Dr. Tomoko Tajiri obtained her Doctorate in Medicine from the Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University. She is currently the Lecturer of the Department of Respiratory Medicine, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, at Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences. Her research interests include chronic cough, asthma, and biologic therapy.
Dr. Yoshihiro Kanemitsu graduated from Kawasaki Medical School in 2004 and obtained his Doctorate in Medicine from Kyoto University in 2015. He is currently a Lecturer at the Department of Respiratory Medicine, Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Nagoya City University of Medical Sciences. His interests are chronic cough and asthma.
Dr. Hirotsugu Ohkubo obtained his Doctorate in Internal Medicine at the Tokyo Medical University in 2008. He is currently an Associate Professor and the Deputy Director of the Department of Respiratory Medicine and Allergy, Nagoya City University. His skills and expertise mainly include idiopathic interstitial pneumonias, acute respiratory syndrome, clinical rheumatology, experimental animal models, and lung cancer.
Prof. Dr. Akio Niimi was trained in the Chest Disease Research Institute, Kyoto University, from 1985 to 1987, and then he worked in Respiratory Medicine, at Wakayama Red Cross Hospital, for the next two years. From 1989 through to 2012, he worked at Kyoto University Hospital, where he was promoted to Associate Professor in 2008 and to Head of Respiratory Medicine in 2011. During 2002-2003, he conducted his post-doctoral research under the supervision of Prof. Kian Fan Chung at the National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College London. He is currently the Professor of the Department of Medical Oncology and Immunology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya. His research interests are chronic cough and asthma.
