Presentation Information
[S-33-1]Incretin-related drugs for the treatment of diabetes and obesity
Iichiro Shimomura (Department of Metabolic Medicine, Osaka University Medical School, Japan)

Education and position:
1989: Faculty of Medicine, Osaka University (M.D.)
1993: Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine (Ph.D.) (Dr. Yuji Matsuzawa)
1995-2001: University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas (Drs. Joseph L Goldstein and Michael S Brown). 1995-1997: Postdoctoral fellow, 1997-1999: Instructor, 1999-2001: Assistant Professor
2002-2004: Professor, Department of Medicine and Pathophysiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Graduate School of Frontier Bioscience, Osaka University.
2004-present: Professor and Chairman, Department of Internal Medicine and Metabolic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University.
DIRECTOR OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY
Vice Chairman and Director of the Japan Society for the Study of Obesity
Director of the Japan Diabetes Society
Director of Japan Endocrinology Society
Director of Japanese Society of Molecular Medicine
1989: Faculty of Medicine, Osaka University (M.D.)
1993: Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine (Ph.D.) (Dr. Yuji Matsuzawa)
1995-2001: University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas (Drs. Joseph L Goldstein and Michael S Brown). 1995-1997: Postdoctoral fellow, 1997-1999: Instructor, 1999-2001: Assistant Professor
2002-2004: Professor, Department of Medicine and Pathophysiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Graduate School of Frontier Bioscience, Osaka University.
2004-present: Professor and Chairman, Department of Internal Medicine and Metabolic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University.
DIRECTOR OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY
Vice Chairman and Director of the Japan Society for the Study of Obesity
Director of the Japan Diabetes Society
Director of Japan Endocrinology Society
Director of Japanese Society of Molecular Medicine