R esea r ch Ac t i v i t i es

M E X T : Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
M H LW : Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
M E T I : Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
M O E : Ministry of the Environment
J S T : Japan Science and Technology Agency
A M E D : Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development
N A R O : National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
N I B I O : National Institute of Biomedical Innovation■ Promotion Plan for the Platform of Human Resource Development for Cancer (MEXT)

Funding
Period2012- 2016

Partner Organizations

Program

Sapporo Medical University, Hokkaido
University, Asahikawa Medical University,Health Sciences University of Hokkaido

Training Program for Medical
Personnel Responsible for theHokkaido Cancer Care

Responsible Department
Graduate School of Medicine■ Project for Developing Innovation Systems (MEXT)

Funding
PeriodProgram

GranteeRegional Innovation Strategy Support Program- HOKUDAI R&BP Health Inn ovation Project Centered on Patient-friendly Cutting-edge Medical
Technology
Researcher : Hiroki Shirato, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Radiation Medicine

2012- 2016

Keizo Yamaguchi, Ph.D.
President■ Initiative for Accelerating Regulatory Science in Innovative Drug, Medical Device, and Regenerative Medicine (MHLW)

Funding
PeriodGeneral Research
Representative

Project

2012- 2016

Initiative for Accelerating Regulatory Science in Innovative Drug, Medical
Device, and Regenerative Medicine

Kiyohiro Houkin, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Hokkaido University Hospital■ Activity in International Standardization in the Governmental Strategic Field (METI)

Funding
Period2014- 2016

Project

Leader/R&D Chief

International Standardization Regarding Real-time Control System and RelatedThings in Radiotherapy for Moving Targets

Hiroki Shirato, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Radiation Medicine■ Feasibility Study of the Ministry of the Environment (Cooperative Government Ofﬁces: MHLW, MEXT)

Funding
PeriodCollaborating Research Institutes inHokkaido

2011- 2032

Survey period:
21 years(recruitment: 3 years
follow-up: 13 years
analysis: 5 years)

Project

Hokkaido University
Sapporo Medical University
Japan Environment andAsahikawa Medical University
Children's StudyThe Japanese Red Cross Hokkaido Collegeof Nursing

Hokkaido Regional Center Representative
Reiko Kishi, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H.
Specially Appointed Invited Professor, Center
for Environmental and Health Sciences■ Environment Research and Technology Development Fund of MOE

Funding
Period2014- 20162015- 2017

ProjectProject RepresentativeReiko Kishi, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H.
Environmental Chemical Exposure in Early Life and the Neurodevelopment
Specially Appointed Invited Professor, Centerof Children: the Role of Environment, Gene and Epigenome.
for Environmental and Health Sciences
Eﬀect of Fetal Exposure to Endocrine Disruptor on Sex Diﬀerentiation,
Gonadal Function and Puberty:
Elucidation of Gene-Environment Interaction on Sexual Development

Nobuo Shinohara, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Renal andGenitourinary Surgery■ Strategic Basic Research Programs (PRESTO) (JST)Funding
Period2013- 2016Program
Imaging, Control, and Reconstruction of Cellular Network in MasterCircadian ClockLeaderRyosuke Enoki, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Research Center for
Cooperative Projects■ Next Generation Technology Transfer Program (NexTEP) (JST)Funding
Period2014- 2023

Program

LeaderAnimal Experiment for Mechanism Elucidation in a Novel Cartilage Tissue
Engineering Technique Using Ultra-puriﬁed Alginate Gel

Norimasa Iwasaki, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Orthopedic Surgery

■ The Center of Innovation (COI) Program (JST)Funding
Period2013-2021

Program

LeaderTamakoshi Akiko, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Public HealthInnovative Food & Healthcare MASTER■ Science for Science Technology Innovation Policy (JST)Funding
Period2016-2017

Program

Project Director

Realizing Policymaking Process of Infectious Disease Control using
Mathematical Modeling Techniques

Hiroshi Nishiura, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Hygiene andCellular Preventive Medicine■ Translational Research Network Program (AMED)

Funding
Period2012-2016

Organization

Project

Hokkaido Organization for Translational
Research (Hokkaido University, Sapporo
Medical University, Asahikawa MedicalUniversity)

All Hokkaido Translational
Research Project for Advanced
Medicine

Representative
Keizo Yamaguchi, Ph.D.
President■ Project for Global Discovery of the Brain Function Network through Innovative Technology (AMED)

Funding
Period2014-2016

Commissioned Project

LeaderMasahiko Watanabe, M.D., Ph.D.
Development of the Basic Technology for Routing Neural Circuit Analysis andProfessor, Department of Anatomy andIts Optimization for Marmoset Brain Analysis
Embryology■ Strategic Basic Research Programs (CREST) (AMED)

Funding
Period2013-2018

Program

LeaderMasaharu Nishimura, M.D., Ph.D.
Identiﬁcation of Novel Scavenging System in Organisms and Its Therapeutic
Professor, Department of Respiratory
Application
Medicine■ Strategic Basic Research Programs (CREST) (JST)Funding
PeriodProgram

2016-2019

Detecting premonitory signs and real-time forecasting of pandemic using big
biological data

Research Director
Hiroshi Nishiura, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Hygiene andCellular Preventive Medicine■ Development of Medical Devices and Systems for Advanced Medical Services (AMED)

Funding
Period2014-20162015-2018

Program

GranteeResearch and Development of the Advanced Medical System by use ofMedical Information/Research and Development of Navigation System forCancer Diagnosis and Treatment

Hiroki Shirato, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Radiation Medicine

Development of Next-generation High-precision Particle Radiotherapy that
3D Perspective
Integrates a Microparticulate Tumor Marker and Real-time
Projection

Hiroki Shirato, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Radiation Medicine■ Program for the Creation of Medical Innovation through Industry-Academia Collaboration as a Part of the Medical

Research Result Development Project: Acceleration Transformative Research for Medical Innovation (ACTFunding
Period2015-2017

Commissioned Project[18F] DiFA: New Hypoxic PET tracer for Innovative Cancer Diagnosis-M) (AMED)

LeaderTohru Shiga, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of NuclearMedicine

■ Integration Research for Agriculture and Interdisciplinary Fields (NARO)

Funding
PeriodProgramResearch Representative

2014-2016

Assessment of Japanese Diet and its Inﬂuence on Health2014-2016

Beneﬁcial Eﬀects of Japanese Diet on Stress Relief and Brain Functions

Akiko Tamakoshi, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Public Health
Ichiro Kusumi, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Psychiatry■ Grant to Assist Research and Development of Orphan Drugs and Orphan Medical Devices (NIBIO)

Funding
Period2014-2016

ProgramDevelopment Representative

Treatment of Revertant Mosaicism-based Autologous Cultured Epidermal
Sheet Transplantation for Refractory Congenital Skin Disorders

Hiroshi Shimizu, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Dermatology■ Special Expenditures (MEXT)

Funding
PeriodFaculties

2013-2017

Creative Research Institution
Faculty of Advanced Life Science
Graduate School of Medicine

2014-2018

Global Institution for Collaborative
Research and Education- GI -CoRE
Research Center for Zoonosis Control

2015-2018

Global Institution for Collaborative
Research and Education- GI -CoRE
Graduate School of Medicine

2016-2020

Graduate School of Medicine

Project
Better Quality of Living throughNovel Soft and Wet MaterialsInterdisciplinary Center for
Polymer Materials Science andRegenerative Medicine

Creation of a Global Brain
Circulation Center for
Resolving Global Issues

Creative Medical Researchthrough Quantum Medical
Science and Engineering:
Challenge to Provide Cancer
Treatment Free of Relapse

Plan to Nurture Individuals
with Forensic Medical
Knowledge for Cause-of-DeathnI vestigation

LeaderKazushige Kawabata, Ph.D.
Director, Executive Ofﬁce for Research
Strategy
Keizo Yamaguchi, Ph.D.
President

Keizo Yamaguchi, Ph.D.
President

Masanori Kasahara, M.D., Ph.D.
Dean