Ken-ichi Inui, Ph.D.

Dr. Ken-ichi Inui was the former President of Kyoto Pharmaceutical University (2010-2016), and is currently Professor Emeritus and Visiting Professor of Kyoto Pharmaceutical University. He received his B.S. (1969), M.S. (1971) and Ph.D. (1977) in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University. Dr. Inui worked at Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital (1978- 1979) and Department of Pharmacy, Kyoto University Hospital (1979-1990). Dr. Inui was appointed as Professor and Director, Department of Hospital Pharmacy, Tokyo Medical and Dental University (1990-1993), returned to Kyoto University Hospital as Professor and Director in 1994, and retired Kyoto University in 2010. Dr. Inui has been appointed as Professor Emeritus of Kyoto University in 2010. His research interests include (1) functional and molecular characterization of drug transporters and clinical application, (2) pathophysiological roles of drug transporters and mechanisms of drug interaction, (3) pharmacogenomics and personalized medicine. He has conducted excellent research on drug transporters in the small intestine, kidney, and liver to clarify the molecular mechanisms of the pharmacokinetics of drugs and clinical application, the so-called “From Bench to Bedside” and “From Bedside to Bench”. Dr. Inui was the recipient of the Japanese Society for the Study of Xenobiotics Award in 2002, the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan Award in 2006, the AAPS Research Achievement Award in Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics and Drug Metabolism in 2008, and was selected as the Highly Cited Researcher for 2019 and 2020 (Pharmacology and Toxicology) by Web of Science. He has been serving as Associate Editor for Pharmacology and Therapeutics (2004-), Editor-in-Chief for Journal of Asian Association of Schools of Pharmacy (2018-), members of the Editorial Advisory Board for Biochemical Pharmacology (2002-) and European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences (2002-). Dr. Inui has been serving the President of Japan Society for Pharmaceutical Education (2016-).