Dr. Kubota joined Health and Global Policy Institute (HGPI) in 2012 after gaining experience as a ward nurse at Musashino Red Cross Hospital, a board member of the Japan Nursing Federation, and as a policy secretary to a member of the House of Representatives. At HGPI, he was involved in a broad range of health policy initiatives, including studies on the socioeconomic burden of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), health promotion among working women, strategies for addressing Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) and dementia, and support projects related to recovery from the Great East Japan Earthquake. He also contributed to the formulation of long-term national health policy as a private-sector secretariat member of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare’s “Japan Vision: Health Care 2035” Advisory Panel.
In 2015, Dr. Kubota was appointed as a faculty member in the Department of Biostatistics at Yokohama City University School of Medicine, and in 2021, he joined the Department of Healthcare Information Management at The University of Tokyo Hospital. In 2025, he was appointed Full-Professor at the Department of Data Science, Shimonoseki City University. His current work focuses on education and research in the fields of healthcare big data and health economics.
Dr. Kubota received his Ph.D. in Health Sciences from the Graduate School of Medicine at the University of Tokyo and holds a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Nagoya City University. He is a licensed registered nurse and public health nurse, and also holds a national certification as a policy secretary to a member of the National Diet.