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Student activity
16 November 2017
Ms Shoko Matsumoto, a doctral student for DrPH program, published a paper on social support and depression among HIV-infected patients in Vietnam.

Matsumoto S, Yamaoka K, Takahashi K, Tanuma J, Mizushima D, Do CD, Nguyen DT, Nguyen HDT, Nguyen KV, Oka S.
Social Support as a Key Protective Factor against Depression in HIV-Infected Patients: Report from large HIV clinics in Hanoi, Vietnam.
Scientific Reports. 7: 15489, 2017 [More Information]
Student activity
6 November 2017
At the annual conference of Japanese Society of Public Health (Kagoshima, 31 Oct to 2 Nov 2017), MPH student, Ms Yu presented about problem in information on safety for foreign tourists at volcano. She was exempted from abstract fee. Also DrPH students, Ms Rie Funayama presented about fat-soluble vitamin deficiency among infants and Ms Masako Suzuki presented about factors associated with sick leave due to mental illness among teachers in public schools.

Presentation in front of poster

Photo at the venue entrance

View from Kagoshima (Sakura-jima)
News
6 November 2017
On 15 Septermber, 2017, The Advancing Women in Public Health & Medicine Symposium was held at Harvard University, sponsored by the Teikyo-Harvard Program.
After Keynote Address by Dr Hiroko Okinaga, Vice-president of Teikyo University, Dr Mariko Inoue (Associate Professor at Teikyo University Graduate School of Public Health) gave a talk on role of public health for women's social participation. Dr Kyoko Nomura (Adjunct Professor at Teikyo SPH and Professor at Akita Univeristy) reported about current situation for female phsicians in Japan. Details are here (in Japanese).

At the venue before opening

Welcome & Opening Remarks by Professor Ichiro Kawachi (Harvard University)

Introduction of Teikyo-Harvard Program by Dr Yoshihito Okinaga, President of Teikyo University

Management of the sympsium by graduate students

Keynote address by Dr Hiroko Okinaga, vice president of Teikyo University

Talk by Dr Mariko Inoue, Associate Professor at Teikyo University Graduate School of Public Health

Talk by Dr Kyoko Nomura, Adjunct Professor at Teikyo SPH and Professor at Akita University

More than 200 people joined in the symposium

After key talks

After the symposium

Tour at Harvard Medical School

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

At the party after the symposium
Harvard Special Session
27 October 2017
Application guide for Harvard Special Session is now available: PDF. If application form is needed, please contact to Office of Graduate School at Teikyo University.
Harvard Special Session
6 October 2017
Course syllabi for all courses of Harvard Special Session 2018 are now open. Please download from here.

Please kindly wait for application forms for English users. Thank you for your understanding and patience.
Harvard Special Session
27 October 2017
Application guide for Harvard Special Session is now available: PDF. If application form is needed, please contact to Office of Graduate School at Teikyo University.
Harvard Special Session
6 October 2017
Course syllabi for all courses of Harvard Special Session 2018 are now open. Please download from here.

Please kindly wait for application forms for English users. Thank you for your understanding and patience.
News
2 October 2017
On 28 September 2017, as a part of faculty development, Teikyo SPH invited Dr Chang-Chuan Chan (Dean and Professor at College of Public Health, National Taiwan University) and Dr Chan gave a special talk on public health education in National Taiwan University and process of accreditation by Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH) in US.
News
16 September 2017
16 September 2017, 17:00-18:00, Teikyo SPH held a career seminar with Dr Yoichiro Homma, MD, MPH, PhD (Seirei Hamamatsu General Hospital, President of Teikyo SPH alumni association) as a guest speaker. The main topic was effect of getting MPH degree on medical practice in Japan. Dr Homma talked about his current activity including public relations using YouTube and workshops on EBM at hospital with emphasizing the importance of organizational management.
News
5 September 2017
Wednesday 17:00-18:30, 13 September 2017, Teikyo SPH will hold a career seminar on global occupational health in International Labour Organization by an invited speaker, Dr Tsuyoshi Kawakami (ILO) at Room 105, 1F, Main campus building, Itabashi Campus.
News
30 August 2017
Teikyo International Summer School 2017 has closed with great success.
21-26 August, 2017, 6-days lecture on Universal Health Coverage was held by Associate Professor Mariko Inoue as a part of Teikyo International Summer School 2017.
Participants from Southeast Asia and East asia together with students at Teikyo SPH and School of Medicine enjoyed discussions and group works on healthcare services using medical systems in Japan as an example. Participants also visited Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare; Public Health Centers, hospital, and special nursing home as practical training of this course.
Associate Professor Kenzo Takahashi (Teikyo SPH), Professor Munehito Machida (Kanazawa University), and Professor Kenji Shibuya (The University of Tokyo) gave lectures on the related issues.
We greatly thank all participants of this International Summer School again.

Scenes from Universal Health Coverage
News
30 August 2017
Dr Akihiko Ozaki, a student at the Doctral Degree program on Public Health published a paper on activities of Dr Hideo Takano, a former president of Takano Hospital.
Dr Ozaki has engaged in social activities to support the management of Takano Hospital after sudden death of Dr Hideo Takano. This time, he briefly summarized the activities of Dr Takano for community medicine before and after disasters in Fukushima.

Some local newspapers picked up the article: Fukushima Minpo, Fukushima Minyu (in Japanese).

Ozaki A. Dr Hideo Takano: Loss of the sole physician who continued practice in the disaster area of Futaba District, Fukushima Prefecture.
Remote and Rural Health. 17:4403, 2017. [More information]
News
15 August 2017
From Saturday, 12 August 2017 to Tuesday, 15 August 2017, 4-days lecture on healthcare management was held with Professor Yoshinori Nakata as a part of Teikyo International Summer School 2017.
Participants including Teikyo SPH students and participants from East Asia and Southeast Asia participated in classes actively and enjoyed discussions through group works using English.
From Monday, 21 August 2017, next course on universal health coverage will be held by Associate Professor Mariko Inoue as the last part of Teikyo International Summer School this year.

Selected photos from Teikyo International Summer School 2017
News
28 July 2017
Thursday, 27 July, 2017, MPH students gave presentations on their research. The topics varied largely, covering disaster health, infectious disease, environmental health in developing countries, foreigners' health in Japan, work and cancer, health literacy in female workers, blood pressure control, diabetes prediction, emergency medicine, anesthesia, and so on.
News
28 July 2017
Saturday, 22 July 2017, entrance guidance for non-degree program on occupational health for occupational health professionals was held.
News
7 July 2017
A comment on health status of workers at precarious employment by Associate Professor Mariko Inoue was picked up in today's Mainichi Shimbun (in Japanese)
News
7 July 2017
Akihiko Ozaki, MD, a student in doctral degree program on public health published a paper on breast cancer patient delay in Fukushima, Japan after the 2011 triple disasters.
The findings have been picked up by many newspapers including Mainichi Shimbun (in Japanese).

Ozaki A, Nomura S, Leppold C, Tsubokura M, Tanimoto T, Yokota T, Saji S, Sawano T, Tsukada M, Morita T, Ochi S, Kato S, Kami M, Nemoto T, Kanazawa Y, Ohira H.
Breast cancer patient delay in Fukushima, Japan following the 2011 triple disaster: a long-term retrospective study.
BMC Cancer. 2017; 17(1): 423. [More information]
News
14 June 2017
Yasuko Aso, DrPH, who graduataed Teikyo SPH this March, published a research protocol paper on workshop for decluttering and organising program.
This is a part of her research project during doctoral degree program on public health at Teikyo University.

Aso Y, Yamaoka K, Nemoto A, Naganuma Y, Saito M.
Effectiveness of a 'Workshop on Decluttering and Organising' programme for teens and middle-aged adults with difficulty decluttering: a study protocol of an open-label, randomised, parallel-group, superiority trial in Japan.
BMJ Open. 2017; 7(6): e014687. [More information]
News
6 June 2017
New link to website for Teikyo Center for Occupational and Environmental Health (in Japanese) was added at Link page.
News
27 May 2017
Application form and guidelines for application for Teikyo International Summer School 2017 are available. These documents are active for students from affiliated universities with Teikyo University. Of course, we are very glad to welcome teachres from these schools as participants.
Syllabi of the two courses are: here.

（Guidelines for Applicants from affiliated universities [8 pages]: Click to Open)

（Application form to audit from affiliated universities: Click to Open）
News
20 May 2017
Professor Mutsuhiro Nakao (Behavioral Science, Health Education) appeared on TV about anger management.
http://www.nhk.or.jp/beautyscience-blog/

・NHK BSプレミアム. 美と若さの新常識：カラダのヒミツ.
「怒りは美の大敵！イライラ解消術」
Air Date: 18 May 2017, 21:00-22:00.
* Re-air date: 24 May 2017, 18:00-19:00
News
19 May 2017
The 7th Harvard Special Session will be held at Teikyo University, Tokyo, in January 2018.

Time schedule of the 7th Harvard Special Session

Jan 6 (sat) to 9 (tue), 2018
Behavioral Science / Social Epidemiology:
Professor Ichiro Kawachi (Harvard University)

Jan 10 (wed) to 13 (sat), 2018
Biostatistics:
Professor Garrett Fitzmaurice (Harvard University)

Jan 15 (mon) to 18 (thu), 2018
Epidemiology:
Professor Murray Mittleman (Harvard University)

Jan 20 (sat) to 23 (tue), 2018
Health Policy and Management:
Professor Alastair Gray (University of Oxford)

Jan 25 (thu) to 28 (sun), 2018
Environmental / Occupational Health:
Associate Professor Rose Goldman (Harvard University)
News
Akihiko OZAKI (surgeon), a student of Dorctor of Public Health Degree Program published one letter and one paper.

Akihiko Ozaki, Claire Leppold, Toyoaki Sawano, Masaharu Tsubokura, Manabu Tsukada, Tetsuya Tanimoto, Masahiro Kami, Hiromichi Ohira.
Social isolation and cancer management: a case report of advanced rectal cancer with patient delay following the 2011 triple disaster in Fukushima, Japan
Journal of Medical Case Reports. 2017;11:138.
More information

Akihiko Ozaki, Angeli Guadalupe, Arra Saquido, Diana Gepte, Asaka Higuchi, Tomohiro Morita, Tetsuya Tanimoto
Family planning as a possible measure to alleviate poverty in the Philippines － beyond sociocultural norms and pervasive opposition
International Journal of Health Policy and Management, in press.
More information
News
15 May 2017
Poster presentation by Hiroko Saitoh, a student of Doctor of Public Health Degree Program was selected as excellent presentation at 90th Japanese Association for Occupational Hygiene. This presentation is a part of her research during Master of Public Health Program at Teikyo University. [List of award winners (in Japanese)]

Saitoh H, Nakao M.
言わないと始まらない職場での母性健康管理―職場への早期妊娠報告の要因を探る―.
The 90th Japan Society for Occupational Health, Tokyo, 13 May, 2017.
News
4 May 2017
Application form for Teikyo International Summer School will be available soon. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
News
2 May 2017
On 25-27, April 2017, Ms Kayako Chishima, a graduate student in MPH program gave a presentation at the World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine (WADEM) Congress 2017 in Tronto, Canada.
News
1 May 2017
Announcement of campus visit and class attendance for non-degree program on Occupational Health

Teikyo Center for Environmental and Occupational Health (T-COEH) will host prospective students for non-degree program on occupational health in July and Semptember, 2017.
Campus visit and class attendance will be held on 22 July and 6 Septermber 2017 for this program.
*Main language of this program is Japanese (except for Harvard Special Session: English).

Saturday, 22 July, 2017　
9:00～12:15　Class attendance
Theme：Role of nursing staff in occupational health: Buidlindg system and management at company level.
Lecturer: Dr Keiko Kohno (Visiting Professor of Teikyo University Graduate School of Public Health, President of Japan Academy of Occupational Health Nursing, Emeritus President of Yokkaichi Nursing and Medical Care University)
12:20～13:00 Guidance for the program

Wednesday, 6 Septermber 2017
9:00～12:15　Class attendance
Theme: Japanese style occupational health (occupational hygiene), How to use exposure estimation model
Lecturer: Dr Kunio Hara (Professsor of Teikyo University Graduate School of Public Health)
12:20～13:00 Guidance for the program

Flyer
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Venue: Teikyo University Itabashi Campus

Application: Contact with the following Email (*Acceptable language: Japanese).
Teikyo Center for Environmental and Occupational Health
oh-pro@med.teikyo-u.ac.jp
News
24 April 2017
MPH alumna, Ms Junko Watanabe published a paper on the association of exercise frequency with intakes of individual nutrient or energy among junior high school students in Japan.

Watanabe J, Matanabe M, Yamaoka K, Adachi M, Nemoto A, Tango T.

Association between dietary intakes and exercise habits among middle school students: a cross-sectional survey in Kumamoto, Japan.
Japanese Journal of School Health. 59(1):19-27, 2017.
News
21 April 2017
Teikyo SPH will host prospective students on 1 July 2017 (sat) at Itabashi Campus.

Application form:Click here (in Japanese).

Date: July 1, 2017 (Sat), 9:30-12:30 [Reception starts 9:00]
Place:Classroom 504, 5nd floor of Main building, Teikyo University Itabashi Campus
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To known Teikyo SPH, prospective students can attend a class and have a talk with SPH staffs in person. Application: Click here (in Japanese)
Annoucement for Campus Visit in July 2017 (in Japanese)

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News
11 April 2017
Dr Kenzo Takahashi's comment on measles was picked up by The Sankei Shimbun (newspaper) this morning. The news is available from here (in Japanese).
News
5 April 2017
Today, orientation was held for SPH students at Itabashi Campus.
As a special event for this orientation, Professor Simon Hackett (Principal of St. Mary's College, Durham University, UK) talked about current situation and countermeasures for child abuse in UK. After the lecture, SPH students enjoyed small group-work session using the cases of child abuse in Japan.

Dr Mariko Inoue, introducing Teikyo SPH staff

Seminar by Professor Simon Hackett (Durham University, UK)

View from Itabashi Campus
News
1 April 2017
On 5 April, 2017, orientation will be held for SPH students at Itabashi Campus to help students make a smooth transition into university life. On that day, special seminar on child abuse will be also held by Professor Simon Hackett (Durham University, UK).
News
27 March 2017
In August 2017, Teikyo International Summer School, new special sessions, will be held at Itabashi Campus, Teikyo University. We welcome and look forward to having participants from various countries!

1) Healthcare Management - Organizational Behavior in Public Health
2017.8.12(sat)-15(tue)
Yoshinori Nakata, MD, MBA, PhD, CPE, FAAPLO, Professor in Health Policy and Management, Teikyo University Graduate School of Public Health

2) Universal Health Coverage and Aging Population
2017.8.21(mon)-26(sun)
Mariko Inoue, MPH, PhD, Associate Professor in Social Epidemiology / Global Health, Teikyo University Graduate School of Public Health

More information is availablle from here.

- Flyer
News
21 March 2017
Today, 2017 graduation ceremony for Doctor of Public Health and Master of Public Health courses was held. This year, Teikyo SPH has the first graduate who completed the DrPH program. The ceremony for occupational health program supported by Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in Japan, followed the main celebration.
News
28 February 2017
Rie Funayama, DrPH student, dietitian, won the JEFF Scholarship. This scholarship is given to the healthcare professionals who would like to learn clinical nutrition at graduate school and so on. The detail is here (in Japanese).
News
23 February 2017
Today, Teikyo SPH invited Dr Satoshi Abe (Member of Chiba City Council, dentist) for SPH students and held a special seminar on political process in the local government of Japan.
News
14 February 2017
The 6th Harvard Special Session is picked up by the website of Teikyo University. The news is available from here (in Japanese).
News
11 February 2017
Publication list has been updated (Year 2016, 2017).
News
9 February 2017
On 9 February 2017, MPH students gave presentations about their experiences during practical training courses and internship in the fields of disaster-affected area, hospice care at home, geriatric, remote island, or developing country.
News
4 February 2017
The 6th Harvard Special Session, held at Teikyo University, has successfully closed.
We greatly thank all participants from various countries, invited professors from Harvard University and University of Oxford, and staffs.
We are planning to hold 7th Harvard Special Session 2018. See you at the next Harvard Special Session in Japan!
News
1 February 2017
During 31 January to 3 February, 2017, Professor Murray A. Mittleman (Harvard University) gives 4-days lecture on epidemiology at Teikyo University Kasumigaseki Campus as the last course of 6th Harvard Special Session 2017.
News
24 January 2017
Prof Eiji Yano, MPH and DrPH students attended a meeting on the volcano in Hakone and presented the results from the survey on volcano and health in Owakudani, Hakone.
News
22 January 2017
During 21 to 24 Jan, 2017, Professor Alastair Gray (University of Oxford) gives 4-days lecture on Health Economics as a part of 6th Harvard Special Session 2017.
News
19 January 2017
On the third day of each course for Harvard Special Sesssion 2017, we held networking event for students from schools affiliated with Teikyo University and Teikyo SPH's students. Teikyo SPH students have played active roles as moderator nicely.
News
17 January 2017
During 16 to 19 Jan, 2017, Associate Professor Rose Goldman (Harvard University) gives lecture on Environmental/Occupational Health as a part of Harvard Special Session in 2017.
News
12 January 2017
During 12 to 15 Jan, 2017, Professor Garrett Fitzmaurice (Harvard University) gives intensive lecture on longitudinal data analysis as a part of Harvard Special Session in 2017.
News
7 January 2017
From today, Harvard Special Session 2017, intensive courses covering five core areas of public helth, began at Teikyo University. First distinguished lecturer is Professor Ichiro Kawachi (Harvard University) for Behavioral Science / Social Epidemiology.