Kanako Harada

Expertise: surgical robotic systems, automation of surgical robots, surgical skills assessment, patient models, virtual-reality simulators and regulatory science

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 obtained her M.Sc. in Engineering from The University of Tokyo in 2001, 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 a Program Manager for the ImPACT program of the Cabinet Office (2016 – 2019) and led more than 150 researchers and students. Her research interests include surgical robotic systems, automation of surgical robots, surgical skills assessment, patient models, virtual-reality simulators and regulatory science.