Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Department of Oncology

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Proffesor Profile

Department of Oncology Hiroaki Ikeda Hiroaki Ikeda
Hiroaki Ikeda, M.D., Ph.D.
Research field and
Major field:
Tumor immunity
Gene therapy
Cell therapy
Internal medicine
Career
Internist of General Internal Medicine
 2nd Dept of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Nagasaki University Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan, 1990-1991.
Internist of General Internal Medicine
 Sasebo City General Hospittal, Sasabo, Japan, 1991-1992.
Graduate Student
 Graduate School of Nagasaki University School of Medicine, working with Professor Hiroshi Shiku on analysis of antigenisity of tumors and identification of tumor antigens on chemically induced-mouse fibrosarcoma system, 1992-1996.
Medical Stuff / Postdoctoral Fellow
 2nd Dept of Internal Medicine, Mie University School of Medicine, Mie University Hospital, Mie, Japan, working with Professor Hiroshi Shiku, conducting research and supervising graduate students in tumor immunology, working for clinical service and supervising trainee in hematology/oncology, 1996-1999.
Research Associate / Postdoctoral Fellow
 Department of Pathology/Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, working with Professor Robert D. Schreiber on tumor immunosurveillance system and identification of tumor antigens on chemically induced-mouse fibrosarcoma system, conducting research and supervising graduate students, 1999-2004.
Associate Professor
 Division of Immunoreguration, Institute for Genetic Medicine, Hokkaido University, Japan. Conducting and organizing cancer vaccine clinical trials with recombinant tumor antigen protein and adjuvant of immunostimulatory activity on innate immunity systems. Conducting research on immunoregulation of Th1/Th2 balance, 2004-2006.
Associate Professor
 Department of Cancer Vaccine, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan. Conducting research on immunotherapy of cancer and on cancer immunoediting hypothesis with mouse model. Conducting and organizing cancer vaccine clinical trials with recombinant tumor antigen protein complexed with nanogels of cholesteryl pullulan, 2006-2009.
Associate Professor
 Department of Immuno-Gene Therapy, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan. Conducting research on immunotherapy of cancer and on cancer immunoediting hypothesis with mouse model. Conducting and organizing adoptive immunotherapy and cancer vaccine clinical trials, 2009-2014.
Professor
 Department of Immuno-Gene Therapy, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan. Conducting research on immunotherapy of cancer with special focus on the development of novel adoptive cell therapy. Conducting and organizing adoptive immunotherapy and cancer vaccine clinical trials, 2015-2016
Professor
 Department of Oncology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Japan. Conducting basic and applied research on cancer immunity with special focus on the development of novel adoptive cell therapy. Conducting and organizing adoptive immunotherapy clinical trials, 2016-present.
Awards
Recipient, John Hans Old and Edna Alice Old Postdoctoral Fellowship Award from Cancer Research Institute, New York, USA, 1999-2003.
Professional Societies and Organizations
Director, Councilor, Japanese Association of Cancer Immunology
Councilor, Japanese Cancer Association
Councilor, Japanese Society of Gene and Cell Therapy
Member, Japanese Society for Immunology
Member, Japanese Society of HTLV-1 and Associated Diseases
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