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.

• 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

• ^ http://www.japanprize.jp/en/prize_prof_2011_hirano.html, the Japan Prize Foundation
• http://www.osaka-u.ac.jp/en/guide/president/profile.html, Osaka University president profile

• Erwin von Balz prize (Japan), 1986
• CIBA-GEIGY Rheumatism Prize (Japan), 1990
• Sandoz Prize for Immunology (now known as the Novartis Prizes for Immunology), 1992
• Osaka Science Prize (Japan), 1997
• Mochida Memorial Prize (Japan), 1998
• ISI Citation Laureate Award (Japan), 1981–98, 2000
• The Fujihara Prize, 2004 The Fujihara 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