Yasuhiko Nishioka

Education: 1982-1984 Premedical Course, Tokushima University Faculty of Medicine, Tokushima, Japan 1984-1988 Medical Course, Tokushima University Faculty of Medicine, Tokushima, Japan 1988 M.D., Tokushima University and Medical License 1989-1993 Graduate School, Tokushima University Faculty of Medicine 1993 Ph.D. in medical science, Tokushima University Position: 1993-1995 Resident, Third Department of Internal Medicine, University of Tokushima School of Medicine 1995-1999 Research Associate, Third Department of Internal Medicine, University of Tokushima School of Medicine 1996-1998 Research Fellow, Departments of Surgery and Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry, Pittsburgh University, PA, U.S.A. 1999-2002 Assistant Professor, Third Department of Internal Medicine, University of Tokushima School of Medicine 2002-2004 Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine and Molecular Therapeutics, University of Tokushima School of Medicine 2004-2007 Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine and Molecular Therapeutics, Institute of Health Biosciences, University of Tokushima Graduate School 2007-2008 Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine and Molecular Therapeutics, Institute of Health Biosciences, University of Tokushima Graduate School 2008-2011 Associate Professor, Department of Respiratory Medicine and Rheumatology, Institute of Health Biosciences, University of Tokushima Graduate School 2008 July-Oct Visiting associate professor, Department of Cancer Biology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, TX, U.S.A. 2011-2014 Professor and Chairman, Department of Respiratory Medicine and Rheumatology, Institute of Health Biosciences, University of Tokushima Graduate School 2015-2016 Professor and Chairman, Department of Respiratory Medicine and Rheumatology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Graduate School 2016-present Professor and Chairman, Department of Respiratory Medicine and Rheumatology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University 2019-present Professor and Chairman, Department of Community Medicine for Rheumatology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University 2019-2022 Vice director of Tokushima University Hospital 2022-2024 Dean, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokushima University Vice-Dean, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Dean, Faculty of Medicine, Tokushima University 2026-present Dean, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima University Vice Director for Regional Collaboration, Tokushima University