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Study Abroad Diary
On this page, we have asked doctors in the field of nephrology who have conducted basic and clinical research at overseas facilities, and doctors who are currently working as leaders in overseas laboratories, to share their experiences studying abroad. Please use this as a reference for your career path.
Professor Makoto HaradaRead the story
■ Timing of study abroad: 14 years after graduation, 6 years after obtaining a degree■ Study abroad destination (country): Germany
■ Research area and theme during study abroad: Examination of metabolic changes in all organs following diabetes drug therapy using Multi-Omics data
Professor Takafumi ToyoharaRead the story
■ Timing of study abroad: 12 years after graduation, 5 years after obtaining a degree■ Study abroad destination (country): America
■ Research area and theme during study abroad: Search for endogenous factors that inhibit atherosclerosis using patient-derived iPS cells
Professor Takamitsu SaegusaRead the story
■ Timing of study abroad: 8 years after graduation■ Study abroad destination (country): America
■ Research area and theme during study abroad: Polycystic kidney disease
Professor Tomofumi YamashitaRead the story
■ Timing of study abroad: 7 years after graduation, immediately after obtaining a degree■ Study abroad destination (country): America
■ Research area and theme during study abroad: Basic research on glomerulonephritis (especially IgA nephropathy)
Junichi Ishigami, ProfessorRead the story
■ Timing of study abroad: 2014 (7 years after graduation)■ Study abroad destination (country): America
■ Research area/theme: Epidemiology of chronic kidney disease
Professor MishimaRead the story
■ Timing of study abroad: 13 years after graduation, 7 years after obtaining a degree■ Study abroad destination (country): Germany
■ Research area and theme during study abroad: The control mechanism of ferroptosis cell death
Professor Miho MurashimaRead the story
■ Timing of study abroad: 3 years after graduation■ Study abroad destination (country): America
Professor Kanako Kusunoki and Professor Yoshihiro KusunokiRead the story
■ Timing of study abroad:(Professor Kanako Kusunoki) 10 years after graduation, 2 years after obtaining a degree,
(Professor Yoshihiro Kusunoki) 13 years after graduation, 5 years after obtaining his degree
■ Study abroad destination (country): Germany
■ Research area/theme during study abroad:
(Dr. Kanako Kusunoki) Development of new treatments for acute kidney injury associated with thrombotic vascular disease,
(Dr. Yoshihiro Kusunoki) Elucidation of the role of pyroptosis in chronic kidney disease
Professor Takahiro ImaizumiRead the story
■ Timing of study abroad: 11 years after graduation, immediately after obtaining a degree■ Study abroad destination (country): America
Research area and theme during study abroad: Clinical epidemiology of chronic kidney disease, especially cardiovascular disease
Professor Keiichi SumitaRead the story
■ Timing of study abroad: 11 years after graduation, XNUMX years after obtaining a degree (obtaining a degree after studying abroad)■ Study abroad destination (country): America
■ Research area and theme during study abroad: Identification of risk factors related to the onset of new CKD and pre-dialysis risk factors related to prognosis after dialysis in a large cohort of US veterans
Professor MurakamiRead the story
■ Timing of study abroad: 3 years after graduation, XNUMX years after obtaining a degree■ Study abroad destination (country): America
■ Research area and theme during study abroad: Transplant immunology, onco-nephrology
Professor Yoshitsugu OobiRead the story
■ Timing of study abroad: Research study abroad ⇒ 12 years after graduation, 2 years after obtaining a degree■ Study abroad destination (country): America
■ Research area and theme during study abroad: Epidemiological research related to CKD and end-stage renal disease
Professor Tomoyuki SoumaRead the story
■ Timing of study abroad: 9 years after graduation, 1.5 years after obtaining a degree■ Study abroad destination (country): America
■ Research area and theme during study abroad: ANGPT-TIE2 signaling and pathology
Professor Mako YamaharaRead the story
■ Timing of study abroad: 10 years after graduation, 1 year after obtaining a degree■ Study abroad destination (country): Germany
■ Research area during study abroad: Cell adhesion mechanisms in renal glomerular podocytes
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