We have been holding a series of events called “Find-Your-Role-Model” Session to provide students with opportunities to interact with TMDU alumni and worldwide leaders in health sciences. Through this roundtable-type, relaxed atmosphere event, we hope students will be able to find their role models in order to facilitate their career development in becoming future global leaders.

In the sixth FYRM session of academic year 2017 we will be hosting Dr. Matsushime of Eisai Co., Ltd. After graduating from Hamamatsu University School of Medicine and earning his PhD at the same institution, Dr. Matsushime worked at The Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo. He then went on to be a Postdoc Research Fellow at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in the USA for four years, returning to University of Tokyo as Associate Professor. After that he has done extensive oncological research leadership at Nippon Roche, Hoffman-La Roche Inc. USA, Astellas Pharma Inc., Agensys Inc. USA, and Eisai Co., Ltd. This session will be carried out in a round-table discussion format, and will cover the following points. Everyone is welcome to join us in a hearty discussion.

• Why he chose research over a clinical career
• Reasons for going to work in the U.S.A.
• Ways for students to prepare themselves for becoming an international researcher
• Differences between Japanese and overseas research labs
• Necessary traits for a researcher