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Yoshie Hirose

Senior Policy Fellow for Healthcare Services

Profile

Yoshie Hirose has had a distinguished career in healthcare policy and administration. Currently serving as a Senior Policy Fellow for Healthcare Services at ERIA, Hirose is instrumental in developing multisectoral strategies to sustain the healthcare market across Asia. 

With over a decade of experience at the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) in Japan, she has played a pivotal role in diverse areas, including primary care access and disaster management. Beyond policy coordination, she also brings hands-on clinical expertise as a resident physician and has actively managed corporate political activities in the pharmaceutical sector.

Her academic background includes an Executive Master of Business Administration from Hitotsubashi University Business School and a Bachelor of Medicine from the University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan.

Expertise
  • Health and Welfare policy

  • Real World Data/Evidence

  • Creating Shared Value

Education

2020 - 2021

Executive Master of Business Administration
Hitotsubashi University Business School, School of International Corporate Strategy

2000 - 2006

Bachelor of Medicine
University of Occupational and Environmental Health Japan

Experience
2024 - Present

Senior Policy Fellow for Healthcare Services

Economic Research Institute ASEAN and East Asia

2022 – 2024                   

Director of Healthcare Services, Healthcare Unit

Economic Research Institute ASEAN and East Asia

2021 – 2022    

Department Manager

Government Affairs, GlaxoSmithKline K.K

2019 - 2020



Manager

2020 Policy Intelligence Department, Janssen Pharmaceutical K.K.

2019 Medical Affairs Division, Janssen Pharmaceutical K.K.

2018 - 2019  

 

Director

Office for Optimization of Healthcare Expenditure, Health Insurance Bureau, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Japan

2011 - 2018

Deputy Director

Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Japan

2008 - 2011

Medical Officer

Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Japan

2006 - 2008

Resident

Yokohama City Minato Red Cross Hospital