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Kyudai News No26

AD Congratulations on your appointment asPresident of Kyushu University. As a femalephysician who received a great deal of careersupport from you when you were Director ofKyushu University Hospital, IOm delighted by yourappointment. IOd like to start by asking about yourupbringing.ank you very much. I was born in Kagoshima City, but Iwas raised in quite a rural town called Hokusatsu, on theupper reaches of the Sendai River. It was such a small townthat the ?rst grade of the local elementary school consistedof a single class. I was a lively child, who enjoyed pretendsword-?ghting, and I used to dash around the hills and?elds, and along the river.Interviewwith thePresident upon hisAppointmentInterviewerFaculty of Medical SciencesProf. Akiko ChishakiChiharu Kubo1973 Graduated School of Medicine, Kyushu University Awarded thedegree of Medical Doctor1973 Resident training, Department of Psychosomatic Medicine,Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University1975 Research Fellow, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine,Kyushu University1978 Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, Kyushu University1980 Awarded Ph.D. in immunology1982 Clinical Research Scientist, Oklahoma Medical ResearchFoundation1984 Chief Physician of Internal Medicine, National Minami-FukuokaChest Hospital.1988 Assistant Professor Department of Psychosomatic Medicine,Faculty of Medicine,Kyusyu University1993 Professor and Chairman Department of Psychosomatic Medicine,Faculty of Medicine, Kyusyu University2008 Apr. Director, Kyushu University Hospital (-2014 Mar.)2014 Apr. Vice President, International University ofHealth and Welfare (-2014 Sep.)2014 Oct. President, Kyushu University (-Present)Pursuing dialogue with each school,institute and faculty at all times,while building relationships of trust toensure that Kyushu University ranks amongthe world’s most influential universitiesOn October 1, 2014, Dr.Chiharu Kubo, former Director of Kyushu UniversityHospital, was appointed as the 23rd President of Kyushu University.mbition to becomea physician triggeredby a serious illness duringhis high school yearsKyudai News No.26 2