Dr. Akira Nishiyama is a Chairman and Professor in the Pharmacology, and Vice Chair of the Diabetic center at Kagawa University Medical School. His research field includes all lifestyle-related diseases and is working to develop a variety of new diagnostic and treatment methods. Dr. Nishiyama is the recipient of the Hoecht Marion Roussel Excellence in Renal Research Award from the American Physiological Society (1999), the Best Trainee Award from the American Federation for Medical Research/ Society for Clinical Investigation (2000), Bristol Squibb Recognition Awards from the American Society of Hypertension (2001), The Harry Goldblatt Award in Cardiovascular Research Award Finalist from the American Heart Association (2006), Oshima Award from Japanese Society of Nephrology (2012), Jokichi Takamine Award from the Society of Cardiovascular Endocrinology and Metabolism, Academic Award from Japan Kidney Foundation (2020), etc. Dr. Nishiyama is also an Associate editor of Clin. Exp. Pharmacol. Physiol. (2007~), Sci. Rep. (2015~) and Hypertens Res. (2016~), and editorial board member of Am J Physiol. Renal-Physiol., J. Hypertension, J Am Soc. Nephrol, Am J. Hypertension, etc. Dr. Nishiyama has more than 450 scientific publications in Nat Med, Sci Transl Med, J Clin Invest, Nat Rev Nephrol, Pharmacol Rev, etc.