Professor, Faculty of Medicine/School of Medicine, Second Department of Internal Medicine, Nara Medical University Research Experience April 2018–present: Professor, Nara Medical University, Japan February 2001–March 2018: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan July 1998–January 2001: McGill University, Meakins-Christie Laboratories, Canada April 1994–March 1998: Graduate school of medicine, Kyoto University, Japan