Yuko Ito

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  • position: Associate Professor
  • degree: Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University
  • specialty: Molecular Biology, Science Research Policy, Science Technology Foresight
• education and career:
  B.Sc. Showa College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 1987
  M.Sc. in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University, 1989
  Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University, 1992
  Researcher, Kitasato Institute, 1992-1993
  Senior Researcher, National Institute of Bioscience and Human Technology, Agency of Industrial Sciences and Technology, Ministry of International Trade and Industry( MITI), 1994-2001
  Visiting Scientist, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA, 2000
  Term Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA, 2001-2002
  Senior Research Fellow, National Institute of Science and Technology Policy, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), 2002-present
  Adjunct associate professor, GRIPS, 2008
• current research interests:
  Development model for research in life sciences, Development of Methodology for Foresight