Yasuo Shimizu is a Professor at the Department of Pulmonary Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine, Director of the Respiratory Endoscopy Center, and Deputy Director of the Center of Regenerative Medicine, Dokkyo Medical University Hospital, Japan. Yasuo Shimizu is a respiratory physician and allergist. After graduating with his MD & PhD in Japan, he joined Weill Medical College of Cornell University, Department of Genetic Medicine (Prof. Ronald G. Crystal, New York), where he was a research scientist. His current laboratory research interests are innate immunity, especially the role of MAIT cells in asthma and allergies, therapeutic inhaled agents for asthma, the discovery of novel therapeutic targets for interstitial pneumonia, and regenerative medicine in the field of respiratory medicine.