Higher Education: 1979-85 University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Degrees: 1985 M.D. (University of Tokyo) 1991 Ph.D. (University of Tokyo)
Academic Appointments: 1985-86 Intern, Tokyo University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan. 1986-87 Intern, Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital, Tokyo, Japan. 1987-88 Resident in Internal Medicine (Cardiology), Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital, Tokyo, Japan. 1988-91 Clinical Fellow, the 3rd Department of Internal Medicine, University of Tokyo. 1991-94 Postdoctoral Fellow, Division of Molecular Genetics, National Institute of Neuroscience, NCNP, Tokyo, Japan. 1994-98 Domestic Research Fellow, Division of Molecular Genetics, National Institute of Neuroscience, NCNP, Tokyo, Japan. 1998-06 Assistant Professor of Pathology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas 2006- Associate Professor