He has been involved in clinical research as a data manager and clinical research associate since 2004 and carried out basic research in molecular biology and biochemistry since 2006. Satoshi has worked in academia, national institutes, and a global contract research organization in Japan. He holds a masters degree and a doctoral degree in biological science from the University of Tsukuba. Satoshi is a member of the CDASH and SDS teams of the CDISC Japan User Group (CJUG). He promotes the application of Clinical Data Acquisition Standards Harmonization (CDASH) of CDISC to define data items in case report forms (CRF).