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Director and Section Chiefs
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Profile | Main Activities |
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Keiichiro Yamamoto Director of the Department of Clinical Research Management |
He got his Ph.D. from the Kyoto University in 2010. After working at the University of Tokyo for a while, he was appointed to current position. Areas of specialty: Moral philosophy, Bioethics (especially research ethics). |
After serving as an external member of the Center's Research Ethics Committee in 2014, He got the current job at the Center for Clinical Research, where he helped establish the Bioethics Section and is involved in supporting and educating researchers of the Center in terms of research ethics and clinical ethics. As for the former, for example, he organizes and manages the CCS Clinical Research Consultation Team. Currently, his research interests lie in bioethics/medical ethics/research ethics/clinical ethics as a normative discipline. |
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Katsue Sunahori Watanabe Head of Clinical Research Safety Management Section |
She received her M.D. and Ph.D from Okayama University in 2000 and 2006 respectively. After working at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical center, Okayama University Hospital and PMDA, she was appointed to current position in April 2020. Areas of specialty: Rheumatology, Regulatory Science |
Based on her experience in PMDA, she has been in charge of collecting and analyzing information regarding to adverse effects and deviation occurred in clinical research and supporting appropriate research activity in NCGM. |
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Kyoko Takashima Head of Bioethics Section |
She got her M.P.H. (2011) and Ph.D. (2015) from the University of Tokyo. After working at the Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, she started working at NCGM in 2018. She was appointed to her current position in 2023. Areas of specialty: Bioethics |
She works as a research ethics consultant and a member of the Research Ethics Committee and other research review boards in NCGM. She also engages in the Clinical Ethics Committee and is a member of the Ethics Support Team at the Center Hospital of NCGM. Her research interests are research ethics and ELSI in genomic medicine and research. |
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Yumi Matsushita Head of Clinical Research and Education Promotion Section |
Graduated from Tokyo Medical and Dental University Graduate School (March 2004). After working at the University of Tokyo Hospital (Department of Diabetes and Metabolic Diseases), joined the National Center for Global Health and Medicine from October 2006. Specialties: Obesity and Diabetes |
We train clinical researchers. As education for all those involved in clinical research, we hold a training course for those eligible for clinical research certification, and as individual education, we provide 3-month training at the Clinical Research Center. In conducting research, we place special emphasis on turning ideas into research queries and creating protocols, providing support when conducting research, and assisting with conference presentations and writing papers. As a clinical researcher myself, I would like to share the joy of research.We also provide research to clinical research review committee members and ethics review committee members, subcommittee members, and technical experts. |
Others
| Name | Position |
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| Clinical Research Safety Management Section | |
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Yasuko Ino |
Pharmacist |
| Name | Position |
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| Bioethics Section | |
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Shohei Suzuki |
Project researcher |
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Tomoko Tanaka |
Research assistant |
| Name | Position |
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| Clinical Research and Education Promotion Section | |
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Kie Nagao |
Research assistant |