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EDUCATIONAL HISTORY
March ‘90　　　　　　 Graduate from Kobe High School (Kobe)
March ’96 D.D.S. 　　Hiroshima University, Faculty of Dentistry
March ’99 Ph.D. 　　 Hiroshima University, Faculty of Dentistry

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND (EMPLOYMENT HISTORY)
April ’96                    Passed the Examination of National Board (Dentistry)
April ’99-March ‘02      Reseach Associate, Department of Oral Pathology,
　　　　　　　　　　     Hiroshima University Faculty of Dentistry
February ‘01-November ’01    A fellow for Japanese scholars and researchers to
                                      study abroad (Department of Pathology, New York
                                    University School of Medicine, Michele Pagano Lab)
December ‘01-December ‘02    A fellow for IARC (International Agency for Research
                                        on Cancer)
(February ‘01-March ’03 Research Assistant Scientist, Department of Pathology,
New York University School of Medicine, Michele Pagano Lab)
April ‘02-October ’03     Research Associate, Department of Oral Maxillofacial
                               Pathobiology, Hiroshima University Graduate School of
                               Biomedical Sciences
November ‘03-present       Assistant Professor, Department of Oral Maxillofacial
                                   Pathobiology, Hiroshima University Graduate School of
                                   Biomedical Sciences

LICENSE AND CERTIFICATION
1996 Japanese Dental License Registration

AWARDS AND HONORS
November '08  Award of Japanese Society of Pathology

March ’07 Encouragement Award of Japanese Society of Pathology
August ’05 Encouragement Award of Japanese Association of Oral Pathology
September ’00 IAOP (International Association of Oral Pathologists) prize
September ’00 Young Investigators Award of the Japanese Association for Oral
Biology
May ’99 Encouragement Award of Hiroshima University, Faculty of Dentistry
Alumni Assocaiation

Research

1. Abnormal regulation of cell cycle regulators in head and neck cancer

2. Abnormal regulation of ubiquitin mediated proteolysis in cancer

3. Identification of invasion and metastasis related molecules in head and neck cancer

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