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On November 3, 2024, Dr. Takao Hensch<\/font color=blue><\/a>, IRCN Director (Professor at Harvard University\u2019s Center for Brain Science and Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, as well as at Boston Children\u2019s Hospital, Harvard Medical School), was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon. This prestigious honor, part of Japan\u2019s Autumn 2024 Decorations, was awarded for outstanding contributions to the promotion of scientific exchange and mutual understanding between Japan and the United States.<\/p>\n Dr. Hensch has pioneered research on \u2018Critical Periods in Brain Development and their Clinical Applications,\u2019 a field in which he has made significant contributions with broad implications beyond academia.<\/p>\n This award not only recognizes Dr. Hensch\u2019s scientific achievements but also symbolizes his globalization of Japan\u2019s research ecosystem, with promising advances in collaboration on the horizon.<\/p>\n [PROFILE] [Related pages] <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On November 3, 2024, Dr. Takao Hensch, IRCN Director (Professor at Harvard University\u2019s Center for Brain Science and Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, as well as at Boston Children\u2019s Hospi […]","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":29474,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t
\nAfter receiving his PhD from UCSF (1996), Hensch helped to launch the RIKEN BSI before returning to Harvard in 2006. Currently, he is Joint Professor of Neurology (HMS) and Molecular Cellular Biology (FAS), and has served as Director of IRCN, Director of the NIMH Silvio Conte Center for Mental Health Research, and Co-Director of the CIFAR Child Brain Development network. He has received several honors including the Young Investigator Award in both Japan (Tsukahara Prize, 2001) and the US (2005), the NIH Director's Pioneer Award (2007), and the Mortimer D. Sackler Prize (2016), and serves as Chief Editor of Frontiers in Neural Circuits.<\/p>\n
\nTakao Hensch<\/font color=blue><\/a>
\nConsulate-General of Japan in Boston website<\/font color=blue><\/a>
\nList of Recipients of the Autumn 2024 Decoration for Foreign Nationals (Cabinet Office Website) Only in Japanese<\/font color=blue><\/a><\/p>\n