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Graduates of the HIGO Program

Introducing Asia’s scientificadvances to the world
Enhance researchpotentiality & build up a
global science network
This program provides interdisciplinary education of advanced researchand social cultural sciences. It introduced me to the visions andcross-cultural activities of Japan andother Asian countries, and helped
enhance my research skills and ability to teach as a university professor
in Bangladesh. I eventually hope toact as a bridge of scientific cooperation between Bangladesh, Japan,and the world.

Acharjee Uzzal Kumar,

2nd year doctoral student, Graduate
School of Medical Sciences

I am currently researching treatments for hereditary diseases.
Global collaboration is an essential
part of scientific research. Understanding societal needs by having awide-range of knowledge and viewpoints from both inside and outside
your field of study, and then being
able to collaborate with people fromother specialties is very important inmaking advances in medicine. TheHIGO Program helped me achieve
this by providing opportunities toconnect with specialists in otherfields and through collaborations
with different regions and Asiancountries. I am working hard to
become a scientist that can bring to
the world’s stage some of the newtreatments developed in the growing
Asian region.

Yukari Kai,2nd year doctoral student, Graduate
School of Pharmaceutical Sciences

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Program Supervisors

Name

Becoming a leader
in glocal Health Life Science
In our modern society, practicalexperience in the remarkable scientific developments in Asia and theknowledge and understanding only
attainable through close work
between industry, government, andacademia are extremely importantfor scientific progress. The HIGO
Program encompasses all of theseaspects and is an extremely advantageous opportunity for those looking to enter the field of Health Life
Science. I’m hoping to use the program’s unique “glocal” (global +local) focus to work as a leader inbringing together the regions andcountries of Asia.

Tatsunori Hirotsu,

2nd year Master’s student, Graduate
School of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Position/Affiliation

Responsibilities

Professor, Graduate School of Medical Sciences

Overall management

Program Coordinator

Professor, Graduate School of Medical Sciences

Overall program planning ／ operations
Governmental ／ industry cooperation

Motohiro Takeya,
Program Director

Shoen Kume,Mitsuyosi Nakao

Professor, Graduate School of Medical Sciences

Yasuharu Nishimura

Professor, Graduate School of Medical Sciences

Kazuhito Tomizawa

Professor, Graduate School of Medical Sciences

Program & curriculum organization ／ inspection ／ improvement

Professor, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Government ／ corporate internships

Hirofumi Kai

Professor, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Overseas coordination, drug development research guidance

Shinya Ueno

Professor, Center for Policy Studies

Public policy education, governmental coordination

Teru Ogura

Professor, Graduate School of Medical Sciences

Publicity, industry cooperation

Ryuichi Nishinakamura

Professor, Graduate School of Medical Sciences

Minetaro Ogawa

Professor, Graduate School of Medical Sciences

GlocalProgram inspection ／ improvement, governmental cooperation

Program inspection ／ improvement, curriculum organization ／ operations

Hiroshi Sasaki

Professor, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Program inspection ／ improvement, inter-specialty coordination

Curriculum organization/evaluation, international cooperation

Wen-Jie Song

Professor, Graduate School of Medical Sciences

Hideaki Tanaka

Professor, Graduate School of Medical Sciences

Program & curriculum inspection ／ improvement, international cooperation

Eiichi Araki

Professor, Graduate School of Medical Sciences

Governmental cooperation

Kazuya Yamagata

Professor, Graduate School of Medical Sciences

Governmental cooperation, support for exchange students

Takahiko KatohProfessor, Graduate School of Medical Sciences

Governmental ／ industry cooperation

Fumio EndoProfessor, Graduate School of Medical Sciences

International exchange, industry cooperation

Yuichi Oike

Professor, Graduate School of Medical Sciences

Industry cooperation

Yutaka Kuroda

Senior fellow professor, Kumamoto University Hospital

Regional medicine education, governmental coordination
Clinical research guidance, advanced pharmacy lectures, government internships

Tetsumi Irie

Professor, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Yuriko Yamagata

Professor, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Hidetoshi Arima

Professor, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Toru Maruyama

Professor, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Industry internships, drug development ／ clinical research guidance, advanced pharmacy lectures

Takao Takahashi

Professor, Graduate School of Social and Cultural Sciences

Social and cultural science lecture coordination

Professor, Yokohama City University

Social and cultural science lecture coordination

Takaaki Akaike

Professor, Tohoku University

Governmental cooperation

Tomomichi Ono
Ikuo Kabashima

President, Kumamoto Health Science University
Chairman, Kyushu Bio Cluster Conference
Governor, Kumamoto Prefecture

Seishi Koyama

Mayor, Kumamoto City

Political ／ governmental education, government internships

Kensei Tagawa

President, Kumamoto Chamber of Commerce and Industry（President, Hotel Nikko Kumamoto）

Political science ／ economics education, industry internships

Takahiro Kai

Chairman, Kumamoto Association of Corporate Executives（President, Higo Bank）

Political science ／ economics education, industry internships

Overseas ／ industry internships, drug development research guidance, basic pharmacy lectures

Health LifeScience

AdministrativeAgenciesOverseas ／ industry internships, drug development research guidance, advanced pharmacy lectures

Medical administration education, government internships
Political science education, government internships

Senior Staff Writer ／ Editorialist, Kumamoto Nichinichi Shimbun

Lectures on journalism in local newspapers, industry internships

Managing Director, Dojindo Laboratories

Industry seminars

Hiroaki Maeda

Director, Division of Research Promotion, Kaketsuken

Industry seminars, internships

Keiko Tamai

Senior Researcher, Cancer Laboratory,
R&D Department, Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited

Industry seminars, internships

Michikazu Iseri
Kazumi Sasamoto

The HIGO Program:Training Pioneers in Glocal Health and Life Science

Program & curriculum organization ／ inspection ／ improvement

Masami Otsuka

Fumiaki Yasukawa

Program for Leading Graduate Schools (Multi-Region: Life & Health)

HIGO program
Health life science: Interdisciplinary and Glocal Oriented
Program for Leading Graduate Schools, Kumamoto University

http://higoprogram.org/

Social andCultural Sciences

Industries

Training the next generationof leaders in the fieldof Health Life Science

Glocal developmentof Kyushu and Asia

The HIGO Program aims to educate “glocal” (global + local)■ Lack of Health Life Science personnel in Asia

Creating Health Life Science pioneers■ High marketability in healthcare domain

leaders in understanding the societal needs of the Kyushu■ Young people in Japan important in progressof and interaction with emerging nations

region of Japan and all throughout Asia and to create local

Skills required

and global ties to resolve the issues these regions face.

■ Ability to understand the needs of both

Using advanced ideas and technologies
for the benefit of glocal society
Generating new scholarshipand work opportunities in Health Life Science
Leaders in healthand medical administration

Leaders active in
Pan-Asian businesses

Leaders active in glocal
education and research■ Clinical research on diabetes, metabolism,

lifestyle diseases, cancer immunity,oxidative stress, molecular genetics, socialmedicine, regional medicine, foundations
for drug development, molecular design,
drug delivery, and pharmaceuticals

10-year COE foundation■ Completely in English■ Globally competitive education■ World-class cell lineage

Advanced research projects■ Doctoral thesis■ Individual researchguidance

MedicalSciences

PharmaceuticalSciences

Advanced Interresearch nationalseminars collaborativeresearchSocial +CulturalSciences■ China (Shanghai, Dalian, Shandong University)■ Korea (KAIST)■ Indonesia (ITS)Technologymanagement

Crossculturalcommunications

Group lectures for each course

Research
proposal

Government

BusinessOverseas(collaboration between Kumamoto Prefectureand Kumamoto City)

Kumamoto-Shanghai office
Participating universities
in China, Taiwan, Korea,
N. America, etc.,
research organizations,the UN, WHO

Glocal Social Science
Practical Political Science
Government Seminars

The Latest in
Health Life Science
Graduate Schools ofMedical and Pharmaceutical
Sciences Program members
Faculty fellows

Cutting-Edge
Research Seminars
Featuring the top experts
from around the world

Glocal HealthLife SciencePioneers

Government Internships

MedicalSciences

Social +CulturalSciences

Laboratory
rotation

Government
seminars

Businessseminars

Workingpersons

GovernorBusiness Internships

research organizations(other countries in Asia, etc.)

Social and CulturalSciences■ Public leader

training courses■ International

Graduate School of Socialand Cultural Sciences
Center for Policy Studies
Program members
Faculty fellows

symposiums■ Presentations

on results ofinterdisciplinary
research

Kumamoto
CityKumamoto
University

Industry
andFinance

Mayor

President

Message from the Program Coordinator
Shoen Kume

Professor, Institute of Molecular Embryology and Genetics

Kumamoto/Kyushu is the region of Japan where muchof the communication between Japan and the rest ofAsia takes place. Many Japanese companies areexpanding throughout Asia, and they are looking for young leadersthat can promote overseas expansion and use their expert
knowledge to take on regional medical policy. Until now, Health Life
Science graduate programs had trained students to have ahighly-specialized knowledge and focus more on North America.
The HIGO Program aims instead to train students to have expert
knowledge and focus instead on Asia in order to best understand thestructures of Asian and regional societies and comprehend the needsof industry.

C o m p le te S u p

Businesses in Kumamoto / Kyushu,
venture enterprises,
domestic companies

Business Seminars
Businesses in Kumamoto / Kyushu,
venture enterprises,
domestic companies

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Kumamoto University
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Advanced Research Seminar

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Collaborating with the top membersof local government and businessGovernment and medicalorganizations

and Regenerative Medicine research■ Collaboration with overseas

Basic lectures

Medical Sciences

Kumamoto-Shanghai Office

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business organizations

Governor of Kumamoto Pref., Mayor ofKumamoto City
Editorial staff from Kumamoto Nichinichi
Shimbun Newspaper

Matching
PharmaceuticalSciences

A chance tolearn about global
medical policy,
health industry
needs in
Asian countries,and more!

■ SummerInternships

Advanced lectures

Kumamoto-Shanghai office

Overseas Internships■ Developmental Biology

Collaboration between
university and industry/government
Publicpolicy

Overseas offices

The Program for Leading Graduate Schools began in2011 as part of an initiative by the Ministry of Education,
Culture, Sports, Science and Technology to train leaders
to contribute to business, government and academia on a globalscale. In order to accomplish this, we have gathered the top
instructors and students from around the world and provide support
for revolutionary graduate-level studies in order to construct anddevelop a high-quality, globally-recognized academic program that
explores multiple fields of research at both Master’s and doctoratelevels. Our intention with this program is to push graduate-levelstudies in this field to new heights. The HIGO Program is aligned with
our goals and trains the next generation of glocal leaders by involving
various regional government (including the governor of Kumamoto
Prefecture and mayor of Kumamoto City) and industry leaders in theireducation.

control research

Health Life Science Pioneer Course
International, advanced
Health Life Science program

Hanoi, and Kumamoto

240 minHealth Life Sciencespecialists
Graduate School Guidance:
Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences■ Held in Shanghai, Daejeon, Surabaya,

90 min80%
of overseas
business partnersof Kyushu companies
are locatedin Asia!

Motohiro Takeya

Dean, Graduate School of Medical Sciences

Kumamoto University Forum

60 minlocal societies and societies throughout Asia
■ Understanding of the histories, cultures,and languages of Asian countries

About the Program

Message from the Program Director

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