FACULTY
- Department
- Department of Pharmacy
- Laboratory
- Clinical Pharmacy Laboratory 2
- Field of Study
- Medical Pharmacy
History
Graduate School/University, etc.
2007 Graduated from Faculty of Pharmacy, Meijo University 2009 Completed First Term Doctoral Course, Division of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Graduate School of Pharmacy, Meijo University 2012 Completed Second Term Doctoral Course, Division of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Graduate School of Pharmacy, Meijo University
Why I Became a Researcher
When I was a student, I designed inhalant particles in a pharmaceutics lab. In experiments, when I thought, “This is what would happen in these conditions, right?” and then obtained results as expected, it made me really happy, and I then immersed myself in research. Furthermore, in graduate school, I conducted research on the theme of creating a device to evaluate how the results of laboratory research affected real patients. Through that, I came to know the joy of returning research results to clinics and patients, and beyond that, I moved those patients to a research site at a nearby hospital and continued my research. Not only did I get the results that I had originally hypothesized, but finding out what caused unexpected results was also fun. Although I am still far from being a full-fledged researcher, it would bring me pleasure to continue forward along the path of research.
Research Information
Research Area and Theme
Clarifying Methods to Maximize the Effective Use of Pharmaceuticals and Returning These Methods to Healthcare
For high-risk drugs such as anticancer drugs and anticoagulants, as well as inhalants with complex usage methods, I am aiming to construct optimal usage methods that are tailored to individual patients to create research results that can be returned to actual clinical practices.
Thoughts on Research Theme
Medicine finishes its role when the patient takes it properly and obtains a therapeutic effect. However, there are many drugs with large individual differences where the effects of those drugs vary greatly depending on how they are taken and the characteristics of the patient taking them. By investigating and optimizing the causes of such individual differences, it is possible to reduce side effects and select drugs and usages that maximize the effects of drugs. Contribution to the proper use of such drugs is the mission that has been placed upon pharmacists, and I believe that pharmacists should take the initiative in addressing these issues. I expect that the results of these studies will not only improve the effect of treatment on individual patients, but also lead to a reduction in medical and drug expenses for the entire nation through the optimization of treatment and by reducing the burden of countering side effects.
Message to Students
Message to Students
Some students find that graduation research is useless for becoming a pharmacist, but they are very wrong about this. Problem-solving skills, such as the ability to collect information and the ability to consider issues when conducting research, are very useful in clinical sites. In a clinical site, what kind of information does a pharmacist need when in regard to questions asked by medical staff such as a physician or a patient? And what about problems that arise in those instances? What approach can solve those problems? The ability to think about these questions in a logical as well as scientific manner and then act quickly is what’s required here. Graduation research also plays a very important role in laying the foundation for problem-solving skills in such situations. In particular, the Clinical Pharmacy Laboratory aims to conduct research that is directly linked to patient benefits. Let’s aim to acquire research-based thinking skills and become pharmacists who can think in a scientific manner.