Research Departments

Division of Radiation Basic Science

Department	Professor	Research Keywords
Environmetrics and Biometrics	YOSHINAGA Shinji
Radiation Biophysics	YASUDA Hiroshi	radiological protection, dosimetry, radiation measurement, health risk assessment, Fukushima Daiichi accident, UNSCEAR
Molecular Epidemiology
Stem Cell Biology	WATANABE Tomonobu	Advanced optical imaging technology, induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells), radiation damage prediction
Cellular Biology	TASHIRO Satoshi	Ionizing radiation, chromosome abnormalities, DNA repair, higher order nuclear architectures

 

Division of Radiation Translational Medicine

Department	Professor	Research Keywords
Disease Model	KAMINUMA Osamu	Experimental animals, Immunology, Genetic modification, Genome editing, Somatic cell cloning, Radiation effects, T cell, Allergy
Genetics and Cell Biology		Medical genetics, Chromosome maintenance, Radiosensitivity, Primary cilia, Genome editing, Primary microcephaly
Molecular Oncology
Experimental Oncology	SASATANI Megumi	Radiation biology, Radiation-induced carcinogenesis, Radiation disaster medicine, Low dose radiation effects

 

Division of Radiation Medical Science

Department	Professor	Research Keywords
Radiation Disaster Medicine	HIROHASHI Nobuyuki	Molecular mechanisms of hypoxic response, Genomic analyses, Nuclear/Radiation disaster medicine
Hematology and Oncology	ICHINOHE Tatsuo	Hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation, adoptive cellular therapy, immunobioinformatics, low-dose/low dose-rate irradiation, zebrafish, mesenchymal stem/stromal cells, quality-of-life/patient-reported outcome(QOL/PRO)
Surgical Oncology	OKADA Morihito	Surgical oncology, Esophageal cancer, Lung cancer, Breast cancer, Mesothelioma, Surgery, Endoscopic surgery, Thoracosocopic surgery, Chemotherapy, Chemoradiotherapy, Immunotherapy, Oncogenes, Gene therapy, PET, Biomarker, Liquid biopsy
Regenerative Medicine	HIGASHI　Yukihito	Endothelial cell, Vascular function, Rho-associated kinase, Angiogenesis, Regenerative medicine for radiation injury

 

Affiliated Institutions ,and others

Division of Radiation Information Registry	Chief KAMINUMA Osamu
Radiation Research Center for Frontier Science	Chief OKADA Morihito
Center for Radiation Disaster Medical Science	Chief HIGASHI Yukihito