Endowed Course・Collaborative Research Laboratory・Joint Programs

Department	Professor	Research Keyword
Artificial Joints and Biomaterials		Joint disease, Artificial joint
Stress Protein Processing		Stress protein, Stress response, Neuron, Neurodegenerative disease, Cell biology, Molecular biology, Biochemistry
Preventive Medicine for Diabetes and Lifestyle-related Diseases	Masayasu Yoneda	Diabetes Mellitus, Lifestyle-related Diseases, Medical Survey for Japanese-Americans, Westernization of Lifestyle, Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome
Technology and Design Thinking for Medicine	Hitoshi Tabuchi
Musculoskeletal Traumatology and Reconstructive Surgery
Medicine for Integrated Approach to Social Inclusion	Shinya Ishii

Department	Professor	Research Keyword
Probiotic Science for Preventive Medicine	Masanori Sugiyama	Plant-derived lactic acid bacteria, Metabolic syndrome, Probiotics, Functional foods, Clinical trial, Meta genome analysis, Intestinal bacterial Flora, Neuro-degenerative diseases, digestive organ diseases, Koji-kin, Aspergillus oryzae
Stem Cell Biology and Medicine	Ayumu Nakashima	Regenerative medicine, Mesenchymal stem cell, Anti-inflammation, Fibrosis, Chronic kidney disease
Musculoskeletal Ultrasound in Medicine
Advanced Diagnostic Imaging Development
Advanced Bio-functional Imaging Development
Liquid Biopsy

Department	Visiting Professor
(National Hospital Organization Kure Medical Center and Chugoku Cancer Center)	Hirotaka Tashiro Shouji Shimose Yoshinori Yamashita
(National Institute of Infectious Diseases) Antimicrobial Resistance	Motoyuki Sugai Keigo Shibayama
(Radiation Effects Research Foundation) Analysis of radiation-induced mutations	Asao Noda
(Radiation Effects Research Foundation) Functions of Biological Defense Genome	Yoichiro Kusunoki Tomonori Hayashi
(Radiation Effects Research Foundation) Epidemiology of Radiation Effects on Health	Kotaro Ozasa
(National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology) Charged Particle Therapy and Molecular Imaging	Hiroshi Tsuji Ryuuichi Nishii
(National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology) Radiation Protection and Radiation Emergency Medicine	Hideo Tatsuzaki Shizuko Kakimura