Academic History:

• 1999: Graduated from Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
• 2004: Completed graduate program at Tokyo Medical and Dental University Graduate School, Tokyo, Japan

Career History:

• 2002: Post Doctoral Fellow, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Johns Hopkins University, USA
• 2005: Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University
• 2008: Associate Professor, Department of Special Care Dentistry, Matsumoto Dental University
• 2013: Professor, Department of Dentistry, School of Medicine, Fujita Health University
• 2018: Chair and Professor, Department of Dentistry and Oral-Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Medicine, Fujita Health University
• 2021: Professor, Department of Oral Health Sciences for Community Welfare, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University

Academic Society, Group etc.:

• Executive board member, Specialist, Certificated Instructor, Japanese Society of Gerodontology
• Executive Director /Certificated Instructor, Japanese Association for Disability and Oral Health
• Executive Director, Japanese Association of Oral Rehabilitation

Award:

• 2006: Best research project by a junior practitioner award at 18th Congress of International Association for Disability and Oral Health (IADH)
• 2009: New Investigator award and an Honorable mention at the 17th annual meeting of Dysphagia Research Society