Organization
INGEM consists of an Operations Committee to deliberate important matters regarding the center’s operations, a Research section composed of nine groups, and an Administration Sector for planning and coordination.
Executive Directors
Executive Director
- Prof. Hozumi Motohashi
- Associate Executive Vice President for Research, Tohoku University
Professor, Department of Medical Biochemistry Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine
Deputy Executive Director
- Prof. Kengo Kinoshita
- Principal Deputy Executive Director, Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization
Professor, Department of Systems Bioinformatics Tohoku University Graduate School of Information Sciences
- Prof. Naoto Ishii
- Dean, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine
Professor, Division of Microbiology and Immunology Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine
Organization List
1st April 2026
Tohoku University Advanced Research Center for Innovations in Next-Generation Medicine
[ Administration Sector ]
- Planning and Promoting Group
[ Research Section ]
Basic Research Sector
- Genetic Variation Verification Group
- Genome Informatics Group
- Clinical Pharmacogenomics and Drug Discovery Group
- Structural Biology Group
Clinical and Translational Research Sector
Full-Time Faculty
Professors
Soichi Ogishima PhD. (MD)
Clinical Database Integration GroupExpertise Translational Bioinformatics, Systems Biology, Medical Informatics
Fumiki Katsuoka PhD. (MD)
Clinical Sequencing GroupExpertise Expertise: Biochemistry, Molecular Biology (Gene Expression Regulation)
Seizo Koshiba PhD. (Science)
Structural Biology GroupExpertise Biochemistry, Structural Biology, Omics Analysis
Muneaki Shimada PhD. (MD)
Clinical Biobank GroupExpertise Gynecologic Oncology
Specially Appointed Professor (Chief URA)
Yasuhisa Nemoto PhD. (MD), MBA (Finance)
Planning and Promoting GroupExpertise Research Planning, Pre-Award/Post-Award Management, Industry Collaboration, IP Strategy, Start-up Support
Lecturers
Yasunobu Okamura PhD. (Information Science)
Clinical Sequencing GroupExpertise Bioinformatics
Sakae Saito PhD. (Science)
Clinical Phenome GroupExpertise Molecular Biology
Bin Li PhD. (MD)
Clinical Biobank GroupExpertise Molecular Biology, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Seisuke Yamashita PhD. (Science)
Structural Biology GroupExpertise Biochemistry, Structural Biology
Assistant Professors
Eiji Hishinuma PhD. (Pharmacy)
Clinical Phenome GroupExpertise Genomic Pharmacology, Drug Metabolism
Liam Baird PhD. (MD)
Clinical Sequencing GroupExpertise Biochemistry, Molecular Biology (Oxidative Stress)
