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Department member Moritoshi Iwagami

Moritoshi Iwagami

Present Status
Chief, Section of Tropical Medicine, Department of Tropical Medicine and Malaria,
Research Institute, National Center for Global Health and Medicine (NCGM)
Educational Background
1998.3 Graduated from Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
2000.3 Graduated from Master Program in Animal Science, Graduate School, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
2004.3 Graduated from PhD Program in Medical Sciences, Graduate School, Kochi Medical School
Employment Record
2004.4 Research Fellow, Department of Appropriate Technology Development and Transfer, Research Institute, International Medical Center of Japan (IMCJ) Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan
2006.10 Research Resident, Human Science Foundation, ditto
2009. 4 Research Fellow, ditto
2010. 4 (IMCJ was transformed into a Self-Administrative Agency and changed its name as National Center for Global Health and Medicine (NCGM))
Research Fellow, Department of Tropical Medicine and Malaria, Research Institute, NCGM
2010. 7 Senior Research Fellow, ditto
2019. 7 Chief, Section of Tropical Medicine, ditto (to present)

(Current Adjunct Position)

2014. 7-2019. 4 JICA Expert, Parasitology Laboratory (SATREPS project), Institut Pasteur du Laos, Vientiane, Lao PDR
2019.5 Lab manager, ditto (to present)
Academic Society Membership
Board member, Japanese Society of Tropical Medicine
Member, The Japanese Society of Parasitology
Member, The Japanese Society of Clinical Parasitology
Member, The Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases
Member, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Awards
2008 Professor Sornchai Looareesuwan Award 2008, Mahidol University, Thailand
2010 Young Investigator Award, Japanese Society of Tropical Medicine
2018 Prix Robert Deschiens, la Société de Pathologie, France
2019 Tsutomu Takeuchi International Memorial Award, Ohyama Health Foundation Inc.
Contact Address
1-21-1 Toyama, Shinjuku, Tokyo, 162-8655 Japan
Tel/Fax: +81-3-3202-7181 (ext. 2878), Email: miwagami@ri.ncgm.go.jp
Director
Biography
Shigeyuki Kano
Chief
Biography
Moritoshi Iwagami

Section of Tropical Medicine

Shigeyuki Kano

Section of Malariology (joint appointment)

Senior Research Fellow
Kazuhiko Yano
Research Fellow
Kanako Komaki-Yasuda
Section of Malariology
Specially assigned Research Fellow
Masami Nakatsu
Section of Tropical Medicine

Visiting Researcher
Kei Mikita
Senior Assistant Professor, Department of Infectious Diseases, Keio University
Satoshi Nakamura
Professor, Graduate School of Nursing, Hiroshima Bunka Gakuen University
Shin-ichiro Kawazu
Professor, National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
Seiki Tateno
Former Chief, Department of International Medical Cooperation NCGM
Miki Miyoshi
Associate Professor, Department of Nutrition, Aomori University of Health and Welfare
Megumi Sato
Associate Professor, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine Graduate School of Health Sciences, Niigata University
Satoru Kawai
Professor, Department of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, Dokkyo Medical University
Kazuyo Ichimori
Former Scientist, Lymphatic Filariasis Elimination, Department of Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases, World Health Organization
Jeanne Perpétue Vincent
Post-Doctor Researcher, Institut Pasteur de Paris
Emilie Louise Akiko Matsumoto-Takahashi
Junior Associate Professor, Division of Health and Behavioral Sciences, Graduate School of Public Health, St. Luke’s International University
Research Assistant
Yoshiko Shibata
The Japanese Society of Clinical Parasitology
Naomi Ohama
Director Room