Trustees, Auditors, Councilors and Grant Selection Committee Members

[Board of Trustees]

As of Jul 01, 2025

Post Name Title
Chairman Kuniaki Takata, Ph.D. President, Gunma Prefectural Public University Corporation
Professor Emeritus, Gunma University
Trustee Sadayoshi Ito, M.D., Ph.D. Special Administrator, Katta General Hospital
Professor Emeritus, Tohoku University
Mariko Hasegawa, Ph.D. Chairman, Japan Arts Council
Prof. Emeritus, Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI
Fujio Murakami, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus, Osaka University
John Paul Pullicino President and Representative Director, Novartis Pharma K.K.
Auditor Naoki Haruyama, CPA Representative, Naoki Haruyama CPA Firm
Katsuki Fukuda Head, Corporate Finance Dept., Novartis Pharma K.K.

[Board of Councilors]

As of Jul 01, 2025

Post Name Title
Chairman Takao Shimizu, M.D., Ph.D. Director, Institute of Microbial Chemistry, Microbial Chemistry Research Foundation
Sr. Fellow, National Institute of Global Health and Medicine, JIHS
Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo
Councilor Masamitsu Iino, M.D., Ph.D. Special Advisor, International Research Center for Neurointelligence, University of Tokyo
Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo
Masakatsu Shibasaki, Ph.D. President, Microbial Chemistry Research Foundation
Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo
Mikiko Sodeoka, Ph.D. Director, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science
Hiroyuki Takeda, Ph.D. Professor, Kyoto Sangyo University Faculty of Life Sciences
Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo
Akihiko Nakano, Ph.D. Visiting Professor, Institute of Science Tokyo
Visiting PI / Emeritus Scientist, RIKEN, Prof. Emeritus, University of Tokyo
Yoichi Nabeshima, M.D., Ph.D. Special Appointed Professor, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine
Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University
Toyoshi Fujimoto, M.D., Ph.D. Research Professor, Juntendo University
Professor Emeritus, Nagoya University
Mayumi Mochizuki, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus, Keio University
Tohru Hirose, Ph.D. Managing Director, Novartis Pharma K.K.
Development Japan Head, Novartis Pharma K.K.

[Grantee Selection Committee]

As of Jul 01, 2025

Post Name Title
Chairman Yoshihiro Sato, Ph.D. Professor, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Member Yutaka Takahashi M.D., Ph.D. Professor, Nara Medical University
Yasushi Sakata, M.D., Ph.D. Professor, University of Osaka Graduate School of Medicine
Osamu Takeuchi, M.D., Ph.D. Professor, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine
Osamu Nureki, Ph.D. Professor, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Science
Akiko Hayashi-Takagi, M.D., Ph.D. Team leader, RIKEN Center for Brain Science
Yu Hayashi, Ph.D. Professor, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Science
Yasuyuki Fujita, M.D., Ph.D. Professor, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine
Mamiko Sakata-Yanagimoto,M.D., Ph.D. Professor, University of Tsukuba Institute of Medicine
Moritoshi Sato, Ph.D. Professor, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Arts and Science
Norihiko Takeda,M.D., Ph.D. Professor, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine
Shosei Yoshida, Ph.D. Professor, National Institute for Basic Biology
Hisashi Arase, M.D., Ph.D. Professor, University of Osaka WPI Immunology Frontier
Research Center/ Research Institute for Microbial Diseases
Noriko Saitoh, Ph.D. Director, Division of Cancer Biology, Cancer Institute of JFCR
Takeshi Sakaba, Ph.D. Professor, Doshisha University Graduate School of Brain Science
Yukari Fujimoto, Ph.D. Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology Department of Chemistry, Keio University
Sachihiro Matsunaga, Ph.D. Professor, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Frontier Science
Sayuri Yamazaki, M.D., Ph.D. Professor, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Science