Dr. Noriko Koizumi, a clinician scientist, is currently Chair and Professor of the Tissue Engineering Laboratory at the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan. She also holds senior academic appointments in the Ophthalmology Departments of Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine and Kyoto University where she carries out her clinical duties.

Her current and recent research interests focus on the development of new translational treatments for corneal endothelial dysfunctions such as Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy and bullous keratopathy, and her laboratory are influential and active internationally in the cultivation of human corneal endothelial cells for surgical use and fundamental research activities.

To date, Dr. Koizumi has written over 120 research articles and 6 book chapters. She is a recipient of the 2004 Daiwa Adrain Prize for Excellence in Japan-UK research, the 2006 Erwin von Baelz Prize, the 2012 ARVO Foundation/Pfizer Ophthalmics/Carl Camras Translational Research Award, and the 2017 AAO Achievement Award. She served as an ARVO Program Committee Member in the Cornea Section between 2016 and 2019. She has serves as the Editorial Board Member of Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science since 2018.