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Hirotaka Iijima, Ph.D.

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Saitama Prefectural University, Saitama, JapanBS, PT03/2009Physical Therapy
Kyoto University, Kyoto, JapanMSc03/2014Human Health and Sciences
Kyoto University, Kyoto, JapanPhD03/2017Human Health and Sciences
Keio University, Yokohama, JapanPostdoc03/2019System Design and Engineering
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PAPostdoc03/2022Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Nagoya University, Nagoya, JapanAssistant Professor09/2023Health Informatics

Overview
Hirotaka Iijima is a Research Faculty of the Spaulding Research Institute Discovery Center for Musculoskeletal Research and an Assistant Professor within the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Harvard Medical School. Inspired by prior clinical experience as a physical therapist, he has been working in interdisciplinary fields with the long-term goal of developing innovative rehabilitative strategies for musculoskeletal diseases across the translational spectrum. To achieve this goal, he uses the integrated approaches of rehabilitation medicine together with network medicine, regenerative medicine, and cellular and molecular mechanobiology, under the supervision of Dr. Fabrisia Ambrosio at Harvard Medical School. The significance of this line of study is highlighted by the fact that these projects were awarded by the Osteoarthritis Research Society International, the Japanese Society of Cartilage Metabolism, and the Japanese Society for Bone and Mineral Research. He has published over 90 refereed journal articles and reviews in these fields. He currently serves as a Guest Editor in the JoVE Methods Collections and an Editorial Board Fellow in The Journal of Physiology.

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  1. R01AG089455 (AMBROSIO, FABRISIA; IIJIMA, HIROTAKA) Sep 15, 2024 - May 31, 2028
    NIH
    Gender and sex dimorphism in age-related knee osteoarthritis
    Role: Principal Investigator
  2. 1R01AG087565-01 (AMBROSIO, FABRISIA) Aug 15, 2024 - Apr 30, 2029
    NIH
    The opposing effects of matrix aging and muscle activity on extracellular vesicle promotion of muscle regeneration
    Role: Co-Investigator

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Funded by the NIH National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences through its Clinical and Translational Science Awards Program, grant number UL1TR002541.