Our goal is to combine the fields of psychiatry, brain science, psychology, pharmaceutical science, and engineering to biologically unravel the mysteries of psychiatric disorders and discover objective diagnostic methods and new treatments. We take a translational perspective on clinical and basic research in our collaborative work with a wide variety of institutions around the world (including Kumamoto University's Department of Molecular Brain Science, the National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, the NHO Kure Medical Center Chugoku Cancer Center, Kohnodai Hospital of the National Center for Global Health and Medicine, etc.) to make multidisciplinary progress in pathology, intervention, and observational studies on the themes given below. We are also open to other themes and welcome not just students looking to get their master's or doctorate, but also people working in other fields, even outside of the field of medicine. We actively promote domestic and international student exchange and inter-institution communication.