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Director and Managers

Name Title	Profile	Main Activities
Katsue Sunahori-Watanabe, M.D. &Ph.D. Director, Department of Clinical Study Promotion Manager, Office of Clinical Research Planning	She received her M.D. and Ph.D. from Okayama University in 2000 and 2006, respectively. After working at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Okayama University Hospital, and PMDA, she joined the National Center for Global Health and Medicine (NCGM) in April 2020.	Based on her experience in PMDA, she has been supporting research activities smoothly as the director of the department since April 2025.
Tatsuya Mikawa Manager, Office of Clinical Trial Management	He has worked in the Pharmaceutical Department of the National Hospital Organization and has been in his current position since April 2024.	We are dedicated to delivering better new medicines to patients as soon as possible through the coordination of clinical trials.
Yukie Ando, Ph.D. Manager, Office of Safety Management	She received her Ph.D. from Kyushu University in 2010. She was certified as a Board-Certified Pharmacist by the Japanese Society of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (JSCPT) in 2018. She worked as a CRC and project manager at NCGM, LTA, and NCCHD, and has been in her current position since 2025.	We collect and analyze information on adverse events and protocol deviations that occur in clinical research in order to support proper research conduct at NCGM.

Name
Title

Profile

Main Activities

Katsue Sunahori-Watanabe, M.D. &Ph.D.

Director, Department of Clinical Study Promotion

Manager, Office of Clinical Research Planning

She received her M.D. and Ph.D. from Okayama University in 2000 and 2006, respectively. After working at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Okayama University Hospital, and PMDA, she joined the National Center for Global Health and Medicine (NCGM) in April 2020.

Based on her experience in PMDA, she has been supporting research activities smoothly as the director of the department since April 2025.

Tatsuya Mikawa

Manager, Office of Clinical Trial Management

He has worked in the Pharmaceutical Department of the National Hospital Organization and has been in his current position since April 2024.

We are dedicated to delivering better new medicines to patients as soon as possible through the coordination of clinical trials.

Yukie Ando, Ph.D.

Manager, Office of Safety Management

She received her Ph.D. from Kyushu University in 2010.
She was certified as a Board-Certified Pharmacist by the Japanese Society of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (JSCPT) in 2018.
She worked as a CRC and project manager at NCGM, LTA, and NCCHD, and has been in her current position since 2025.

We collect and analyze information on adverse events and protocol deviations that occur in clinical research in order to support proper research conduct at NCGM.

Others

Name	Position
Office of Clinical Research Planning
Kyoko Motomura	Medical doctor
Chie Morita	Medical doctor
Asuka Yamamoto	Clinical Research Coordinator
Mika Namiki	Clinical Research Coordinator
Yoko Toyama	Clinical Research Coordinator
Miki Umeda	Clinical Research Coordinator
Takako Ozawa	Clinical Research Coordinator
Mariko Kawabe	Clinical Research Coordinator
Asuka Komuro	Clinical Research Coordinator
Otoi Hirai	Clinical Research Coordinator
Rina Yano	Clinical Research Coordinator

Name	Position
Office of Clinical Trial Management
Kyoko Akiyama	General Clinical Research Coordinator
Tomoko Kitagawa	Chief Pharmacist of Clinical Trial Coordinator
Eiko Morita	Unit Chief, Office of Clinical Trial Management

Name	Position
Office of Safety Management
Yasuko Ino	Pharmacist

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