Profile of President Nagahiro Minato

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Research interests and experience

Cancer and immunology

Professional experience

2017–2020Provost, Kyoto University
2014–2020Executive Vice-President for Strategy Coordination, Research, Planning, and Hospital Administration, Kyoto University
2010–2014Dean, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University
1992–2016Professor, Department of Immunology and Cell Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University
1999–2009Professor, Department of Bioregulation, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University (joint appointment)
1990–1992Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Jichi Medical School
1980–1990Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Jichi Medical School
1977–1980Research Associate, Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, USA
1975–1977Resident, Chest Disease Research Institute Hospital, Kyoto University
1975Graduated from the School of Medicine, Kyoto University

Education

1983Doctor of Medicine (MD, PhD), Kyoto University, Japan
1975Bachelor of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan

Editorial experience and other activities

2020-presentBoard Member, The Japan Association of National Universities
2018-presentMember, Central Council for Education, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)
2014  President, The 43rd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Immunology
2006–2020Associate Member, Science Council of Japan
2006–presentMember, Council of the Japanese Immunology Society
1998–2010Executive Editor, Immunology Letters, the official journal of the Federation of European Immunology Societies