Native name 新川 詔夫 Alma mater Hokkaido University Nationality Japanese Known for Kabuki syndrome | Fields Medical genetics Name Norio Niikawa | |
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Born May 8, 1942 (age 81) ( 1942-05-08 ) Institutions Health Sciences University of Hokkaido
Nagasaki University
Geneva University
Hokkaido University Institution Health Sciences University of Hokkaido, Nagasaki University, University of Geneva, Hokkaido University | ||
Doctoral students Naomichi Matsumoto | ||
Norio Niikawa (新川 詔夫, Niikawa Norio, born May 8, 1942) is a Japanese physician and medical geneticist who discovered an autosomal dominant disorder Kabuki syndrome, also known as Niikawa-Kuroki syndrome. He and his colleagues also identified a gene for the syndrome.
Biography
Niikawa completed his M.D. in 1967 from Hokkaido University School of Medicine. After residency in Pediatrics at Hokkaido University Hospital, he worked as pediatrician for several years. From 1972 to 1975, he worked in the embryology and cytogenetics laboratory at the Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics in the Cantonal Hospital, Geneva University. He was appointed Professor and Chairman of the Department of Human Genetics at Nagasaki University in 1984. After retiring from the position and becoming Professor Emeritus, he was Professor and Director at Research Institute of Personalized Health Sciences, Health Sciences University of Hokkaido where he became president in 2010.