Members

As of April 16, 2025
Board Members
Motoo Ueno President / Senior Advisor, Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Tetsuo Nagano Managing Director / Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo
Shinichiro Iida Executive Director / Director, Chugai Pharmaceutical Co.,Ltd.
Hirotoshi Akita Director / Invited Guest Professor, Hokkaido University Hospital & Faculty of Health Science / Professor Emeritus, Hokkaido University
Hiroyuki Arai Director / Emeritus Professor, The University of Tokyo
Hidenori Ichijo Director / Distinguished University Professor, Institute of Science Tokyo, Institute of Integrated Research, Advanced Research Initiative Cell Signaling and Stress Responses Division
Toshio Kitamura Director / Director, Institute of Biomedical Research and Innovation, Foundation for Biomedical Research and Innovation at Kobe
Makoto Suematsu Director / Director, Board Member, Central Institute for Experimental Medicine and Life Science
Osamu Nagayama Director / Honorary Chairman, Chugai Pharmaceutical Co.,Ltd.
Toshifumi Hibi Director / Professor Emeritus, Keio University, School of Medicine
Masayoshi Kanai Auditor / Certified Public Accountant, Kanai CPA Office
Iwaaki Taniguchi Auditor / Director, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Chugai Pharmaceutical Co.,Ltd.
Councilors
Hitoshi Iikura Director, Executive Vice President, Chugai Pharmaceutical Co.,Ltd.
Hiroji Iwata Specially Appointed Professor, Nagoya City University, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Department of Advanced Clinical Research and Development
Masato Kasuga Director, The Institute of Medical Science, Asahi Life Foundation
Tatsuhiko Kodama Project Leader, Cancer and Metabolism Project, RCAST, The University of Tokyo
Takaki Shimada Professor, Director of Center, Center for Preventive Medicine
Mikiko Sodeoka Director, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science
Masakuni Degawa Emeritus & Visiting Professor, University of Shizuoka
Tetsuo Noda Director Emeritus, Advisor, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research
Kazuichi Hayakawa Professor Emeritus, Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology, Kanazawa University
Yasunobu Hirata Honorary Director, Tokyo Teishin Hospital
Taro Matsumoto Professor, Nihon University School of Medicine
Shuki Mizutani Professor Emeritus, Institute of Science Tokyo (Tokyo Medical and Dental University)
Mariko Y Momoi Professor Emeritus, Jichi Medical University
Mamoru Watanabe Director, Organoid Center / Professor, Graduate School of Medicine, Juntendo University
Selection Committee Members
Satomi Adachi-Akahane Professor, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Toho University
Makoto Arita Professor, Division of Physiological Chemistry and Metabolism, Keio University Faculty of Pharmacy
Akiko Ishii-Watabe Director, Division of Biological Chemistry and Biologicals, National Institute of Health Sciences
Yutaka Inagaki Director and Professor, The Institute of Medical Sciences, Tokai University
Johji Inazawa Professor Emeritus, Institute of Science Tokyo
Hideshi Inoue Professor Emeritus, Specially Appointed Professor, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences
Shin Enosawa Research Associate, National Center for Child Health and Development
Akio Ojida Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University
Yukinori Okada Professor, Department of Genome Informatics, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo / Department of Statistical Genetics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine
Takio Kitazawa Professor Emeritus, Rakuno Gakuen University
Hitoshi Kiyoi Professor, Department of Hematology and Oncology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine
Shigeki kiyonaka Professor, Research Institute for Quantum and Chemical Innovation, Institutes of Innovation for Future Society, Nagoya University
Yoshiaki Kubota Professor, Department of Anatomy, Keio University School of Medicine
Shoen Kume Professor, Institute of Science Tokyo
Shoichiro Kurata Professor, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University
Fumie Kobayashi Former Professor, Kyorin University School of Medicine
Kiyosei Takasu Professor, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University
Akiko Takahashi Chief, Division of Cellular Senescence, Cancer Institute, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research
Hideyo Takahashi Professor, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokyo University of Science
Hitoshi Takizawa Professor, International Research Center for Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University
Junko Takita Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine Kyoto University
Tomohiko Taguchi Professor, Tohoku University
Masahiro Tsuboi Department of Director and Chief, Department of Thoracic Suregry, National Cancer Center Hospital East
Tatsushi Toda Director General, National Center Hospital, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry
Taisuke Tomita Professor, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Hidehiko Nakagawa Professor, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University
Kazuo Nagasawa Professor, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
Hiroshi Nishina Director General & Professor, Medical Research Laboratory, Institute of Integrated Research, Institute of Science Tokyo
Kiyohiko Hatake Professor, Department of Hematology, Akasaka Sanno Medical Center
Kenjiro Hanaoka Professor, Faculty of Pharmacy and Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Keio University
Ryuji Hamamoto Division Chief, Division of Medical AI Research and Development, National Cancer Center Research Institute
Akiyoshi Fukamizu Specially Appointed Professor, Life Science Center for Survival Dynamics, Tsukuba Advanced Research Alliance (TARA), University of Tsukuba
Naoya Fujita Managing Director of Research Unit / Center Director of Cancer Chemotherapy Center, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research
Shino Manabe Professor, Hoshi University / Tohoku University
Shigeo Murata Professor, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, the University of Tokyo
Hozumi Motohashi Professor, Department of Medical Biochemistry, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine
Masato Yasui Professor and Chair, Department of Pharmacology, Keio University School of Medicine
Yuji Yamanashi Professor, Division of Genetics, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo
Kazuo Yamamoto Visiting Professor, Institute for Human Life Science, Ochanomizu University
Kouichi Yoshinari Professor, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka
IAAO Advisory Board Members
Bruce A. Chabner Professor, Harvard Medical School, USA
Kiyohiko Hatake Professor, Department of Hematology, Akasaka Sanno Medical Center
Chikashi Ishioka Dean, JR Sendai Hospital, Japan
Yuko Kitagawa Keio University Provost, Professor and Chairman, Department of Surgery, Keio University school of Medicine, Japan
Hiroyuki Mano President, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Japan
Hitoshi Nakagama President, Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development, Japan
Hiroyoshi Nishikawa Chief, Division of Cancer Immunology, Research Institute, National Cancer Center / Professor, Division of Cancer Immune Multicellular System Regulation, Center for Cancer Immunotherapy and Immunobiology (CCII), Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan
Naoko Ohtani Professor, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka Metropolitan University, Japan
Josep Tabernero Director, Vall d’Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Spain
Masakazu Toi Director, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, Japan
C-FINDs Staff
Toshikazu Urabe Secretary General
Taro Miyazaki Senior Manager, Editor-in-Chief
Sayumi Higashi Senior Manager
Hirotaka Hasegawa Senior Manager
Mizue Haga Senior Manager
Yukiyo Uede Accountant
Mitsumasa Saito Accountant