Yuji Mishina

Last updated July 07, 2024

Yuji Mishina is a Japanese molecular biologist and dentistry academic.

Mishina completed his bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees, all in molecular biology, from the University of Tokyo, became a research associate at Yokohama City University in 1986, and moved to the United States in 1992 as a postdoctoral researcher affiliated with the MD Anderson Cancer Center. From 1998, Mishina worked for the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.^[1]^[2] In 2008, Mishina joined the University of Michigan School of Dentistry faculty as an associate professor.^[1] He was promoted to full professor in 2014,^[1] and in 2022, became associate director of the school's Oral Health Sciences PhD program as well as William R. Mann Professor of Dentistry.^[1]^[3]

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1 2 3 4 "Faculty member Yuji Mishina appointed as Mann Professor of Dentistry". University of Michigan School of Dentistry. 7 March 2022. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
↑ "Yuji Mishina PhD". University of Michigan School of Dentistry. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
↑ "Faculty Member Dr. Yuji Mishina to Lead Oral Health Sciences PhD Program". University of Michigan School of Dentistry. 6 June 2022. Retrieved 22 October 2023.

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