Member

As of December  22, 2025
Job title Position Name Research keywords
Manager of the center and Director of the Human Resource Development Department (Graduate School of Medicine) Professor Hiroshi Kakeya Infection, Infection control, Antimicrobial Resistant, Deep-Seated Mycosis
Submanager of the Center (Graduate School of Veterinary Science) Professor Shinji Yamasaki Waterborne and foodborne infectious diseases, Zoonosis, Antimicrobial resistant , Antimicrobial activity, Wastewater surveillance

Business manager (President of Osaka Institute of Public Health)

Kazunori Tomono Infection control, Infection, Public health
International manager (Graduate School of Medicine) Specially Appointed Professor Akira Kaneko International medicine, Epidemiology, Arthropod vector
Steering committee (Executive Director) Executive Director Hiroaki Nakamura Cohort studies of musculoskeletal disorders in older adults, Minimally invasive spinal surgery, Spine and spinal cord surgery
Steering committee (Executive Director) Executive Director Takayuki Sakai
Graduate School of Medicine Specially Appointed Professor Kenji Oohata Brain tumor, Basic cranium surgery, Meningioma

Department of Research Promotion

Job title Position Name Research keywords
Director of the department(Graduate School of Engineering) Professor Satoru Watano Pharmaceutical science, Micromeritics, Fluidized bed engineering
Subdirector of the department
(Research Advancement Organization)
Specially Appointed Professor Yoshiaki Kitaya Environmental control in biology
Subdirector of the department
(Graduate School of Medicine)
Professor Satoshi Uematsu Phage therapy, Metagenome
Researcher(Graduate School of Informatics) Professor Hideki Tode Network security, Information-centric networking, Routing
Researcher(Graduate School of Engineering) Professor Hiroshi Shiigi Artificial antibodies, Molecular and cytometric measurement, Sensor device
Researcher(Graduate School of Engineering) Professor Taro Tachibana antibody drug、monoclonal antibody drug
Researcher(Graduate School of Engineering) Associate Professor Masafumi Akiyoshi Development of droplet removal devices, Advanced ultraviolet illuminance evaluation, Photocatalyst application
Researcher(Graduate School of Engineering) Associate Professor Ryoko Asada Microbiological control science, Food science, Sterilization engineering
Researcher(Graduate School of Engineering) Visiting Researcher Masakazu Furuta 

Food Irradiation, Biomedical materials

Researcher(Graduate School of Agriculture) Associate Professor Tomofumi Mochizuki Phytopathology, Plant virology, Virus engineering
Researcher(Graduate School of Agriculture) Professor Takashi Inui Life sciences, veterinary medicine, basic veterinary medicine, basic animal husbandry

Researcher(Graduate School of Sustainable System Sciences)

Professor Ohyama Katsumi Agro-environmental engineering, Agricultural information engineering, Environmental agriculture

Department of Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases

Job title Position Name Research keywords
Director of the department(Graduate School of Veterinary Science) Professor Masayuki Horie Virus diversity, Viral evolution, Virus–host interactions
Subdirector of the department
(Research Advancement Organization)
Specially Appointed Professor Ikuo Fujii Drug discovery science, Bioorganic chemistry, Chemical biology
Subdirector of the department(Graduate School of Medicine) Professor Wakaba Fukushima Public health, Epidemiology, Vaccine
Researcher(Graduate School of Veterinary Science) Professor Shinji Yamasaki Waterborne and foodborne infectious diseases, Zoonosis, Antimicrobial resistant , Antimicrobial activity, Wastewater surveillance
Researcher(Graduate School of Veterinary Science) Professor Makoto Matsubayashi Zoonotic gastrointestinal protozoa, Livestock infection, Wild animals, International collaborative research
Researcher(Graduate School of Veterinary Science) Associate Professor Atsushi Hinenoya Bacteria causing enteral infection, One Health, Amphixenosis
Researcher(Graduate School of Veterinary Science) Professor Mayo Yasugi Zoonosis, One Health
Researcher(Graduate School of Veterinary Science) Associate Professor Noritoshi Hatanaka Food safety, Zoonosis, Campylobacter
Researcher(Graduate School of Veterinary Science) Specially Appointed Associate Professor Sharda Prasad Awasthi Waterborne and foodborne infectious diseases, Bacterial toxins, Antimicrobial resistant, Antimicrobial activity
Researcher(Graduate School of Veterinary Science) Assistant Professor Mai Kishimoto Virus diversity, Zoonosis, Transmission mechanism
Researcher(Graduate School of Veterinary Science) Professor Takehito Kaneko Reproduction and Development, Disease Model, Wild animal 
Researcher(Graduate School of Veterinary Science) Professor Mitsuru Kuwamura Veterinary Pathology, Comparative Neuropathology, Animal models
Researcher(Graduate School of Veterinary Science) Professor Shingo Hatoya Veterinary Internal Medicine, Companion Animal Infectious Diseases, Regenerative Medicine
Researcher(Graduate School of Veterinary Science) Associate Professor Koji Hosomi Life sciences, bacteriology
Researcher(Graduate School of Medicine) Professor Yasutoshi Kido
Researcher(Graduate School of Human Life and Ecology) Professor Shigeki Kamitani Lifestyle-related diseases, Oral flora, Periodontal disease
Researcher(Graduate School of Human Life and Ecology) Professor Takayuki Wada Molecular epidemiology, Bacterial genomics, Bacterial host interactions, Tuberculosis

Department of Human Resource Development

Job title Position Name Research keywords
Director of the department(Graduate School of Medicine) Professor Hiroshi Kakeya Infection, Infection control, Drug-resistant bacteria, Deep fungal infection
Subdirector of the department
(Graduate School of Nursing)
Professor Yoshiko Sato Infection contorol and nursing care
Subdirector of the department
(Graduate School of Medicine)
Professor Yukihiro Kaneko Drug resistance, Novel therapy, Iron
Researcher(Graduate School of Economics) Professor Katsunori Kaneko Social enterprise, Human resource development, Healthcare professional resources
Researcher(Graduate School of Medicine) Lecturer Waki Imoto
Researcher(Graduate School of Medicine) Lecturer Wataru Shibata
Researcher(Graduate School of Medicine) graduate student Shigeki Kakuno
Researcher(Graduate School of Medicine) graduate student Kengo Kawamoto
Researcher(Graduate School of Nursing) Assistant Professor Masahiko Kita Prevention of overwhelming post-splenectomy infection, Infection control, Infection nursing
 

Department of Society and Environment

Job title Position Name Research keywords
Director of the department(Graduate School of Urban Management) Professor Norimichi Goishi Social policy, Labor economics, Social prescribing
Subdirector of the department(Graduate School of Sustainable System Sciences) Professor Noriko Yamano Cooperation between education and welfare sectors, Regional network, Child abuse
Researcher(Graduate School of Literature and Human Sciences) Assistant Professor Taku Sugano Disaster case management, Anthropogeography, Non-profit organizations
Researcher(Graduate School of Economics) Professor Niu Bing Health economics, Applied microeconometrics
Researcher(Graduate School of Economics) Visiting Researcher Ziyan  Wang
Researcher(Graduate School of Agriculture) Professor Hiroyuki Kaga Open space planning, Landscape design, Landscape planning
Researcher(Graduate School of Agriculture) Associate Professor Kaoru Matsuo
Researcher(Graduate School of Agriculture) Associate Professor Yoshitaka Otsuka Urban green space, Social determinants of health, Probabilistic modeling
Researcher(Graduate School of Veterinary Science) Professor Masami Miyake

Department of government cooperation

Job title Name
行政連携部門 部門長(大阪府・大阪市 副首都推進局 理事兼公立大学法人担当部長) Shoko Matsushita
行政連携部門 副部門長(大阪府・大阪市 副首都推進局 公立大学法人担当部長 Takamichi Okudaira
研究員
[大阪府 医療監]
Hitomi Nagai
研究員
[大阪府 健康医療部 保健医療室長]
Takeshi Nakatani
研究員
[大阪府 健康医療部 保健医療室 副理事]
Toshiyuki Shibata
研究員
[大阪府 健康医療部 保健医療室 医療・感染症対策課長]
Keiji Katsumura
研究員
[大阪府 健康医療部 保健医療室 医療・感染症対策課参事]
Yuichi Matsumoto
研究員
[大阪市 健康局首席医務監]
Hideki Yoshida
研究員
[大阪市 保健所感染症対策担当医務監]
Hidetetsu Hirokawa
研究員
[大阪市 保健所感染症対策担当部長]
Masaru Sakashita
研究員
[大阪市 保健所感染症対策課長]
Sachiko Matsukawa 
研究員
[大阪市 保健所保健主幹]
Takeshi Saito
研究員
[大阪健康安全基盤研究所  健康危機管理監]
Shigeto Hamaguchi
研究員
[大阪健康安全基盤研究所]
Heita Kitajima