Masaru Mimura

Professor Emeritus
Project Professor of Center for Preventive Medicine
Keio University

Dr. Mimura is currently Professor Emeritus and Project Professor of Center for Preventive Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. He was Professor and Chairperson of Department of Neuropsychiatry, Keio University School of Medicine since April 2011 until March 2023. He was also Vice Director of Keio University Hospital, Director of Memory Center, Director of Stress Research Center, Director of Kampo Medical Science Research, and Vice Director of Super-Centenarian Research Center of Keio University.

Dr. Mimura is currently President of Japanese Society of Psychiatry and Neurology, President of Japan Society of Higher Brain Dysfunction, and Chairperson of the Health Care Science Institute. He is also a member of Board of Directors of Japanese Society of Psychogeriatrics, Neuropsychology Association of Japan, Japan Society for Dementia Research, Japanese Society of Mood Disorder, and Japanese Society of Schizophrenia Research, Japanese Positive Health Psychology Society.

Dr. Mimura graduated from Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo in 1984. He received Ph.D. in 1992 from Keio University. Dr. Mimura worked as Research Fellow in Behavioral Neurology Department, Boston University School of Medicine, Aphasia Research Center and Memory Disorders Research Center. His main research interest is in geriatric psychiatry including dementia and late-life depression. He has currently published over 670 peer-reviewed original articles.