Recognition
Honors & Awards
Awards, fellowships and research funding.
Honors and awards
2026
Kathy Sylva Rising Star Award (Longlisted), Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (ACAMH)
2026
Selected for JST PRESTO (Exposome Research Area), Japan Science and Technology Agency
2026
Selected as the JSPN Representative to the RANZCP 2026 Congress (JSPN Travel Award), Japanese Society of Psychiatry and Neurology
2026
PCN Reviewer Award 2025, JSPN
2026
Kenneth Rothman Travel Scholarship Award, Society for Epidemiologic Research
2026
Early Career Award, Schizophrenia International Research Society
2026
Outstanding Presentation Award, 20th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Schizophrenia Research, 2026
2026
Society Award (Medicine), Japanese Society of Schizophrenia Research, 2026
2025
Elected International Fellow (IFAPA), American Psychiatric Association
2025
The 2024 JSPN Award for Special Contributions to Psychiatric Research, JSPN
2025
PCN Reviewer Award 2024, JSPN
2025
General Research Fellowship, Nikkokyo Social Safety Research Foundation
2019
Graduate Student Conference Travel Award, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
2019
Research Colloquium for Junior Investigators, American Psychiatric Association
2018
Japan Student Services Organization Scholarship
2018
Rotary Foundation Global Grant Scholarship
2015
Commended by Japan National Railway for Lifesaving
Research funding
2026–2030
PRESTO (JPMJPR26EC) by JST. [Exposome] Molecular Mechanisms of Complex Environmental Exposures Shaping Present and Future Life: Principal investigator
2023–2033
Center of Innovation-NEXT (JPMJPF2105) by JST. Co-creation base for art communication to build an inclusive society: Co-investigator
2025–2028
Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (25K20564) by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. Optimization of healthcare and well-being: multifactorial data analysis using digital information: Principal investigator
2025–2026
Japan Society for Social Safety Research. Large language model–based framework for early diagnosis and support for patients with post-traumatic stress disorder caused by violence or sexual victimization.
2024–2026
Project for Establishing an Information Infrastructure for Cross-Disease Cohort Research Using Electronic Health Data by Japan Health Research Promotion Bureau: Co-investigator
2024–2026
Health Labour Sciences Research Grant (24071) by the Ministry of Health Labour and Welfare. Research on Promoting Occupational Health Activities Using Lifelog Data from Wearable Devices: Co-investigator
2023–2026
Mental and Neurological Disorder Research and Development Grant (5-2) by NCNP. Efficacy and safety of memantine for post-traumatic stress disorder: Co-investigator
2023–2026
Health Labour Sciences Research Grant (23AB0201) by the Ministry of Health Labour and Welfare. Study for the verification of the impact on official statistics due to the revision of the Statistical Classification of Diseases, Injuries, and Causes of Death: Co-investigator
2022–2026
Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (22K14858) by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. Association between depression and dietary behaviors: a machine learning approach: Principal investigator
2022–2025
Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (22H00469) by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. Molecular basis of fear memory and emotional responses in PTSD: Co-investigator
2019–2024
Japan Health Research Promotion Bureau. Information infrastructure for disease-cross-sectional cohort studies utilizing electronic medical records: Co-investigator
2018–2020
Young Investigator Grant for Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders (30-2) by NCNP. A pilot study for the effect of tDCS on social functioning in schizophrenia: Co-investigator
2017–2020
Grants-in-aid for Scientific Research (17K10321) by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. A randomized study on the effect of tDCS on cognitive function in schizophrenia: Co-investigator
2017–2018
Young Investigator Grant for Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders (29-2) by NCNP. A randomized pilot study for the effect of tDCS in major and mild cognitive disorders: Co-investigator
2015–2018
Intramural Research Grant for Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders (27-1) by NCNP. Study for the development of novel therapeutics based on functional domains in psychiatric diseases: Co-investigator
2014–2017
Grants-in-aid for Scientific Research (26860958) by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for Depression in Alzheimer's Disease Patient: Co-investigator