1999 Ph.D., Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University 1999- Research Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 2000- Research Associate, Department of Pharmacy, Kyoto University Hospital 2002- Research Fellow, Gastrointestinal Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA 2003- Research Associate, Department of Pharmacy, Kyoto University Hospital 2008- Vice Director, Department of Pharmacy, Kyoto University Hospital 2010- Professor and Director, Department of Pharmacy, Shiga University of Medical Science Hospital