Ryo KinoshitA, Ph.D.

木下 諒（キノシタ リョウ）Email: kinoshitar@niid.go.jp

Research Experience

National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan Senior Researcher. Oct 2021-Princeton University Post-doctoral researcher. Jun 2021-Aug 2021 (Advisor: Jessica Metcalf)Kyoto University Post-doctoral researcher. Aug 2020-Aug 2021 (Advisor: Hiroshi Nishiura)Hokkaido University Post-doctoral researcher. Apr 2020-Jul 2020 (Advisor: Hiroshi Nishiura)

Education

Hokkaido University Ph.D. Dept of Hygiene. Oct 2016-Mar 2020. (Advisor: Hiroshi Nishiura)Princeton University Visiting Student Research Collaborator. Dept of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Fall 2017 & Fall 2018 (Advisors: Bryan Grenfell, and Jessica Metcalf)University of Tokyo M.H.S. Dept of Global Health Policy. March 2016. (Advisors: Hiroshi Nishiura, and Kenji Shibuya)Kwansei Gakuin University B.A. Policy Studies. March 2013. (Advisor: Shoji Nishimoto)

Selected Publication

  1. Kinoshita R, Arashiro T, Kitamura N, Arai S, Takahashi K, Suzuki T, Suzuki M, Yoneoka D. Infection-Induced SARS-CoV-2 Seroprevalence among Blood Donors, Japan, 2022. Emerg Infect Dis. 2023 Jul 28;29(9). https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2909.230365
  2. Kinoshita R, Sassa M, Otake S, Yoshimatsu F, Shi S, Ueno R, Suzuki M, Yoneoka D. Impact of airline network on the global importation risk of mpox, 2022. Epidemiology & Infection. 2023;1-27. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0950268823000456
  3. Kinoshita R, Anzai A, Jung SM, Linton NM, Miyama T, Kobayashi T, Hayashi K, Suzuki A, Yang Y, Akhmetzhanov AR, Nishiura H. Containment, contact tracing and asymptomatic transmission of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19): A modelling study. J Clin Med. 2020. Sep 27;9(10). https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm9103125 
  4. Kinoshita R, Nishiura H. Assessing age-dependent susceptibility to measles in Japan. Vaccine. 2017;35(25):3309-3317. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2017.05.011
  5. Kinoshita R, Nishiura H. Assessing herd immunity against rubella in Japan: a retrospective seroepidemiological analysis of age-dependent transmission dynamics. BMJ Open. 2016 Jan 27;6(1):e009928. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009928

Fellowships & Awards

  • Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS), Overseas Research Fellowship. June 2021-May 2023 
  • Travel support for CMPD5, Florida USA, May 2019 
  • Best Article of the Year, “Assessing age-dependent susceptibility to measles in Japan”, The Hokkaido Medical Society, November 2018
  • Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS), Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (DC1). April 2018-Mar 2021
  • Best Student Oral Presentation, Conference on Mathematical Modeling and Control of Communicable Diseases, Fundação Getulio Vargas, Rio de Janeiro Brazil, Jan 2016 (link) 
  • JASSO category 1 graduate student loan ‘Repayment Exemption for Outstanding Achievement’, May 2016

Teaching

  • Lecturer-Summer course: Introduction to infectious disease epidemiology and modelling 2023, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki Japan (Lecture: "Vaccine preventable diseases")
  • Lecturer and TA-Summer boot camp of infectious disease modeling 2019, The Institute of Statistical Mathematics, Tokyo Japan (Lecture: "Long-term epidemic dynamics of measles", Practice session: "Age prioritization of Influenza vaccination")
  • Lecturer and TA-Summer boot camp of infectious disease modeling 2018, The Institute of Statistical Mathematics, Tokyo Japan (Lecture: "Modeling measles and rubella", Practice session: "Age prioritization of Influenza vaccination")
  • TA-Summer boot camp of infectious disease modeling 2017, The Institute of Statistical Mathematics, Tokyo Japan (Practice session: "Age prioritization of Influenza vaccination")
  • TA-Summer boot camp of infectious disease modeling 2016, The Institute of Statistical Mathematics, Tokyo Japan (Practice session: "Age prioritization of Influenza vaccination")

Funding (PI)