Section chief
Section of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Data Science, Center for Clinical Sciences, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Japan
Dr Chieko Ishiguro is the Director of the Clinical Epidemiology Section in the Data Science Office of the Center for Clinical Sciences at the National Center for Global Health and Medicine. She is responsible for all activities related to pharmacoepidemiological studies using health databases to assess the safety and efficacy of drugs/vaccines. She also has extensive experience in regulatory science research on pharmacovigilance and the new drug approval process. Prior to her current position, she has over 15 years of experience as a pharmacoepidemiologist in the Japanese regulatory agency (Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency). She has been involved in many safety-related regulatory decisions and new drug review processes by conducting, consulting, and reviewing pharmacoepidemiological studies using various health databases at PMDA. She has a research experience at the Office of Surveillance and Epidemiology of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and at the School of Public Health, Boston University.