YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY

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TANIZAWA Yukio

Date of Birth: April, 1958
Place of Birth: Wakayama Prefecture Japan

Education

1987 PhD
Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine
1983 M.D.
Yamaguchi University School of Medicine

Professional Experience

April 2022 – present President, Yamaguchi University
April 2021 – March 2022 Executive Trustee, Vice President, Yamaguchi University
April 2021 – March 2022 Professor of Medicine, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine
April 2020 – March 2021 Vice President, Yamaguchi University
April 2016 – March 2020 Dean, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Yamaguchi University, Director, Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi University
April 2005 – March 2016 Vice Director, Yamaguchi University Hospital
May 2002 – March 2021 Professor of Medicine, Chairman, Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Hematology (Internal Medicine III), Graduate School of Medicine Yamaguchi University
April 1997- April 2002 Lecturer of Medicine, Yamaguchi University, School of Medicine
April 1995 – March 1997 Instructor of Medicine, Yamaguchi University, School of Medicine
April 1993 – March 1995 Research Physician, Yamaguchi University Hospital
April 1992 – March 1993 Research Instructor, Metabolism Division, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine at St. Louis MO, USA.
April 1990 – March 1992 Post-doctoral fellow, Metabolism Division, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine at St. Louis MO, USA.
April 1989 – March 1990 Instructor of Medicine, School of Medicine, Yamaguchi University
April 1987- March 1989 Physician, Ehime Rosai Hospital, Niihama, Ehime, Japan

Certification

2003 Certified Endocrinologist
1994 Certified Internist
1994 Certified Diabetologist
1983 National Board of Medicine, Japan

Professional

The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine, Councilor
The Japan Diabetes Society, Executive Director, Director of Chugoku-Shikoku Branch
The Japan Endocrine Society, Director of Chugoku Branch
The Asian Association for the Study of Diabetes, Director
American Diabetes Association
European Association for the Study of Diabetes

Special Area of Interest

Molecular biological, genetic aspect of pathogenesis of diabetes mellitus
Molecular mechanism of insulin biosynthesis and secretion