Toshio Hirano

Toshio Hirano
Toshio Hirano
	Hirano in 2009
Born	April 17, 1947 (age 77); Osaka
Nationality	Japan
Alma mater	Osaka University
Known for	Discovery of interleukin-6 and its application in treating diseases
Awards	Crafoord Prize (2009); Japan Prize (2011)
	Scientific career
Fields	Bioscience and Medical Science

Toshio Hirano (平野俊夫, Hirano Toshio, born April 17, 1947 in

interleukin-6.^[1]^[2] Since August 2011, he has served as the 17th President of Osaka University

Chronology

1972—graduated from Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University^[2]
1980—assistant professor in the School of Medicine, Kumamoto University^[2]
1984—assistant professor at Institute for Molecular and Cellular Biology, Osaka University^[2]
1989—professor at the same university^[2]
2004—Dean of Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University^[2]
2008—Dean of Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University^[2]
August 2011—the 17th president of Osaka University^[3]

Erwin von Balz prize (Japan), 1986
CIBA-GEIGY Rheumatism Prize (Japan), 1990
Sandoz Prize for Immunology
, 1992
Osaka Science Prize [ja] (Japan), 1997
Mochida Memorial Prize (Japan), 1998
ISI Citation Laureate Award (Japan), 1981–98, 2000
The Fujihara Award [ja], 2004 The Fujiwara Foundation of Science
Medical Award of The Japan Medical Association, 2005, The Japan Medical Association
Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon, April, 2006
The Crafoord Prize in Polyarthritis 2009
The
interleukin-6
, 2011
Clarivate Citation Laureates, 2021