Hiroshi Ohno

Hiroshi Ohno (Japanese: 大野 博司 Hiroshi Ohno; born October 27, 1958) is a Japanese immunologist and microbiologist. He is a Deputy Director of the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences and the Team Leader of Laboratory for Intestinal Ecosystem. Also is a visiting professor at the Immunobiology Laboratory at Yokohama City University Graduate School of Educal Life Science; and a visiting professor at Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine.

He obtained his Ph.D. from the Chiba University in 1991. In 2023 he was awarded the Medals of Honor (Japan)(with purple ribbon) for his contributions to immunology and gut microbiota research.

Biography 1983 - M.D. from the Chiba University, and worked as a anesthesiologist 1984 - Anesthesiologist at Tokyo Employees' Pension Hospital(currently JCHO Tokyo Shinjuku Medical Center) 1985 - Anesthesiologist at National Health Insurance Matsudo City Hospital (currently Matsudo City General Medical Center) 1986 - Anesthesiologist at Chiba Cancer Center 1987 - Researcher at Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University 1988 - Researcher of immunology at Chiba University 1991 - PhD from the Chiba University 1991 - Visiting researcher at Institute of Genetics at the University of Cologne 1991 - Assistant researcher at Chiba University 1993 - Visiting researcher at National Institutes of Health (NIH) 1997 - Assistant professor at Chiba University 1999 - Full professor at Kanazawa University 2004 - Team leader of the Laboratoy for Epithelial Immunobiology in RIKEN Research Center for Allergy and Immunology 2005 - Visiting professor at the Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medical Life Science（concurrent position） 2007 - Visiting professor at Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine（concurrent position） 2022 - Deputy Director of the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences and Team Leader of the Laboratory for Intestinal Ecosystem

Awards and prizes 2015 - Ando Momofuku Prize 2016 - Beltz award(2nd) 2018 - Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Commendation for Science and Technology Award 2018 - Hideyo Noguchi Memorial Medical Prize 2021 - Mochida Memorial Academic Award 2022 - Takamine Memorial Daiichi Sankyo Award 2022 - Uehara Prize 2023 - Medals of Honor (Japan)(with purple ribbon)

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