Background
Kitamura, Toshinori was born on October 16, 1947 in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. Son of Masanori and Kikuko (Matsumoto) Kitamura.
Kitamura, Toshinori was born on October 16, 1947 in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. Son of Masanori and Kikuko (Matsumoto) Kitamura.
Doctor of Medicine Keio Gijuku U. School Medicine, Tokyo, 1972. Psychiatrist, Institute Psychiatry, Tokyo, 1973-1976. Honorary research fellow U. Birmingham (United Kingdom), 1976-1980.
Clinical instructor Keio Gijuku University, Tokyo, 1980-1983, lecturer, 1983.
Chief section mental health for elderly National Institute of Mental Health, Ichikawa, Japan, 1983-1991, director department sociocultural environmental research, 1991. Visiting lecturer Keio Gijuku University, 1986.
Head Group for Research Assessment in Psychiatry, Tokyo, 1981. Member committee Medical Selection Japanese Astronauts, 1987-1988, 95-96, committee Psychiatric Diagnostic Criteria Japan, 1987-1989, committee Guideline for Psychiatric Treatment, 1987-1988.
Psychiatrist Institute Psychiatry, Tokyo, 1973-1976. Honorary research fellow University Birmingham, England, 1976-1980. Clinical instructor Keio Gijuku University, Tokyo, 1980-1983, lecturer, 1983.
Chief section mental health for elderly National Institute of Mental Health, Ichikawa, Japan, 1983-1991, director department sociocultural environmental research Japan, 1991-2000. Professor, head department clinical behavioural science Kumamoto (Japan) University School Medicine, since 2000. Visiting lecturer Keio Gijuku University, since 1986.
Head Group for Research Assessment in Psychiatry, Tokyo, since 1981. Member committee Medical Selection Japanese Astronauts, 1987-1988, 95-96, committee Psychiatric Diagnostic Criteria Japan, 1987-1989, committee Guideline for Psychiatric Treatment, 1987-1988.
Fellow: Japanese Association Psychiatry and Neurology (council 1991-1994), British Council Japan Association, Royal College Psychiatrists.
Married Fusako Oami, March 17, 1973.