Toshio Hirano
# Toshio Hirano

Toshio Hirano (平野 俊夫, Hirano Toshio, born April 17, 1947 in Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese immunologist and academic, best known for his discovery of interleukin-6. Since August 2011, he has served as the 17th President of Osaka University.

## Chronology

* 1972—graduated from Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University
* 1980—assistant professor in the School of Medicine, Kumamoto University
* 1984—assistant professor at Institute for Molecular and Cellular Biology, Osaka University
* 1989—professor at the same university
* 2004—Dean of Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University
* 2008—Dean of Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University
* August 2011—the 17th president of Osaka University

## Honors and awards

* Erwin von Balz prize (Japan), 1986
* CIBA-GEIGY Rheumatism Prize (Japan), 1990
* Sandoz Prize for Immunology, 1992
* Osaka Science Prize [ja] (Japan), 1997
* Mochida Memorial Prize (Japan), 1998
* ISI Citation Laureate Award (Japan), 1981–98, 2000
* The Fujihara Award [ja], 2004 The Fujiwara Foundation of Science
* Medical Award of The Japan Medical Association, 2005, The Japan Medical Association
* Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon, April, 2006
* The Crafoord Prize in Polyarthritis 2009
* The Japan Prize for the discovery of interleukin-6, 2011
* Clarivate Citation Laureates, 2021
