3President Osaka UniversityNISHIO ShojiroDean Graduate School of MedicineKUMANOGOH Atsushiof Medical Innovation and Translational Research has been one of the leading research centers for the industry-academia collaboration in Japan. Its proposed mandate is “the development of cutting-edge medical care and promotion of open innovation that is unparalleled in the world ‘under one roof’ through the collaboration of industry, academia, and government institutions.” Under this mission, we are currently working on the research and development of new next-generation drugs and innovative medical technologies in collaboration with companies and research institutions in a variety of fields.In recent years, the world has been facing numerous challenges such as pandemics, global warming, depletion of resources, and aging. Universities have been confronted with growing anticipation from society to cultivate talent and foster innovation in a major reorientation of social systems to pursue the SDGs and carbon neutrality.In the face of these great expectations and challenges from the society, Osaka University must marshal our collective knowledge and wisdom, actively pursue co-creation with the society, and manifest our capacity to transform society.The OU (Osaka University) Ecosystem is the cornerstone of co-creation with the society, and creates a virtuous cycle of knowledge, talent, and funds. This is a system to drive even greater social transformation. It involves applying outstanding education and research results in the society, analyzing new issues uncovered through this process, and feeding those results back into fundamental research. Looking the fourth medium-term goal period (FY2022-2027) and beyond, we have formulated the OU Master Plan 2027, with the OU Ecosystem at its core, as an upgraded vision to build sustainable basis for education, research, and university management. With this Master Plan as a guide, Osaka University will promote challenging initiatives through co-creation with the society, in order to be a university that goes beyond simply "contributing to society" to "creating a society where each member leads a meaningful and fulfilling life."Since its establishment in April 2014, the Center The medical community in Japan is currently facing tremendous challenges in both basic and clinical medicine. In addition to the most recent issues, we must consider the needs of medicine in a rapidly changing society, how to disseminate the results of our research to the medical community, particularly, in the post-corona era, and how to develop next generation research strategies without interruption. This is a time when we need to look toward the future.In academia, it is important to aim for research that focuses on the essence and true nature of life phenomena, and for clinical and translational research to develop into new basic research that leads to the true elucidation of etiology and pathology. However, in this process, it is also important to support excellent seeds that can be returned to society from an early stage and to develop them into the next generation of innovation together with industry. We believe that the role of the Center of Medical Innovation and Translational Research will continue to increase in order for Osaka University to continue to demonstrate its presence in Japan and abroad. In the future, the Center of Medical Innovation and Translational Research will continue to promote, develop, and implement projects with social implications in the field of advanced medicine through bridging research on innovative ideas, licensing out to companies, and early realization of industrialization through close industry-university collaboration.The Center of Medical Innovation and Translational Research (CoMIT) is an "open" space that, in addition to the implementation of student education and research, brings researchers from different disciplines, companies, and universities under one roof as a base for Osaka University's life science field. There, they create a seamless process that starts with technology seeds from basic research then develops them into empirical research and practical applications. In the future, we plan on further strengthening our education and research activities by fully utilizing the functions of the OU Ecosystem at CoMIT, where diverse knowledge, researchers, and students intersect.Through activities that strongly promote Open Innovation, we plan to work to extend the years that an individual can be active in society, and by encouraging every individual to realize their diverse talents, we aim to make a considerable contribution to the realization of a society in which all individuals can enjoy a rich and happy life−a society that fosters a sense of purpose in life.Realization of a "Society where Each Member Leads a Meaningful andFulfilling Life" Through the OU EcosystemUnder one roofGreetings
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