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Professor Chappell, UK's Department of Health and Social Care visited

December 12, 2024

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On December 4, 2024, Professor Lucy Chappell, Chief Scientific Adviser of the UK's Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), visited NCC Hospital (NCCH). Dr Yasuyuki Seto, Director of NCCH, presented an overview of NCCH, followed by Dr Ayumu Arakawa, Assistant Chief of the Department of Pediatric Oncology, who presented on pediatric cancer research in Japan. Dr Kayoko Tao, Staff Physician also of the Department of Pediatric Oncology, introduced genomic medicine in pediatric cancer, and Dr Kenichi Nakamura, Director of the Department of International Clinical Development, presented on multi-regional clinical trials. We look forward to further advancing collaboration in research for childhood and rare cancers.

group photo (front from left) Dr Seto, Prof Chappell, Dr Nakagama (back from left) Dr Nakamura, DHSC David Linberry, British Embassy Azrael Grey, Department of International Clinical Development Celia St Clair, British Embassy Marie-Louise Taylor, Dr Arakawa, Dr Tao
(front from left)Dr Seto, Prof Chappell, Dr Nakagama