Rate My Professor Nobuo Fuse

Nobuo Fuse is a Professor in the Department of Integrative Genomics at the Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization (ToMMo), Tohoku University, where he has served since 2012. He is also Deputy Executive Director since 2019, Chair of the Departments of Public Relations and Planning and Education and Training, Director of the Health Survey Promotion Center, and Special Adviser to the Group Leader of the Return of Genomic Results Group. Fuse earned his MD from Tohoku University Faculty of Medicine in 1991 and PhD from Tohoku University. His career includes residency in Ophthalmology at Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine (1991), training resident at Yamagata City Hospital Saiseikan (1992), ophthalmology staff (1997), Assistant Professor (1997), Research Fellow at University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center (2000), Lecturer (2003), and Associate Professor (2005), all at Tohoku University. He holds qualifications as Medical Doctor, Ophthalmology Specialist, Ophthalmology Instructor, and Clinical Genetics Specialist.

Fuse's research focuses on genome science and ophthalmology, including genetic analyses of glaucoma, refractive errors, intraocular pressure, axial length, and other eye diseases via genome-wide association studies in large population cohorts. He contributes to the ToMMo project, involving whole-genome sequencing of over 100,000 Japanese individuals, biobank development, and personalized medicine following the Great East Japan Earthquake. Key publications include 'Genome-Wide Association Study of Intraocular Pressure in Population-Based Cohorts in Japan: The Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization Eye Study' (2025), 'Genome-wide Association Study of Axial Length in Population-Based Cohorts: The Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization Eye Study' (2022), 'The Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization Eye Study' (2022), and 'Molecular genetic analysis of optineurin gene for primary open-angle and developmental glaucoma' (2010). His awards include the Japan Ophthalmological Society Award (2013), Tohoku University School of Medicine Scholarship Award (2010), Suda Memorial Glaucoma Treatment Research Encouragement Fund Award (2008), Japanese Ophthalmological Society Council Award (2012), and Kato Memorial Rare Disease Research Grant Award (2014).