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Name: Yasuhiko (First) Tabata (Family) Sex: Male Date of birth: February 18, 1959 Place of birth: Osaka, Japan Marital status: Married Nationality: Japanese Present address: Department of Biomaterials, Field of Tissue Engineering, Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University 53 Kawara-cho Shogoin, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan Tel: +81-75-751-4128 (Sec. rm), +81-75-751-4121 (Prof. rm) Fax: +81-75-751-4646 E-mail: yasuhiko@frontier.kyoto-u.ac.jp |
| Education: | |
| 1977-1981 | BS in Technology, Polymer Chemistry Kyoto University, Japan |
| 1981-1983 | MS in Technology, Polymer Chemistry Kyoto University, Japan |
| 1983-1988 | Ph.D., Technology, Kyoto University, Japan |
| 2002 | Doctor of Medical Science, School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan |
| 2003 | Doctor of Pharmacy, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Japan |
Research and professional experiences:
| 1986-1988 | Research Fellow, Research Center for Medical Polymers and Biomaterials, Kyoto University, Japan |
| 1986-1987 | Research Scientist, National Institute for Advanced Interdisciplinary Research, The Ministry of International Trade and Industries, Japan |
| 1989-1990 | Young Researcher, Tumor Research Project of the Ministry of Education, Japan |
| 1991-1992 | Visiting Scientist, Professor Robert Langer's Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Harvard Medical School, MA, USA |
| 1988-1990 | Assistant Professor, Research Center for Medical Polymers and Biomaterials, Kyoto University, Japan |
| 1990-1996 | Assistant Professor, Research Center for Biomedical Engineering, Kyoto University, Japan |
| 1996-1998 | Associate Professor, Research Center for Biomedical Engineering, Kyoto University, Japan |
| 1998-2000 | Associate Professor, Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Japan |
| 2000-present | Professor and Chairman, Department of Biomaterials, Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Japan |
| 2001-2009 | Professor, Course of Advanced Medicine, Osaka University, Graduate School of Medicine, Japan |
| 2001-present | Visiting Lecturer, Dental School, Iwate Medical School, Japan |
| 2001-present | Visiting Lecturer, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan |
| 2001-present | Visiting Lecturer, College of Medical Technology, Kyoto University, Japan |
| 2001-present | Scientific advisor, Research Institute for Production Development, Kyoto, Japan |
| 2002-present | Visiting Lecturer, Graduate School of Technology, Nagoya Univiersity, Japan |
| 2002-present | Visiting Lecturer, Graduate School of Dentistry, Niigata Univiersity, Japan |
| 2002-present | Visiting Lecturer, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine,School, Japan |
| 2003-present | Visiting Lecturer, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Japan |
| 2003-present | Visiting Lecturer, Graduate School of Technology, Okayama University, Japan |
| 2004-present | Visiting Lecturer, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Japan |
| 2006-present | Visiting Lecturer, Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya University, Japan |
| 2006-present | Visiting Lecturer, Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe University, Japan |
| 2008-present | Adjunct Professor, School of Life Dentistry, Nippon Dental College, Japan |
Awards:
The Award for Young Investigator of Japanese Society for Biomaterials (1990)
The Award of Japanese Society for Biomaterials (2002)
The Award of World Biomaterials Society (2008)
The Award of Japan Society of Drug Delivery System (Mizushima Award) (2011)
The Chandra P. Sharma Award of the International Society of Biomaterials & Artificial Organs (2011)
The Scientific Award from the Japanese Society for Regenerative Medicine (2014)
Academic Society Activities:
| 1996-2004 | Councilor of the Japanese Society of Biomaterials |
| 1998-2009 | Councilor of the Japan Society of Drug Delivery System |
| 1996-present | Member of the New York Academy of Sciences |
| 2000-present | Councilor of the Japanese Society of Inflammation and Regeneration |
| 2000-present | Manager of Kinki Chemical Society, Japan |
| 2001-present | Councilor of the Japanese Pharmaceutical Product Forum |
| 2001-2004 | Councilor of the Japanese Tissue Engineering Society |
| 2001-2009 | Councilor of the Japanese Regenerative Medicine Society |
| 2001-present | The Board of Govenors, Tissue Engineering Society International |
| 2001-2002 | The Judging Committee of the Takeda Foundation, Japan |
| 2004-present | Councilor of the Japanese Society for Wound Healing |
| 2004-present | The Board of Govenors, the Japanese Society of Biomaterials |
| 2004-present | The Board of Govenors, the Japanese Tissue Engineering Society |
| 2004-present | The Board of Govenors, the Society for Hard Tissue Regenerative Medicine |
| 2004-present | A member of the New York Academy of Science |
| 2004-present | The Editorial Board of Advance Drug Delivery Reviews |
| 2005-present | The Executive Editor of Advance Drug Delivery Reviews |
| 2004-present | The Editorial Board of Tissue Engineering |
| 2005-present | The Executive Editor of Tissue Engineering |
| 2004-present | The Editorial Board of Journal Biomaterial Science, Polymer Edition |
| 2004-present | The Editorial Board of J. Biomedical Nanotechnology |
| 2004-present | The Editorial Board of Bioscience and Bioindustry (Japanese) |
| 2004-present | The Editorial Board of Biotechnology Journal (Japanese) |
| 2005-2006 | Board member of “Nano-materials” working group of Council for Science and Technology Policy, Cabinet Office, Government of Japan |
| 2006-present | Councilor of the Japanese Artificial Organ Society |
| 2006-present | The Board of Govenors, the Japanese Society of Inflammation and Regeneration, |
| 2006-present | An associate member of the Science Council of Japan, Cabinet Office |
| 2006-present | A fellow of American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. |
| 2008-present | Biomaterials Science and Engineering Fellow |
| 2009-present | The Board of Govenors, the Japan Society of Drug Delivery System |
| 2009-present | The Board of Govenors, the Japanese Regenerative Medicine Society |
Recent Research Activities:
Biodegradable polymeric materials, Hydrogels, Their medical applications,Tissue engineering, Mucosal vaccination, and Drug delivery systems.
Publications:
1234 research articles including 145 review articles
65 contributions for book chapter and 130 patents