Organization & people

Steering Committee

The steering committee investigates and reviews various topics to efficiently drive the Science Database Integration Project forward.

Chairperson

SHIROISHI Toshihiko Director, BioResource Research Center, RIKEN

Committee members (in order of the Japanese syllabary)

AIZAWA Akiko Professor, National Institute of Informatics, Research Organization of Information and Systems
OHE Kazuhiko Professor, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo
ODA Yoshiya Project professor, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo
KATO Norihiro Director, Research Institute National Center for Global Health and Medicine
SUEYOSHI Wataru Attorney at Law, Sueyoshi & Sato
SUWA Makiko Professor, College of Science and Engineering / Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin University
HARADA Hideyuki Senior Executive Officer, Technology Research & Development Division/Manufacturing Division, Sumitomo Pharma Co.,Ltd.
MATSUDA Hideo Professor, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Osaka University
MAEDA-YAMAMOTO Mari Executive Scientist, Food Research Institute, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization

(As of Apr 1, 2023)

Data-Sharing Subcommittee, Steering Committee

Established in May 2012. The subcommittee discusses revisions to the NBDC Guidelines for Human Data Sharing and the NBDC Security Guidelines for Human Data and so forth.

Chief Examiner

MATSUBARA Yoichi Executive Officer, National Center for Child Health and Development

Committee members (in order of the Japanese syllabary)

INOUE Ituro Project Professor, National Institute of Genetics, Research Organization of Information and Systems
IMOTO Issei Director, Research Institute, Aichi Cancer Center
KATO Norihiro Director, Research Institute National Center for Global Health and Medicine
TAKUMA Hitoshi Attorney at Law, Uchida and Samejima Law Firm
MUTO Kaori Professor, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo
YAMAMOTO Ryuichi The president and director, Medical Information System Development Center

(As of Apr 1,2023)

Core Technology Subcommittee, Steering Committee

Established in October 2017. The subcommittee reviews and evaluates measures related to fundamental technologies for databases.

Chief Examiner

MATSUDA Hideo Professor, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Osaka University

Committee members (in order of the Japanese syllabary)

AIZAWA Akiko Professor, National Institute of Informatics, Research Organization of Information and Systems
SUWA Makiko Professor, College of Science and Engineering / Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin University
SESE Jun President & CEO, Humanome Lab Ltd.
NIKAIDO Itoshi Professor, Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University

(As of Apr 1, 2023)

Human Data Review Board

Established in October 2013. With respect to the NBDC Human Database, the board conducts reviews of applications to submit data , applications to utilize data, applications for secondary data storage after data utilization is completed, and determines when to discontinue utilization.

Chairperson

MUTO Kaori Professor, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo

Board members (in order of the Japanese syllabary)

SAKAIDA Masaki Attorney at Law, TMI Associates
TAKASHIMA Kyoko Head of Bioethics Section, Center for Clinical Sciences, National Center for Global Health and Medicine
TAKAHASHI Shino Vice Chairperson, Translational Research, R & D Committee, Japan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association
TANAKA Yasuhiro Deputy Manager, Department of Health and Clinical Data, Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development
TOKUNAGA Katsushi President of NCBN, Central Biobank, National Center Biobank Network / Director of Genome Medical Science Project-Toyama, National Center for Global Health and Medicine
YAMAGATA Zentaro Professor, Graduate School Department of Interdisciplinary Research, University of Yamanashi

(As of Apr 1, 2023)

Staff

Research Team

  • Researcher
  • TATEISI Yuka
  • Dictionaries, ontologies, corpora
  • tateisi[AT]biosciencedbc.jp
  • Visiting researcher
  • HATANAKA Hideki
  • hideki[AT]biosciencedbc.jp
  • Visiting Researcher
  • NOBUSADA Tomoe
  • nobusada[AT]biosciencedbc.jp

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