Clinical Research Innovation and Education Center Tohoku University Hospital

Clinical Research, Innovation and Education Center, Tohoku University Hospital

Tohoku University Hospital Clinical Research Center, as well as to support the research and development of the medical system, we will bridge to practical use in a clinical setting the results of basic research.

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Greeting from the Director

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Masashi Aoki

Tohoku University established the Tohoku University Biomedical Engineering Research Organization (TUBERO) in 2003 with the objective of R&D centering on medical engineering. In 2007 the Innovation of New Biomedical Engineering Center (INBEC) was established as the succeeding organization of TUBERO, and in 2012 by integrating it with the Tohoku University Hospital Clinical Research Center, the Clinical Research, Innovation and Education Center, Tohoku University Hospital (CRIETO) was established as a hub for translational research. Currently, CRIETO is a comprehensive center equipped with the requisite support system for the creation of new drugs, medical devices and regenerative medicine.

CRIETO eagerly adopts basic seeds in collaboration with the Graduate School of Medicine, the Graduate School of Dentistry, as well as the Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering and other departments within the university. Each of the departments exercises its special expertise to take charge of each phase from early-stage seed exploration to commercialization, and in conjunction with the other departments organically and efficiently realizes the research seeds of academic researchers. CRIETO contributes to the promotion of the clinical research conducted at Tohoku University Hospital including Clinical Research Core Hospital projects. Furthermore, through the development of drugs and medical devices for cancer and rare diseases, we serve as the center of industry-academia collaboration at Tohoku University and expand these activities.

The speed with which drugs and medical devices are being developed is increasing each year, and their globalization is also becoming more prominent. In addition, there is a strong need for collaboration across a wide range of fields, not only medicine, in order to develop new drugs and medical devices. Given these circumstances, the presence of academia with basic seeds and the ability to enter into interdisciplinary collaboration with other fields is becoming ever more important. However, translating academic research into its final shape is not merely a question of gathering seeds; it is vital to support researchers from clinical research and testing phases to achievement of exit strategy goals. This is exactly where CRIETOs mission lies.

In order to provide patients suffering from diseases with new treatment options, CRIETO will realize as many as possible academic seeds and deliver them to the medical practice sites. Your kind understanding and cooperation for CRIETO will be greatly appreciated.

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Masashi Aoki
Professor, Department of Neurology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine
CRIETO Director
Director, Department of Clinical Research Network(Concurrent post)

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