Dr. Shimosawa received Awards and Honors including Japanese Society of Laboratory Medicine Research Award, Japanese Society of Endocrinology Research Award and Japanese Society of Hypertension Young Investigator Award. Research Interests: Dr. Shimosawa have been studying the pathophysiology of hypertension and its related organ damage. His main focus is vasoactive and volume regulating factors such as adrenomedullin, aldosterone, catecholamine. Dr. Shimosawa originally revealed the sympatholytic effect of adrenomedullin related peptide, proadrenomedullin N-terminal 20 peptide (J Clin Invest 1995). He generated adrenomedullin knockout mice and revealed