Kusuya Nishioka

Background

Nishioka, Kusuya was born on October 5, 1924 in Isobe, Mie, Japan. Son of Yuya and Sayo (Hazato) Nishioka.

Education

Doctor of Medicine, U. Tokyo, 1947; Dr.Med.Sci., U. Tokyo, 1956.

Career

Intern, U. Tokyo Hospital, 1947-1948; research associate, Institute Infectious Disease, U. Tokyo, 1948-1959; research associate, Department Microbiology, Yale University, New Haven, 1959; investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Miami, Florida, 1959-1962; chief virology division, National Cancer Center, Tokyo, 1965-1975; professor, Institute Medical Science, U. Tokyo, 1972-1975; vice president, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute Medical Science, 1975-1985; vice-director, Japanese Red Cross Control Blood Center, Tokyo, 1986-1992; medical director, Viral Hepatitis Research Foundation of Japan, Tokyo, since 1981. Member expert panel immunology World Health Organization, Geneva, 1972-1986, viral disease, since 1986. Chairman hepatitis panel United States-Japan Cooperative Program Medical Research, Tokyo and Washington, since 1989.

Chairman International Symposium on Viral Hepatitis and Liver Diseases, Tokyo, since 1990.

Achievements

• Kusuya Nishioka has been listed as a noteworthy Immunologist, virologist, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member National Tennis Club.

Interests

• Avocations: tennis, sketching, calligraphy.

Connections

Married Hisako Niki, December, 1954. Children:Sumiko Nishioka Kobayashi, Mieko Nishioka Iwabuchi, Yuichi.

Father:

Yuya Nishioka

Mother:

Sayo (Hazato) Nishioka

Spouse:

Hisako Niki

child:

Yuichi Nishioka

child:

Sumiko Nishioka Kobayashi Nishioka

child:

Mieko Nishioka Iwabuchi Nishioka