Motoko Yanagita Kyoto University Graduate School of MedicineJapan

Motoko Yanagita, M.D., Ph.D. is the first Professor of Department of Nephrology in Kyoto University since 2011.She received her M.D. and Ph.D. at Kyoto University and residency training at Kyoto University Hospital. Dr. Yanagita is a physician scientist conducting basic and clinical research. Her basic research area is the pathophysiology of kidney injury and repair process, and her current research focuses on the identification of cellular origin of kidney regeneration and fibrosis as well as the epithelial-fibroblast crosstalk in the progression of kidney disease. Her clinical research area is Onconephrology, a new area connecting oncology and nephrology.Dr. Yanagita is the elected member of American Society of Clinical Investigation, Councilor of the Japanese Society of Nephrology, Program Committee member of Kidney Week 2018 of American Society of Nephrology, and on the editorial board of Journal of American Society of Nephrology, Kidney International, Nature Reviews Nephrology, Kidney360, and American Journal of Physiology Renal Physiology.