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Medicine and Bioregulatory Science Lab
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A general internal medicine department in which the endocrinology and metabolism, hematology, and gastroenterology labs work together.
AboutAbout the lab
Combining broad capability with specialized expertise: the goal of the lab
Medicine and Bioregulatory Science (the Third Department of Internal Medicine) is a general internal medicine department that brings together the endocrinology/metabolism/diabetes, hematology, liver, pancreas, and gastroenterology labs.
The lab conducts research aimed at elucidating the pathophysiology of the intractable diseases it handles and developing new diagnostic and treatment strategies based on that understanding.
With an emphasis on linking basic and clinical research, the lab engages in patient care and research across specialties.
Researchers who did not graduate from medical school also take part in basic research with the clinical setting in mind.
Key terms
- Intractable diseases
- Diseases whose causes are difficult to identify and that are difficult to treat
- Inter-organ crosstalk
- The relationship in which the state of one organ affects the function of other organs
- Chronic inflammation
- Inflammation that persists for a long time in the body
NewsLab news
A graduate student in the liver group received the YIA at the Research Meeting on Liver, Diabetes, and Metabolism
An assistant professor in the gastroenterology lab received the Society Award for the English-language journal of the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society
The professor in the endocrinology, metabolism, and diabetes lab received an Outstanding Presentation Award at the Japan Society for Steroid Hormones
A researcher in the pancreas group identified and reported EMP1, a switch that drives pancreatic cancer "out of control"
A Clinical Associate Professor in the liver group received an Outstanding Presentation Award at JDDW 2025 KOBE
ResearchResearch themes
As a clinical department of Kyushu University, the Third Department of Internal Medicine conducts research aimed at elucidating the pathophysiology of the intractable diseases it handles and developing new diagnostic and treatment strategies based on that understanding. Working with related departments and affiliated hospitals inside and outside the university, it carries out basic and clinical research, with the mission of delivering the latest research results to patients.
*Illustrative imageSpecialized research by each lab and cross-cutting research
The endocrinology/metabolism/diabetes, hematology, liver, pancreas, and gastroenterology labs each pursue research specialized in their own fields. Drawing on the strengths of a general internal medicine department, the lab also undertakes research that cuts across organs and diseases.
*Illustrative imageKeywords that cross fields
In its 2019 greeting message, the department states that, under cross-disciplinary keywords such as inter-organ crosstalk, chronic inflammation, epigenetic memory, and the gut microbiota, it aims to elucidate the onset mechanisms of organ-specific diseases and to develop new diagnostic methods and treatments.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Third Department of Internal Medicine consist of faculty, staff physicians and residents, part-time physicians, special faculty members, special researchers, registered training physicians, academic researchers, graduate students, clinical laboratory technologists, secretaries and experimental assistants, technical staff, and technical assistants.As of 2026
- ProfessorYoshihiro Ogawa
- Associate ProfessorNao Fujimori
- LecturerHaruei Ogino
- LecturerTakatoshi Chinen
- LecturerHiroki Umakoshi
- Clinical Associate ProfessorSeigo Tanaka
- Assistant ProfessorKeijiro Ueda
- Clinical LecturerYoshimasa Tanaka
- Assistant ProfessorYasutaka Miyachi
- Assistant ProfessorShojiro Haji
- Assistant ProfessorHajime Goya
- Assistant ProfessorYosuke Minoda
- Assistant ProfessorMaki Umakoshi
- Assistant ProfessorYukina Takeichi
- Assistant ProfessorHiroki Takayanagi
- Assistant ProfessorKoji Imoto
- Project Assistant ProfessorMasatoshi Murakami
- Assistant ProfessorMasamichi Fujita
- Assistant ProfessorYusuke Kajitani
- Assistant ProfessorShintaro Nakamura
- Assistant ProfessorDaiki Kaneko
- Project Assistant ProfessorMasashi Wada
- Project Assistant ProfessorTazu Fukumoto
- Project Assistant ProfessorKazuhide Matsumoto
- Project Assistant ProfessorNorihide Iwahashi
- Project Assistant ProfessorHirotaka Tsuru
- Project Assistant ProfessorNaohiro Uchida
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- Specialized research by each lab and cross-cutting research: “Hematology Analyzer” Frankincense Diala / CC0 (cropped)
- Keywords that cross fields: “Blausen 0428 Gallbladder-Liver-Pancreas Location-de” BruceBlaus. When using this image in external sources it can be cited as: Blausen.com staff. "Blausen gallery 2014". Wikiversity Journal of Medicine. DOI:10.15347/wjm/2014.010. ISSN 20018762. / CC BY 3.0 (cropped)
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