Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University

Hirotaro IWASE

ProfessorMy research interest in analyzing lipid peroxides and drug poisons was sparked by my involvement in detecting sarin metabolites from the victims of the Tokyo subway sarin attack in 1995. Furthermore, I have been at the forefront of introducing postmortem imaging diagnosis with CT in forensic medicine in Japan. Additionally, I have conducted extensive research on death investigation systems and postmortem imaging examinations.

Recent Topics of Interests:
　How to prevent similar accidents, suicides, abuse, and other unnatural deaths by utilizing the information obtained from death investigations (such as child death review).
　How to establish a system and a mechanism for accurately determining the cause of death by appropriately utilizing various examinations such as postmortem imaging, autopsy, and drug testing.
Motto in Research or in Life:
　Do right, have fun, and make friends.
　The answer is not limited to 0 or 1, but there can be multiple possibilities including 1/2 and √2.
　Stay hungry, stay foolish.
　Justice for all.
Hobby / Holiday: Walking, Sleeping, and Watching baseball