Background
Hatanaka, Masakazu Shoichi was born on March 23, 1933 in Osaka, Kansai, Japan. Son of Kazuo and Yasue (Sakai) Hatanaka.
Hatanaka, Masakazu Shoichi was born on March 23, 1933 in Osaka, Kansai, Japan. Son of Kazuo and Yasue (Sakai) Hatanaka.
Doctor of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan, 1958. Doctor of Philosophy, Kyoto University, Japan, 1963.
Research associate, Kyoto U., 1963-1968;
scientist, Case Western Reserve Medical School, Cleveland, 1964-1965;
scientist, Salk Institute, San Diego, 1965-1967;
scientist, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1967-1970;
scientist, Flow laboratories, Rockville, Maryland., 1971-1975;
expert, section head, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, 1975-1980;
professor, Kyoto U., 1980-1995;
director Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto U., 1991-1995;
professor emeritus, Kyoto U., since 1996;
director, Shionogi Institute Medical Science, Osaka, since 1995;
executive vice president, Shiongi & Company, Osaka, since 1997. Representative United States-Japan Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Committee, Tokyo, since 1990, France-Japan Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome committee, Tokyo, since 1990, Italy-Japan Biotechnology Committee, Tokyo, since 1989. Expert consultant National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, 1975-1980, Fogarty scholar-in-residence, since 1995.
Visiting professor Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale, Pasteur Institute, Paris, 1977.
Member evaluation committee Ministry of Health and Welfare, Japan, 1990-1998, Ministry Foreign Affairs, Japan, 1986-1995, Agent of Science and Technology, Japan, 1984. Member Japanese Bio-chemical Society (board directors), Japanese Cancer Society, Japanese Virus Society (president 1997), Japanese Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Society.
Married Kazuko Fujimoto, April 10, 1963. Children: Iwao, Takeshi, Melissa, Rachel, Brooke.