Friends of IARC

"During my stay at IARC, I learned a lot about the etiology of human cancer and the role of international collaboration. I hope the Agency will continue its great mission to conquer cancer."

Dr Toshio Kuroki is Academy Director of the World Premier International Research Center Initiative (WPI) and Senior Advisor at the Research Center for Science Systems of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS). He worked at IARC in the Unit of Carcinogenesis, in 1973 and in 1975–1978, first as a visiting fellow and then as a staff member. 

Dr Kuroki is a well-known expert in molecular and cellular oncology. Previously he served as the President of Gifu University, and he is currently a Professor Emeritus of Tokyo University.