Professor
Veterinary Clinical Sciences
Osaka Prefecture University
Japan
2005-present Associate Professor of Life and Environmental Sciences Osaka Prefecture University, 2001-2005 Associate Professor of Agriculture and Biological Sciences Osaka Prefecture University 1999-2001 Assistant Professor of Medicine Kansai Medical University , (1992)-1999 Research Associate of Medicine , Kansai Medical University , 1990-1992 , Research fellow with Professor Savita Pahwa , Cornell University-Medical College , 1987-1990 , Research fellow with Professor Robert A. Good , University of South Florida, College of Medicine , 1984-(1987) Research Associate of Medicine , Kansai Medical University.
My major interest is in establishment of immunotherapy against cancer in dogs using dendritic cells (DCs). For attaining this purpose, I induce DCs from blood monocytes, and engineer the DCs effectively augment immune responses against cancer. I am also underway to establish monoclonal antibodies against dog hematopoietic cells and to clone genes of dog hematopoietic factors for analysis of hematopoitic disorder in dogs.