Research Activities
HistoryM 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 I B I O : National Institute of Biomedical Innovation

Past andPresent Deansand Directors

PhilosophyandObjectives■■Promotion Plan for the Platform of Human Resource Development for Cancer (MEXT)

Funding
PeriodPartner Organizations

Program

2017-2021

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

Hokkaido Promotion Plan for
the Platform of Human
Resource Development forCancer

Responsible Department

Faculty of Medicine■■Activity in International Standardization in the Governmental Strategic Field (METI)

Funding
PeriodProject

International Standardization of Care Coordination Equipment for Low Invasive Hiroki Shirato, M.D., Ph.D.
Radiotherapy
Professor, Department of Radiation Medicine

2017-2019

Professors
Emeriti

Leader/R&D Chief

Organization
and Facilities

Honor Roll■■Feasibility Study of the Ministry of the Environment (Cooperative Government Offices: MHLW, MEXT)(Funding
PeriodCollaborating Research Institutes inHokkaido

2010-2032

Hokkaido University
Sapporo Medical University
Asahikawa Medical University
The Japanese Red Cross Hokkaido Collegeof Nursing

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

Project

Japan Environment andChildren's Study

Hokkaido Regional Center Representative

Reiko Kishi, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H.
Specially Appointed Invited Professor, Center
for Environmental and Health Sciences

Education andResearchSystem

EndowedDepts. andIndustry Collab.

InternationalAffairsStudents■■Environment Research and Technology Development Fund of MOE

FundingPeriodProject

Project Representative

2015-2017

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

2017-2018

Environmental Chemical Exposure in Early Life and the Neurodevelopmentof Children: the Role of Environment, Gene and Epigenome.

Atsuko Araki, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Center for
Environmental and Health Sciences■■Next Generation Technology Transfer Program (NexTEP) (JST)Funding
PeriodProgram

Leader2014-2023

Animal Experiment for Mechanism Elucidation in a Novel Cartilage TissueEngineering 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
PeriodInnovative Food & Healthcare MASTER

Financial
Highlights

2013-2021

Program

LeaderAkiko Tamakoshi, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Public Health■■Science for Science Technology Innovation Policy (JST)CampusFunding
Period51

2016-2017

ProgramRealizing Policymaking Process of Infectious Disease Control using
Mathematical Modeling Techniques

Project Director
Hiroshi Nishiura, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Hygiene■■Project of Translational and Clinical Research Core Centers (AMED)■■Project for Global Discovery of the Brain Function Network through Innovative Technology (AMED)

Funding
PeriodCommissioned ProjectLeader

2017-2020

Mapping the Structure and Function of the Cortico-basal Ganglia Network in
Marmosets by Use of Pathway-specific Labeling and Manipulation
Technology

Miwako Yamasaki, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy■■Strategic Basic Research Programs (CREST) (JST)Program

2016-2019

Detecting Premonitory Signs and Real-time Forecasting of Pandemics Using
Big Biological DataResearch Director

History

Hiroshi Nishiura, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Hygiene
Honor RollFunding
PeriodPhilosophyandObjectives

Toyoharu Nawa, Ph.D.
President

Past andPresent Deansand Directors

Formation of an Open AccessCenter of Excellence for thesustainable creation of Medical
Innovations

Hokkaido University
Sapporo Medical University
Asahikawa Medical University

Representative

Professors
Emeriti

Project■■Development of Medical Devices and Systems for Advanced Medical Services (AMED)

Funding
PeriodProgramResearch Representative

2015-2018

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

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

2017-2021

Development of Intraoperative On-the-fly Therapeutic Decision Support
System during Quantum Beam Surgery (QBS) and post-QBS SurgicalOperation

Shinichi Shimizu, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Radiation
Oncology■■Program for the Creation of Medical Innovation through Industry-Academia Collaboration as a Part of the Medical

Organizationand Facilities

2017-2021

Organization

Students

Funding
Period■■Development of Medical Devices through Collaboration between Medicine and Industry (AMED)

Funding
PeriodCommissioned Project

Leader2016-2018

Development and Industrialization of Custom-made Spinal Implants for theCorrection of Spine Deformity using 3D Modeling and 3D EBM Achieving
Higher Adaptation and Shorter Operation

Hideki Sudo, M.D., Ph.D.
Specially Appointed Associate Professor,
Department of Advanced Medicine for Spineand Spinal Cord Disorders■■Grant to Assist Research and Development of Orphan Drugs and Orphan Medical Devices (NIBIO)

Funding
Period2014-2017

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

Development Representative

EndowedDepts. andIndustry Collab.

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

Education andResearchSystem[18F] DiFA: New Hypoxic PET tracer for Innovative Cancer Diagnosis

LeaderFinancialHighlights

2015-2017

Commissioned Project

Hiroshi Shimizu, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Dermatology
CampusFunding
PeriodInternational
Affairs

Research Result Development Project: Acceleration Transformative Research for Medical Innovation (ACT-M) (AMED)52

Funding
PeriodFaculties

ProjectLeader

2013-2017

Creative Research Institution
Faculty of Advanced Life Science
Faculty of Medicine

Better Quality of Living throughNovel Soft and Wet MaterialsInterdisciplinary Center forPolymer Materials Science andRegenerative Medicine

Kazushige Kawabata, Ph.D.
Director, Executive Office for Research
Strategy

2014-2019

Global Institution for Collaborative
Research and Education（GI-CoRE）
Faculty of Medicine
Research Center for Zoonosis Control

Creation of a Global Brain
Circulation Center for
Resolving Global Issues

Toyoharu Nawa, Ph.D.
President

2016-2018

Global Institution for Collaborative
Research and Education（GI-CoRE）
Faculty of Medicine
Research Center for Zoonosis Control

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

Toyoharu Nawa, Ph.D.
President

2016-2020

Faculty of Medicine

Plan to Nurture Individuals
with Forensic Medical
Knowledge for Cause-of-Death
Investigation

Mitsuhiro Yoshioka, M.D., Ph.D.
Dean

Organizationand Facilities

Honor Roll

Professors
Emeriti

Past andPresent Deansand Directors

PhilosophyandObjectives

History■■Special Expenditures (MEXT)

A ut o p sy Nu mber sInternational
Affairs

Students■■Systematic Autopsy

Classification

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

Cadavers Used (Medicine)

36

40

65

40

40

43

45

43

41

41

Cadavers Used (Dentistry)

15

15

17

13

16

15

17

161717■■Pathological Autopsy

CampusFinancial
Highlights

Education andResearchSystem

Endowed
Depts. andIndustry Collab.

Classification

53

Year

Pathological Autopsies

Year20072008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

60544350

3645342436342007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

129129

119

135

193

152

132

351

282

300

■■Medico-legal Autopsy

Classification
Forensic Autopsies

Year