Kazuto Kato, PhD

Osaka University, Japan

Kazuto Kato, Ph.D., is professor of biomedical ethics and public policy at the Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University. Dr. Kato has a Ph.D. degree in developmental biology from Kyoto University. After finishing postdoctoral research at the University of Cambridge with Sir John Gurdon, he started to work on ethical and social issues related to life sciences. Dr. Kato specializes in biomedical ethics, research governance and patient engagement in medical research. Dr. Kato has served as a member of various international projects and academic societies to include the Ethics and Governance Committee of the International Cancer Genome Consortium; and the Steering Committee of the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health. Currently, he is the Vice Chair of the Ethics Committee of the ISSCR.

Presentation(s):

• THE VALUE OF QUALITATIVE RESEARCH IN ADVANCING STEM CELL SCIENCE: A PATHWAY TO ETHICAL, SOCIAL, AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE 

  Wednesday, June 11, 2025
  8:30 AM – 10:00 AM HK Time

• EMERGING ETHICAL ISSUES WITH NEURAL ORGANOIDS

  Thursday, June 12, 2025
  2:00 PM – 3:30 PM HK Time