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
- Ryugo Hayano (Executive Councilor)
Emeritus Professor, The University of Tokyo
- Keith R. Yamamoto (Vice Executive Councilor)
Special Advisor to the Chancellor, Science Policy & Strategy
Vice Chancellor for Research, Emeritus Professor
Emeritus of Cellular & Molecular Pharmacology, UCSF - Nobuhiko Ban
Advisor, Nuclear Regulation Authority
- Angela L. Bies
Endowed Associate Professor of Global Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership,
School of Public Policy, University of Maryland - Masao Kobayashi
Consultant, Japanese Red Cross Chugoku-Shikoku Block Blood Center
- Jonathan M. Samet
Professor and former Dean, Colorado School of Public Health
- Toshio Sano
Former Commissioner of Japan Atomic Energy Commission and Former Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Japan to the Conference on Disarmament
- Gayle E. Woloschak
Professor, Departments of Radiation Oncology Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
as of 1 July 2026
Management staff
- Kenji Kamiya
Chair/Representative Director
- Preetha Rajaraman
Vice Chair/Executive Director, Chief of Research
- Kazunori Kodama
Executive Director
- Gil Latz
Director
- Todd DeWees
Chief Scientist
- Osamu Tanabe
Chief Scientist
as of 1 July 2026
Organization
Personnel composition
as of 1 April 2026Number of Directors and Staff
| Full-time personnel | Hiroshima Laboratory |
Nagasaki Laboratory |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Directors, Chief of Secretariat | 4 (1) | 4 (1) | |
| Professional Staff | 33 (5) | 3 | 36 (5) |
| General Staff | 118 | 34 | 152 |
| Total | 155 (6) | 37 | 192 (6) |
Numbers in parentheses represent personnel recruited by the US National Academy of Sciences.