Noriko Kodani is an adult endocrinologist at Center Hospital of the National Center for Global Health and Medicine in the division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism. After graduating from Osaka University with a Master’s Degree in Science in 1993, she worked in research and clinical development in the Pharmaceutical Development Division of Takeda Pharmaceuticals. After the birth of her first daughter, she developed type 1 diabetes. She left her role at Takeda to become a physician and entered the Faculty of Medicine at Keio University in 2003. She worked in the Department of Nephrology, Endocrinology and Metabolism at Keio University, where was involved in research to elucidate the mechanisms of glucose metabolism and treat people with diabetes, eventually moving to her current position in 2020. Dr. Kodani’s main clinical interest are type 1 diabetes, and she is affiliated with the Japan Diabetes Society as a Diabetes Specialist