Robert Oda

2018-2020 Robert Oda is currently a Director of Research at Chordia Therapeutics which is based in Fujisawa. He leads all pre-clinical research activity on the development of a novel anti-cancer medication. He received his PhD in Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering from UH Manoa and his Bachelors of Science in Physics and Computer Science from McGill University. He conducted research in cancer cell detection using non-linear optics at the University of Hawaii with Dr. Bruce Shiramizu and at the University of Tokyo with Dr. Yasuyuki Ozeki. After finishing his PhD, he held an Assistant Professor position at Keio University School of Medicine where he researched dynamics of small molecule drugs and the brain.