Yoshinori Marunaka
Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan
- Orcid: 0000-0003-3846-0937
- Publications: 280
- Citations: 8865
- Keywords: Ion channel; Ion transporter; Ion environment; pH; Interstitial pH environment; flavonoid; epithelial transport; blood pressure; diabetes
Short Bio
- Prof. Yoshinori Marunaka, M.D, Ph.D., is currently President & Representative Director, Kyoto Industrial Health Association, General Incorporated Foundation, Japan; Professor, Ritsumeikan University, Japan; Professor Emeritus, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Japan. He received M.D. (1979), Ph.D. (1985) from Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan; National License of Physician and Surgeon, Japan (1979). He was Professor and Chairperson, Departments of Molecular Cell Physiology, Bio-Ionomics, and Respiratory Medicine, Dean for Student Affairs, and Director of Library, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine; Associate Professor (Principal Investigator and Laboratory Head), Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, and Department of Pediatrics, University of Toronto, Canada; Assistant Professor, Emory University, USA. He was awarded “Vebleo Nanomedicine Scientist Award” (Sweden), “Marco Polo della Scienza Italiana” (Italy), Premier's Research Excellence Award (Canada), Scholar Award (Medical Research Council of Canada) and Research Award from National Kidney Foundation (USA). He serves as President, Physiological Society of Japan; President, International Society for Proton Dynamics in Cancer; President, International Society for Cancer Metabolism; Editor-in-Chief, the Chief Editor, Advisory Board Member, or Editorial board Member more than 30 international scientific journals. He is interested in molecular mechanisms regulating ion transports and body ionic environments, has obtained more than 60 research grants, published 280 peer reviewed articles, and provided more than 30 invited plenary lectures at international research conferences. h-index 52, i10-index 201, Citation 8868. Home Page, https://marunaka-y.com/english/
