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Growth and Developmental Medicine Lab
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The lab is a pediatrics lab that works to prevent and overcome childhood diseases through both clinical care and research.
AboutAbout the lab
Research that is loved, and the challenge of pursuing dreams.
The Growth and Developmental Medicine Lab is the pediatrics department of Kyushu University, and works on both clinical care and research to prevent and overcome diseases in children.
The lab has specialty groups in allergy, infectious diseases, hematology/immunology/oncology, cardiology, pediatric critical care, nephrology, neurology, neonatology, and endocrinology/metabolism.
The lab's creed is "Medicine is clinical practice." Alongside daily clinical care, it values research and the pursuit of dreams that lead to the happiness of children and their families.
Regardless of which university you graduated from or your prior experience, the lab accepts requests for visits and career consultations at any time.
Key terms
- Oral food challenge
- A test used to diagnose food allergy and for other purposes, in which a patient eats a suspected food under a doctor's supervision so that their reaction can be examined.
- Biologics
- A general term for drugs made using proteins and other substances produced by living organisms. They act by targeting specific molecules in the body that cause disease.
- Hematopoietic cell transplantation
- A treatment in which the cells that give rise to blood are transplanted. It is used to treat blood diseases and childhood cancer.
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The Department of Pediatrics at Kyushu University upholds the motto "Loved research and the challenge of pursuing dreams," aiming for the future of children and the happiness of their families. Each specialty group carries out clinical care and research, working to prevent and overcome childhood diseases.
*Illustrative imageClinical care and research in pediatric allergy
Centered on affiliated facilities including Fukuoka Children's Hospital, the lab diagnoses and treats food allergy, bronchial asthma, and atopic dermatitis, also using oral food challenges and biologics. It also takes part in multicenter collaborative studies and the Japan Environment and Children's Study (JECS).
*Illustrative imagePediatric infectious diseases and vaccination
Based at the infectious disease ward and the vaccination center, the lab provides care for infections in children with underlying conditions, as well as vaccination and a travel clinic. It also supports infection control within the hospital and the appropriate use of antibiotics.
*Illustrative imageAdvanced medical care in hematology, immunology, and oncology
The lab provides advanced medical care such as hematopoietic cell transplantation, CAR-T therapy, and tumor immunotherapy, and treats patients ranging from those with rare, intractable diseases to childhood cancer. Through joint clinical trials and basic research, it aims to develop new treatments.
*Illustrative imageHeart disease from the fetal period to adulthood
For congenital and acquired heart disease from the fetal period to adulthood, the lab provides treatment for severe heart failure, catheter-based treatment, arrhythmia care, and fetal echocardiography. It is also active in introducing new devices and in clinical research.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Growth and Developmental Medicine Lab consist of faculty, clinical staff physicians, academic researchers, and graduate students.As of 2026
- ProfessorYasunari Sakai
- Associate ProfessorKenichiro Yamamura
- Project Associate ProfessorMasayuki Ochiai
- Associate ProfessorMasataka Ishimura
- Clinical Associate ProfessorYasusuke Inoue
- LecturerKanako Ishii
- LecturerCHONG PIN FEE
- LecturerNoriyuki Kaku
- Assistant ProfessorYuichiro Hirata
- Assistant ProfessorKei Nishiyama
- Assistant ProfessorYoshitomo Motomura
- Assistant ProfessorKentaro Nakashima
- Assistant ProfessorUtako Oba
- Assistant ProfessorYusaku Nagatomo
- Clinical Assistant ProfessorEiko Terashi
- Assistant ProfessorSatoshi Akamine
- Assistant ProfessorSoichi Mizuguchi
- Assistant ProfessorTakashi Imai
- Assistant ProfessorKatsuhide Eguchi
- Assistant ProfessorMotofumi Sonoda
- Assistant ProfessorNaoki Egami
- Assistant ProfessorKanako Higashi
- Assistant ProfessorYutaro Yada
- Assistant ProfessorTatsuya Miyata
- Assistant ProfessorToshiaki Yamamoto
- Assistant ProfessorRie Kikuno
- Clinical Assistant ProfessorKeiki Ueda
- Assistant ProfessorRyohei Matsuoka
- Assistant ProfessorMaya Suzuki
- Assistant ProfessorYoshiaki Sakaguchi
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Itzhak Levy 2” דוברות מרכז שניידר לרפואת ילדים בישראל / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Clinical care and research in pediatric allergy: “Skin Test for Food Allergy ( )” NIAID / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Pediatric infectious diseases and vaccination: “Vero Cell COVID-19 vaccine vial, cotton swab and syringe” Ajay Kumar Chaurasiya / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Advanced medical care in hematology, immunology, and oncology: “Minister Visits Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Department, Chittagong Medical College and Hospital (PID-0007419)” Press Information Department / Public domain (cropped)
- Heart disease from the fetal period to adulthood: “Depiction of a child with Congenital Heart Disease” https://www.myupchar.com/en / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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- Related lab (小児外科学): “Pediatric emergency room at Iashvili Children's Hospital in Tbilisi, Georgia” AIHA, USAID / Public domain (cropped)
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