Organization

Introducing the Deputy Director General

❊ Education:

1989	M.D. magna cum laude, Saitama Medical School
1996	Ph.D. Tokyo Medical and Dental University/ School of Medicine

❊ Professional Training, Employment and Fellowships:

1989	Passed the Examination of National Board
1989-1990	Resident in Department of Neuropsychiatry, Tokyo Medical and Dental University/ School of Medicine, Tokyo
1990-1991	Psychiatrist in Yotsukura Hospital, Fukushima
1991-1993	Research Fellow in Department of Medical Genetics, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki
1993-1994	Research Associate and Psychiatrist in Department of Neuropsychiatry, Tokyo Medical and Dental University/School of Medicine, Tokyo
1994	Designated Physician of Mental Health licensed by The Ministry of Health and Welfare
1994-1996	Research Association in Department of Biochemistry, Institute for Brain Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo
1996-1997	Research Associate in Department of Neuropsychiatry, Tokyo Medical and Dental University/ School of Medicine, Tokyo Psychiatrist in Takatsuki Hospital, Tokyo
1997-1999	Visiting Fellow in Molecular Neurobiology Branch, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institute of Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
1999-2001	Researcher in Lab. for Molecular Psychiatry, BSI, RIKEN, Saitama
2001-2011	Project Leader, Schizophrenia Research Team, Schizophrenia Research Project, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Psychiatry, Tokyo
2011-2015	Department Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and Project Leader, Schizophrenia Research Project, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science
2015 - present	Director, Center for Medical Research Cooperation Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science
2018 - present	Vice Director General, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science

❊ Award:

• 1989, Saitama Medical School cum laude; magna cum laude (Moroyama-Kaicho-sho)
• 2018, International Congress of Neuropathology Facilities Committee Chair
• 1994, Award for Academy on Neuropsychiatry of Tokyo Medical and Dental University/ School of Medicine (Shimazaki-Shimazono-Takahashi Gakujyutsu-shou)
• 2008, Tokyo Metropolitan Governer Award
• 2011, Best Award of Research Group for Schizophrenia
• 2016, Healthy Society Award (Japan Nursing Association)

❊ Societies:

• Director, The Japanese Society of Schizophrenia Research
• Director, The Japanese Society of Biological Psychiatry
• Councilor, The Japanese Society of Clinical Neuropsychopharmacology
• Cooperative Professor, Departmento of Computational Biology and Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo