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Naoka Murakami, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Associate Physician, Transplant Nephrology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Naoka obtained her MD and PhD in Biochemistry from University of Tokyo, Japan. She completed medical residency in Toranomon Hospital in Japan and in Mount Sinai Beth Israel, NY, then finished nephrology fellowship in BWH/MGH combined program in 2019. Her research focuses on the roles of co-stimulatory molecules (e.g. PD-1, CTLA-4) in autoimmune kidney diseases and transplant tolerance. Her clinical focus is to care for patients with cancer and kidney diseases, in an evolving field of “Transplant Onconephrology”.

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Hiroki Mizuno, MD
Research Fellow

Current Project: Epidemiology of post-transplant cancer

Maho Terashita, MD
Research Fellow (2022-2024)
Current Position: Research Associate (MGH)

Katie Stickels
Summer Research Undergraduate Student (2023)
Current Position: Undergraduate Student (Freed-Hardeman University)

Shun Kawashima, MD, PhD
Research Fellow (2021-2022)
Current Position: Thoracic surgeon (University of Tokyo)

Kole Joachim, BS
Technical Research Assistant (2021-2022)
Current Position: Medical student (UCLA)