Staff list

National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases
- Director General
- Department of Drug Discovery and Development
  - Research Unit for Innovative Medicine
- Department of Disease Control
- Department of Global Cooperation

Director General
- INOUE Noboru
  
  Professor
  
  Theme
  Development of diagnostic, therapeutic, and preventive methods for animal trypanosomoses (AT), and epidemiological studies for AT. Research on the mechanisms of cell differentiation in African trypanosome in progress of its life-cycle.
Department of Drug Discovery and Development, Research Unit for Innovative Medicine
Department of Disease Control, Research Unit for Molecular Diagnostics
Department of Disease Control, Research Unit for Advanced Preventive Medicine
- INOUE Noboru
  
  Professor
  
  Theme
  Development of diagnostic, therapeutic, and preventive methods for animal trypanosomoses (AT), and epidemiological studies for AT. Research on the mechanisms of cell differentiation in African trypanosome in progress of its life-cycle.
- SUGANUMA Keisuke
  
  Associate Professor
  
  Theme
  Determination of taxonomic group of trypanosome
  Development of diagnostic methods and therapeutic drugs of trypanosomiasis
Department of Disease Control, Research Unit for Infection and Pathology
- IGARASHI Makoto
  
  Professor
  
  Theme
  Elucidation of parasitic mechanism of protozoa
Department of Global Cooperation, Research Unit for International Surveillance
- YOKOYAMA Naoaki
  
  Professor
  
  Theme
  Development of innovative methods to control animal piroplasmosis by unraveling pathogenesis and immunology
- SUGANUMA Keisuke
  
  Associate Professor
  
  Theme
  Determination of taxonomic group of trypanosome
  Development of diagnostic methods and therapeutic drugs of trypanosomiasis
Department of Global Cooperation, International Cooperation Unit
Department of Global Cooperation, Research Unit for Global Infection Control
- ASADA Masahito
  
  Associate Professor
  
  Theme
  To understand the mechanisms of protozoan parasitism and find a way to control the diseases, we are studying on functional genomics of protozoan parasites and performing field epidemiology of the diseases.

Bio-Self-Regulating Science Laboratory (Hakuju Institute for Health Science Co.,Ltd)

Prof. Noboru Inoue (Concurrent)

Visiting Prof. Shinji Harakawa

Visiting Professor

Honorary prof. Ikuo Igarashi, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Prof. Kentaro Kato, Tohoku University Graduate School of Agricultural Science

Prof. Osamu Kaneko, Nagasaki University Institute of Tropical Medicine

Director, Shigeyuki Kano, Japan Institute for Health Security

Prof. Kiyoshi Kita, Nagasaki University School of Tropical Medicine and Global Health

Honorary Prof. Hiroshi Suzuki, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Prof. Naotoshi Tsuji, Kitasato University School of Medicine

Prof. Shinjiro Hamano, Nagasaki University Institute of Tropical Medicine

Prof. Toshihiro Horii, Osaka University Research Institute for Microbial Diseases

Honorary Prof. DeMar Taylor, University of Tsukuba

Project Researchers

Thillaiampalam Sivakumar

Nanang Rudianto Ariefta

Lee Jae Seung

Atefeh Fathi

Yuta Nakao

JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowships for Research in Japan

Macalanda Adrian Miki Cular

Office

Assistant Technical Staff　Tsuyoshi Habaguchi, Manami Yanagihara
Assistant Administrative Staff　Yuko Kanomata, Nozomi Suzuki, Yumiko Yamamoto

Member of the Steering Committee in 2025

Shigeyuki Kano, Director, Japan Institute for Health Security

Yasushi Kawaguchi, Professor, The University of Tokyo Institute of Medical Science

Hirofumi Kugita, Representative, WOAH Asia Pacific Regional Office

Yasuhiko Suzuki, Distinguished Professor, Hokkaido University
International Institute for Zoonosis Control

Nariaki Nonaka, Professor, Hokkaido University School / Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

Badgar Battsetseg, Director, Institute of Veterinary Medicine

Kenji Hirayama, Professor, Nagasaki University School of Tropical Medicine and Global Health

Toshihiro Horii, Professor, Osaka University Research Institute for Microbial Diseases

Hong Yeonchul, Professor, Kyungpook National University

Makoto Igarashi, Professor, NRCPD

Noboru Inoue, Professor, NRCPD

Shin-ichiro Kawazu, Professor, NRCPD

Yoshifumi Nishikawa, Professor, NRCPD

Naoaki Yokoyama,Professor, NRCPD

Member of the collaborative researchers in 2025

(in order of the Japanese syllabary, with titles omitted)

Tamasa Araki, Chief Researcher, Japan institute for Health Security

Hiromi Ikadai, Professor, Kitasato University

Yuzuru Ikehara, Professor, Chiba University

Takahiro Ishizaki, Senior Assistant Professor, Rakuno Gakuen University

Akihiro Ochi, Veterinarian, Japan Racing Association

Hiroki Kaneko, Professor, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine

Satoru Kawai, Professor, Dokkyo Medical University

Takumi Koshiba, Professor, Fukuoka University

Hirokazu Sakamoto, Specially Appointed Assistant Prof, Chiba University

Kozue Sato, Researcher, Japan Institute for Health Security

Tatsuki Sugi, Assistant Professor, Hokkaido University

Takeshi Suzuki, Professor, Tokyo University of
Agriculture and Technology

Masakatsu Taira, Chief Researcher, Japan Institute for Health Security

Tetsuya Tanaka, Professor, Tohoku University

Kiyotada Naito, Associate Professor, Kagoshima University

Youichi Nakao, Professor, Waseda University

Ryo Nakao, Associate Professor, Hokkaido University

Coh-ichi Nihei, Senior Researcher, Microbial Chemistry Research Foundation

Koji Hase, Professor, Keio University

Kenji Hikosaka, Associate Professor, Chiba University

Akikazu Fujita, Professor, Kagoshima University

Tatsunori Masatani, Associate Professor, Gifu University

Keita Matsuno, Associate Professor, Hokkaido University

Shingo Miyawaki, Associate Professor, Gifu University

Toshihiro Murata, Associate Professor, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University

Ayumu Moriya, Senior Researcher, Hokudo Co.,Ltd.

Yasunaga Yoshikawa, Associate Professor, Kitasato University

Apina Arnuphapprasert, Senior Assistant Professor, Rajamangala University of Technology Srivijaya

Atambekova Zhyldyz, Researcher, Kyrgyz Research Institute of Veterinary Named After A. Duisheev

Badgar Battsetseg, Director, Institute of Veterinary Medicine

Berdikulov Atabek, Researcher, Kyrgyz Research Institute of Veterinary Named After A. Duisheev

Bernard Cheruiyot Rono, Senior Principal Veterinary Officer, Kenya Wildlife Service

Consuelo Almazán, Adjunct Professor, Autonomous University of Queretaro

Daniel Sojka, Research Scientist, Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre CAS

Elisha Chatanga, Lecturer and Researcher, Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources

Iromy Dhananjani Amarasiri, Veterinary Research Officer, Veterinary Research Institute

Jinlin Zhou, Professor, Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Kishor Pandey, Associate Professor, Tribhuvan University

Liqing Ma, Professor, Qinghai University Qinghai Academy of Animal Sciences and Veterinary Medicine

Maria Cecilia Venturini, Head Professor / LAINPA Director-Researcher, La Plata National University, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences

Ruenruetai Udonsom, Senior professional scientist, Mahidol University Faculty of Tropical Medicine

Sanjay Kumar, Principal Scientist, ICAR-National Research Centre on Equines, India

Director General

Department of Drug Discovery and Development, Research Unit for Innovative Medicine

Department of Disease Control, Research Unit for Molecular Diagnostics

Department of Disease Control, Research Unit for Advanced Preventive Medicine

Department of Disease Control, Research Unit for Infection and Pathology

Department of Global Cooperation, Research Unit for International Surveillance

Department of Global Cooperation, International Cooperation Unit

Department of Global Cooperation, Research Unit for Global Infection Control