About
Dr Jun Fukihara studied at the University of Adelaide as a PhD student in 2019-2021. He completed a Bachelor of Medicine at Nagoya University (Aichi, Japan) in 2009 and has worked as a respiratory physician for 10 years in Japanese hospitals.
He started doctoral studies at Nagoya University in 2017 and came to Australia in January 2019 through the Joint-Degree Program between Nagoya University and the University of Adelaide.
He has a special interest in interstitial lung diseases. In addition to some clinical studies regarding ILDs (including diagnosis and acute exacerbation of IPF, characteristics of drug induced lung disease and secondary PH) carried out in Japan; his research while in Australia was focusing on the effect of gene-modified cell therapy in pulmonary fibrosis.