Professor
Osaka Metropolitan University, Japan
Hiroshi Kakeya
Professor,
Infection Control Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka Metropolitan University
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Infection Control, Fungal Infection, Chemotherapy
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Japan, Mar 1998 - Postgraduate School, Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University School of Medicine.
M.D. in Japan, Mar 1992 - Nagasaki University School of Medicine.
APPOINTMENTS
Professor, Infection Control Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University 2014 to Present.
PUBLICATIONS
Peer-reviewed Journals
1. Kakeya H, Udono H, Ikuno N, et al. A 77- kilodalton protein of Cryptococcus neoformans, a member of the heat shock protein 70 family, is a major antigen detected in the sera of mice with pulmonary cryptococcosis. Infect. Immun. 65:1653-1658, 1997
2. Kakeya H, Udono H, Maesaki S, et al. Heat shock protein 70 (hsp70) as a major target of the antibody response in patients with pulmonary cryptococcosis. Clin Exp Immunol. 115:485-890, 1999
3. Kakeya H, Miyazaki Y, Miyazaki H, et al. Genetic analysis of azole resistance in the Darlington strain of Candida albicans. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 44:2985-2990, 2000
others
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Kakeya H, et al. National trends in the Japanese distribution of Candida species causing candidemia during 2003-2017: a report by the Epidemiological Investigation Committee for Human Mycoses in Japan. ID Week 2019, Washington DC
Kakeya H, et al. Clinical investigation of Bacteroides bacteremia in a tertiary hospital, Anaerobe 2018, Las Vegas, NV
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Adjunct Lecturer, Nagasaki University, Osaka University, Niigata University and Okayama University
• Medical mycology, Japanese
• Infection control, Japanese
HONORS / AWARDS
Awarded annual award by Japanese Mycoses Forum, 2001
Awarded annual award by Japanese Society for Medical Mycology, 2022
LANGUAGES
Japanese (native)
MEMBERSHIPS / AFFILIATIONS
The Japanese Society of Internal Medicine
The Japanese Respiratory Society
The Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases
The Japanese Society of Chemotherapy
The Japanese Society for Medical Mycology