Division of Strategic Planning and Evaluation FY2020 List of Projects - Research Program on Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases

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First Year	Final Year	Principal Investigator	Affiliation		Project Title
FY2018	FY2020	KAWAOKA　Yoshihiro	The University of Tokyo	Professor	Study on risk assessment and vaccine development for highly pathogenic avian H7N9 influenza viruses emerged in China
FY2018	FY2020	NOBUSAWA Eri	National Institute of Infectious Diseases	Lab chief	Study of the cell-based influenza vaccine
FY2018	FY2020	MORISHIMA Tsuneo	Aichi Medical University	Visitng Professor	Research on the diagnosis and treatment of severe respiratory infections caused by viruses
FY2018	FY2020	MIZUKAMI Takuo	National Institute of Infectious Diseases	Section Chief	Development of hyper-immune-Globulin against HTLV-1 infection and disease progression
FY2018	FY2020	TANAKA Yuetsu	University of the Ryukyus	Professor	Generation of recombinant human immunoglobulin drugs and verification using a non-human primatemodel for development of passive immunization prophylaxis against mother to child vertical infection with HTLV-1
FY2018	FY2020	SHIBAYAMA Keigo	National Institute of Infectious Diseases	Director	Research and development of new technologies for comprehensive infection control of emerging and re-emerging Antimicrobial Resistance
FY2018	FY2020	OHNISHI Makoto	National Institute of Infectious Diseases	Deputy Director-General	Research for control of antimicrobial resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection
FY2018	FY2020	MITARAI Satoshi	The Research Institute of Tuberculosis, Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association	Professor/Head	Technology development for tuberculosis infection control with OMICS information
FY2018	FY2020	HOSHINO Yoshihiko	National Institute of Infectious Diseases	Division Chair	Studies toward the development of prophylaxis, diagnosis and treatment of leprosy and other mycobacterial skin diseases
FY2018	FY2020	IYODA Sunao	National Institute of Infectious Diseases	Chief	Research for the establishment of surveillance method and virulence evaluation system of deiarrheagenic enterobacteria
FY2018	FY2020	SUZUKI Motoi	National Institute of Infectious Diseases	Director	Researches on surveillance for vaccine-preventable diseases and evaluation of vaccine effectiveness
FY2018	FY2020	SAWABE Kyoko	National Institute of Infectious Diseases	Senior Researcher	Studies of arthropods involved in vector-borne diseases
FY2018	FY2020	ANDO Shuji	National Institute of Infectious Diseases	Chief	Research for syntetic strategy of tick-borne bacterial diseases
FY2018	FY2020	MAEDA Ken	National Institute of Infectious Diseases	Director	Establishment of system for diagnosis and information sharing of zoonosis transmitted by companion animals
FY2018	FY2020	FUKUSHI Shuetsu	National Institute of Infectious Diseases	Director	Research on the improvement of the bio-risk management systems of highly pathogenic agents
FY2018	FY2020	SAITO Ryoichi	Tokyo Medical and Dental University	Associate professor	Research and development of effective testing and surveillance strategies for meningococcal disease in mass gatherings
FY2018	FY2020	SAIJO Masayuki	National Institute of Infectious Diseases	Director	Research on the therapeutic and preventive measures against highly pathogenic virus infections: development of vaccines to and animal models of highly pathogenic virus infections
FY2018	FY2020	NAKAGAWA Ichiro	Kyoto University	Professor	Construction of optimized antibody production platform for development of new diagnostic and therapeutic drugs against bacterial infections
FY2018	FY2020	YOSHIOKA Yasuo	Osaka University	Specially-Appointed Associate Professor	Creation of dendritic cell-targeting peptides as vaccine delivery vehicle for the development of vaccine against infectious diseases
FY2018	FY2020	HOSHINO Yoshihiko	National Institute of Infectious Diseases	Division Chair	The development of novel treatment strategy regarding the functional comprehension of inducible and inhibitory innate receptor under the latency and re-activation of mycobacterial infection
FY2018	FY2020	KAWAGUCHI Atsushi	University of Tsukuba	Associate Professor	Molecular basis for mammalian adaptation of emerging influenza virus
FY2018	FY2020	HIROSE Ryohei	Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine	Assistant Professor	Analysis of the onset mechanism and clinicopathological characteristics of seasonal influenza-related enteritis
FY2018	FY2020	FUJII Yoshiki	National Institute of Infectious Diseases	Senior Researcher	Molecular epidemiological study of rotaviruses based on full genome analysis after vaccine introduction
FY2018	FY2020	OZAKI Shogo	Kyushu University	Associate Professor	A novel approach to identify selective inhibitors for microbial biofilms
FY2019	FY2021	SHIMOJIMA Masayuki	National Institute of Infectious Diseases	Chief	Research on diagnosis, treatment, and preventive measures of emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases including viral hemorrhagic fevers
FY2019	FY2021	SAIJO Masayuki	National Institute of Infectious Diseases	Director	Development of preventive measures of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS)
FY2019	FY2021	NAKAJIMA Noriko	National Institute of Infectious Diseases	Chief	International collaborative research on diagnosis and treatment based on clinicopathological study of severe respiratory infections including novel influenza
FY2019	FY2021	HASEGAWA Hideki	National Institute of Infectious Diseases	Director	Establishment of fundamental technologies for clinical use of an intranasal influenza vaccine
FY2019	FY2021	SHIMIZU Hiroyuki	National Institute of Infectious Diseases	Chief	Study of the development of diagnostic, therapeutic, and preventive strategies for emerging and re-emerging enterovirus infections
FY2019	FY2021	ARITA Minetaro	National Institute of Infectious Diseases	Senior research scientist	Development of poliovirus neutralization test with poliovirus pseudovirus
FY2019	FY2021	MORI Yoshio	National Institute of Infectious Diseases	Chief	Study to strengthen the surveillance for measles and rubella
FY2019	FY2021	KIDOKORO Minoru	National Institute of Infectious Diseases	Chief	Study on the development of safe and effective novel mumps vaccines based on both long-term and short-term viewpoint
FY2019	FY2021	Masao MATSUOKA	Kumamoto University	Professor	Predictive strategy of HTLV-1-associated diseases based on host/viral genomic data and development of an integrated database of clinical and genomic Information
FY2019	FY2021	TAMURA Toshiki	National Institute of Infectious Diseases	Laboratory Head	Development of new tools to detect latent TB and high-risk individuals, effective recombinant BCG vaccine and booster vaccine, and new drugs for treatment of multidrug resistant tuberculosis, for global tuberculosis control
FY2019	FY2021	KEICHO Naoto	The Research Institute of Tuberculosis, Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association	Vice Director	Study on biological factors for prediction of disease risk and shorter treatment of tuberculosis
FY2019	FY2021	SAITO Masuyoshi	Tokyo Medical University	Assistant Professor	Research and development contributing to rapid diagnosis of syphilis
FY2019	FY2021	MURATA Takeshi	Chiba University	Professor	Development of new antibacterial drug targeting V-ATPase in Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE)
FY2019	FY2021	SUZUKI Masato	National Institute of Infectious Diseases	Senoir Reseacher	Development of novel antibacterial agents by reevaluating old antibiotics and repositioning approved drugs
FY2019	FY2021	KOHNO Shigeru	Nagasaki University	President	Developmental study of innovative diagnostics and therapeutics against invasive fungal infections, including management of antifungal resistance
FY2019	FY2021	MARUYAMA Haruhiko	University of Miyazaki	Professor	Development of optimal medical care network for the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention for tropical and parasitic diseases in Japan
FY2019	FY2021	HISAEDA Hajime	National Institute of Infectious Diseases	Director	Analyses of CNS pathogenesis by parasites and its application to diagnostic and therapeutic strategies
FY2019	FY2021	MORIKAWA Shigeru	Okayama University of Science	Professor	Studies on examination, diagnosis and prevention methods that contribute to control of zoonoses
FY2019	FY2021	MATSUMOTO Koji	Showa University School of Medicine	Professor	Study for monitoring the impact of a national HPV vaccination program in Japan (MINT study II)
FY2019	FY2021	SUGA Shigeru	National Hospital Organization Mie National Hospital	Vice Director	Research on vaccine effectiveness and safety in widely vaccinated population and evaluation and development of vaccine
FY2019	FY2021	ISHII Koji	National Institute of Infectious Diseases	Director	Study of the development and improvement of quality control of vaccines for various infectious diseases
FY2019	FY2021	ATO Manabu	National Institute of Infectious Diseases	Director	Study of antitoxin/antivenom therapy and replacement for humanized monoclonal antibodies
FY2019	FY2021	MURAMATSU Masamichi	National Institute of Infectious Diseases	Director	Establishment of infection systems for viruses that are difficult to replicate in vitro and in vivo, and its application to the development of novel diagnosis, treatment and prevention methods
FY2019	FY2021	KURODA Makoto	National Institute of Infectious Diseases	Director	Study of development of genome-based comprehensive and rapid pathogen detection system
FY2019	FY2021	SUZUKI Tadaki	National Institute of Infectious Diseases	Chief	Development of pathological diagnostic methods for congenital infections and unexplained illness of possible infectious etiology
FY2019	FY2021	KAWAGUCHI Yasushi	The University of Tokyo	Professor	Establishment of novel methods for decoding viral protein coding genes
FY2019	FY2021	NAKAHARA Tomomi	National Cancer Center	Staff scientist	Development of genome editing based therapy of papillomavirus infected lesions with all in one adenovirus vectors expres sing super multicopy guide RNA and Cas9 nickase
FY2019	FY2021	SAITO Shinji	National Institute of Infectious Diseases	Postdoctoral fellow	Escape mechanism of influenza virus from anti-HA stem antibody and the application of escape mutant viruses
FY2019	FY2021	FURUSE Yuki	Kyoto University	Project Assistant Professor	Epidemiological and virological study of severe RS virus infection
FY2019	FY2021	Moi Meng Ling	Nagasaki University	Associate Professor	Study of neutralizing antibody repertoire in modulating dengue protection for vaccination strategies
FY2020	FY2022	YASUDA Jiro	Nagasaki University	Professor	Studies on prevention, diagnostics and treatments for viral hemorrhagic fevers by collaborations between industry and academia
FY2020	FY2022	KAWAOKA Yoshihiro	The University of Tokyo	Professor	Development of next generation Ebola virus vaccines
FY2020	FY2022	KUTSUNA Satoshi	National Center for Global Health and Medicine	Chief, Division of Preparedness and Emerging Infections	Research on the establishment of a treatment and prevention system for Ebola hemorrhagic fever in Japan
FY2020	FY2022	KAGEYAMA Tsutomu	National Institute of Infectious Diseases	Head	Study of improvement and practical application of rapid diagnosis of emerging respiratory viral infections
FY2020	FY2022	WATANABE Shinji	National Institute of Infectious Diseases	Laboratory Chief	Establishment of a prediction method for seasonal influenza viruses based on their structure, antigenicity, and genetic information and its use for vaccine candidate selection
FY2020	FY2022	KAWASHIMA Hisashi	Tokyo Medical University	Professor	Clinical and basic studies on pathophysiology of serious conditions of RS virus infection
FY2020	FY2022	MURAKAMI Koichi	National Institute of Infectious Diseases	Division Head	Study of comprehensive molecular epidemiology, prediction, and inapparent infection of viral diarrhea
FY2020	FY2022	SOMEYA Yuichi	National Institute of Infectious Diseases	Chief	Virological and structural biological studies of diarrheal viruses for understanding mechanisms of viral replication and pathogenesis
FY2020	FY2022	KIYONO Hiroshi	The University of Tokyo	IMSUT Distnguished Professor	Development of new generation mucosal prophylaxis and therapy against diarrheal viruses
FY2020	FY2022	Chang-Kweng Lim	National Institute of Health	Chief, Laboratory of Arboviruses	Development research to contribute for comprehensive measures of Japan to control the current global epidemic of insect-borne virus diseases
FY2020	FY2022	HAMAGUCHI Isao	National Institute Infectious Diseases	Director	Study of comprehensive effective strategy for HTLV-1 infection prevention
FY2020	FY2022	MATANO Tetsuro	National Institute of Infectious Diseases	Director	Study for HTLV-1 vaccine development with elucidation of the HTLV-1 control mechanism
FY2020	FY2022	UCHIMARU Kaoru	The University of Tokyo	Professor	Development of risk stratification and prevention for HTLV-1-associated diseases based on multi- omics database
FY2020	FY2022	KATO Seiya	Research Institute of Tuberculosis, Japan Anti- Tuberculosis Association	Director	Study of domestic tuberculosis control toward low incidence situation
FY2020	FY2022	TUYUGUCHI Kazunari	National Hospital Organization Kinki-Chuo Chest Medical Center	Director	Study of innovative treatment strategy and ideal medical system for intractable and multidrug- resistant tuberculosis
FY2020	FY2022	ATO Manabu	National institute of infectious diseases	Director	Study to develop prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of non-tuberculous mycobacterium diseases based on surveillance, genoume database,and clinical information
FY2020	FY2022	IKEBE Tadayoshi	National Institute of Infectious Diseases	Senior researcher	Study on pathogenesis of streptococcal toxic shock syndrome and development of new therapeutics
FY2020	FY2022	KURODA Makoto	National Institute of Infectious Diseases	Director	Research on development of AMR monitoring systems to hospital sewage, and social implementation of treatment system to reduce its environmental burden.
FY2020	FY2022	SUGAI Motoyuki	National Institute of Infectious Diseases	Director	Development of Integrated Surveillance for Antimicrobial Resistance
FY2020	FY2022	YANAGIHARA Katsunori	Nagasaki University	Professor	Study of diagnosis and therapy for antimicrobial resistance
FY2020	FY2022	Longzhu Cui	Jichi Medical University	Professor	Development of novel genetic testing, genotyping and therapeutic methods for implementing effective countermeasure against drug-resistant bacteria
FY2020	FY2022	MIYAZAKI Yoshitsugu	National Institute of Infectious Diseases	Director	Investigation of breakthrough innovation for prevalence, novel diagnosis and treatment to overcome the invasive fungal infection by yeasts
FY2020	FY2022	HISAEDA Hajime	National Institute of Infectious Diseases	Director	Research for surveillance and risk factors for domestic parasitic diseases
FY2020	FY2022	YAMAMOTO Masahiro	Osaka University	Professor	Co-innovative Research and Development to Comprehend and Control Domestic Toxoplasmosis in Japan
FY2020	FY2022	NOZAKI Tomoyoshi	The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Medicine	Professor	Drug and vaccine development against parasitic diseases endemic in Japan
FY2020	FY2022	OHNISHI Makoto	National Institute of Infectious Diseases	Deputy Director General	Study of Establishment of Laboratory Response Network among The Research Institutions for Infectious Diseases in Asian Countries
FY2020	FY2022	NISHIURA Hiroshi	Hokkaido University	Professor	Study of expanding the use of mathematical models in infectious disease interventions
FY2020	FY2022	TAKAHASHI Yoshimasa	National Institute of Infection Diseases	Director	Research and development of novel vaccines and therapeutics for influenza and rabies.
FY2020	FY2022	OSHIUMI Hiroyuki	Kumamoto University	Professor	Study of development of small extracellular vesicle–based vaccine
FY2020	FY2022	YANAGIHARA Itaru	Osaka Women's and Children's Hospital	Department Head	Study of a novel strategy for controlling preterm birth associated bacteria by using its bacterial restriction-modification system and the development of high sensitive bacterial nucleic acid amplification.
FY2020	FY2022	OKAMOTO Toru	Osaka University	Professor	Development of anti-flavivirus compounds by targeting virus-specific life cycles.
FY2020	FY2022	KUNISAWA Jun	National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition	Director	Antibody library system for the design of vaccine, drug, and diagnosis and for the functional analysis of pathogens
FY2020	FY2022	SATO Kei	The University of Tokyo	Associate Professor	Comprehensive survey of infectious microorganisms and the investigation of host responses against microorganism infections
FY2020	FY2022	NAKANO Satoshi	Kyoto University	Assistant professor	Molecular characterization and genetic evolution of invasive and non-invasive pneumococcal strains recovered in Japan: the associations of genetic characteristics with disease severity
FY2020	FY2022	RIMBARA Emiko	National Institute of Infectious Diseases	Senior Researcher	Non-Helicobacter pylori Helicobacter infections and their roles in human gastric disease
FY2020	FY2022	MURAKAMI Kosuke	National Institute of Infectious Diseases	Senior Staff Researcher	Trial to develop a high-performance human norovirus cultivation system based on human intestinal organoids.

Last updated 10/20/20