Heather joins Junicon with a background in strategy and development, health economics, and clinical publications and has expertise across the pharmaceutical, diagnostic, and medical device industries. 

She is happy to call Seattle, Washington her home where she lives with her fianc� and dog. Heather holds a PhD in Chemistry from Northwestern University and a BA in Chemistry from Colby College.

Miyana is originally from Tokyo and has been with Junicon Japan since January 2014. Prior to joining Junicon she worked as a sales and marketing associate for optical energy devices and as a research associate for topics related to renewable energy. She earned a degree in Political Science and Economics from a Japanese university and researched topics related to renewable energy policy while at university. 

Since joining Junicon she has leveraged her familiarity with regulatory processes in Japan in conducting desktop and primary research on healthcare market access topics including drug pricing and reimbursement, vaccine policy, rare disease funding, biosimilars, and more. Having grown up in Tokyo, one of the largest cities in the world, Miyana looks for opportunities to escape the city and surround herself in nature. In recent years, she has enjoyed horseback riding in Mongolia, trekking in Alaska, and roaming the beaches of the Philippines. She speaks English, Japanese, and Spanish fluently. 

Tetsuro is originally from Hamamatsu, a city south of Tokyo that is famous both for the easy-going nature of its people and its cutting-edge industrial innovation. He joined the Junicon Japan team in January 2014. Prior to joining Junicon he worked as researcher at a marketing research company based in Tokyo where he was part of a team dedicated to Human Centered Design. While there he conducted numerous studies to explore and examine how consumers use and interact with electronic devices such smartphones, PCs, TVs, cameras, and more. 

Tetsuro is passionate about informed product design - especially when it comes to medical devices - and he has spent the passed year becoming intimately familiar with interventional cardiology devices, surgical devices, diagnostic imaging devices, and more. During his free time you might find him enjoying his love for musical devices though - particularly his electric guitar - or discussing topics related to overseas aid and development with friends. He is fluent in Japanese and English. 

Yingzi is originally from Zhengzhou, an emerging megalopolis in China located between Beijing and Shanghai, but she spent part of her undergraduate studies in Nagoya, Japan and completed a graduate degree in Advanced Science & Biotech Engineering in Osaka, Japan. Yingzi has a passion for regenerative medicine and cellular therapy topics. As a graduate student her research focused on evaluating the quality of transplant materials used in regenerative medicine therapies.

Prior to joining Junicon Japan in June 2014 she worked as biomedical sales representative with the regenerative medicine / cell processing division of a well-known healthcare device company in Japan. Since joining Junicon she has coordinated and supported with studies in both Japan and China related to regenerative and cellular therapies, pharmaceuticals, and devices. Yingzi's interest in healthcare also includes health economics and she will be formally supporting one of the top health economists in Japan with research beginning in April 2015. She is fluent in English, Japanese, and Chinese.