Division of Research Programs U.S. - Japan Cooperative Medical Sciences Program: USJCMSP (Research Program on the challenges of Global Health issues)
Outline
| Key Fields | Project for Seeds Development and Research Base |
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| R&D phase | Basic Study, Applied Study, Nonclinical Study/Pre-clinical Study, Clinical Study, Clinical Research |
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Overview of the program
The U.S.-Japan Cooperative Medical Sciences Program (USJCMSP), one of the oldest bilateral programs in the history of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) of United States, was established in 1965 (under a US Presidential-Japan Prime Ministerial level agreement) to strengthen the Japanese research capacity and address issues of public health importance in the Asia-Pacific region. The program continues to maintain its value as a unique tool to foster research collaboration among the US, Japan and the Asia-Pacific Region. The program has nine Joint Panels (AIDS; Acute Respiratory Infections; Cholera and other Bacterial Enteric Diseases; Hepatitis; Parasitic Diseases; Cancer (previously the Genes, Environment and Diseases Panel); Nutrition and Metabolism (inactive on the US side); Mycobacterial Diseases; and Viral Diseases) and one cross-cutting Joint Immunology Board.
Under the U.S.-Japan Cooperative Medical Sciences Program (USJCMSP), the diseases panels are engaged in research into aspects of diseases that are endemic in the Asian region in areas including nutrition and metabolism, cancer, AIDS, hepatitis, parasitic diseases, viral diseases, mycobacteria, acute respiratory infections (bacterial/viral), cholera and other bacterial enteric diseases and immunology.
Implementing framework
The Japanese Delegation
Japanese Chair：KIYONO Hiroshi
Distinguished Professor, Future Medicine Education and Research Organization, Chiba University / Department of Human Mucosal Vaccinology, Chiba University Hospital
Professor, CU-UCSD Center for Mucosal Immunology, Allergy and Vaccine (cMAV), Department of Medicine, UC San Diego
| Panel | Chair | Title and Representative institutions |
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| Viral diseases | NANBO Asuka | Professor, National Research Center for the Control and Prevention of Infectious Diseases, Nagasaki University |
| AIDS | TAKAORI-KONDO Akifumi | Director, Kyoto University Hospital |
| Hepatitis | KANTO Tatsuya | Director General, The Research Center for Hepatitis and Immunology, National Institute of Global Health and Medicine, Japan Institute for Health Security |
| Parasitic diseases | KANO Shigeyuki | Director, Department of Tropical Medicine and Malaria, National Institute of Global Health and Medicine, Japan Institute for Health Security |
| Acute respiratory Infections | NAGAO Miki | Professor, Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University |
| Mycobacterial diseases | MATSUMOTO Sohkichi | Professor, Department of Bacteriology, School of Medicine, Niigata University |
| Cholera and other Bacterial Enteric diseases | AKEDA Yukihiro | Director, Department of Bacteriology I, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan Institute for Health Security |
| Immunology | ISHII Ken J. | Professor, Division of Vaccine Science, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo |
| Cancer | OHKI Rieko | Laboratory Head, National Cancer Center Research Institute |
| Nutrition and Metabolism |
YABE Daisuke | Professor, Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University |
U.S.-Japan Cooperative Medical Sciences Progrm Collaborative Awards for early-stage and female scientists
The purpose of the USJCMSP collaborative awards is to foster new or expanded infectious diseases and immunology focused biomedical research collaborations between researchers in Japan, the Asia and Pacific region (APac), and U.S. investigators and institutions. It is required that all collaborative research project is implemented by the collaborative teams including early-stage or female investigators as a PI from around the region.
Basic immunology and endemic and emerging infectious diseases that are relevant to the APac region are eligible for this competition.
Program Officer (PO):WATANABE Tokiko, Professor, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University
Reference
- Bethesda Declaration
- 50 Years On: The United States-Japan Cooperative Medical Science Program 1965-2015
News
- 50th Anniversary Celebration of the U.S.-Japan Cooperative Medical Sciences Program and Activities under the Program
- U.S.-Japan Cooperative Medical Sciences Program (USJCMSP) 20th International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases in the Pacific Rim
- U.S.-Japan Cooperative Medical Sciences Program (USJCMSP) 21th International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases in the Pacific Rim
- Dr. Mitsuaki Nishibuchi, Professor at Kyoto University, receives an Honorary Doctorate from the Prince of Songkla University, Thailand, in recognition of his contributions in U.S.-Japan Cooperative Medical Sciences Program
Past funding opportunities; U.S.-Japan Cooperative Medical Sciences Program Collaborative Awards
Brochure
Last updated 04/24/25