Accreditations and Awards

American Association of Cancer Research (AACR)(link to external site)

Best of the AACR Journals 2022

Yusuke Okuma, Staff Physician - Department of Thoracic Oncology, Hospital

for ” The Gut Microbiome Associates with Immune Checkpoint Inhibition Outcomes in Patients with Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer ”

Japan Bioindustry Association(link to external site)

Bioindustry Encouraging Award

Akihide Yoshimi, MD, PhD.　Section Head, Cancer RNA Research Unit, Research Institute

for ” Next-generation Antisense Oligonucleotide Therapeutics for Cancer ”

American Society of Hematology(link to external site)

ASH Global Research Award 2022

Akihide Yoshimi, MD, PhD.　Section Head, Cancer RNA Research Unit, Research Institute

for ” Understanding and targeting aberrant RNA processing in hematologic malignancies ”

Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging（SNMMI）(link to external site)

2022 ERF SNMMI-TS Professional Development Grant Award for the SNMMI Annual Meeting for CNMT and ARRT(N) technologist and students

Amon Ohsawa, Department of Radiological Technology, Hospital East

for “Quantitative Image Evaluation by Changing Uptake Time in the Same Patient in PET/CT Test”

Tokyo Association of Radiological Technologists (link to external site)

Ono Award, Distinguished Service Award FY2022

Kazuyuki Wakamatsu, Department of Radiological Technology, Hospital East

Japan Radiology Congress JRC2022 JSRT Awards CyPos prize (link to external site)

Yoshihisa Muramatsu, Chief - Department of Radiological Technology, Hospital East

for “Physics Performance Evaluation of Prototype Photon Counting CT: Large-phantom Evaluation”

The Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

Awards for Science and Technology

Hiroyoshi Nishikawa, Chief - Division of Cancer Immunology, Research Institute/ Exploratory Oncology Research & Clinical Trial Center (EPOC), National Cancer Center,

- Doubly appointed Professor - Department of Immunology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine.

for ” immunosuppressive mechanisms in human cancer by means of immunogenomic analyses”

2022 Annual Meeting of Japanese Society of Medical Oncology (link to external site) 

Encouragement Award  

Tsuyoshi Harada, Physiotherapist - Department of Musculoskeletal Oncology and Rehabilitation, Hospital East 

for “Prognostic impacts of loss of skeletal muscle mass during neoadjuvant chemotherapyin older esophageal cancer patients” 

Princess Takamatsu Cancer Research Fund Prize (link to external site)

Tatsuhiro Shibata, Chief - Division of Cancer Genomics, Research Institute

for “Comprehensive genomic analyses of intractable gastrointestinal cancers towards precise diagnosis, treatment, and prevention”

Japanese Society of Pathology (JSP) Academic Research Awards (link to external site)

Akihiko Yoshida, Staff Physician - Department of Diagnostic Pathology, Hospital

for “Identification and application of specific phenotypes for round cell sarcoma diagnosis”

The 59th Annual Meeting of Japan Society of Clinical Oncology (link to external site) 

Best Presentation Award  

Tsuyoshi Harada, Physiotherapist - Department of Musculoskeletal Oncology and Rehabilitation, Hospital East 

Japanese Cancer Association (JCA) Mataro Nagayo Prize (link to external site)

Hitoshi Nakagama, President - National Cancer Center

for “Identification of human carcinogenesis and elucidation of multi-step carcinogenesis”

JCA - Chugai Academy for Advanced Oncology (CHAAO) Prize (link to external site)

Ryuji Hamamoto, Chief - Division of Medical AI Research and Development, Research Institute

Masayoshi Yamada, Staff Physician - Endoscopy Center, Hospital

Yutaka Saito, Director - Endoscopy Center, Hospital

for “Development of an endoscopic AI diagnostic support medical device for effective endoscopic treatment of colorectal cancer and realization of personalized medicine”

The Young Investigator Awards of the Japanese Cancer Association (link to external site)

Yoshihisa Kobayashi, Staff Scientist - Division of Molecular Pathology, Research Institute

for “Imaging and genetic evaluation of early-stage lung cancer and mechanisms of resistance to molecular targeted therapy in advanced lung cancer”

2021 Robert J Ginsberg Lectureship Award for Surgery(link to external site) – International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC)

Shun-ichi Watanabe, Chief – Department of Thoracic Surgery, Hospital

Japanese Proteomics Society Award for Distinguished Achievement in Proteomics Sciences  
Tadashi Kondo, Chief - Division of Rare Cancer Research, Research Institute 

for “Cancer biomaker development by proteomics” (link to external site)

Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia 2021, Healthcare & Science (link to external site)

Hiroki Matsuzaki, Project Researcher - NEXT Medical Device Innovation Center, Hospital East

for “Its AI medical software supports surgeons performing endoscopic procedures”

Japanese Society of Pathology Encouragement Award (link to external site)

Shinji Kohsaka, Laboratory Head - Division of Cellular Signaling, Research Institute 

for “Genomic Pathological Elucidation of Carcinogenic Mechanisms”

73rd Annual Congress of Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology (link to external site)

JSOG Excellent Paper Award

Sayaka Ikeda, Research Fellow - Division of Cancer Statistics Integration, Center for Cancer Control and Information Services

for “Human papillomavirus vaccine to prevent cervical intraepithelial neoplasia in Japan: A nationwide case‐control study”

Fondation ARC Leopold Griffuel Prize - Clinical and Translational Cancer Research

Hiroyuki Mano, Director - Research Institute / Center for Cancer Genomics and Advanced Therapeutics

74th Annual Meeting of the Japan Esophageal Society (link to external site)

Outstanding Performance Award

Kazuhiro Kojima, Speech-language-hearing therapist - Department of Musculoskeletal Oncology and Rehabilitation, Hospital

74th Annual Meeting of the Japan Esophageal Society (link to external site)

Outstanding Performance Award

Tsuyoshi Harada, Physiotherapist - Department of Musculoskeletal Oncology and Rehabilitation, Hospital East,

60th Annual Meeting of Japanese Society for Lymphoreticular Tissue Research Encouragement Award  (link to external site)

Yasunori Kogure, Staff Scientist - Division of Molecular Oncology, Research Institute

for “Whole-genome landscape of adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma”

11th Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Ikushi Prize (link to external site)

Yuki Saito, Trainee - Division of Molecular Oncology, Research Institute

for “Landscape and function of multiple mutations within individual oncogenes” (link to external site)