Yusuke Tanigawara

EMPLOYMENT

2021-present, Advanced Research Project Professor, Pharmacometrics and Systems Pharmacology, Keio University Tonomachi Town Campus, Japan
1998-2021, Professor, Department of Clinical Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics, Keio University School of Medicine, Japan
1998-2007, Director of Hospital Pharmacy, Keio University Hospital, Japan
1993-1998, Associate Professor and Vice Director, Department of Pharmacy, Kobe University Hospital, Japan
1991-1992, Honorary Research Fellow, School of Pharmacy, University of Manchester, U.K.
1990-1993, Lecturer, Department of Pharmacy, Kyoto University Hospital
1985-1990, Instructor, Department of Pharmacy, Kyoto University Hospital

Education & Certification

JSPHCS-certified Senior Oncology Pharmacist (JSOP), Japanese Society of Pharmaceutical Health Care and Sciences
Board Certified Oncology Pharmacy Specialist (BCOPS), Japanese Society of Hospital Pharmacists
Board Certified Supervisor Pharmacist, Japanese Society of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Board Certified Pharmacist, Japanese Society of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Pharmacist License of Japan
1983, Ph.D. from Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Japan
1980, MSc from Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Japan
1978, BSc from Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Japan

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

2019-2021, IATDMCT President
2017-2019, IATDMCT President-Elect
2013-2017, IATDMCT Secretary (2 terms)
2017, Chairman, 15th IATDMCT Congress 2017 in Kyoto
2015-2017, Chair of Scientific Committee “TDM in Oncology”
Editorial Board, Therapeutic Drug Monitoring
2005-2011, President, Japanese Society of Therapeutic Drug Monitoring (JSTDM)
Plenary Lecturer at 14th Congress of IATDMCT 2015 in Rotterdam
Plenary Lecturer at 12th Congress of IATDMCT 2011 in Stuttgart
Invited speaker at IATDMCT Regional Meeting in Guangzhou, China, 2016
Invited speaker at IATDMCT Regional Meeting in Sibiu, Romania, 2014
Invited speaker at IATDMCT Regional Meeting in Beijing, China, 2010
Symposium speaker and organizer at the IATDMCT Congresses (Vienna in 1995, Cairns in 1999, Montreal in 2009)
Number of peer reviewed original articles: 183
Book chapters and Review articles: 250
Invited lectures at international conferences: 46
Invited lectures at Japanese national conferences: 117
Dr. Tanigawara was distinguished as “Highly Cited Researcher” by Thomson Reuters ISI database. His research interests include clinical pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and pharmacogenomics and their applications to TDM. He also investigates multi-omics biomarkers by means of MS-based proteomics and metabolomics.

Other academic and professional appointments

2003-present, Executive Board member, Japanese Society of Therapeutic Drug Monitoring (JSTDM)
2015-present, Executive Board member, Japanese Society of Clinical Oncology (JSCO)
2018-2020, Secretary of International Society of Pharmacometrics (ISoP)
2006-present, President, Population Approach Group in Japan (PAGJA), which was renamed as ‘Pharmacometric Approach Group in Japan’
2016-present, Co-chair, Focus Group “Modeling and Simulation,” International Society for Study of Xenobiotics (ISSX)
2011, Fellow of the Japanese Society for Study of Xenobiotics (JSSX)
2007-2009, Delegate for the Board of Pharmaceutical Sciences, International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP)
2005-2008 and 2010-2014, Executive Board member, Japanese Society of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics
2008-2016, Executive Board member, Japanese Society of Pharmaceutical Health Care and Science
2007-2009, Executive Board member, The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan
2005-present, Council member, Japanese Society of Clinical Oncology
2007-present, Council member, Japanese Society of Medical Oncology
2009-present, Council member, Japanese Cancer Association
2003-present, Council member, Japanese Society of Chemotherapy
2003-present, Council member, Japanese Society for Pharmacoepidemiology
2002-present, Associated Editor, Cancer Science
2005-present, Editorial Board, Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology
2010-present, Editorial Board, The Japanese Journal of Antibiotics
1999-2001, Editorial Board, European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences