Organization
The highest decision-making body at RERF is its Board of Councilors, consisting of Councilors elected from Japan and the U.S., and RERF manages its operations based on Articles of Incorporation determined by the Board of Councilors. The Board of Directors is responsible for the management of RERF’s operations. The Auditors audit the work of the Directors and the status of RERF’s property/assets. The Directors and Auditors are appointed by the Board of Councilors. RERF also includes the Scientific Advisory Committee, which makes recommendations based on its evaluation of RERF’s studies, and Local Advisors and Local Liaison Councils, which have been established for reflection of local community input in RERF’s operations.
Councilors
- Angela L. Bies (Executive Councilor)
Endowed Associate Professor of Global Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership,
School of Public Policy, University of Maryland - Yoshiharu Yonekura (Vice Executive Councilor)
Specially Appointed Professor, Division of Science, Institute for Radiation Sciences, Osaka University
- Joe W. Gray
Professor Emeritus, Oregon Health and Science University and the University of California, San Francisco
- Ryugo Hayano
Emeritus Professor, The University of Tokyo
- Masao Kobayashi
Director General, Japanese Red Cross Chugoku-Shikoku Block Blood Center
- Mari Miyoshi
Former Ambassador in charge of International Cooperation for Countering Terrorism and International Organized Crime
- Jonathan M. Samet
Dean, School of Public Health, University of Colorado
- Keith R. Yamamoto
Professor, Vice Chancellor for Science Policy and Strategy,
Director UCSF Precision Medicine
as of 1 July 2023
Management staff
- Kenji Kamiya
Chair/Representative Director
- Preetha Rajaraman
Vice Chair/Executive Director, Chief of Research
- Kazunori Kodama
Executive Director
- Osamu Tanabe
Chief Scientist
as of 1 July 2023
Organization
- Board of Councilors
- Board of Directors
- Scientific Advisory Committee
- Local Liaison Councils
- Department of Clinical Studies
- Department of Molecular Biosciences
- Department of Epidemiology
- Department of Statistics
- Department of Information Technology (ITD)
- Radioisotope Facility
- Biosample Research Center
- Research Scientists
Personnel composition
as of 1 April 2023Number of Directors and Staff
| Full-time personnel | Hiroshima Laboratory |
Nagasaki Laboratory |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Directors, Chief of Secretariat | 4 (1) | 4 (1) | |
| Professional Staff | 30 (4) | 3 | 33(4) |
| General Staff | 113 | 37 | 150 |
| Total | 147 (5) | 40 | 187(5) |
Numbers in parentheses represent personnel recruited by the US National Academy of Sciences.