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    Organization

    Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization was established on February 1, 2012, by Tohoku University. The organization consists of 7 departments and an administration section, 20 groups and centers which promote the project, and an ethics committee, and an advisory board for Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization.

    Organization Chart (March 2024)
    • Tohoku Univ. President
    • Tohoku Univ. Board of Directors
    • Executive Director, Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization
      • Advisory Board
      • Ethics Committee
    • Committees, Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization

    Executive Directors

    Masayuki Yamamoto, Professor

    Executive Director
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    Nobuo Fuse, Professor

    Deputy Executive Director
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    Yoko Izumi, Professor

    Deputy Executive Director
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    Kengo Kinoshita, Professor

    Deputy Executive Director
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    Nobuo Yaegashi, Professor

    Special Adviser to the Executive Director
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    Yoshinobu Saito, Professor

    Special Adviser to the Executive Director
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    Shinichi Kuriyama, Professor

    Special Adviser to the Executive Director
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    Ritsuko Shimizu, Professor

    Special Adviser to the Executive Director
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    Introduction of Departments and Members

    Department of Community Medical Supports

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    Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology

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    Department of Biobank

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    Department of Integrative Genomics

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    Department of Health Record Informatics

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    Department of Education and Training

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    Department of Public Relations and Planning

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    Department of Administration

    Introduction of Sectors and Members

    General Affairs and Planning Sector

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    Cohort Studies Sector

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    Integrated Biobank Sector

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    Integrated Omics Sector

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     Introduction of Groups and Members

    Group of Planning

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    Group of Public Relations

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    Group of Return of Genomic Results

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    Group of Education and Training

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    Office of Nihonbashi Branch Operation

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    Center for Promotion of Cohort Studies

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    Center for Health Survey Promotion

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    Group of Brain Imaging and Research

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    Group of Privacy Controls

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    Center for Biobank Utilization and Academia-Industry Partnership

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    Group of Biobank

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    Group of Integrated Database Systems

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    Group of Information Management for Genome-Cohort Study

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    Center for Genome Platform Projects

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    Center for Genome-Wide Association Study

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    Group of Metabolomics

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    Group of Sequencing 

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    Group of Metagenomics and Microbiome

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    Group of Microarray-based Genotyping

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    Group of Omics Data Analysis

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