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22 December 2016
On 15 and 22, December, 2016, MPH students made final oral presentations about their research for graduation. Faculty members in Department of Hygiene and Public Health, Teikyo School of Medicine participated in this session. The researches have been conducted in various fields, including hospitals, companies, remote islands in Japan, and developing countries.
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14 December 2016
As a part of practical training course in community health, MPH students and Assoc Prof Kayako Sakisaka were involved in the surveys in temporary houses in Rikuzentakata, and the findings were reported in Tokai Shimpo.
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9 December 2016
We updated our publication list.
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9 December 2016
On 3 December 2016, we held campus visit with an admission presentation for prospective students.
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5 December 2016
A special issue on low birthrate: women in the workforce from Industrial Health, edited by Associate Professor Kyoko Nomura was published. Associate Professor Mariko Inoue, Assistant Professor Keisuke Kuwahara, and MPH almunus, Dr Tsutomu Shida published a paper respectively on this issue.
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27 November 2016
We updated a page on Teikyo-Harvard Program.
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24 November 2016
Today, Teikyo SPH gave a special seminar on consulting for information system at hospitals. The guest speaker was President Kobayashi Takanori from Medical Agency, Inc.
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17 November 2016
Dr Kuratani (Anesthesiologist), graduate student in MPH course, published a textbook on anesthesia in pediatrics. The detail is here (in Japanese).
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17 November 2016
Dr Takenoshita (Surgeon), who graduated from Teikyo University Graduate School of Public Health this year, published a paper with Assoc Prof Kyoko Nomura, on the relationship between having a mentor or a doctoral degree and ability to publish papers.

The paper is available from this page.

Takenoshita S, Nomura K, Ohde S, Deshpande GA, Sakamoto H, Yoshida H, Urayama K, Bito S, Ishida Y, Shimbo T, Matsui K, Fukui T, Takahashi O.
Having a Mentor or a Doctoral Degree Is Helpful for Mid-Career Physicians to Publish Papers in Peer-Reviewed Journals.
Tohoku J Exp Med. 2016;239(4):325-331.

　
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17 November 2016
It's time for MPH students at Teikyo SPH to give final presentation about their research for graduation according to subgroups.
　
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9 November 2016
Today, DrPH student gave a presentation on their research as "Doctor's seminar".
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8 November 2016
Ms Watanabe, MPH student, published a research paper with Dean & Prof Kazue Yamaoka and Assoc Prof Asuka Nemoto (lecturer) on the effect of school-based home-collaborative lifestyle education on subjective psychosomatic symptoms in adolescents in PLOS ONE.

The detail is here.
Watanabe J, Watanabe M, Yamaoka K, Adachi M, Nemoto A, Tango T.
Effect of School-Based Home-Collaborative Lifestyle Education on Reducing Subjective Psychosomatic Symptoms in Adolescents: A Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial.
PLOS ONE. 11(10):e0165285, 2016 (Oct).

　
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8 November 2016
On 22 Oct 2016, Ms Kitashima, MPH student, gave a presentation about her research with Prof Mutsuhiro Nakao at the 5th annual meeting of the Japanese Positive Health Psychology Society in Kyoto.
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4 November 2016
27 October, 2016, Teikyo University Graduate School of Public Health held a symposium on education and dissemination of School of Public Health in Japan with other Professional Schools of Public Health in Japan (Kyoto University, Kyushu University, The University of Tokyo), at the 75th annual meeting of Japanese Society of Public Health. The details are here (in Japanese).

　
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3 November 2016
18-20 October, 2016, Professor Eiji Yano and Professor Kunio Hara in Environmental and Occupational Health were invited to an international symposium held by Ministry of Health in Indonesia, and they delivered lectures on volcano and tourism and air pollution.
The details are here (in Japanese).

　
Also the two professors have been engaged in international collaboration on air pollution research with universities in Indonesia, Thailand, and China.
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1 November 2016
Today, Dr Kenzo Takahashi's comments on placing infants on their stomach for sleep were published in The Sankei Shimbun on the Web.
The article is here (in Japanese).
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25 October 2016
Teikyo SPH Newsletter Volume 3 (in Japanese) is now available on the web.

Special issue of this letter focuses on International Conference of the 50th Anniversary of Teikyo University and The 48th APACPH held in September, 2016 at Itabashi Campus.
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25 October 2016
Admission application 2017 on graduate program for occupational health professionals is now available from this page (in Japanese only).

This program was initiated in 2014, as one of the programs to provide working people an opportunity for receiving advanced education to improve career, with official supports from Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan in 2014-2016.

Campus visit for this program will be held from 14:00 on 3 December 2016 at Teikyo University Itabashi Campus (only in Japanese).

　　
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24 October 2016
22 October 2016, Dr Kenzo Takahashi's comments on placing infants on their stomach for sleep were published in The Sankei Shimbun.
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18 October 2016
On 3 December 2016, from 9:30 in the morning, campus visit with an admission presentation will be held at Itabashi Campus for prospective students. All the sessions will be done in Japanese.
After the sessions, we will have a get-together at lunch time for prospective students with graduate students, alumni, and SPH staffs.
Please apply from here (in Japanese only).

【Date】Saturday, 3 December, 2016 09:30-12:30 [Start accepting　09:00-]
【Venue】Teikyo University Itabashi Campus, Main (University) Building, 5th floor, room 504
　　　　[Access]　[Campus map]

For prospective students, there will be opportunities for "Sitting in a class", and "Talk with professors in person" to know Teikyo SPH in more details.
Please apply from here (in Japanese only.

Announcement for the campus visit in December 2016 (in Japanese)：
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18 October 2016
Admission application for Harvard Special Session 2017 is now available. The closing date of application varies by course.
For more details, download 2017 Guidelines for Applicants and course syllabi here.

From January 2017, regarding participation type, in addition to "credits" and "audit", a new style (One day participation: Fee \5,000.) will start.

　
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10 October 2016
10 October 2016, Dr Mariko Inoue's comments on health disparities in precarious employment were published in The Mainichi Newspapers. Click here (in Japanese).
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3 October 2016
16 September 2016, Peking University School of Public Health and Teikyo Univeristy Graduate School of Public Health have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to explore joint programs for advanced education and academic researches.
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3 October 2016
Teikyo SPH made a presentation about our education and research activities in Global Festa Japan 2016, a largest event on international cooperation in Japan.

The detail is here (in Japanese).
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3 October 2016
At the 48th Asia-Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health Conference, Dr Youhwi Song (occupational physician), DrPH student, and Mr Shishikura, who graduate from Teikyo SPH this year, won the Young Poster Award, respectively.
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29 September 2016
On 1 and 2 October 2016, Teikyo University Graduate School of Public Health will make a presentation about our education and research activities in Global Festa Japan 2016, a largest event on international cooperation in Japan. Please come to the event freely.

Date: Saturday and Sunday, 1 & 2 October 2016, 10:00-17:00
Venue: Symbol Promenade Park 1 & 2-chome, Daiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo [access]
Fee: No charge

Details are here [Japanese]
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24 September 2016
Syllabus for Environmental / Occupational Health (16-19 Jan, 2017) in Harvard special session is now available.

Application documents will be available after confirmation.
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20 September 2016
MPH and DrPH students and alumni of Teikyo SPH made presentations at the 48th APACPH in the wide array of fields, including global health, maternal and child health, school health, community health, occupational health, pharmacoepidemiology, infection epidemiology, social epidemiology, and clinical epidemiology.
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20 September 2016
The 48th APACPH and International Conference of the 50th Anniversary of Teikyo University have successfully closed on 19 Septermber, 2016.
We greatly thank all participants and staffs for your support and cooperation.
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16 September 2016
The 48th APACPH and International Conference of the 50th Anniversary of Teikyo University have opened.
Time table from Sep 16 to Sep 19 is here.
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13 September 2016
Syllabus for Epidemiology (31 Jan - 3 Feb, 2017) in Harvard special session is now available.
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9 September 2016
Findings on suicidal thoughts among Japanese from the large-scale survey in which Assoc Prof Kayako Sakisaka has been involved, were reported in various kinds of media.
The details of the survey is available from this page (in Japanese) by The Nippon Foundation.
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25 August 2016
Publication list has been updated.
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21 August 2016
Syllabi for Behavioral Science / Social Epidemiology (7-10 Jan, 2017) and Health Policy Management in Harvard special session (21-24 Jan, 2017) are now available.
Syllabus for other courses will be available after confirmation.

Syllabus for Behavioral Science / Social Epidemiology

Syllabus for Health Policy Management
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19 August 2016
Syllabus for Biostatistics (12-15 Jan, 2017) in Harvard special session is now available from here.
Syllabus for other courses will be available after confirmation.
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18 August 2016
In January to February, 2017, Harvard Special Session will be held at Teikyo University. We hope a lot of people from many countries will participate in the session.
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16 August 2016
On Thursday-Friday, 15-16 September, 2016, 4 pre-conference workshops for APACPH 2016 will be held at Teikyo University Itabashi Campus.
The topics cover (1) how to publish a paper, (2) dietary guidelines, (3) interpretation of statistical findings, and (4) global health.

You can apply to the workshops from the following URL.
http://www2.convention.co.jp/apacph2016/workshop.html
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18 June 2016　
Regarding information on the degree program at Teikyo University Graduate School of Public Health,
please check the following materials.

[English]
Master of Public Health (MPH)
Brief Guide (Sep-2015)
Leaflet