Medical AI & Biomedical Informatics
Machine-learning methods for integrating and analyzing heterogeneous clinical and biomedical data.
Faculty Member
Junya Iwazaki / 岩﨑 淳也 Ph.D.
Lecturer / Director of Education
Principal Investigator of JSPS KAKENHI Research Projects
Department of Artificial Intelligence and Medical Science
Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine
I am currently a Lecturer at Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine and a Principal Investigator of competitively funded JSPS KAKENHI research projects. KAKENHI project 25K15335 was awarded while I was affiliated with RIKEN, my former institution; I subsequently moved to Tohoku University and continue to lead the project as Principal Investigator. My research focuses on medical artificial intelligence and biomedical informatics, including the integration of clinical data, medical images, pathology, and molecular information for biomedical discovery and next-generation medicine.
Research Group / Project Team
Iwazaki Research Group — Medical AI & Biomedical Informatics
Research activities led by Junya Iwazaki as Principal Investigator, including the active JSPS KAKENHI project 25K15335 and its funded project team with three Co-Investigators. The group page provides links to the official KAKEN and NII research records for the PI and project members.
Research
Research Areas
Clinical Natural Language Processing
Natural language processing for extracting, structuring, and integrating information from electronic medical records.
Computational Pathology
AI-based analysis of histopathology images, including multimodal and generative approaches.
Spatial & Multimodal Biology
Computational approaches connecting tissue morphology, spatial molecular measurements, and biological context.
Research Leadership
Principal Investigator Record
The official NII KAKEN researcher record lists my current 2026 affiliation as Lecturer, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, and records two competitively funded projects for which I serve or served as Principal Investigator. Project 25K15335 was awarded during my former affiliation with RIKEN; the KAKEN project page therefore retains RIKEN as the research institution recorded at the time of the award.
Official NII KAKEN Researcher Record
Iwazaki Junya · Researcher No. 00748444
- Current affiliation
- Tohoku University, Graduate School of Medicine, Lecturer (2026)
- PI record
- JSPS KAKENHI 25K15335 · 21K17243
- Research fields
- Life, health and medical informatics; medical management and medical sociology
Research Funding
Principal Investigator Projects
Current Competitive Research Grant · Principal Investigator
JSPS KAKENHI — Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
- Role
- Principal Investigator
- Project No.
- 25K15335
- Project period
- April 2025 – March 2028
- Institution at award
- RIKEN (former affiliation; as recorded in the KAKEN project record)
- Current affiliation
- Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Lecturer (2026)
- Research area
- Life, health and medical informatics
Affiliation note: RIKEN was my institution when project 25K15335 was awarded. I subsequently moved to Tohoku University, where I am currently a Lecturer, while continuing to serve as Principal Investigator of this active project.
Completed Competitive Research Grant · Principal Investigator
JSPS KAKENHI — Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
- Role
- Principal Investigator
- Project No.
- 21K17243
- Project period
- 2021 – 2023
- Research institution
- Tohoku University
- Project title
- The development of new undergraduate medical education program designed to cultivate medical professionals capable of solving healthcare challenges through AI
Official Profiles & Research Records
Institutional & National Records
Official institutional and national research records are provided below.
Iwazaki Research Group Research group and funded KAKENHI project team led by Junya Iwazaki as Principal Investigator → NII KAKEN Researcher Profile Current Tohoku University affiliation and Principal Investigator project history → Tohoku University Official Graduate School of Medicine faculty and laboratory page → AIMS Members Official department member listing, Tohoku University → KAKEN 25K15335 Active PI project · awarded during former RIKEN affiliation; current affiliation Tohoku University → KAKEN 21K17243 Tohoku University JSPS KAKENHI project · Principal Investigator →