children
3. Application of MRI imaging in pediatric urology－
Associate

1. Women's healthcare

KAGEYAMA Susumu

1. Clinical research in robotic and laparoscopic surgery
2. Development of new anti-cancer drugs for urologic malignancy
3. Proteomics research in urologic oncology

1. Study for vitreoretinal pathogenesis and development of new approach in vitreoretinal
Professor

OHJI Masahito

surgery
2. Study for intraocular pharmacokinetics of cytokines
3. Study for pathogenesis in the rat of diabetes model mice

Department ofOphthalmology

Associate－

Professor
Associate
Professor
Associate
Professor
Professor

SAISHIN Yoshitsugu
SAWADA Osamu

KAKINOKI Masashi

1. Molecular biology of retina
2. Intraocular drug therapy
1. Pharmacokinetics of intravitreal agents
2. Treatment for diabetic macular edema
1. Pharmacokinetics of intravitreal agents.
2. Pharmacokinetics of intravitreal agents in macaque monkeys.
3. New technics of vitreoretinal surgery.

KITAGAWA Hirotoshi

1. Multimodal in vivo monitoring of ischemia reperfusion injury
2. Cardioprotection by anesthetic agents and opioids
1. Elucidation of molecular basis for the mechanisms underlying cardioprotective effect

Department ofAnesthesiology－of anesthetics, focused on Ca2+ transport proteins.
Associate
Professor

KOJIMA Akiko

2. Investigation of modulatory effects of anesthetics on cardiac pacemaker function.
3. Electrophysiological and molecular biological analyses for the interaction between
anesthetics and ion channels.
4. Investigation of modulatory effects of anesthetics on ionic mechanisms involved inarrhythmogenesis.
1. Study for pathophysiology of central nerves system disease and functional imaging

Professor

WATANABE Yoshiyuki

using MRI and CT.
2. Artificial intelligence for medical imaging.
3. Human fluid flow imaging using MRI.
1. Difference in tracheal diameter changes during deep breathing in a supine position
between restrictive ventilator impairment patients, obstructive ventilator impairment
patients and normal respiratory function patients using dynamic chest radiography

Associate
Professor
Department of Radiology

SONODA Akinaga

2. Difference in the pixel value change of lung field during deep breathing between
restrictive ventilator impairment patients, obstructive ventilator impairment patientsand normal pulmonary function patients using dynamic chest radiography－

3. The effect of botulinum toxin A injection into the perirenal arterial space to treat
hypertension
Associate
Professor

KONO Naoaki

1. Clinical research on radiation therapy for localized prostate cancer
2. A retrospective study of the safety and efficacy of multi-targeted stereotactic radiation
for metastatic brain tumors
1. Research on improving the image quality of ultra-high-resolution CT of the lungs using

Associate
Professor

KITAHARA Hitoshi

artificial intelligence
2. Efforts to improve the accuracy of diagnostic imaging in the musculoskeletal radiology
3. Efforts to improve the accuracy of diagnostic imaging in the pediatric radiology
4. Efforts to improve the accuracy of diagnostic imaging in the neuroradiology
1. Oral Cancer
2. Jaw Defomities and Cleft Palate

Associate
Professor
Department of Oral andMaxillofacial Surgery

YAMORI Masashi

3. Anti-resorptive Agents-related Osteonecrosis of theJaw
4. Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome
5. Periodontal Disease－

6. Dental Implant
1. Elucidation of the mechanism of exposed bone wound healing and development of
Associate
Professor

KOSHINUMA Shinya

new tissue regeneration and repair materials
2. Comprehensive analysis of oral flora
3. Elucidation of the relationship between maxillofacial morphology and sleep apnea
syndrome and various diseases
1. Clinical application of genetic medicine

Department of ClinicalLaboratory Medicine－

Associate
Professor

CHANO Tokuhiro

2. Analyzing the biological function RBICCI/FIP200
3. Inventing novel strategies for cancer treatment,applied with novel biomarkers
4. Drug development from targeting RAB39A

Diagnostic Pathology－

Associate
Professor

MORITANI Suzuko

1. Diagnostic pathology
2. Pathology of the breast and gynecological organs
1. Study on multimodal treatment of severe head injury

Professor
Department of Critical andIntensive Care Medicine－

SHIOMI Naoto

2. Clinical research on brain death and resuscitation
3. Construction of pre-hospital emergency medical care system
4. End of life care in the Emergency medical field

Associate
Professor
Associate
Professor

TSUJITA Yasuyuki

1. Study of cardiac dysfunction and arrhythmia under excessive stress
2. Study of septic organ dysfunction
3. Epidemiological study of cardiovascular shock

FUJINO Kazunori

1.Elucidation of the mechanism of multi-organ failure during invasion
1. Isolation and functional analysis of cancer-related genes.
2. Elucidation of molecular pathology of cancer by genomics and proteomics analysis.
3. Development of molecular targted drugs (small compounds, antibody,nucleic acid medicine)

Professor

DAIGO Yataro

Department of Medical
Oncology

Development and translational research of cancer vaccine andimmunomodulator drugs
4. Development of precision medicine and new cancer biomarkers through translational－

research.

（Cancer Center）

5. Establishment of biobank and scientific platform of supporting human biospecimen
analysis
1. Analysis of mechanisms and development of treatment for metastasis after surgery for
Associate
Professor

MURATA Satoshi

gastrointestinal cancer
2. Control over the perioperative tumor microenvironment in gastrointestinal cancers
3. Development of immune cell therapy for solid cancers
4. Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC)1. Medical diagnosis Avoiding diagnostic errors
Professor

SUGIMOTO Toshiro

2. Rural medicine
3. Clinical electrolyte acid-base abnormalities electrolyte; acid-base abnormalities
4. Development of continuing professional development using ICT

Associate
Professor

Department ofComprehensive Internal

OHNISHI Masato

Associate
Professor
Associate
Professor
Associate
Professor

2. Diagnosis and therapy of hypertension in primary care
3. Simulation-based instruction in healthcare professionals－

Medicine

1. Pathophysiology and therapy of chronic heart failure

ITOH Akihiko

1. Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy and management of that patient.
2. Indication and complications of enteral nutrition.
3. Nutritional support team management and multi-occupation collaboration.

MAENO Yasuhiro
WADA Hiroshi

1. Development of effective regional cooperation for medical care of the diabetic patients
2. Development of effective educational techniques for the diabetic or pre-diabetic people
1. Research for the efficacy of regional cooperation in respiratory medicine examination.
2. Clinical examination of obstructive pulmonary disease.
1. Multimodality therapy for colorectal cancer

Professor

MEKATA Eiji

2. Development of the resin of the surgical instrument
3. Anticancer drug sensitivity test
4. Oncology (disease state, therapy and community cooperation)

Department ofComprehensive Surgery

Associate－

Professor
Associate
Professor
Associate
Professor

Department of Plastic andReconstructive Surgery

Endoscopy－－

Associate
Professor

Professor
Associate

Blood Service

Biomedical Engineering

Professor

Associate

Blood Purification

Medical Informatics andAssociate

Professor－

Associate
Professor

Professor
Pharmacy

Professor

Professor－

Medicinefor Physicians

2. Development of microwave surgical device
3. Clinical study of the operation method for pancreas

KITAMURA Naomi

OKANO Junko

1. Development of new endotoxin measurement method.
2. Postoperative analgesic effect for laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
1. Establishment of a novel scaffold which leads to the regeneration of heterogenous
tissues in deep wounds
2. Development of bacteriophage therapy for multi-antibiotic-resistant bacteria

BANBA Shigeki

1. Indirect calorimetry
2. Energy consumption and cytokines
3. Nutritional therapy in inflammatory bowel diseases

KANASAKI Masami
MINAMIGUCHI Hitoshi

SUGIMOTO Yoshihisa

1. Blood purification
2. Mechanism of development of diabetic nephropathy
1. Phenotypic analysis of hematopoietic stem cell
2. Phenotypic analysis of leukemic stem cell
1. Medical electronics
2. Medical information system
3. Biomedical engineering for cardiology

MORITA Shin-ya

1. Research on lipid transporters and lipid metabolism
2. Development of methods for measuring lipids

IKEDA Yoshito

SHIMIZU Tomoharu

1. Research on lipid transporters
2.Research on metal transporters
1. Study of surgical stress
2. Development of new endotoxin measurement method

Associate
Professor

MANDAI Ryoichi

KODAMA Narihito

1. in-hospital emergency system
1. A study of bone and soft tissue tumors
2. Microsurgical approach for orthopedics and reconstructive surgery
3. A study of the idiopathic interosseous nerve palsy
1. A Recognition Investigation about Living Donor Transplantation.：Analysis of the freeCenter for Clinical

Clinical Education Center

1. Study of gastrointestinal surgical stress

3. Studies of treatment for colorectal cancer and inflammatory bowel diseases
Associate

Research and Advanced

AKABORI Hiroya－－

2. Clinical study of postoperative complication

3. Study of personalized medicine
Professor

Rehabilitation Section

1. Multimodality therapy for colorectal cancer
3. Development of the resin of the surgical instrument－
Associate

Medical Safety Section

OHTA Hiroyuki

Associate
Professor

KURATA Mayumi

description answer of the citizen by the Internet survey
2. Construction of the study entry applicant support system which utilized the Internet
3. Critical Review of Priority Relative-Offers in Revision of Organ Transplant Law

Professor

KAWASAKI Taku－
Professor

Department of Molecular Neuropathology

2. Epidemillogy of rheuamatoid arthritis
3. Locomotive rehabilitation

Associate

Basic Neuroscience Research Unit -1. Hip and knee arthroplasty

Professor

YAMAHARA Mako

NISHIMURA Masaki

1. Podocyte injury in diabetic kidney disease
2. Mechanism of progression of chronic kidney disease
1. Molecular neuropathology of Alzheimer's disease
2. Development of preemptive medicine for Alzheimer's disease
3. Neuroscience on the principle underlying memory-based behaviors
1. Study of the pathogenesis involved in neurodegenerative disorders and dementia

Professor

ISHIGAKI Shinsuke

Translational Research Unit Molecular Neuroscience

Department of Diagnostics andResearch Center

Therapeutics for Brain Diseases

2. Therapeutics development for neurodegenerative disorders and dementia by antisense
modulation
3. Development for novel biomarkers for neurodegenerative disorders and dementia by
behavioral test batteries and imaging analysis
1. Elucidation of Alzheimer's disease pathology for discovering novel therapeutic targets.

Associate
Professor

YANAGISAWA Daijiro

2. Development of diagnostic biomarkers for dementia at very early stage.
3. Research on the pathology, diagnosis, and disease-modifying therapy ofneurodegenerative diseases.
1. Development of molecularly targeted agents

Translational Research Unit -Associate

Department of Biomedical MR Science

Professor

SHIINO Akihiko

2. Study and programing of diagnostic software for brain MR imaging
3. Magnetic resonance spectroscopy
4. Clinical study in neurological disorders
1. The research about primate ES/iPS cells

Professor

EMA Masatsugu

2. The research about the development of method to create genetically modified monkeys
and its application to human disease modeling
3. The research about primate early embryonic and placental development

Research Center for AnimalLife Science

4. Molecular mechanism about angiogenesis－

1. Therapeutic research of anti-ER stress drugs identified by a novel luminous probe.
2. Analysis of cellular pathology of sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis focusing on
Associate
Professor

MORIMURA Toshifumi

translation products whose mRNAs are recognized by TDP-43.
3. Early diagnosis and therapeutic research of Alzheimer’s disease by using transgenic
cynomolgus monkeys bearing amyloid-beta precursor protein with disease associatedmutations.

Pioneering Research Division

Special Contract
Associate Professor

HASHIMOTO Shoko

１．Elucidation of pathological mechanism of Alzheimer's disease using mouse models
２．Analysis of the effect of oxidative stress on brain homeostasis
1. Research theme includes mechanisms in ageing and neurodegenerative diseases suchas Alzheimer’s Disease and modulation by antioxidants such as palm oil vitamin E
tocotrienol.

Medical Innovation
Research Center

SpecialInternational Joint Research Division

Contract
Professor

Wan Zurinah Binti
Wan Ngah

2. Modulation of the gut microbiome and metabolome and correlation with cognitive
function by tocotrienol in an APP/PS1 AD mouse model.
3. Tocotrienol isomers effects on differentiated APP Swedish/PS1 transfected SH-SY5Y
cells
4. Systems integration of the transcriptome, proteome and metabolome of the
hippocampus of AD APP/PS1 mice treated with tocotrienol (Collaboration with UKM)・
1. Elucidating the mechanism of the activation of hepatic stellate cells in liver fibrosis.

Central ResearchLaboratory－

Associate
Professor

ASAHINA Ginji

2. Interaction of peritoneal macrophages and mesothelial cells covering the internalorgans in the peritoneal cavity.
3. Role of macrophages in pancreatic cancer.

Health Administration
Center－

Associate
Professor

OGAWA Emiko

1. Research on the pathogenesis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
2. Clinical research using COPD cohort data
1. Development of new strategy of catheter ablation for refractory arrhythmias.
2. Studies on the mechanism of electrical defibrillation and the development ofProfessor
Information Technology andManagement Center

ASHIHARA Takashi

new defibrillator.
3. Application of human iPS cell-derived cardiomyocytes to the studies on cardiovasculardiseases.

－

4. Studies on cardiovascular diseases by in silico, artificial intelligence, and biomedical
engineering.
Associate
Professor

Education Center for
Medicine and Nursing－

1. studies on star formation process

MOTOYAMA Kazutaka 2. studies on evolution of interstellar medium
3. high performance computing

Professor

ITO Toshiyuki

Professor

MUKAISHO Kenichi

1. Medical education
1. Gastric and esophageal carcinogenesis using various animal models
2. Analyses of extra-esophageal symptoms of GERD using reflux animal models
3. Influence of bile acids on carcinogenesis and cancer progression
4. Morphology of cancer cells using a novel 3D cell culture system

Professor

MIURA Katsuyuki

Associate
Professor

KADOTA Aya

Professor

1. Epidemiology of Diabetes mellitus and NCDs
2. Epidemiology of Cardiovascular disease and subclinical atherosclerosis
3. MWAS on Dementia

Research Center
Division of Advanced Epidemiology

2. Preventive medicine of cardiovascular diseases
3. Nutritional epidemiology

Division of Preventive Medicine

NCD Epidemiology

1. Epidemiologic research of cardiovascular diseases

YANO

Yuichiro

1. research on lifestyle-related diseases
2. big data
3. Epidemiological research

Division of Medical Statistics

Innovative Medical Devices

Professor

HARADA Akiko

1. Statistical methods for epidemiologic researches
2. Statistical methods for health services research
3. Epidemiologic research of physical activity and aging
1. Future surgical operation system

Department of Researchand Development for

Associate

Special－Contract

TANI Toru

Professor

and Systems

2. Robotic navigation surgical operation
3. Less invasive surgical operation
4. Microwave surgical devices
5. Hyperthermia treatment against malignancy
1. Fibrinolysis factors (uPA etc.) and adhesion factors (CD44 variant etc.) related to the

Associate
Community Healthcare
Education and Research

Professor

UMEDA Tomoko

3. Tumor infiltrating cells around of the breast cancer, related to the trastuzumab after－

neoadjuvant chemotherapy

Center
Associate
Professor
IR Office－breast cancer invasion and the metastasis.
2. MRI mapping for the intraductal area of breast cancer

Associate
Professor

KAWAI Hiromichi

MORINO Katsutaro(To be decided)
1. Mechanism of Metabolism and Nutation
2. Mitochondrial biogenesis