Division of Research Programs Completed Projects – U.S.-Japan Cooperative Medical Sciences Program Collaborative Awards

Development of improved automated detection of outbreaks of antimicrobial resistance bacteria in Japan

HOSAKA Yumiko

National Institute of Infectious Diseases

Japan

Meghan Baker

Brigham and Women’s hospital

U.S.

Study of filamentous Vibrio cholerae: bacterial motility and infection strategy

Jun Xu 

University of the Ryukyus

Japan

Ana Weil

University of Washington

U.S.

Molecular characterization of airway in non-tuberculous mycobacterial lung disease(NTM-LD) 

UWAMINO Yoshifumi

Keio University School of Medicine

Japan

Giorgia Radicioni

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

U.S.

Exploring the regulatory mechanisms underlying Plasmodium falciparum gametocytogenesis

MIYAZAKI Shinya 

Nagasaki University

Japan

Miho Usui

Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine

U.S.

Development of small compounds for pan-arenavirus therapy

ORBA Yasuko 

Hokkaido University

Japan

Junki Maruyama

University of Texas Medical Branch

U.S.

Investigating DNA origami vaccine efficacy in infectious diseases

LEE Ruda

Kumamoto University

Japan

Yang Zeng

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

U.S.

Genetics, Immunological and Neurological Long-term Consequences in Prospective COVID-19 Cohort in Thailand, Japan, Philippines and USA

OTSUKA Kunihiro

Tokushima University

Japan

Douglas Golenbock

UMass Medical School

U.S.

Comprehensive elucidation of the host factors contributing to severe COVID-19 using large U.S. and Japanese cohorts

SHIBATA Sho 

Tokyo Medical and Dental University

Japan

Ho Namkoong

 National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

U.S.

Long-term immunity to SARS-CoV-2 in influencing COVID-19 disease outcome in Asia

MOI Meng Ling

Nagasaki University

Japan

Sujan Shresta

La Jolla Institute for Immunology

U.S.

Roles of T follicular helper cells and tissue resident memory cells of mucosal immunity in COVID-19 disease severity

YAMAMOTO Kazuko

Nagasaki University Hospital

Japan

Jay Kolls

John W Deming Endowed Chair in Internal Medicine, Tulane School of Medicine

U.S.

Variation of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) UL40 and immune responses in classic and emerging HCMV-associated ocular diseases.

YAWATA Nobuyo

Kyushu University

Japan

Michael Paley

Washington University

U.S.

Identification of innate-like T cell as a novel HIV reservoir

MOTOZONO Chihiro

Kumamoto University

Japan

Guinevere Lee

 Weill Cornell Medicine

U.S.

Impact of bedaquiline (BDQ) and delamanid (DLM) introduction to the Philippines on the prevalence of BDQ and DLM resistant tuberculosis

YOSHIDA Shiomi

National hospital Organization Kinki-chuo Chest medical center

Japan

Midori Kato-Maeda

University of California, San Francisco

U.S.

Analysis of neurotoxicity of a putative novel botulinum neurotoxin

FUJINAGA Yukako

Kanazawa University

Japan

Sabine Pellet

University of Wisconsin-Madison

U.S.

Pilot-scale analysis of 5methylC methylome for Helicobacter pylori Genome Project

FUKUYO Masaki 

Chiba University

Japan

M. Constanza

Camargo National Cancer Institute

U.S.

Development of small molecules that target HIV-1 latency-associated long non-coding RNA for virus eradication

YAMAMOTO Tsuyoshi

Nagasaki University

Japan

Thomas Rasmi

Walter ,Reed Army Institute of Research

U.S.

Study on risk assessment for avian influenza viruses in Vietnam

WATANABE Tokiko

The University Tokyo

Japan

Gabriele Neumann

 Influenza Research Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison

U.S.

Comprehensive analysis of immune pathogenesis of acute hepatitis A with or without HIV co-infection

YOSHIO Sachiyo

National Center for Global Health and Medicine

Japan

Walker M. Christopher

The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital 

U.S.

Dissection of super enhancers in EBV-associated T- and NK-cell lymphoma/lymphoproliferative diseases

SATO  Yoshitaka

Nagoya University

Japan

Zhao Bo

Brigham and Women’s Hospital /Harvard Medical School

U.S.

Characterization of the molecular mechanism for development of Epstein-Barr virus-associated nasopharyngeal carcinoma

NANBO Asuka

Hokkaido University

Japan

Lin Zhen

Tulane University

U.S.

Evolution of Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae in the US and Japan Over the Past Two Decades

NAGAO Miki

Kyoto University Hospital

Japan

Van Tyne Daria Natalie

University of Pittsburgh

U.S.

Identification of host factors of NTM diseases in the Asia Pacific region

MORIMOTO  Kozo

The Research Institute of Tuberculosis, Japan Anti-tuberculosis Association

Japan

Namkoong Ho

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH

U.S.

Development of Disialyl-T Derivatives and Evaluation of their Suppressive Effect on Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) Adherence and Colonization

IMAMURA  Akihiro

Gifu University

Japan

Joseph Sabrina Stacy

Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc.

U.S.

Interdisciplinary Study of Factors Related to Treatment Outcome of Sri Lankan Cutaneous Leishmaniasis

SANJOBA  Chizu

The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences

Japan

Zhou Guofa

University of California at Irvine

U.S.

Gnidimacrin and its derivatives against HIV-1 latency

Wei Li　

Toho University

Japan

Li Huang

Duke University

U.S.

High-throughput analysis of human memory B cells and antibodies against flavivirus E protein in Asia-Pacific regions

TAKAHASHI Yoshimasa

National Institute of Infectious Diseases

Japan

Rebecca Sadun

Duke University

U.S.

Investigation of immunologic factors associated with differential disease outcomes in Zika virus infection, Vietnam

MOI Meng Ling

Nagasaki University

Japan

Sujan Shresta

La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology

U.S.

Molecular biological analysis of hantavirus relating to chronic kidney disease by unknown etiology (CKDu) in Sri Lanka

YOSHIMATSU-MORIMATSU Kumiko

Hokkaido University

Japan

Hideki Ebihara

Mayo Clinic

U.S.

Evaluating broadly neutralizing antibodies for targeted ADCC cure strategies in the Asia Pacific region

YAMAMOTO Takuya

National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health, and Nutrition

Japan

Rebecca Lynch

George Washington University

U.S.

Intrahepatic persistence of hepatitis A virus post viremia and fecal shedding

HIRAI-YUKI Asuka

National Institute of Infectious Diseases

Japan

David McGivern

University of North Carolina Chapel Hill

U.S.

Identification of host factors that support replication of hepatitis B virus for development of novel therapy

CHAYAMA Hiromi

Hiroshima University

Japan

T. Jake Liang

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

U.S.

Automated detection of outbreaks of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria in Japan

YAHARA Koji　

National Institute of Infectious Diseases

Japan

Stelling John

Brigham and Women's Hospital

U.S.

Molecular Surveillance of Ceftazidime (CAZ) Resistance in Melioidosis

NAKAJIMA Chie

Hokkaido University

Japan

Tuanyok Apichai

University of Florida

U.S.

Defined antigens for a diagnostic antigen detection test of visceral leishmaniasis

GOTO Yasuyuki

University of Tokyo

Japan

Duthie Malcom

Infectious Disease Research Institute

U.S.

Discovery and molecular understanding of virulence-associated genetic markers of amebiasis

TSUKUI Kumiko

National Institute of Infectious Diseases

Japan

Marie Chelsea

University of Virginia

U.S.

Establishment of a novel in vitro system to assess Plasmodium vivax hypnozoites and its application for the metabolomic and pharmacological analysis

KANEKO Osamu

Nagasaki University

Japan

Patrapuvich  Rapatbhorn

Mahidol University

Thailand

Rathod  Pradipsinh

University of Washington

U.S.

In vitro and in vivo characterization of host factor candidates targeting liver-stage malaria

YAMAMOTO  Masahiro

Osaka University

Japan

Jacobs-Lorena  Marcelo

Johns Hopkins University

U.S.

Investigate the gain of immune function after hepatitis C virus eradication from patients

KANDA Tatsuo

Chiba University

Japan

Ray Ranjit

Saint. Louis University

U.S.

Molecular characterization of interferon- resistant HIV-1 using novel imaging techniques

SHIODA Tatsuo

Osaka University

Japan

Hope Thomas

Northwestern University

U.S.

Molecular mechanisms by which HIV-1 acquires resistance to second-generation integrase strand transfer inhibitors

HACHIYA Atsuko

National Hospital Organization Nagoya Center

Japan

Kirby Karen

University of Missouri

U.S.

The balancing act: hepatic innate immune defense and viral evasion.

Aly Ibarhim  Hussein

National Institute of Infectious Diseases

Japan

Saito Takeshi

University of Southern California

U.S.