Postdoctoral Associate
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
I am a veterinary physician-scientist on a career path as a laboratory-based investigator. I completed my clinical program in internal medicine at the Veterinary Medical Center of the University of Tokyo. After that, I further refined my clinical expertise while working as a staff physician, covering specialties in neurology, urology, endocrinology, and infectious diseases.
My primary research interest lies in big data analysis, specifically focusing on genetics and antimicrobial resistance. My goal is to unravel the genetic foundations of common diseases, aiming to enhance patient outcomes through comparative analyses of different human subgroups and other animal species.
During my initial postdoctoral training, I concentrated on investigating the impact of rare variants on rheumatoid arthritis. Notably, I discovered that the aggregation of rare variants within TYK2 functional domains reduces the risk of rheumatoid arthritis by modulating cytokine responses, leading to a published study. Additionally, my research revealed a connection between the poor prognosis of human prostate cancer and altered immune responses mediated by CCL17 expression, a mechanism also observed in canine prostate cancer.