KUROKAWA, Kiyoshi

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  • Position:
    Academic Fellow
  • Degree:
    MD (University of Tokyo), MACP, FRCP(London)
  • Specialty:
    Science and Innovation, Internal Medicine; Nephrology; Healthcare Policy
• Professional Career:
  

  1962-1969	Internship, residency, fellowship, and junior staff in medicine and nephrology, First Department of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Faculty of Medicine
  1969-1971	Research Associate, Department of Biochemistry, University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA.
  1971-1974	Senior fellow, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and Department of Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA.
  1973-1974	Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine
  1974-1977	Associate Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Southern California, School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA.
  1977-1979	Associate Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine
  1979-1985	Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine
  1980-1985	Chief, Nephrology Division, Wadsworth Veterans Administration Medical Center
  1983-1989	Associate Professor of Medicine, Fourth Department of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo
  1989-1996	Professor and Chairman, First Department of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo
  1996-2002	Dean and Professor of Medicine, Tokai University, School of Medicine
  1997-present	Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo
  2002-2004	Director and Professor, The Institute of Medical Science, Tokai University
  2003-2006	President of the Science Council of Japan
  2004-2006	Professor, Research Institute of Science and Technology, Tokai University
  2004-2007	Adjunct Professor, the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo
  2005-2009	Commissioner, Commission for Social Determinants of Health, World Health Organization
  2005-present	Chairman, Health Policy Institute, Japan
  2006-present	Member of President Council of the University of Tokyo
  2006-2008	Science Advisor to the Cabinet; Science, Technology and Innovation
  2006	Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
  2009-present	Academic Fellow, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies

• Selected publications:
  K. Kurokawa, "The unique role of nephrologists in the pursuit of global health goals," Nature Clinical Practice Nephrology, Vol. 4 No.8, p. 405, August 2008.
  
  K. Kurokawa, T. Tsukada, and E. Maeda, "Innovating for health and development," Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize-Global Forum Update on Research for Health, Volume 5, pp.48-51 (2008).
  
  K. Kurokawa, "Editorial: Opening Japan Up to the World," Science, Vol.322, p.1163, November 21, 2008.
  
  K. Kurokawa, "Keynote speech: Innovations for clinical research," Clinical Evaluation, Vol.36, No.2, pp.300-305, December 2008.
  
  K. Kurokawa, Y. Banno, S. Hara and J. Kondo, "Italian G8 Summit: a critical juncture for global health," Lancet, Vol. 373, pp.526-527, February 14, 2009.
  
  A. Sunami and K. Kurokawa, "No time for nationalism," Nature, Vol. 457, pp. 960-961, February 2009.
  
  William H. Saito and K Kurokawa, "Global Climate Change-The Interconnection with Medical Technology and Health Care-", Harvard Asia Quarterly, pp.25-33, Spring 2010
  
• Social contributions:
  American College of Physicians, Fellow (1978), Master (1996), Governor for Japan Chapter (2003-)
  
  American Society for Clinical Investigation (elected 1980)
  
  Association of American Physicians (elected 1994)
  
  Institute of Medicine of National Academies, USA (elected 1997)
  
  International Society of Nephrology, President (1997-99), President-Elect (1995-97), Councilor (1991-95)
  
  Japanese Society of Internal Medicine, Chairman of the Board of Regents (1990-96), President (1995-96)
  
  Japanese Society of Nephrology, Councilor and Board member (1990-02), President (1993-94), Chairman of the
  
  Board of Directors (1997-02)
  
  President of Science Council of Japan (2003-06), Vice President (2000-03)
  
  President of the International Congress of Internal Medicine (2002)
  
  Member of InterAcademy Council (2001-06)
  
  Member of Committee for Science Policy and Review of the International Council of Science (ICSU: 2002-05)
  
  President of Pacific Science Association (2003-07)
  
  Board Member to the Agency for Science, Technology and Research(A*STAR), Singapore(2007-present)
  
  Member of President’s Council, New York Academy of Sciences (2006-present)
  
  Member of UNU(United Nations University) Honorary Advisory Committee(HAC) in Japan (2007.8-present)
  
  Member of the board of trustees of the Khalifa University of Science, Technology and Research(KUSTAR)(2008.2-present)
  
  Member of President’s Council of the University of Tokyo (2006.11-present)
  
  【Honor】
  Order of Purple from the Government of Japan for Excellence in Academic Achievements (1999)
  
  Chevalier dans l’Ordre national de la Légion d’honneur from the Govrenment of France (2009)
  
  Person of the Year of the American Chamber of Commerce of Japan (2010).
• Other notable activities:
  He is an elected member of various scientific societies including Institute of Medicine of the National Academies of Sciences of USA, Master of American College of Physicians. He has served and serves in many committees of the government of Japan. He has been a leader in and an advocate for many academic and professional activities in Japan.
• His website: http://www.kiyoshikurokawa.com/en
• E-mail: kurokawa