Officers / Committee｜ISPOR Japan Chapter

President

Shinichi Noto, MS, PhD
Niigata University of Health and Welfare
Faculty of Rehabilitation
Center for Health Economics & QOL Research
Niigata, Japan

President-elect

Makoto Kobayashi, MEng, PhD
COO
CRECON MEDICAL ASSESSMENT INC.
Tokyo, Japan

Past President

Manabu Akazawa, PhD, MPH
Professor
Meiji Pharmaceutical University
Tokyo, Japan

Executive Committee Members

Mie Azuma（nee, Kasai) PhD (HEcon), RPharm
Associate director
Eisai Co., Ltd.
Tokyo, Japan
Ataru Igarashi, PhD
Associate Professor
Dept. of Public Health, Yokohama City University School of Medicine.

Visiting Associate Professor
Dept. of Health Economics and Outcomes Research,
Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences,
The University of Tokyo.
Tokyo, Japan
Shunya Ikeda, MD, PhD
Professor of Public Health
School of Medicine
International University of Health and Welfare
Narita, Japan
Makoto Kobayashi, MEng, PhD
COO
CRECON MEDICAL ASSESSMENT INC.
Tokyo, Japan
Shinya Saito, MD, PhD
Professor
Okayama University
Okayama, Japan
Kojiro Shimozuma, MD, PhD
Professor
Division of Health Services Research, Department of Biomedical Sciences,
College of Life Sciences,Ritsumeikan University
CHEERS: Comprehensive Unit for Health Economic Evidence Review and Decision Support,
Ritsumeikan University
Kusatsu, Japan
Takeru Shiroiwa, MPH, PhD
Chief Senior Researcher
Center for Outcomes Research and Economic Evaluation for Health (C2H),
National Institute of Public Health
Saitama, Japan
Chisato Hamashima, MD, DrMedSc
Professor
Department of Nursing, Faculty of Medical Technology,
Teikyo University
Tokyo, Japan
Takashi Fukuda, PhD
Director
Center for Outcomes Research and Economic Evaluation for Health (CORE2-Health),
National Institute of Public Health
Saitama, Japan
Kensuke Moriwakii, MSc, PhD
Associate Professor
Health Policy and Management Lab, Dpt. of Biomedical Sciences, College of Life, Ritsumeikan University
CHEERS: Comprehensive Unit for Health Economic Evidence Review and Decision Support,
Ritsumeikan University
Shiga, Japan

Councilors

Tomohide Akase, PhD, MBA
Professor
Japan University of Economics, Graduate School of Business
Tokyo, Japan
Toshihiko Aranishi, Ph.D
Price, Reimbursement and Access
HTA Associate Director
Eli Lilly Japan K.K.
Kobe, Japan
Haku Ishida, MD, PhD
Haku Ishida, MD, PhD
Professor
Department of Medical Informatics and Decision Sciences
Yamaguchi University
Yamaguchi, Japan
Ataru Inagaki, MD, PhD
Professor
Aoyama Gakuin University
Tokyo, Japan
Ryo Iwata, BA, MSc Public Health
Regulatory Affairs
Director
Aerie Pharmaceuticals
Tokyo, Japan
Miyuki Ezura, MS
Advisor
Pharmacoeconomics, Corporate Planning Dept.
Otsuka Holdings Co., Ltd.
Tokyo, Japan
Shinya Ohno, Ph.D, MPH
Director
Medical PHC Initiative Dept.
Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Tokyo, Japan
Koji Kawakami, MD, PhD
Professor and Chair
Kyoto University
Kyoto, Japan
Rei Goto, MD, PhD
Professor
Keio University
Yokohama, Japan
Mitsuhiro Sado, M.D., M.Sc., Ph.D.
Professor
Health Center
Keio University
Tokyo, Japan
Yurie Taguchi, PhD, MBA, MA
Abbott Japan LLC
Tokyo, Japan
Tomoyuki Takura,PhD
Project Professor
Department of Healthcare economics and Health Policy,
Tokyo University, Graduate school of Medicine/Faculty of Medicine
Tokyo, Japan
Makoto Tamura, Ph.D.
CEO / Founder
Healthcare System Planning Institute
Tokyo, Japan
Naohiro Nakahara, PhD
Zimmer Biomet G.K.
Tokyo, Japan
Shinichiro Yanagisawa, PhD
President
Himeji Dokkyo University
Himeji, Japan
Shuichi Yamaguchi
Center for Outcomes Research and Economic Evaluation for Health (C2H),
National Institute of Public Health
Saitama, Japan

Auditors

Haku Ishida, MD, PhD
Haku Ishida, MD, PhD
Professor
Department of Medical Informatics and Decision Sciences
Yamaguchi University
Yamaguchi, Japan
Shinichiro Yanagisawa, PhD
President
Himeji Dokkyo University
Himeji, Japan

Secretary

Makoto Kobayashi, MEng, PhD
COO
CRECON MEDICAL ASSESSMENT INC.
Tokyo, Japan