Background
Hori, Junko was born on March 14, 1966 in Ojiya City, Niigata, Japan. Daughter of Kenji and Naoko Kobayashi.
Hori, Junko was born on March 14, 1966 in Ojiya City, Niigata, Japan. Daughter of Kenji and Naoko Kobayashi.
Doctor of Medicine, Niigata University, School Medicine, Japan, 1990. Doctor of Philosophy, University Tokyo, School Medicine, 1997.
Ophthalmology resident University Tokyo Hospital, Bunkyo, Japan, 1990—1992, fellow, 1992—1997. Postdoctoral fellow Schepens Eye Research Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1997—2000. Assistant professor Nippon Medical School, Bunkyo, 2001—2004, associate professor, since 2004.
Member of Society Japanese Women Scientists (award 2007), Japan Cornea Society, Japanese Society Immunology, American Uveitis Society, Japanese Ocular Inflammation Society (Promising Investigator award 2005), Japanese Ophthalmological Society, American Association Immunologists, Association Research in Vision and Ophthalmology.
Married Tatsuyuki Hori. Children: Sumika, Kyoka.