Kazuki Yoshida
Clinical Development Medical Director, Immuno-Nephrology at Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolKazuki Yoshida is a clinical development physician and epidemiologist with 11 years of experience bridging academia and industry, currently leading immuno‑nephrology development at Vertex. Trained as a rheumatologist in Japan and holder of an MPH and ScD in Epidemiology & Biostatistics from Harvard, he brings deep methodological expertise in pharmacoepidemiology, causal inference, and real‑world evidence. He has led high‑impact academic research and translated those skills into product and study design leadership at OM1 and Takeda, shaping protocol strategy, labeling considerations, and multi‑indication development plans. Known for pragmatic cross‑functional leadership, he pairs rigorous data interpretation with delivery focus to optimize timelines and commercial impact. Outside the clinic and trials, he publishes extensively and shares research software on GitHub, reflecting a rare blend of clinical insight, quantitative rigor, and reproducible research practice.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Medicine (equivalent of MD in US) Medicine, Bachelor of Medicine (equivalent of MD in US) Medicine at Saga UniversityJoint Doctor of Science Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Joint Doctor of Science Epidemiology & Biostatistics at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
English, Japanese
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Github Skills (85)
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Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
kaz-yos/eval-in-repl
Sep 2015 - Nov 2020
Consistent ESS-like eval interface for various REPLs
Contributions:10 releases, 110 commits, 21 PRs in 5 years 3 months
consistentemacsreplevaless
kaz-yos/stan-mode
Feb 2020 - Nov 2021
Emacs mode for Stan. Maintainer's personal repo. Subject to rebasing!
Contributions:21 commits, 138 pushes, 13 branches in 1 year 9 months
subjectstanmaintaineremacsemacs-mode
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