Ed ucat i on and R es ear ch Pro g ra m s (Amount granted: more than 10 million yen)M E X T : Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
M E T I : Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
J S T : Japan Science and Technology Agency
A M E D : Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development

History
Philosophy andObjectives
Past and Present
Deans andDirectors

Data as of July 1, 2022

■ Industry-Academia Joint Project of Human Resources Development for the Acceleration of AI Research Developmentin the Field of Healthcare (MEXT)
Funding
Period2020-2024

Partner Organizations
Tohoku University
Hokkaido UniversityOkayama UniversityProjectResearch Director

Human Resources
Development Program “Cutting Edge AI Research
Development for the Solution of Global × Local
Medical Problems”

KUDO Kohsuke, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of DiagnosticImaging

Honor Roll

Professors
Emeriti■ Strategic Basic Technology Upgrading Support Project (METI Hokkaido)

Funding
Period2020-2022

Development of automated stem cell culturing machine system forregenerative medicine against cerebral infarction

Leader/R&D Chief
KAWABORI Masahito, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department ofNeurosurgery■ Grant-in-Aid for University Reform (MEXT)

FundingPeriod2021-2022

Organizations /Finances

ProjectProject

Leader/R&D Chief

TAKAHASHI Makoto, M.D., Ph.D.
Project to train medical personnel who can respond to new medical care in theProfessor, Center for Medical Education andWith Corona era
International Relations■ Activity in International Standardization in the Governmental Strategic Field (METI)

Funding
PeriodStudents

2020-2022

ProjectInternational Standardization Relating to the Data for the Prediction About
Prognosis After Radiotherapy

Leader/R&D Chief
SHIRATO Hiroki, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Global Center for Biomedical
Science and Engineering

Endowed Depts.
and Industry
Creation Depts.

InternationalAffairs■ JST PRESTO

Funding
Period2021-2023

Education andResearchSystemCampusInter-cell Interactions Responsible for Sleep and Hibernation

Research Director
NORIMOTO Hiroaki, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Cellularand Molecular Pharmacology■ Advanced Research & Development Programs for Medical Innovation (AMED)

Funding
Period2021-2026

55

Program

ProgramStudy of host cell membrane and ion dynamics during virus infection

Research Representative
OHBA Yusuke, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Cell Physiology■ Practical Research Project for Rare/Intractable Diseases (AMED)

Funding
PeriodProgramResearch Representative

2020-2022

Early MRI Diagnosis of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis using Stable Isotope ofOxygen-17

KUDO Kohsuke, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Diagnostic Imaging

2020-2022

Elucidation of the Pathogenesis and Risk Factors of Bullous Pemphigoid

UJIIE Hideyuki, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Dermatology

2021-2023

An Investigator-initiated Clinical Trial of Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 1 (SCA1)
Gene Therapy Based on Molecular Mechanisms

YABE Ichiro, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Neurology

■ Practical Research for Innovative Cancer Control (AMED)

Establishment of Standard Therapy for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia inChildren

MANABE Atsushi, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Pediatrics

2020-2022

The Development of New Treatment of Superselective Intra-Arterial Infusion of HOMMA Akihiro, M.D., Ph.D.
Cisplatin and Concomitant Radiotherapy for Patients with Locally AdvancedProfessor, Department of OtolaryngologyHead
Maxillary Sinus Cancerand neck Surgery

2022-2024

A multi-institutional randomized phase III trial to confirm the superiority ofpelvic and para-aortic lymphadenectomy over pelvic lymphadenectomy forendometrial cancer at risk of lymph node metastasis

WATARI Hidemichi, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Obstetrics andGynecology■ Research Program on Hepatitis / Program for Basic and Clinical Research on Hepatitis (AMED)

ProgramResearch Representative

2020-2022

Screening of Prognostic Biomarker by Comprehensive Serum and Liver Tissue
Glycomics

SAKAMOTO Naoya, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Gastroenterology andHepatology

Professors
Emeriti

Funding
Period■ Research Program on Hepatitis / Program on the Innovative Development andApplication of New Drugs for Hepatitis B (AMED)
ProgramResearch Representative2022-2024

High-throughput screening of antiviral seed compounds by using HBV cell
culture and antiviral response reporter models

SAKAMOTO Naoya, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Gastroenterology andHepatology

2022-2024

Development of genome-editing drugs of adenovirus vector expressing eightmultiplex guide RNAs using models of HBV replication in humanized miceand of HBV carcinomas

FUKUHARA Takasuke, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Microbiology andImmunology

2022-2024

Study of the clinical significance of previous infection with HBV in HCC andthe molecular mechanism of hepatocarcinogenesis in HBc antibody positive
patients

TAKETOMI Akinobu, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Gastroenterological
Surgery I

Honor RollFunding
PeriodPhilosophy andObjectives

2020-2022

History

Research Representative

Past and Present
Deans andDirectors

Program

Organizations /Finances

Funding
Period■ Project for Promotion of Cancer Research and Therapeutic Evolution (P-PROMOTE) (AMED)

Program2022-2023

Development of hydrogel-based regulation of tumor heterogeneity for basis ofnovel cancer diagnosis and therapy

Research Representative
TANAKA Shinya, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Cancer Pathology

Students

Funding
PeriodElucidation of Properties and Evolutionary Mechanisms of Virome Involved inProgression of Pathogenesis

FUKUHARA Takasuke, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Microbiology andImmunology■ Research Project for Practical Applications of Regenerative Medicine (AMED)

Funding
PeriodProgramResearch Representative2021-2023

Research for intracerebral transplantation of advanced interventional
regenerative product made of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells andrecombinant scaffold against patient with chronic cerebral hemorrhage(RAINBOW-HX)

FUJIMURA Miki, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Neurosurgery

2022-2024

Exploratory clinical trial on the safety and capability of REC/dMD-001 in
lumbar canal stenosis

SUDO Hideki, M.D., Ph.D.
Specially Appointed Professor, Department ofAdvanced Medicine for Spine and Spinal Cord
DisordersEndowed Depts.
and Industry
Creation Depts.

2020-2022

Research Representative

Education andResearch
SystemProgramCampusFunding
PeriodInternational
Affairs■ Japan Program for Infectious Diseases Research and Infrastructure (AMED)56

■ Translational Research Program (AMED)

Past and Present
Deans andDirectors

Philosophy andObjectives

History

Funding
Period2022-2023

Professors
Emeriti
Honor Roll
Organizations /Finances
StudentsInternationalAffairs
Endowed Depts.
and Industry
Creation Depts.
Education andResearchSystemCampus

Research Representative

ONO Masayoshi, M.D., Ph.D.
Development of endoscopic novel sheet made of bioabsorbable material andAssistant Professor, Department ofhydrogel
Gastroenterology and Hepatology■ Medical Device Research and Development Programs Focused on Technology Transfers (AMED)

Funding
Period2022-2024

ProgramResearch Representative

Study of the development for new medical device program supporting
automated diagnosis of frailty in elderly patients with heart failure

NAGAI Toshiyuki, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department ofCardiovascular Medicine■ Special Expenditures (MEXT)

Funding
Period57

Program2021-2025

Faculties

Faculty of Medicine

Project
Project for the Promotion of Cause of Death
Investigation and Comprehensive Human
Resources Development through Multidisciplinary Collaboration

Leader
HATAKEYAMA Shigetsugu, M.D., Ph.D.
Dean