Radiation Effects Research Foundation
The 13th meeting of the RERF Board of Councilors
Summary Report
The 13th meeting of the RERF Board of Councilors (BOC) of the Radiation Effects ResearchFoundation (RERF) was held on June 21-22, 2023, at RERF Hiroshima Laboratory.
The following is a summary of major agenda items and discussion results.
1．Report of activities and settlement of accounts
The status of activities in FY2022 was reported via the report of activities (includinginternational collaborative activities and joint projects with foreign countries), settlement ofaccounts, audit report, and attached documents, and it was approved without objection.
2．Plans of activities, budget estimates, and other related matters
The plans of activities and the working budget in FY2023 were reported. The plans of activities
include the research projects examining A-bomb survivors’ health, research projects on thehealth of A-bomb survivors’ children, research to elucidate individual radiation doses and theeffects of A-bombs, projects to release research results and to collaborate with other scientificorganizations, training programs for domestic and overseas specialists, and public information
programs.
3．RERF strategic plan and relocation plan
The strategy to achieve the mission of RERF, together with the plan to relocate RERF toHiroshima University Kasumi Campus, were explained and discussions on these matters ensued.
4．Scientific Advisory Committee’s recommendations and RERF’s response
The 50th meeting of the Scientific Advisory Committee was held on March 22-24, 2023. The
committee’s review this year focused on the Department of Clinical Studies and Research
Resource Center (RRC). In addition, the trio study including the whole genome sequencing ofA-bomb survivors and their children was discussed. The SAC made recommendations for thestrategic plan and the policies including those for quality control and data/sample sharing as
issues involved in research using biosamples, and RERF’s responses to these recommendations
were discussed.
5．Appointment of Councilors, Directors, and Scientific Advisors
New Directors, Scientific Advisors, and Local Advisors to replace those whose terms ofappointment expired at the completion of the present BOC meeting, as well as two Councilors,
were appointed. Their terms of appointment will expire at the conclusion of the regular BOC
meetings in the fiscal years specified in the parentheses in the Attachment.

別 紙Attachment

評議員の選任Appointment of Councilors
任期は（ ）年に開催される定時評議員会の終結の時まで
The term of office will be until the conclusion of the BOC meeting (regular) held in (小 林 正 夫（2028）
日本赤十字社中四国ブロック血液センター所長
Dr. Masao Kobayashi (2028)
Director General, Japanese Red Cross
Chugoku-Shikoku Block Blood Center

三 好 真 理（2024）
元 特命全権大使（国際テロ対策・組織犯罪対策協力担当）
Ms. Mari Miyoshi (2024)
Former Ambassador in charge ofInternational Cooperation for Countering
Terrorism and International OrganizedCrime) year.

Dr. Keith R. Yamamoto (2028)
米国カリフォルニア大学サンフランシスコ校
教授、科学政策・戦略担当副総長、精密医療担当部長
Professor, Vice Chancellor for Science
Policy and Strategy, Director UCSF
Precision Medicine
Dr. Angela Bies (2024)
米国メリーランド大学公共政策学部
世界的慈善および非営利事業リーダーシップ寄付講座 准教授
Endowed Associate Professor of Global
Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership,
School of Public Policy, University ofMaryland

早 野 龍 五（2025）

Dr. Jonathan M. Samet (2025)

東京大学名誉教授

米国コロラド大学公衆衛生学部 学部長

Dr. Ryugo Hayano (2025)
Emeritus Professor, The University ofTokyo

Dean, School of Public Health, Universityof Colorado

米 倉 義 晴（2026）

Dr. Joe W. Gray (2026)

大阪大学放射線科学基盤機構 特任教授

米国オレゴン健康科学大学医学部
生物医学工学科 Gordon Moore 寄付講座
座長兼教授

Dr. Yoshiharu Yonekura (2026)
Specially Appointed Professor,
Institute for Radiation Sciences,
Osaka University

Professor and Gordon Moore Endowed
Chair, Department of BiomedicalEngineering, School of Medicine,
Oregon Health & Science University

理 事 の選 任
Appointment of Directors
任期は（ ）年に開催される定時評議員会の終結の時まで
The term of office will be until the conclusion of the BOC meeting (regular)
held in ( ) year.

理事長（代表理事）
Chair(Representative Director)

神 谷 研 二Dr. Kenji Kamiya(2025)

副理事長兼業務執行理事
Vice Chair/
Executive Director

Preetha Rajaraman(2025)

業務執行理事
Executive Director

兒 玉 和 紀Dr. Kazunori Kodama(2025)

科学諮問委員の選任
Appointment of Scientific Advisors
任期は（ ）年に開催される定時評議員会の終結の時まで
The term of office will be until the conclusion of the BOC meeting (regular) held in (今岡 達彦 (2028)
国立研究開発法人 量子科学技術研究開発機構
量子生命・医学部門 放射線医学研究所
放射線影響研究部 修飾要因・幹細胞研究グ
ループ グループリーダー) year.

Dr. Patrick Concannon (2028)
米国フロリダ大学 遺伝学研究所 所長
Director, University of Florida Genetics
InstituteDr. Tatsuhiko Imaoka (2028)
Group Leader, Modifying Factor/Stem Cell
Research Group, Department of Radiation Effects
Research, National Institute of RadiologicalSciences, Quantum Life and Medical Science
Directorate, National Institute for Quantum
Science and Technology

松田 文彦 (2024)
京都大学大学院医学研究科附属ゲノム医学センター長
Dr. Fumihiko Matsuda (2024)
Director, Center for Genomic Medicine,
Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine

永田 知里 (2025)
岐阜大学大学院医学系研究科
疫学・予防医学分野 教授
Dr. Chisato Nagata (2020)
Professor, Department of Epidemiology andPreventive Medicine, Gifu University Graduate
School of Medicine

鈴木 元 （2026）
国際医療福祉大学クリニック教授 兼 院長
Dr. Gen Suzuki（2026）
Professor, Graduate School of Medicine,International University of Health and Welfare

Dr. Francesca Dominici (2024)
米国ハーバード公衆衛生大学院 学部長室
研究部門上級副学部長
生物統計学部 生物統計学 教授
Professor of Biostatistics, Department ofBiostatistics and Senior Associate Dean forResearch, Office of the Dean, Harvard Schoolof Public HealthDr. Jonine Bernstein(2025)
米国スローン・ケタリング記念がんセンター
生存・転帰・リ ス ク プ ロ グ ラ ム担当疫学者 兼共同リーダー
Attending Epidemiologist, Co-Program Leader
Survivorship, Outcomes and Risk Program,
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Dr. Nilanjan Chatterjee (2026)
米国ジョンズ・ホプキンズ大学医学部
ブル ー ムバ ーグ公衆衛生大学院 腫瘍学部
生物統計学科 ブル ー ムバ ーグ特別教授
Bloomberg Distinguished Professor,
Department of Biostatistics, Bloomberg Schoolof Public Health and Department of Oncology,
School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University

島田 義也 （2027）

Dr. Gayle E. Woloschak (2027)

公益財団法人 環境科学技術研究所 理事長

ノースウェスタン大学フェインバーグ医学研
究科 放射線腫瘍学部 教授

Dr. Yoshiya Shimada (2027)
President, Institute for Environmental
Sciences

Professor, Departments of Radiation
Oncology, Feinberg School of Medicine,Northwestern University

地元諮問委員の選任
Appointment of Local Advisors
任期は（ ）年に開催される定時評議員会の終結の時まで
The term of office will be until the conclusion of the BOC meeting (regular) held in (越 智 光 夫 (2025)
広島大学 学長
Dr. Mitsuo Ochi (2025)
President, Hiroshima University
河 野 茂 （2025)
長崎大学 学長
Dr. Shigeru Kohno (2025)
President, Nagasaki University) year.