Editorial Board

Editor-in-Chief

Issei Imoto, MD, PhD, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Japan

Founding Editor

Katsushi Tokunaga, PhD, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Japan

Associate Editors

Masato Akiyama, MD, PhD, Kyushu University, Japan
Yoko Aoki, PhD, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Japan
Yoshihiro Asano, MD, PhD, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Japan
Anthony J. Brookes, PhD, University of Leicester, UK
Richard Choy, PhD, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Mariko Eguchi, MD, PhD, Ehime University, Japan
Yoichi Furukawa, MD, PhD, University of Tokyo, Japan
Mariko Ikeda, MD, PhD, Fujita Medical University, Japan
Hiroyuki Ishiura, MD, PhD, Okayama University, Japan
Nakao Iwata, MD, PhD, Fujita Health University, Japan
Yoichi Matsubara, PhD, National Center for Child Health and Development, Japan
Shinsei Minoshima, PhD, Shizuoka University, Japan
Noriko Miyake, MD, PhD, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Japan
Shigeki Nakagome, PhD, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
William Newman, PhD, Manchester Centre for Genomic Medicine, UK
Jun Ohashi, PhD, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Yukinori Okada, MD, PhD, Osaka University, Japan
Tetsuya Okazaki, MD, PhD, Okayama University, Japan
Vorasuk Shotelersuk, MD, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
Kyuyong Song, PhD, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Korea
Atsushi Tajima, PhD, Kanazawa University, Japan
Mauno Vihinen, PhD, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
Cisca Wijmenga, PhD, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Toshiyuki Yamamoto, MD, PhD, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Japan
Zhenglin Yang, PhD, People's Hospital of Sichuan Province, China
Xue Zhang, PhD, Peking Union Medical College, China

Variation Nomenclature and Database Editor:

Johan den Dunnen, PhD, Leiden University Medical Center, Netherlands

Advisory Editors:

Leslie Biesecker, MD, National Human Genome Research Institute, USA
Barend Mons, PhD, Leiden University, Netherlands
Yusuke Nakamura, MD, PhD, University of Chicago, USA
Shoji Tsuji, MD, PhD, University of Tokyo, Japan

Editorial Board

Masato Akiyama, MD, PhD, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan (Statistical Genetics, Bioinformatics)
Lihadh Al-Gazali, MD, United Arab Emirates University, Abu Dhabi, UAE (Clinical Genetics and Dysmorphology)
Fowzan S. Alkuraya, MD, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (Medical Genetics)
Carlos Cardoso, PhD, French Institute of Health and Medical Research, Marseille, France (Neurodevelopmental and Neurogenetic Disorders)
David N. Cooper, PhD, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK (Medical Genetics, Human Genome Analysis, Mutational Analysis)
Robert J. Desnick, MD, PhD, The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, USA (Pharmacogenetics/Genomics, Personalized Medicine, Inborn Errors of Metabolism)
Beverly S. Emanuel, PhD, University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia, PA, USA (Molecular Cytogenetics Disorders)
Xiang Gao, PhD, Indiana University, University Park, PA, USA (Nutrition, Sleep and Neurodegenerative Diseases)
Katta Girisha, MD, DM, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India (Skeletal Dysplasia)
Giedre Grigelioniene, MD, PhD, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden (Clinical Genetics and Genomics, Pediatric Genetics and Syndromology, Congenital Skeletal Disease)
Long Guo, PhD, RIKEN, Kanagawa, Japan (Skeletal Dysplasia, Developmental Biology)
Chihiro Higuchi, Msc, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan (Bioinformatics)
Yuki Hitomi, PhD, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan (Immunogenetics, Molecular Genetics)
Akira Horii, MD, PhD, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan (Genetics and Epigenetics of Human Cancer)
Aritoshi Iida, PhD, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan (Genetic Neuromuscular Diseases, Whole Genome Sequencing, Causal Variant Discovery and Interpretation)
Takafumi Ishida, PhD, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan (Genetic Epidemiology)
Hiroyuki Ishiura, MD, PhD, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan (Neurogenetics)
Masanari Itokawa, MD, PhD, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo, Japan (Molecular Biology, Genetics, Schizophrenia)
Dennis Johnson, PhD, Westminster Seminary California, Bethesda, MD, USA (Clinical Genetics, Developmental Pathology)
Yasuhiko Kaneko, MD, PhD, Saitama Cancer Center , Saitama, Japan (Cancer Genetics)
Nik Kantaputra, DDS, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, Thailand (Dysmorphology, Tooth Genetics)
Sajjad Karim, PhD, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (Genomics, Cancer Genetics, Bioinformatics, Rare Genetic Diseases)
Aya Kawasaki, PhD, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan (Human Leukocyte Antigens, Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases)
Hülya Kayserili, MD, PhD, Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey (Clinical and Molecular Dysmorphology, Prenatal Diagnosis)
Ryosuke Kimura, PhD, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan (Population and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecular Anthropology)
Kenneth H. Kraemer, MD, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA (Genodermatoses (Genetic Skin Diseases) and DNA Repair Disorders)
Takeo Kubota, MD, PhD, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan (Epigenetics)
Shigeo Kure, MD, PhD, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan (Inherited Metabolic Disease)
Desheng Liang, MD, PhD, Central South University, Changsha, China (Clinical Genetics, Non-viral Gene Targeting)
Koichi Matsuda, PhD, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan (Cancer Genetics)
Judith Melki, MD, PhD, University of Paris , Paris, France (Human Neurogenetics and Neuromuscular Disorders)
Andres Metspalu, MD, PhD, University of Tartu, Tatru, Estonia (Human Genome Analysis and Genetic Polymorphisms)
Taku Miyagawa, PhD, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo, Japan (Disease Genetics, Sleep)
Yoshinori Murakami, PhD, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan (Cancer Genomics an Molecular Oncology)
Masao Nagasaki, PhD, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan (Bioinformatics, Medical Informatics, Genomics)
Kenji Naritomi, MD, PhD, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan (Clinical Genetics)
Gen Nishimura, MD, PhD, Tokyo Metropolitan Children's Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan (Skeletal Dysplasia)
Tohru Ohta, PhD, Health Sciences University of Hokkaido, Sapporo, Japan (Molecular Genetics, Epigenetics)
Nobuhiko Okamoto, MD, Osaka Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Osaka, Japan (Dysmorphology and Neurogenetics)
Gilbert S. Omenn, MD, PhD, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA (Cancer Proteomics and Bioinformatics)
Mitsuo Oshimura, PhD, Tottori University, Tottori, Japan (Cytogenetics, Chromosome Engineering, Epigenetics)
Woong-Yang Park, PhD, Samsung Genome Institute, Seoul, Korea (Cancer Genomics, Molecular Genetics)
Egor Prokhortchouk, PhD, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Moscow, Russia (Epigenetics, Ancient DNA, Cancer Genomics)
Carlo Rivolta, PhD, University of Basel, Lausanne, Switzerland (Ocular Genetics, Whole Genome Sequencing)
Hiroyuki Sasaki, MD, PhD, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan (Epigenetics)
Albert Schinzel, MD, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland (Clinical and Molecular Cytogenetics, Genomic Imprinting, Genetic Counseling)
Yoichi Suzuki, MD, PhD, Ageo Central General Hospital, Saitama, Japan (Medical Genetics, Molecular Genetics)
Atsushi Takahashi, PhD, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan (Statistical Genetics, Bioinformatics)
Toshio Tanaka, MD, PhD, Mie University, Mie, Japan (Pharmacogenomics, Systems Pharmacology, Molecular Pharmacology)
Masao Ueki, PhD, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan (Statistical Genetics, Biostatistics)
Atsushi Watanabe, PhD, Ocean Policy Research Institute of The Sasakawa Peace Foundation, Tokyo, Japan (Clinical Genetics, ELSI, Education)
Xinxiu Xu, Cincinnati, PhD, University of Pittsburgh, OH, USA (Laboratory Genetics and Genomics, Clinical Cytogenetic and Molecular Genetics)
Zentaro Yamagata, MD, PhD, University of Yamanashi, Chuo, Yamanashi, Japan (Genome Epidemiology, Public Health, Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications)