Koji Tamada MD, PhD

Dr. Koji Tamada acquired a Ph. D. in cancer immunology research. He then traveled to the United States and has engaged in R&D (research and development) for state-of-the-art cancer immunotherapy for the next 13 years. After devoting himself to study at Dr. Lieping Chen's research laboratory at Mayo Clinic's department of immunology, he gained independence at Johns Hopkins University as an assistant professor.

He later became the leader of the basic research department for the cancer immunotherapy program at Maryland State University's Cancer Center. He has performed cloning and functionality analysis of PD-L1 (B7-H1) with Dr. Lieping Chen and contributed to the application of cancer immunotherapy with immune checkpoint inhibition. He is currently actively advancing the development of functional control technology of immune-related molecules and the development of new cancer immunotherapy using genetically modified technology.