Shigenobu Kanba, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus, Kyushu University, Japan
Current Appointments
Kyushu University, Professor Emeritus 2019-
Japan Depression Center (Tokyo), president 2019-
Iida Hospital (Nagano), Advisor 2019-
Fukuoka Institute of Behavioral Medicine (Fukuoka), Director 2019-
Academic activity
I served for Japanese Society of Psychiatry and Neurology, JSPN as president. I served Japanese Association of Medical Sciences and Japanese Medical Science Federation as executive secretary. I am honorable member of World Psychiatric Association, WPA. I served for International Society of Bipolar Disorders, ISBD as vice president, Asian Federation of Psychiatric Societies, AFPA as president, and World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry, WFSBP as associate secretary-treasurers.
Government activity
I am currently program supervisor and program officers of Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development and an advisory member of Japan Science and Technology Agency. I serve Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science as a director, and I serve/served for Science Council of Japan, Strategy Committee of Health and Medicine of Japanese Cabinet Office, Social Security Committee of Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, Drug and Food Administration, and Brain Science Committee of Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. I was an advisory member of Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
Journal Editor
I am emeritus editor-in-chief of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, editor of Current Opinion of Psychiatry, International Journal of Bipolar Disorders, Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine, Asia-Pacific Psychiatry, Pharmacopsychiatry, Neurology, Psychiatry and Brain Research, Asian Journal of Psychiatry and Indian Journal of Psychiatry.
Education & Employment
Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, 1980
Keio University Hospital, Intern, 1980-1981
Mayo Clinic, Research Fellow (Pharmacology), 1982-1983
Mayo Clinic, Resident (Psychiatry) and Assistant professor (Psychiatry), 1984-1987
Keio University School of Medicine, Assistant and Assistant Professor (Psychiatry), 1987-1996
Yamanashi University School of Medicine, Professor (Psychiatry), 1996-2003
Kyushu University Graduate School of Medicine, Professor and Chairman (Psychiatry), 2003-2019
Awards
American Psychiatric Association, Pennwalt Award, 1985
Mayo Clinic, Balfour Award, 1987
Mayo Clinic, Rome, H. Award, 1987
CINP, Rafaelsen Award, 1988
Kyushu University Research Award, 2012-2016
Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Commendation, 2020
Publications
My research areas have been mood disorders, psychoneuroimmunology and psychopharmacology. I have published more than 400 scientific papers (h-index=68) as selected papers listed below and 14 book chapters in English (on 20 January 2024).