Arata AzumaEmeritus Prof. Dr

Title: Professor Emeritus

Citizenship: Japanese

Education

• 1983: Graduated from Nippon Medical School
• 1983-88: Resident (Pulmonary medicine, Clinical oncology)
• 1989-91: Research work (Department of Immunology, Juntendo University)
• 1991: MD, PhD, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan

Academic Career

• 1994 – present: Secretary General of the ‘Research Group on Novel Effects of Macrolides’
• 1996: Assistant Professor of Pulmonary Medicine, Nippon Medical School
• 1999 – present: Member of a research group of the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Labor(MHWL) of JAPAN (Research on Pathogenesis of Diffuse Parenchymal Lung Diseases)
• 2002 – present: Member of a research group of the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Labor of JAPAN (Strategy for Clinical Research on Treatment of Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias)
• April 2002 – present: Member of the International Committee Meeting of the Japanese Respiratory Society
• 2004: Associate professor of Pulmonary medicine, Nippon medical School
• 2008: Visiting Professor of Tongji University, School of Medicien (Shanghai)
• 2008.10: Professor of Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Pulmonary, Infection and Oncology in Nippon Medical School
• 2010 to 2012: National Delegate of ERS-Japan
• 2010. 4: Director of Asian Pacific Thoracic Academy (APTA)
• 2011. 1: WASOG vice president
• 2011. 3: Global Steering Committee member for INPULSIS trial
• 2011. 6: PMDA committee member for survey of adverse drug reaction
• 2013. 4: Visiting Professor of National University of Mie
• 2013. 4: Associate Editor of Respirology Case Reports Journal
• 2013. 12: Part-time Assistant Professor of National University of Kyoto
• 2016. 4: Research Associate of National University of Mie
• 2016. 5: Visiting Professor of Nevada University
• 2017.10-2020.10: President of WASOG
• 2018.10: Education Committee Chair of APSR
• 2019.10: Conference Chair of WASOG/JSSOG in Japan
• 2023.4: Chair of Respiratory Medicine and Clinical Research Center, Mihara General Hospital
• 2023.9: President of JSSOG

Awards, Honors and Foundation officer

• July 2000: Research on Pulmonary Fibrosis Award (Okamoto Award)
• August 2002: Award for Research on Diffuse Lung Diseases (from Nippon Medical School)
• 2016. 6: Auditor of Japanese Respiratory Foundation
• 2019.11: Harasawa Memorial Award of APSR