Members

Faculty members (perio group)

　Hisako Furusho

Assistant Professor

Graduate Student (Oral Pathology) (Cancer and signaling group)

　Nanako Kataoka

3rd-year PhD Student

Specializing in Oral Pathology (Center of Oral Clinical Examination)

Selected for JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (DC2)

　Yukina Kobayashi

2nd-year PhD Student

Specializing in Oral Pathology (Center of Oral Clinical Examination)

Selected for “next-generation fellow” supported by the program for Developing and Supporting the Next-Generation of Innovative Researchers (SPRING)

Graduate Student (from department of oral oncology) (Cancer and signaling group)

　Yume Ueda

4th-year PhD Student

Specializing in Oral Surgery

Selected for “next-generation fellow” supported by the program for Developing and Supporting the Next-Generation of Innovative Researchers (SPRING)

　Kai Omachi

3rd-year PhD Student

Specializing in Oral Surgery

Selected for “next-generation fellow” supported by the program for Developing and Supporting the Next-Generation of Innovative Researchers (SPRING)

　Yuga Maeda

3rd-year PhD Student

Specializing in Oral Surgery

Selected for “next-generation fellow” supported by the program for Developing and Supporting the Next-Generation of Innovative Researchers (SPRING)

Selected for HU SPRING Transdisciplinary Research Support Program (2025)

Graduate Student (from department of orthodontics) (perio group)

　Sayako Yamane

2nd-year PhD Student

Specializing in Orthodontics

Undergraduate students（Cancer and signaling group）

　Yu Yamamoto

4th-grade

　Nodoka Kanda

4th-grade

Alumni（Cancer and signaling group）

　Kento Okamoto

Specializing in Oral Surgery

AXL activates YAP through the EGFR-LATS1/2 axis and confers resistance to EGFR-targeted drugs in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (Okamoto K et al, Oncogene, 2023)

Faculty members for collaborative studies (Cancer and signaling group)

　Hanako Umehara

Specializing in Prosthodontics

Bone research

Faculty members for collaborative studies (perio group)

　Fumie Shiba

　 Department of Oral Inflammation Regulation

　 Assistant Professor (Collaborative Research Lab)

　Shunsuke Miyauchi

　 Health Service Center

　 Assistant Professor