Yoshiya Tanaka, MD, PhD
Professor and Chairman, The First Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine; Dean, Graduate School of Medical Science
University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan
Yoshiya Tanaka, M.D., Ph.D. is Professor and Chairman of the First Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine (2000-present) and Dean of Graduate School of Medical Science (2017-present), University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan. He was a visiting fellow in Experimental Immunology Branch, NCI, NIH, USA (1989-92). Professor Tanaka authored and reviewed 596 publications (impact factor 2430, h-index 70) in English. His scientific focus lies on pathological analysis and development of novel treatment in systemic autoimmune diseases, rheumatic diseases and osteoporosis. He is the president of Japanese Association of Clinical Immunology and past president of Japanese Society of Bone and Mineral Research (JSBMR). He is a director board member of Asia Pacific League of Associations for Rheumatology (APLAR), Japanese Society of Internal Medicine, Japanese College of Rheumatology (JCR), Japanese Society of Inflammation and Regeneration and many. He is also an editor-in-chief of Modern Rheumatology Case Reports, an associate editor of Rheumatology, Cytokine, Arthritis Care and Research, Arthritis Research & Therapy, Inflammation Research, International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases and many, an editorial board member of Annals of Rheumatic Diseases, RMD Open, Modern Rheumatology, Inflammation Research, etc. He has received numerous awards from Japanese Society of Inflammation, JSBMR, JCR and EULAR.