Endowed Chairs and Research Divisions
Endowed chairs and research divisions were established to facilitate and enhance the research and education at Tohoku University through contributions from businesses and other organisations. Endowed chairs were organized at the graduate schools and endowed research divisions were organized at the research institutes as listed below.
(as of May 1, 2012)
Endowed Chairs
| Year | Graduate School | Chair | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY 2012 | Graduate School of Arts and Letters |
Practical Religious Studies | April 1, 2012－March 31, 2015 |
| FY 2012 | Graduate School of Medicine | Pediatric Education | April 1, 2012－March 31, 2014 |
| FY 2012 | Graduate School of Medicine | Miyagi Community Health Promotion | April 1, 2011－March 31, 2014 |
| FY 2012 | Graduate School of Medicine | Integrative Renal Replacement Therapy | April 1, 2011－March 31, 2015 |
| FY 2012 | Graduate School of Medicine | Retinal Disease Control, Ophthalmology | April 1, 2011－March 31, 2015 |
| FY 2012 (Continued) | Graduate School of Medicine | Advanced Ophthalmic Medicine | April 1, 2011－March 31, 2015 |
| FY 2012 (Continued) | Graduate School of Medicine | Geriatric Behavioral Neurology | April 1, 2011－March 31, 2014 |
| FY 2012 (Continued) | Graduate School of Medicine | Blood Pressure Research | April 1, 2011－March 31, 2015 |
| FY 2012 (Continued) | Graduate School of Medicine | Bioscience for Drug Discovery | April 1, 2011－March 31, 2015 |
| FY 2012 (Continued) | Graduate School of Engineering | Advanced Power Engineering (Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc.) | April 1, 2011－March 31, 2015 |
| FY 2012 (Continued) | Graduate School of Engineering | Ecological Service Engineering (Mitsubishi Materials) | April 1, 2011－March 31, 2015 |
| FY 2011 | Graduate School of Medicine | Preventive Psychiatry | October 1, 2011－September 30, 2014 |
| FY 2011 | Graduate School of Medicine | Upper Extremity Musculoskeletal Medicine | April 1, 2011－March 31, 2014 |
| FY 2011(Continued) | Graduate School of Medicine | Hematopathology | April 1, 2011－March 31, 2014 |
| FY 2011(Continued) | Graduate School of Medicine | Advanced Preventative Medicine for Infectious Disease | April 1, 2011－March 31, 2014 |
| FY 2011(Continued) | Graduate School of Medicine | Nano-Medical Science | April 1, 2011－March 31, 2014 |
| FY 2011 | Graduate School of Dentistry | Redox Regulation | April 1, 2011－March 31, 2016 |
| FY 2011 | Graduate School of Dentistry | Next-generation Dental Materials Research | April 1, 2011－March 31, 2014 |
| FY 2011(Continued) | Graduate School of Environmental Studies |
Control of Environmental Materials (DOWA Holdings) | April 1, 2011－March 31, 2014 |
| FY 2011(Continued) | Graduate School of Agricultural Science | Animal Welfare | April 1, 2011－September 30, 2013 |
| FY 2010 (Continued) | Graduate School of Medicine | Multiple Sclerosis Therapeutics | May 1, 2010－April 30, 2013 |
| FY 2010 | Graduate School of Medicine | Department of Regional Cooperation for Infectious Diseases | April 1, 2010－March 31, 2013 |
| FY 2010 | Graduate School of Medicine | Human Resource Development for Perinatal Care | April 1, 2010－March 31, 2013 |
| FY 2010 | Graduate School of Medicine | Molecular Hematology/Oncology | April 1, 2010－March 31, 2013 |
| FY 2010 | Graduate School of Medicine | Research Division of Sciences for Aortic Disease | April 1, 2010－March 31, 2013 |
| FY 2010 | Graduate School of Agricultural Science | Innovative Green-Technology for Sustainable and Improving Beef Production | April 1, 2010－March 31, 2013 |
| FY 2009 | Graduate School of Medicine | Division of Surgery and Oncology | October 1, 2009－September 30, 2012 |
| FY 2009 (Continued） | Graduate School of Medicine | Geriatric and Complementary Medicine (Tsumura), Centre for Asian Traditional Medicine Research | October 1, 2009－September 30, 2012 |
| FY 2009 (Continued） | Graduate School of Medicine | Innovative Cardiovascular Medicine | October 1, 2009－September 30, 2012 |
| FY 2009 | Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Science | Department of Community Pharmacy （Ohno Hikari Pharmacist） | April 1, 2009－March 31, 2014 |
| FY 2008 (Continued) | Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Science | Department of Planning for Drug Development and Clinical Evaluation | April 1, 2008－March 31, 2013 |
| FY 2007 | Graduate School of Medicine | Evidence-based Cardiovascular Medicine | October 1, 2007－September 30, 2012 |
Endowed Research Divisions
| Year | Institute / Center | Research Division | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY 2012 | Center for Northeast Asian Studies |
Department of The Uehiro Tohoku Historical Materials Research | April 1, 2012－March 31, 2017 |
| FY 2012 | International Research Institute of Disaster Science | Earthquake induced Tsunami Risk Evaluation (Tokio Marine) |
April 1, 2012－March 31, 2015 |
| FY 2012 (Continued) | Graduate School of Engineering | Division of Advanced Electric Power Technologies （Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc.） |
April 1, 2012－March 31, 2015 |
| FY 2012 (Continued) | University Hospital | Department of Lifestyle Medicine | April 1, 2012－March 31, 2014 |
| FY 2012 (Continued) | University Hospital | Neuro-Imaging Research（Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.） | April 1, 2012－April 30, 2014 |
| FY 2011 | Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer | Division of Geriatric Pharmacotherapy | July 1, 2011－March 31, 2014 |
| FY 2011(Continued) | Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer | Division of Dynamic Proteome in Aging and Cancer | April 1, 2011－March 31, 2013 |
| FY 2011(Continued) | Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer | Division of Cognitive Neuroscience (Kumon Educational Japan Co. Ltd.) | April 1, 2011－March 31, 2014 |
| FY 2011(Continued) | Center for Interdisciplinary Research |
Laboratory for Development of Fundamental Technology for GaN-based Devices |
April 1, 2011－March 31, 2013 |
| FY 2010 | Research Institute of Electrical Communication | Environmental-Adaptive Information and Communication Engineering |
May 1, 2010－April 30, 2013 |
| FY 2010 (Continued) | Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer | Division of Anti-Infective Agents | April 1, 2010－March 31, 2014 |
| FY 2009 | Graduate School of Engineering | Anti-dementia functional food development | April 1, 2009－March 31, 2014 |
（ FY = Fiscal Year/ Financial Year ）