Yoshio Yoshida is a Professor at the Faculty of Medical Sciences, Division of Medicine, Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Fukui. After graduating from the former Fukui Medical University (now Fukui University) in 1998, he joined the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. He worked at an affiliated hospital from 1990 to 1994, and then at the University Hospital. He studied abroad at the Weizmann Institute in Israel from 1997 to 2000. He mainly engaged in research on p53, mdm2, and apoptosis. After returning to the university, he has been conducting basic research and clinical applications of molecular imaging in collaboration with the High Energy Accelerator Research Organization. He became a professor at Fukui University in 2012. Since assuming his position, he has participated in clinical research as a director of the JGOG, and has been conducting basic and clinical research on radiogenomics analysis of molecular imaging, estrogen receptor imaging, uterine sarcoma, and the application of geriatric oncology to gynecological diseases. In addition to being the head of the department, he has also served as the head of the surgery department, director of the comprehensive perinatal center, and deputy hospital director, and has conducted many joint research projects with Fukui Prefecture. He has also been conducting international joint research with the Tsang BK Lab at the University of Ottawa for many years.