School of Pharmacy

Faculty Members

Physical and Analytical Chemistry

Shigeru Kohtani Professor Ph.D. Physicochemical research into photocatalysis and nanomaterials
Koji Tsukamoto Associate Professor Ph.D. Analytical Chemistry/Fluorescence Imaging
Akira Kawashima Assistant Professor Ph.D. Development of photocatalyst/luminescent nanomaterials

Organic and Medicinal Chemistry

Shunji Aoki Professor Ph.D. Search for the seeds for new medicines from natural products
Tadashi Shimizu Professor Ph.D. Anti-cancer drug discovery, Pharmacovigilance
Akito Tanaka Professor Ph.D. Medicinal chemistry, Identification of bioactive compounds
Hideto Miyabe Professor Ph.D. Development of synthetic organic reactions using highly reactive chemical species
Emiko Iwaoka Associate Professor Ph.D. Search for bioactive compounds from natural resources
Yousuke Yamaoka Lecturer Ph.D. Development of synthetic methodologies for drug discovery
Shuji Nagano Assistant Professor Ph.D. Natural product syntheses and development of organic transformations for drug discovery
Miyuki Mabuchi Assistant Professor Ph.D. Medicinal chemistry, Identification of bioactive compounds

Biological Sciences

Tomomi Ookawara Professor M.D., Ph.D. Redox biology/biological response
Toshiyuki Tanaka Professor Ph.D. Immunology/Tumor immunotherapy
Daisaku Miura Professor D. V. M., Ph.D. Intercellular transport of substances /Kidney disease
Satoshi Yamamoto Professor M.D., Ph.D. Mechanism of ischemic brain dysfunction and neuropathic pain
Yoshiya Ohno Associate Professor Ph.D. Development of novel cancer immunotherapy
Hiroki Yamanaka Associate Professor Ph.D. Research on morphological plasticity of neural circuits in pain model animal
Yoko Kogure Lecturer Ph.D. Elucidation of the intractable pain mechanism and search for medicine
Hirosato Kanda Assistant Professor Ph.D. Sensory-sympathetic interactions within the peripheral nervous system
Daisaku Yoshihara Assistant Professor Ph.D. Redox biology・Iron metabolism

Pharmaceutical Health Sciences

Motoko Nagano-Fujii Professor Ph.D. Analyses of infection mechanisms of pathogens related to Emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases
Hideki Fujino Professor Ph.D. Prediction of drug-drug interactions and Radiation education
Takuya Maeda Professor Ph.D. Mechanism of bacterial resistance to biocides・Microorganism control technology
Junichi Kitanaka Associate Professor Ph.D. Pharmacology/toxicology of abused drugs
Shiho Ohmori Assistant Professor Ph.D. Analysys of invasion and multiplication mechanisms by Babesia microti
Shuhei Sakai Assistant Professor Ph.D. Optimization of medication based on pharmacokinetic analysis
Shuhei Nakao Assistant Professor Ph.D. Elucidating and preventing drug toxicity through integrated in silico and experimental methods
Kanako Hagihara Assistant Professor Ph.D. Screening for antifungal drugs and elucidation of their mechanisms

Pharmacology

Haruyasu Ueda Professor Ph.D. Control of inflammation / Cytokine research
Shuhei Kobuchi Lecturer Ph.D. Acute kidney injury / Chronic kidney disease / Cardiorenal syndrome
Koh-ichi Tanaka Lecturer Ph.D. Pharmacological research on injury and repair in central nervous system

Pharmacotherapy

Chiharu Tabata Professor M.D., Ph.D. Novel development research on the prevention and treatment of respiratory disease
Takeshi Tsujino Special Professor M.D., Ph.D. Elucidation of pathophysiology and development of pharmacotherapy of cardio-renal-anemia syndrome
Hiromi Shibata Assistant Ph.D. Thermography・Screening for emerging infectious diseases/AI

Pharmaceutics and Pharmacokinetics

Kohji Takara Professor Ph.D. Reversal of multidrug resistance in cancer cells
Shinpei Nounen Professor Ph.D. Pharmacogenomics/Pharmacoepigenomics in mental disorder
Hiroki Ueda Lecturer Ph.D. Development of drug delivery systems and scaffolds
Daichi Enomoto Assistant Professor Ph.D. Elucidating the relationship between anticancer drug resistance and inflammatory responses in cancer
Yuta Sugino Assistant Professor Ph.D. Research of factors regulating iron transport

Clinical Pharmacy

Satoko Katsuragi Professor M.S. Research related to health and the pharmacist profession
Atsushi Kinoshita Professor Ph.D. Drug informatics, Pharmaceutical education
Satoyasu Ito Lecturer Ph.D. Improving prognosis for patients with chronic kidney disease
Masahiro Murakami Lecturer Ph.D. Formulative Evaluation of pharmaceuticals
Kana Hashimoto Assistant Professor Ph.D. Optimizing Support for Patient Medication・Geriatric pharmacy
Tomoyoshi Miyamoto Assistant Professor Ph.D. Clinical epidemiology and pharmacoepidemiology studies
Megumi Yahara Assistant Professor B.S. Geriatric Pharmacy, General and family medicine

General Education

Eito Yoshioka Associate Professor Ph.D. Development of organic reactions/Computational analysis for unstable species
Sachi Otani Lecturer Ph.D. The impact of stress on the neuroendocrine system
Misa Nagata Assistant Professor Ph.D. Verification of educational effectiveness using behavioral science and social research methods

Pharmaceutical Education Center

Shunji Aoki Professor Ph.D. Search for the seeds for new medicines from natural products (Main) Faculty School of Pharmacy Organic and Medicinal Chemistry
Mai Aoe Specially Appointed Associate Professor M.S. Pharmacy Education/Active Learning/Gamification
Hironobu Eguchi Associate Professor Ph.D. Analysis of the effects of nitrative stress on lifestyle-related diseases

Laboratory of Basic Pain Research

Yi Dai Professor Ph.D. Molecular mechanism of intractable pain (Main) Department of Laboratory of Anatomy and Neuroscience
Hiroki Yamanaka Associate Professor Ph.D. Research on morphological plasticity of neural circuits in pain model animal (Main) School of Pharmacy Biological Sciences
Masamichi Okubo Lecturer M.D., Ph.D. Research on mechanism of pain perception in primary afferent and spinal cord (Main) Department of Laboratory of Anatomy and Neuroscience
Hirosato Kanda Assistant Professor Ph.D. Sensory-sympathetic interactions within the peripheral nervous system (Main) School of Pharmacy Biological Sciences