Fukuoka University Faculty members of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Laboratory	Name	Position	Doctoral Degree	Research Area
Pharmaceutical Chemistry	Hiroshi Maruoka	Professor	Doctor of Pharmaceutical Sciences	Studies on the Creation of Lead Compounds Toward Drug Discovery
	Eiichi Masumoto	Associate Professor	Doctor of Pharmaceutical Sciences	Progress of Synthetic Heterocyclic Compounds Toward Drug Discovery
	Fumi Nakahara	Senior Assistant Professor	Doctor of Pharmaceutical Sciences	Synthesis of Heterocyclic Compounds With Biological Activities
	Takafumi Fujita	Assistant Professor	Bachelor of Pharmacy	Studies on the Novel Molecular Design With Characteristic Structures and Biological Activities
Medicinal Chemistry
	Makoto Furutachi	Lecturer	Doctor of Pharmaceutical Sciences	Searching for drug candidate compounds
	Kaori Ota	Assistant Professor	Bachelor of Pharmacy	Synthesis of symmetrical molecules with biological activities
	Shunsuke Tanaka	Assistant Professor	Bachelor of Pharmacy	Studies on synthesis of bioactive symmetrical heterocyclic compounds
Pharmacognosy	Junei Kinjo	Professor	Doctor of Pharmaceutical Sciences	Multifunctional analysis of phytochemicals applying cell culture method
	Masafumi Okawa	Professor	Doctor of Pharmaceutical Sciences	Pharmacognosy and natural medicine
	Ryota Tsuchihashi	Senior Assistant Professor	Doctor of Pharmaceutical Sciences	Elucidation of in vivo metabolism of functional natural products
	Daisuke Nakano	Assistant Professor	Doctor of Pharmaceutical Sciences	Screening of promising chemotherapeutic candidates from plants extracts
Analytical Chemistry	Hitoshi Nohta	Professor	Doctor of Pharmaceutical Sciences	Development of fluorescence-based analytical methods
	Hideyuki Yoshida	Professor	Doctor of Pharmaceutical Sciences	Development of selective and sensitive determination methods for biological substrates
	Reiko Koga	Assistant Professor	Doctor of Medicinal Sciences	Chiral amino acid metabolomics studies
Physical Chemistry	Hirohito Ikeda	Professor	Doctor of Pharmaceutical Sciences	Quantum Chemistry and Chemical Thermodynamics of Intermolecular Interactions
	Hiroyuki Tsutsumi	Associate Professor	Doctor of Pharmaceutical Sciences	Studies on molecular complexes

	Tomonori Ohata	Assistant Professor	Doctor of Pharmaceutical Sciences	Thermodynamical Approach for Molecular Interactions
	Rie Nakashima	Assistant Professor	Bachelor of Pharmacy	Quantum Chemistry and Chemical Thermodynamics of Intermolecular Interactions
Laboratory for Instrumental Analytical Chemistry	Tadashi Hayama	Professor	Doctor of Pharmaceutical Sciences	Development and applications of sensitive and selective analystical methods
	Makoto Takada	Associate Professor	Doctor of Pharmaceutical Sciences	Development and applications of sensitive and selective analytical methods
	Ryoko Tomita	Assistant Professor	Doctor of Pharmaceutical Sciences	Applications of metabolomics analysis for cultured cell samples
	Nao Nishijo	Assistant Professor	Bachelor of Pharmacy	Studies for analysis of biogenic and related compounds
Center for Pharmacy Education	Nanako Tone	Assistant Professor	Bachelor of Pharmacy	Pharmacy education and practice
Center for Pharmacy Education	Hiroshi Ayukawa	Assistant Professor	Bachelor of Pharmacy	Pharmacy education and practice
Biochemistry	Shin-ichiro Honda	Professor	Doctor of Sciences	Transcriptional regulation
	Tomohiro Kozako	Associate professor	Doctor of Medicine	Tumor Immunity
	Haruna Sato	Assistant Professor	Bachelor of Pharmacy	Biochemistry, Steroid hormone, Breast cancer
Hygienic Chemistry
	Kimihiko Matsusue	Professor	Doctor of Pharmaceutical Sciences	Lipid metabolism, Nuclear receptor
	Daisuke Aibara	Lecturer	Doctor of Pharmaceutical Sciences	Lipid metabolism, Nuclear receptor
	Kohei Matsuo	Assistant Professor	Doctor of Pharmaceutical Sciences	Metabolism and toxicity of environmental chemicals and drugs
Microbiology	Nobuhiro Kashige	Professor	Doctor of Pharmaceutical Sciences	Expression and regulation of microbiological gene
	Tomomitsu Satho	Professor	Doctor of Medical Sciences	Medical Entomology
	Daisuke Sakamoto	Assistant Professor	Doctor of Pharmaceutical Sciences	Effective use of Lactobacillus
	Parinya Wilai	Assistant Professor	Doctor of Medical Sciences	Medical Entomology
Department of Neuropharmacology	Katsunori Iwasaki	Professor	Doctor of Pharmaceutical Sciences	Pharmacological research for neudodegenerative disorders and Alzheimer’s disease
	Shutaro Katsurabayashi	Professor	Doctor of Medical Sciences	Astrocytic modulation on synaptic transmission in central nervous system
	Kaori Kubota	Senior Assistant Professor	Doctor of Agriculture	Development of therapeutic methods using Kampo medicine for neurodegenerative diseases
	Takuya Watanabe	Assistant Professor	Doctor of Pharmaceutical Sciences	Autism spectrum disorder
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology	Kenichi Mishima	Professor	Doctor of Pharmaceutical Sciences	Role of endocannabinoid system in the brain
	Kazunori Sano	Associate Professor	Doctor of Pharmaceutical Sciences	Protein misfolding diseases
	Keiichi Irie	Assistant Professor	Doctor of Pharmaceutical Sciences	Physiological response to environmental change
	Soichiro Ushio	Assistant Professor	Doctor of Medicinal Sciences	Peripheral neuropathy
Department of Immunological and Molecular Pharmacology	Daisuke Ishibashi	Professor	Doctor of Pharmaceutical Sciences	Immunology, Microbiology, Molecular biology
	Masato Hosokawa	Associate Professor	PhD in medicine	Neurodegenerative diseases, Neuropathology
	Takuya Nishinakagawa	Assistant Professor	Doctor of Pharmaceutical Sciences	Cancer Immunology
Department of Pharmacotherapeutics	Munechika Enjoji	Professor	MD, PhD in medicine	Hepatology, Gastroenterology, Lipidology
	Kenji Ohe	Professor	MD, PhD in medicine	Endocrinology, RNA biology
	Yusuke Murata	Senior Assistant Professor	Doctor of Pharmaceutical Sciences	Aromatherapy
	Masayoshi Mori	Assistant Professor	Doctor of Pharmaceutical Sciences	Neuropsychopharmacology, Neuroscience, Stress, Depression
Clinical- and Bio-pharmaceutics (Pharmaceutical care and health sciences)
	Atsushi Yamauchi	Professor	PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences	Adverse Drug Reactions, Clinical Pharmaceutics, Pharmacokinetics
	Shinsuke Nakagawa	Associate Professor	PhD in Medical Sciences	Adverse Drug Reactions, Clinical Pharmaceutics, Blood-Brain Barrier, Neurovascular Disease
	Junichi Matsumoto	Assistant Professor	PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences	Adverse Drug Reactions, Clinical Pharmaceutics, Blood-Brain Barrier pathophysiology
	Koshun Inada	Assistant Professor	PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences	Adverse Drug Reactions, Vascular biology
Pharmaceutical care and health sciences
	Shinya Dohgu	Professor	Doctor of Pharmaceutical Sciences	Blood-Brain Barrier pathophysiology, Cell biology of the Neurovascular Unit, Pharmacokinetics
	Fuyuko Takata	Associate Professor	Doctor of Pharmaceutical Sciences	Blood-Brain Barrier pathophysiology, Neurovascular biology, Pharmacokinetics
	Takuro Iwao	Assistant Professor	Doctor of Pharmaceutical Sciences	Blood-Brain Barrier pathophysiology, Pharmacokinetics
	Yasuyoshi Tanaka	Assistant Professor	PhD in Sciences	・Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathy ・Disease-specific induced pluripotent stem cells ・Blood-Brain Barrier pathophysiology ・Molecular biology
Formulation Design
	Kazuhisa Matsunaga	Professor	Doctor of Pharmaceutical Sciences	Formulation design and Radiopharmaceutical chemistry

	Shuichi Setoguchi	Lecturer	Doctor of Pharmaceutical Sciences	Formulation design and Radiopharmaceutical chemistry
	Shotaro Goto	Assistant Professor	Doctor of Pharmaceutical Sciences	Formulation design and Radiopharmaceutical chemistry
Drug Delivery
	Mitsuhisa Koga	Associate Professor	Doctor of Pharmaceutical Sciences	Drug Delivery and Adverse Drug Reactions
	Mai Hazekawa	Associate Professor	Doctor of Pharmaceutical Sciences	RNA/Peptide Delivery for Cancer Metastasis
	Daisuke Watase	Associate Professor	Master of Pharmaceutical Sciences	Drug Delivery
	Ayano Yamada	Assistant Professor	Bachelor of Pharmacy	Drug Delivery System, Adverse Drug Reactions

Drug Informatics and Translational Research
	Keisuke Migita	Professor	Doctor of Pharmaceutical Sciences	Side Effects of Anti-Cancer Drugs, Neuropharmacology
	Takuya Imatoh	Senior Assistant Professor	Doctor of Medical Sciences	Public health and Pharmacoepidemiology
	Kohei Oyabu	Assistant Professor	Doctor of Pharmaceutical Sciences	Glial cells and synaptic transmission in the central nervous system
Emergency and Disaster Medical pharmacy	Takashi Egawa	Professor	Doctor of Pharmaceutical Sciences	Disaster Medicine
	Toshinobu Hayashi	Associate Professor	Doctor of Pharmaceutical Sciences	Supportive Care in Cancer
	Mamiko Kai	Assistant Professor	Doctor of Pharmaceutical Sciences	Community Medicine for Cardiovascular Diseases and Dementia
Department of Oncology and Infectious Disease Pharmacy	Koichi Matsuo	Professor	Doctor of Pharmaceutical Sciences	Research of the Proper Use in Anticancer agent
	Masanobu Uchiyama	Associate Professor	Doctor of Pharmaceutical Sciences	Research on the proper use of anticancer drugs
	Takafumi Nakano	Associate Professor	Doctor of Pharmaceutical Sciences	Infection Control and Emergency Medicine
Community Health care and pharmaceutical science	Koji Tominaga	Associate Professor	Doctor of Pharmaceutical Sciences	community medicine / drug adverse effect mechanism and avoidance
Community Health care and pharmaceutical science	Kazuhiko Ono	Senior Assistant Professor	Doctor of Pharmaceutical Sciences	The Research of Inflammatory Diseases
Pharmaceutical and Health Care Management	Hidetoshi Kamimura	Professor	Doctor of Pharmaceutical Sciences	Research of Safety Management in Pharmacotherapy
	Osamu Imakyure	Professor	Doctor of Pharmaceutical Sciences	Research of Appropriate Use of Medication
	Kentaro Ogata	Professor	Doctor of Pharmaceutical Sciences	Research on the proper use of anticancer drugs
	Yuki Yasutaka	Senior Assistant Professor	Doctor of Pharmaceutical Sciences	Research of Safety Management in Pharmacotherapy
	Akio Nakashima	Assistant Professor	Doctor of Pharmaceutical Sciences	Research of the Hyperuricemia
	Akane Nagasato	Assistant Professor	Doctor of Pharmaceutical Sciences	Research of Safety Management in Pharmacotherapy
	Yuki Otsu	Assistant Professor	Doctor of Medical Sciences	Research of Safety Management in Pharmacotherapy, Optimal treatment of cardiovascular diseases
	Motoyasu Miyazaki	Assistant Professor	Doctor of Pharmaceutical Sciences	Research of Safety Management in Pharmacotherapy
Center for instrumental analysis	Hiroshi Hanazono	Engineer	Master of Pharmaceutical Sciences	Analysis of advanced instrumentations
Center for instrumental analysis	Junko Honda	Engineer	Bachelor of Agriculture	Analysis of advanced instrumentations