Ichiro Sora MD, PhD

Ichiro Sora, M.D., Ph.D. is Professor and Chairperson, Department of Biological Psychiatry, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine since 2002. Dr. Sora has also been a guest researcher at the National Institute on Drug Abuse, USA since 1999. He has provided government service as a member of advisory committees such as regulation of addictive drugs, pharmaceutical, and medical safety since 2006. Dr. Sora is trained as a psychiatrist (MD, 1982, PhD, 1986 Okayama University Medical School). His current research examines issues in the molecular neurobiology of mental disorders. Dr. Sora is the principal investigator of the major study of drug abuse, schizophrenia, and attention deficit hyperactive disorder, funded by government grants from MHLW and MEXT.