Dr.MiyukiKatai Japan

Prof. Miyuki Katai, MD, PhD Professor and Director, Health Services Center, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), Tokyo, Japan Prof. Miyuki Katai is an endocrinologist and a pioneer of sex- and gender-specific medicine (SGSM) in Japan. She earned her MD and PhD from Shinshu University, specializing in endocrinology. From 1998 to 2001, she worked as a research fellow at Harvard Medical School at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Joslin Diabetes Center, conducting basic research in endocrine and metabolic medicine. Recognizing that sex differences in health are largely driven by endocrine mechanisms, she has focused on integrating endocrinology and SGSM to promote personalized, evidence-based approaches to women’s health. She served as Associate Professor of Gender Medicine and Women’s Internal Medicine at Tokyo Women’s Medical University (2007–2020) and is now Professor and Director at GRIPS, leading projects that combine endocrinology, gender medicine, gendered innovation, and digital health innovation. She also contributes to public policy and AI-driven research through government-funded initiatives, including the AMED-supported “WaiSE” project. This project is developing an AI-assisted diagnostic tool for women's health that implements a female-specific diagnostic algorithm based on symptoms, data, and endocrine parameters using the principles of SGSM. Prof. Katai currently serves as President of the Japanese Association for Gender-Specific Medicine and as a Board Member of the Japan Thyroid Association.