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Cincinnati Children’s Scientist Takanori Takebe Named to TIME100 Health List

Friday, February 13, 2026

Takanori Takebe, MD, PhD, a research innovator with dual appointments at Cincinnati Children’s and in Japan, has been named to the 2026 TIME100 Health list of influential leaders in their fields. 

The honor recognizes a wide range of innovators, leaders, pioneers, and catalysts who have pushed ahead new ideas to build healthier populations around the world. Takebe is the first scientist from

Cincinnati Children’s to be selected to the TIME100 Health list.

The full list and related tributes are posted online now. The stories also will appear in the Feb. 23, 2026, issue, available on newsstands beginning Feb. 13. 

Read more at our Research Horizons science blog.