Trustees, Auditors, Councilors and Grant Selection Committee Members

[Board of Trustees]

As of July 1, 2023

Post Name Title
Chairman Kuniaki Takata, Ph.D. President, Gunma Prefectural Public University Corporation
Trustee Sadayoshi Ito, M.D., Ph.D. Special Administrator, Katta General Hospital
Professor Emeritus, Tohoku University
Akimichi Kaneko, M.D., Ph.D. Professor Emeritus, Keio University
Fujio Murakami, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus, Osaka University
Leo Lee President, Novartis Pharma K.K.
Auditor Tokuzo Nakajima, CPA Representative, Tokuzo Nakajima CPA Firm
Masanori Fuse Financial Advisor, Novartis Pharma K.K.

[Board of Councilors]

As of July 1, 2023

Post Name Title
Chairman Takao Shimizu, M.D., Ph.D. Director, Institute of Microbial Chemistry, Microbial Chemistry Research Foundation
Project Leader, National Center for Global Health and Medicine
Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo
Councilor Masamitsu Iino, M.D., Ph.D. Special Advisor, International Research Center for Neurointelligence, University of Tokyo
Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo
Hiroyuki Kawashima, Ph.D Former Professor, Niigata University
Tsuneyoshi Kuroiwa, Ph.D. Member of the Japan Academy;
Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo
Masakatsu Shibasaki, Ph.D. President, Microbial Chemistry Research Foundation
Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo
Akihiko Nakano, Ph.D. Senior Advisor/Deputy Director, RIKEN Center for Advanced Photonics
Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo
Yoichi Nabeshima, M.D., Ph.D. Special Appointed Professor, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine
Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University
Toyoshi Fujimoto, M.D., Ph.D. Research Professor, Juntendo University
Professor Emeritus, Nagoya University
Miwako Mori, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus, Hokkaido University
Tohru Hirose, Ph.D. Managing Director, Novartis Pharma K.K.
Head, Global Drug Development, Novartis Pharma K.K.

[Grantee Selection Committee]

As of July 1, 2023

Post Name Title
Chairman Yasuteru Urano, Ph.D. Professor, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Member Masaki Ieda, M.D., Ph.D. Professor, Keio University School of Medicine
Erina Kuranaga, Ph.D. Professor, Tohoku University Graduate School of Life Sciences
Mitinori Saito, M.D., Ph.D. Professor, Kyoto University Institute for Advanced Study
Fumitoshi Kakiuchi, Ph.D. Professor, Keio University School of Fundamental Science and Technology
Hiroshi Kawasaki, M.D., Ph.D. Professor, Kanazawa University Faculty of Medicine
Shoen Kume, Ph.D. Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology School of Life Science and Technology
Kiyoshi Takeda, M.D., Ph.D. Professor, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine
Kazuhiro Nakamura, Ph.D. Professor, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine
Tetsuya Higashiyama, Ph.D. Professor, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Science
Sachiko Miyake, M.D., Ph.D. Professor, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine
Hozumi Motohashi, M.D., Ph.D. Professor, Tohoku University Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer
Yoshihiro Sato, Ph.D Professor, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Yutaka Takahashi M.D., Ph.D. Professor, Nara Medical University
Yasushi Sakata, M.D., Ph.D. Professor, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine
Osamu Takeuchi, M.D., Ph.D. Professor, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine
Osamu Nureki, Ph.D. Professor, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Science
Akiko Hayashi-Takagi , M.D., Ph.D. Team leader, RIKEN Center for Brain Science
Yu Hayashi, Ph.D. Professor, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Science
Yasuyuki Fujita, M.D., Ph.D Professor, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine