Dr. Junichi Sadoshima

Dr. Sadoshima graduated from Kyushu University School of Medicine in Fukuoka, Japan, and received his MD/PhD in 1990. He is currently Professor and Chair of the Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. His research focuses on autophagy, the Hippo pathway, and redox-sensitive signaling mechanisms. He received first prize for the AHA’s Katz Basic Science Research Prize (1995); first prize for the AHA Cardiovascular Research Prize (2001); the ISHR Janice Pfeffer Distinguished Lecture Award (2010); the AHA Thomas Smith Memorial Lecture Award (2014); the BCVS Distinguished Investigator Award (2017); the AHA Merit Award (2020). He is a member of the American Society of Clinical Investigation. He is an associate editors of Autophagy and 2 other journals, and an editorial board member of Journal of Clinical Investigation. He is a North American coordinator of the Leducq Transatlantic Network focusing on autophagy in the heart. He dedicates himself to the training of young scientists, and his trainees have received numerous awards, including the Katz Basic Research Prize awards (2008, 2013 and 2017) and Melvin L Marcus Young Investigator awards (2003 and 2013) from the AHA.

  • 1983: MD, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

    1989: PhD, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

    1990 - 1994: Postdoctoral Fellow, Beth Israel Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

    1994 - 1998: Assistant Professor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

    1998 - 2000: Allegheny University of the Health and Sciences, Pittsburgh, PA

    2000 - 2003: Associate Professor, UMDNJ-NJ Medical School, Newark, NJ

    2003 - Present: Professor, UMDNJ-NJMS, Newark, NJ

    2005 - 2010: Vice Chair, Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, UMDNJ-NJMS, Newark, NJ

    2010 - Present: Executive Director, Cardiovascular Research Institute, UMDNJ-NJMS, Newark, NJ

    2011 - 2012: Interim Chair, Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, UMDNJ

    2012 - Present: Chair, Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, Rutgers NJMS

  • Circulation Research

    Antioxidants and Redox Signaling

    American Journal of Physiology

    Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology (Senior Consulting Editor)

    Autophagy (Section Editor)

    Journal of Clinical Investigation

    Circulation Journal

    Journal of Cardiovascular Translational Research

    Frontier's in Genetics in Aging

    Cardiovascular Research (Associate Editor)

    Scientific Reports

    Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine

    Journal of Cardiovascular Aging (Associate Editor)

    Vascular Pharmacology

  • American Heart Association (AHA)

    International Society of Heart Research (ISHR)

  • American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI)

  • JMA Journal https://www.jmaj.jp/editorial.php

    Nature Reviews Cardiology