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Dr. Akihiro Nakamura is an Assistant Professor and Clinician Scientist at Queen's University, specializing in arthritis research, particularly osteoarthritis (OA) and spondyloarthritis (SpA). He is currently completing his rheumatology training and has joined the Schroeder Arthritis Research Institute in Toronto to engage in OA and SpA research. Dr. Nakamura completed his PhD graduate program and clinical fellowship in SpA at the University of Toronto. His significant achievements include the co-discovery of the immunological functions of macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) and hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) in SpA. He has successfully filed multiple international patents stemming from his research. Additionally, Dr. Nakamura has authored numerous publications in prestigious journals including Science Translational Medicine, Annals of Rheumatic Diseases, and Cellular and Molecular Immunology (Nature). He is the founder of the Spondyloarthritis program at Queen's University, named QURESPA (Queen's Research Program on SpA). Furthermore, he is a current member of the Board of Directors of the Spondyloarthritis Research and Treatment Network (SPARTAN), one of the largest SpA organizations in the world. His research interests focus on translational research aimed at finding novel therapeutic targets for inflammatory arthritis, specifically elucidating the mechanisms of inflammation and new bone formation in axial spondyloarthritis and psoriatic arthritis using cutting-edge techniques in immunology, molecular biology, and cell biology.
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