Dr. Masafumi Kurajoh is a professor at the Department of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Molecular Medicine at Osaka Metropolitan University. He received his Ph.D. degree at Osaka City University. He is a member of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine, the Japanese Gout Nucleic Acid Metabolism Society, and the Japan Endocrine Society. He has been awarded the 2022 Japanese Gout and Uric Acid Society Award and the 2000 Outstanding Paper Award from the Japanese Gout and Uric Acid Society. He has completed many papers, books, and presentations in his research areas of life science, metabolism, and endocrinology.