Prof. Kanako Harada

Associate Professor
Department of Bioengineering and Department of Mechanical Engineering

The University of Tokyo

Kanako Harada is an Associate Professor at the Center for Disease Biology and Integrative Medicine (CDBIM) within the Graduate School of Medicine at the University of Tokyo, Japan. She also holds positions in the Department of Bioengineering and the Department of Mechanical Engineering within the Graduate School of Engineering. In addition, she serves as a project manager for the national flagship "Moonshot" project led by the Cabinet Office. She received her M.Sc. in Engineering from the University of Tokyo in 2001 and her Ph.D. in Engineering from Waseda University in 2007. Prior to joining The University of Tokyo, she held positions at Hitachi Ltd, the Japan Association for the Advancement of Medical Equipment, and Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna in Italy. She also served as a program manager for the Cabinet Office's ImPACT program from 2016 to 2019. Her research interests cover a range of areas, including surgical robotic systems, robotic automation for medical applications, and medical device regulation.