Background
Hirano, Shusuke was born on October 6, 1926 in Bombay. Son of Yasusuke and Sakura (Kikuchi) Hirano. (parents Japanese citizens).
physiology educator researcher
Hirano, Shusuke was born on October 6, 1926 in Bombay. Son of Yasusuke and Sakura (Kikuchi) Hirano. (parents Japanese citizens).
Graduate in medicine, Keio U., Tokyo, 1953; Division of Medical Sciences, Keio U., Tokyo, 1959.
Assistant, Keio U. School Medicine, 1955-1959; research fellow section chemical pharmacology, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1964-1965; assistant professor physiology, Toho U. School Medicine, Tokyo, 1959-1963; associate professor, Toho U. School Medicine, Tokyo, 1963-1964; professor, Toho U. School Medicine, Tokyo, 1965-1992; professor emeritus, Toho U. School Medicine, Tokyo, since 1992; president, Toho U. School Medicine, Tokyo, 1991-1994; chief, Nukada Institute for Medical and Biological Research, Chiba-shi, since 1994. Councilor Okazaki (Japan) National Research Institutions, 1991-1995.
Member Physiological Society Japan (councilor since 1960), Japanese Bio-chemical Society (councilor since 1990), Japanese Neurochem. Society (councilor since 1967), International Society for Neurochemistry, International Brain Research Organisation, International Society for Development of Brain, Rotary (president Tokyo 1993-1994).
Married Sachiko Fukuda, November 18, 1956. Children: Rumi Hirano-Yamamoto, Ryoichi.