Ryoichi Nagata, M.D., Ph.D., is the Chairman and CEO of SNBL Clinical Pharmacology Center, Inc. He heads SNBL Group as CEO & President, which includes serving as CEO of SNBL USA, Ltd. (Everett, WA). Dr. Nagata received his doctor of medicine degree from St. Marianna University School of Medicine and post-doctoral degree from Kagoshima University, Faculty of Medicine. He is certified as a Fellow (FFPM) by the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians of the United Kingdom, as a Toxicology Expert by the Japanese Society of Toxicological Sciences, and as a Senior Clinical Pharmacologist by the Japanese Society of Clinical Pharmacology. Dr. Nagata was appointed a board member of Shin Nippon Biomedical Laboratories, Ltd. in October 1981, and became President in January 1991. Despite his busy corporate life, Dr. Nagata finds time for teaching at numerous universities and high schools. He is an Adjunct Professor at Hokkaido University, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, and Kouchi University. He is also a Guest Lecturer at the University of Rhode Island, Kagoshima University, Hiroshima University, and Kanazawa University. Dr. Nagata is also an active participant in government, industry, and local community affairs. He has lectured at training sessions for newly-appointed state government officials and has served as chairman of the Association of Contract Studies for Safety of Chemical Substances, as a member of the Kagoshima City Information Network Committee, a member of Environmental Chemicals' Metabolism Study Group organized by the Ministry of Environment, and as a trustee of The Association for Preventive Medicine of Japan. He is a full member of the American College of Toxicology, American Society of Toxicology, and American College of Clinical Pharmacology, and a councilor of the Japanese Society of Clinical Pharmacology, Japanese Society of Toxicological Sciences, and Japanese Pharmacological Society. Dr. Nagata has been honored with many awards, including from the National Federation of Labor Standards Association in 1994, Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Nikkei), Inc. in 1996 for the company's contribution to community revitalization, Kagoshima Chamber of Commerce (its grand prize for industry and economy) in 1998, and Minami Nihon Newspaper Inc. in 2003.