Ken Takahashi
Associate Professor
Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutucal Sciences
Okayama University
Former Visiting Scholar
Wyss Institute of Biologically Inspired Engineering
Harvard University
Ken is currently an associate professor at Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences in Japan. He directs research groups focused on organ-on-a-chip, cardiovascular regenerative medicine, ischemia–reperfusion injury, and space medicine/biology. His interests also extend to physics simulations, including finite element analysis and molecular dynamics. In these endeavors, he has been privileged to act as a mentor for many international students. At the Harvard Medical School, Ken developed a model of ischemia–reperfusion injury using organ-on-a-chip technology.
Ken received his Ph.D. in Medicine from Nagoya University. He is a member of the Cellular Biology of the Heart Working Group in the European Society of Cardiology and a councilor of the Physiological Society of Japan. He serves on the Editorial Boards of journals including AIMS Biophysics, Mechanobiology, Hearts, and Biology and Medicine. He received several awards, such as the Award for Outstanding Research Achievement and Award for Outstanding Contribution to Education. Ken also conducts joint research on space medicine with PD AeroSpace, Ltd. He is a finisher of an Ironman Triathlon race.
Educational Background
Ph. D. degree at Nagoya University (Medicine)
Bachelor’s degree at Gifu University (Veterinary Medicine)
Career
Visiting Scholar, Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University
Assistant Professor, Department of Cardiovascular Physiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University
Assistant Professor, Department of Biophysics, Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya University
Research Resident, The Japan Foundation for Aging and Health
Awards
Award for Outstanding Research Achievement and Contribution, Asia Pacific Society for Biology and Medical Sciences
Award for Outstanding Research Achievement, Asia Pacific Society for Biology and Medical Sciences
Award for Outstanding Contribution to Education, Okayama Medical Association
Editorial Board Membership at Academic Journals
Biology and Medicine
Mechanobiology Journal (Associate Editor)
Academic Membership
Councilor, Physiological Society of Japan
Japanese Society for Medical and Biological Engineering
European Society of Cardiology
The Biophysical Society of Japan
Japanese Society of Aerospace and Environmental Medicine
Others
Torch Bearer, Tokyo 2020 Olympics
Ironman triathlete (finished Ironman Western Australia in 2006)
Place Of Birth
Nagoya, Japan