Chief health officer at the Japan Institute for Global Health. Graduated from Tsukuba University in 2002 with a degree in biological science and completed a master’s in medical parasitology at the School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London. After working for a time as a business consultant, completed a doctorate in public health at the University of Tokyo in March 2009. Entered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in February the same year, where she worked on international health policy until taking up her current position in April 2012.