Dr. Motoko Yanagita, ASHBi PI and Professor, received the Academic Award of the Japan Kidney Foundation of FY2023.

The Award is sponsored by the Foundation and awarded to researchers who have achieved outstanding research achievements in nephrology and are expected to develop in the future. PI Yanagita has been engaged in outstanding research achievements in elucidating the mechanisms underlying the development of kidney disease, as well as in medical treatment and research in the field of Onconephrology, which integrates cancer and kidney disease. She also established the Onconephrology Consortium, which consists of 21 base hospitals for cancer treatment, and served as the chairman of the revision committee for the revised edition of “Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Kidney Injury during Anticancer Drug Therapy,” which was published in 2022. She received this award in recognition of these achievements.

PI Yanagita received the Oshima Award from the Japanese Society of Nephrology in 2004, the Belz Award (second prize) in 2020, and was elected as an Elected Member of the American Society of Clinical Investigation in 2013.

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