Hak HOTTA, M.D., Ph.D.

 

Present Academic Position

Professor Emeritus, Kobe University (Medicine)

Endowed Professor

Department of Vaccine and Drug Development

Kobe University Graduate School of Health Sciences

Biotechnology Research Center, Room 401, 404, 405

1-5-6 Minatojima-minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe 650-0047, Japan

Tel +81-78-304-6091; Fax +81-78-304-6019

Email: hotta@kobe-u.ac.jp; hotta@med.kobe-u.ac.jp

 

Date of Birth

October 21, 1949

 

Education

M.D.              Osaka University (School of Medicine); 1974

Ph.D.             Kobe University (Graduate School of Medicine); 1985

 

Professional Career

1974–1975:      Physician (Internal Medicine), Osaka University Hospital

1975–1977:      Physician (Internal Medicine), Hyogo Prefectural Nishinomiya Hospital

1977–1986:      Research Associate (Microbiology), Kobe University School of Medicine

1986–1987:      Visiting Scholar, Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA, U. S. A.

1988–1994:      Associate Professor (Microbiology), Kobe University School of Medicine

1994–2000:      Professor and Chair (Microbiology), Kobe University School of Medicine

2001-–2015      Professor and Chair (Microbiology), Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine

2015                   Professor Emeritus (Medicine), Kobe University

2015–Present    Endowed Professor, Kobe University Graduate School of Health Sciences

 

Concurrent Positions at Kobe University

1995–1998:      Director, Institute for Experimental Animals, School of Medicine

1998–2002:      Director, International Center for Medical Research (ICMR), School of Medicine

2003–2005:      Director, International Student Center, Kobe University (KISC)

2006–2009:      Director, International Center for Medical Research and Treatment (ICMRT),

                            Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine

2009–2011:      Director, Center for Infectious Diseases (CID),

                            Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine

2011–2013:      Vice Dean, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine

 

Concurrent International Professional Career

2012–                 Adjunct Professor, University of Indonesia (Indonesia)

2013–                 Honorary Professor, Airlangga University (Indonesia)

 

Project Leader of International Collaborative Research & Education Programs

1991–1994:      Tropical Disease Control Project in Indonesia (JICA)

1998–2003:      Large Scale Collaborative Research with ASEAN countries; Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines and Singapore (JSPS)

2007–2010:      Foundation of Research Centers for Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases (MEXT & JST)

2009–2014:      Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development (SATREPS): “Identification of Anti-Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Substances and Development of HCV and Dengue Vaccines” (JST & JICA)

2010–2014:      Project co-leader, Japan Initiative for Global Research Network on Infectious Diseases (J-GRID) (MEXT & JST)

2012–2015:      Re-Inventing Japan Project on Cooperative Education: “Education of Global Medical and Health Science Leaders in the Coming Generation in Cooperation and Collaboration with ASEAN Countries” (MEXT & JSPS)

 

Award

2009:                  Asia-Pacific Society for Medical Virology (APSMV) Excellence Award

 

Academic Activities

Japanese Society for Virology (JSV); (President, The 61 ^stAnnual Meeting of JSV, 2013, Kobe)

The Japan Society of Hepatology

Japanese Society for Bacteriology

Japanese Society for Immunology

Japanese Cancer Association

American Society for Microbiology (ASM)

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Asia-Pacific Society of Medical Virology (APSMV)