Dr. Hisanori Hasegawa grew up in Toronto, Canada from the ages of 3 to 9 due to his father’s job. After he graduated from the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences of the University of Tokyo in 2002, he entered the Faculty of Medicine of Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) in 2002 as a 3rd year transfer student. After graduating from TMDU in 2006, he received his junior residency training at Nakano General Hospital and at TMDU hospital, and his senior residency in the field of rheumatology mainly at TMDU hospital. After entering the Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences of TMDU, he became a clinician scientist in the field of rheumatology and immunology with his main research focus on polymyositis / dermatomyositis and CD8+ T cells. He received his PhD in 2016. He also received the 6th East Asian Group of Rheumatology (EAGOR) Young Investigator Award for his research theme. After becoming an assistant professor in 2017, and a junior associate professor in 2020 in the Department of Rheumatology at TMDU, he engaged in the management of in-patient care and improvement of hospital revenue as a ward chief, and the expansion of his department as a medical director. He has a pharmacist license and a medical license, is a Fellow of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine (FJSIM) and of the Japan College of Rheumatology (JCR), and is a certified rheumatologist instructor of JCR. In addition, he has experience working as a medical consultant at the Medical Education Division of the Higher Education Bureau, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. He moved to the Institute of Global Affairs in 2023 at TMDU, and then to the Office of Global Affairs after the merger with Tokyo Institute of Technology. He is now mainly engaged in international exchange and English medical education for medical and dental students (undergraduate and graduate) at Institute of Science Tokyo.

Began her career as a nursing assistant and worked throughout university gaining valuable experience in many fields of medicine by rotating to all wards in the hospital. In 1984 graduated nursing school and was certified by the state of California. The next year she became a certified intubation instructor and NICU specialist, moving up to charge nurse in nursery and NICU. Her move to Japan was in 1990 where she started teaching nutrition and exercise for pregnancy, newborn childcare, and breast-feeding classes to foreign mothers. She also was part of a volunteer committee at Tokyo Metropolitan Maternal and Child Health Care Center to conduct surveys and make assessments for improving service. She has been teaching at the university level since 1999 when she became a professor of medical terminology at Tokyo Medical University. Her career at Science Tokyo began in 2008 as a part-time instructor, promoted to clinical professor of medicine in 2009, full-time Assistant Professor in the Office for Global Education and Career Development in 2012, and now is an Associate Professor in the Office of Education, Global Education Section.

Graduated from Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU), School of Medicine in 2004. After Residency Program of TMDU hospital, he entered specialized training course of TMDU General Surgery Department, 2006-2009. While working as a surgeon, he studied in TMDU Graduate School 2009-2013, and received PhD in Medicine with clinical researches of gastrointestinal cancer treatment.
Since 2013, he was dispatched to the TMDU Latin American Collaborative Research Center (LACRC) in the Republic of Chile. Then he participated in an international project, Programa de prevención del cáncer colorrectal (PRENEC), for spreading colorectal cancer screening system in Latin American countries. He also provided technical guidance of endoscopy and colonoscopy to the local doctors. Furthermore, he was contributed to epidemiological research activities, and he received several medical awards for his scientific papers.
After returning to Japan in 2015, he belonged to the department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, and was involved in surgical treatment and endoscopic diagnosis related to the gastrointestinal diseases.
Since August 2019, he has been a member of Institute of Global Affairs (IGA), and a teacher of Fundamentals of Global Health (FGH) in HSLP. He is also director of International Healthcare Department of TMDU hospital, supporting international patients and improving their accessibilities.

Naoko Seki is a professor in the Office of Global Affairs at Science Tokyo. She received a D.D.S. from TMDU and a Ph.D. from TMDU graduate school. She is a founding member of the HSLP and she teaches students on both the HSLP and BRIDgE programs. She also belongs to the department of Dental Education Development, which aims to help to develop international professionals through education: Novel, interactive online pedagogies are employed for undergraduate inter-university global collaborations where students learn cultural competency, problem-solving, collaborative virtual team-working, treatment planning and clinical knowledge. Leadership training and advanced teaching in critical thinking skills are delivered and these creative pedagogies are successfully forging education collaborations globally. Japanese culture to benefit patient care, development of non-technical skills and meet the increasing demand for person-centered care, is now taught in clinical curricula and delivered overseas thus helping to link students globally and nurture professionals with a global-mindset.