Yosuke Shikama DDS, Ph.D. Address: National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Research Institute,
Department of Oral Disease Research 7-430 Morioka-cho, 474-8511 Obu, Japan Email: shikama*ncgg.go.jp (Please change * to @)
EDUCATION
2000-2006: Department of Dentistry, Tohoku University, Japan (DDS, Dental
Sciences,2006)
2006-2010: Graduate School of Dentistry, Tohoku University, Japan (Ph.D.,
Immunology and Periodontology, 2010)
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Innate immunity
Metabolic related diseases
Oral related diseases
PROFESSIONAL CAREER
2006-2007: Resident (dentist), Tohoku University Hospital, Japan
2010-present: Part-time lecturer, Department of Periodontology and Endodontology,
Graduated School of Dentistry, Tohoku University, Japan
2010-2015: Designated Assistant Professor, Clinical Research Center for
Diabetes, Tokushima University Hospital, Japan
2015-2016: Post-doctoral Fellow (Prof. Steven E. Shoelson Lab), Joslin
Diabetes Center Affiliated with Harvard Medical School, Boston,
MA
2016 APR-SEP: Designated Senior Assistant Professor, Clinical Research
Center for Diabetes, Tokushima University Hospital, Japan
2016 OCT-2021 MAR: Chief, Department of Oral Disease Research, National
Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Japan
2021 APR-: Associate Professor, Department of Oral Disease Research, National
Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Japan
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZATIONS
The Japanese Association for Oral Biology
The Japanese Society of Periodontology
The Japanese Society for Sjogren’s Syndrome
