• Education:

1983~1989 School of Medicine, Shinshu University：Awarded the degree of M.D.

1989~1993 Graduate School of Medicine, Shinshu University：Awarded the degree of Ph.D.

• Research and professional experience:

1993~1998 Clinical Fellow at Department of Geriatrics, Endocrinology and Metabolism, School of Medicine, Shinshu University, Matsumoto, Japan

1998~2001 Research Fellow at Harvard Medical School, MA, USA

1998~1999 Neuroendocrine Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

1999~2001 Section on Vascular Cell Biology, Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston, MA

2001~2007 Faculty at Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, School of Medicine, Shinshu University, Matsumoto, Japan

2007~2020 Associate Professor at Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

2020~ Professor at National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies

2023~ Director, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies

• Membership in Academic Societies:

The Endocrine Society (USA)

International Society of Gender Medicine

The Japanese Association for Gender-Specific Medicine: President

Japan Thyroid Association: Director

The Japanese Endocrine Society: Councilor

The Japan Diabetes Society

The Japanese Society for Menopause and Women’s Health

The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine

• Selected Publications

“Effects of levothyroxine treatment on fertility and pregnancy outcomes in subclinical hypothyroidism: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials,” Akiko Sankoda, Hitomi Suzuki, Misa Imaizumi, Ai Yoshihara, Sakiko Kobayashi, Miyuki Katai, Katsuhiko Hamada, Yoh Hidaka, Aya Yoshihara, Hannah Nakamura, Sumihisa Kubota, Maiko Kakita-Kobayashi, Akira Iwase, Takashi Sugiyama, Erika Ota, Naoko Arata, Thyroid, 2024