Dr. Hiroyuki Noda is a public health physician and an epidemiologist and currently serves as a councilor with the Cabinet Secretariat, Government of Japan. Over the course of his career, he has held positions in the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Ministry of the Environment, Harvard University, and Osaka University. He holds a bachelor’s degree in medicine (2003) and a doctorate in medical science (2006) from the University of Tsukuba, Japan. He is also a councilor with the Japanese Society of Public Health and the Japan Epidemiological Association. His research interests are public health policy and epidemiology.