Professor Chihiro Tohda, Ph.D.
Department of Functional Neurology, Institute of Natural Medicine, University of Toyama
It still inspires me. I was so surprised and impressed, here at Univ. of Toyama in 1995 in the first time, to recognize what a wonderful power the natural medicines have.
The natural medicines, which is natural-origin, are a kind of goldmine for biologically active substances. As the natural medicines have been used for prevention and treatment of diseases for long period, it is the proof that those natural medicines have been recognized as both effective and safe.
I have been continuing the research for prevention and treatment of dementia more than twenty years to look for the biological substances in the natural medicines, after I experienced such a wonderful power of the natural medicines in the first time before. One of those wonderful powers found in the natural medicines was diosgenin contained in Yam
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【Carrier History of Professor Chihiro Tohda】
1989 Hokkaido University B.S. of Pharmaceutical Sciences
1994 Hokkaido University Graduate School Completed Ph.D. in pharmaceutical sciences
1995-2010 Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Pharmacology, Institute of Natural Medicine, Toyama Medical and Pharmaceutical University
1997-1998 Guest Researcher, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, USA
2010-2017 Associate Professor & Head, Division of Neuromedical Science, Institute of Natural Medicine, University of Toyama (Laboratory Head)
2017-2020 Professor & Head, Division of Neuromedical Science, Institute of Natural Medicine, University of Toyama
【Awards of Professor Chihiro Tohda】
2006 The Best Award for Young Investigator of Japanese Society for
Neurochemistry
2009 Takemi Award for Young Scientists
2014 The Scientific Achievement Contribution Award of Medical and
Pharmaceutical Society for WAKAN-YAKU
2016 The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan Award for Divisional Scientific Promotions ‘16