Yukinori Okada

Yukinori Okada, M.D., PhD is the Professor of Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, and Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, and the team leader of RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences. He received the M.D. and PhD from the University of Tokyo. His research theme is the elucidation of mechanism where genetic variants affect biological and clinical phenotype. He has multiple professional backgrounds as a physician, statistician, and bioinformatician. Through active collaborative partnerships among the researchers of human genetics, Prof. Okada has conducted large-scale genomics studies of a variety of human complex traits. His interests are now moving towards statistical genetics and bioinformatics analysis generated by the latest omics technologies, such as single cell sequencing and microbiome metagenomics, and its application to novel drug discovery and personalized medicine.