Professor Shinichi Usami of our department has compiled the results of his many years of research into genetic analysis of hearing loss into a book titled "Molecular Diagnosis of Deafness" published by Springer Nature on January 8, 2026. This book is covering the basics of genetic medicine for hearing loss, such as the mechanisms of inheritance and the onset of hearing loss, and methods of genetic analysis using next-generation sequencers, this book also provides a clear over

The "World's Top 2% Scientists List," calculated by Stanford University researchers using Elsevier's Scopus database, has been updated in October 2025, and two researchers are selected from our department. The list is published in two parts: a "Career-long" list and a "Single Recent Year" list, and researchers. This list is based on scientists from around the world who have published at least five papers, and is compiled by combining various indicators to select the top 2% of