Harada Kanako

Kanako Harada is an Associate Professor of the Department of Bioengineering and the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Japan. She received her BSc and MSc degrees in Engineering from The University of Tokyo in 1999 and 2001, respectively, and her Ph.D. in Engineering from Waseda University in 2007. She worked for Hitachi Ltd., Japan Association for the Advancement of Medical Equipment, and Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Italy, before joining The University of Tokyo. She also served as the Program Manager of the ImPACT program “Bionic Humanoids Propelling New Industrial Revolution “by the Japan Cabinet Office (2016 - 2019) and led more than 150 researchers and students to develop realistic patient models and innovative surgical robots. Her research interests include surgical robotic systems, automation of surgical robots, surgical skills assessment, patient models, virtual-reality simulation and regulatory science.