Meet the editor

Prof. Takemi Otsuki graduated from Kawasaki Medical School (KMS), Kurashiki, Japan, in 1981. He then joined the Department of Hematology. In 1986, at the Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Tokyo, he was involved in clinical and experimental research in bone marrow transplantation. The theme of the post-graduate school (1985–1989) was myeloma cell biology. After joining the Department of Hematology, Uni-

versity of Minnesota (USA), in 1992, Dr. Otsuki studied genes involved in chromosomal translocations of lymphomas in the Department of Hematopathology at the US National Cancer Institute. He returned to the Department of Hygiene, KMS, in 1996 and became a professor there in 2003. Dr. Otsuki is engaged in research on health-promoting living environments as well as on the biological effects of fibrous particulate matter, especially on immune effects.
