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MPH program
24 December 2018
On Thursday, 13 December 2018, MPH students made final oral presentations about their research for graduation at Itabashi Campus. Their researches have been performed in various regions covering not only Japan but overseas (East Africa, Southwestern Asia, Southeast Asia, and South Asia) in the various fields (hospitals, communities, workplaces, and schools).
Career seminar
24 December 2018
Teikyo SPH will hold the 7th career seminar on 27 January, 2019. Dr Fukusumi will talk about career progression in the field of infectious epidemiology.

Title　Field Epidemiology Training Program in Japan
Date　Sunday, 27 January, 2019, 12:40 - 13:40
Venue　Main University Building, 5th floor, Room 504
Lecturer　Munehisa Fukusumi (Intelligence and policy planning devision [Division 1], Infectious Disease Surveillance Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases)
Alumni's activity
24 December 2018
Ms Yuki Naganuma (Nurse), who completed MPH program in March 2016, published a paper on social cohesion and care burden of family healthcare provides with Professors Kenzo Takahashi and Kazue Yamaoka. This paper is a part of her research project during MPH program.
The paper is here.

Naganuma Y, Kihara S, Fujita Y, Yamaoka K, Takahashi K.
The relation between social cohesion and the care burden of family healthcare providers.
Bioscience Trends. 12(5): 520-522, 2018 (Nov) [More information]
News
24 December 2018
A news release by SAS Institute, a leading company in data analysis, announced that a new certificate program for Biostatistics was launched in collaborations with SAS and Teikyo University.

The prese release is as below (in Japanese):
https://www.sas.com/ja_jp/news/press-releases/2018/november/2018-11-20-practical-data-science-skill-certification-programs.html
Publication
24 December 2018
Publication list has been updated
Alumni's activity
24 December 2018
Dr Yasutaka Konishi (Anesthesiologist), who completed DrPH program this spring, published a paper on preoperative risk factors of postoperative self-extubation. This paper is a part of his research project during DrPH program.

Konishi Y, Nakata Y, Nemoto A, Ushijima M, Matsuura M.
The preoperative risk factors of postoperative self-extubation in elderly patients.
International Journal of Risk & Safety in Medicine. 30(1): 9-18, 2019 [More information]
Current students' activity
24 December 2018
On 18 October 2018, Ms Mizuki Hayashi (nurse), a student in MPH program gave a oral presentation on activities to improve nutrition in Madagascar at the seminar on Society, diet, and health in Madagascar held in JICA. This presetation is based on her activities as a member of Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers (JOCV) in Madagascar.

→about the seminar (in Japanese)
Current students' activity
24 December 2018
On 17 October 2018, Mr Takuya Yamada (physical therapist), a student in MPH program, gave a presentation on Colombian suffered from armed conflicts with Associate professor Kayako Sakisaka and Professor Kazue Yamaoka at the 14th Asia Pacific Conference on Disaster Medicine held in Kobe, Japan. This presentation is a part of his work as a professional in Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).

Yamada T, Rodriguez BL, Yamaoka K, Sakisaka K．
Socio-economic status and isolation of persons with disability affected by armed Conflicts living in Granada and El Carmen de Chucuri, Republic of Columbia．
14th Asia Pacific Conference on Disaster Medicine (APCDM)，16-18 October，2018，Kobe (Japan).
Occupational Health program
24 December 2018
On 21 November 2018, evening seminar on healthcare management after health examinations was held as a part of occupational health program.
Research meeting
24 December 2018
On 17 Novermber 2018, the 2nd research meeting for community health was held at Itabashi Campus.
News
29 Oct 2018
Prof & Dean Yoshiharu Fukuda's comment on behavioral economics appears in an article of Nikkei Digital Health. The article is here (in Japanese).
Activity of current student and alumni
28 October 2018
Drs Soichiro Obara and Mayuko Wakimoto, both are anesthesiologists and graduated MPH program this March, received awards for excellence and gave presentations at the 24th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Pediatric Anesthesiology. They presented a part of their research activities during MPH program.

Left, Dr Wakimoto; Center, Dr Kuratani (completed MPH program in 2016); Right, Dr Obara
Harvard Special Session 2019
28 October 2018
Webpages for Harvard Special Session 2019 have been updated. Please visit this page
Program for Occupational Health
28 October 2018
Our program for occupational health professionals has been introduced in a journal for Occupational Safety and Health. The details are here (in Japanese) .
Career seminar
28 October 2018
On Wednesday, October 24, Ms Yu Shibui (UNICEF) gave a talk about working at international organization at the 6th career seminar.

Title　Working at an international organization
Date　October 24 (Wed) 12:15 - 13:00
Venue　Main University Building, 5th floor, Room 504
Speaker　Yu Shibui (UNICEF)

A snapshot during the session
Current students' activity
28 October 2018
Dr Soichiro Obara (Anesthesiologist), a student at Doctor of Public Health program gave a talk on WHO Safe Surgery Checklist and Prevention of infection by Clean Cut program at the 1st International Pediatric Conference on Anesthesia, Sedation, Emergency Medicine and Critical Care in Mongl.

Obara S. Current Safety Standards: WHO Safe Surgery Checklist & "Clean Cut" program.
1st International Pediatric Conference on Anesthesia, Sedation, Emergency Medicine and Critical Care, 10-12 Oct, 2018, Ulanbaatar (Mongolia)
SPH alumni's activity
28 October 2018
Ms Junko Sakurai, an MPH alumni in 2016 published a paper with Associate Professor Mariko Inoue in Japanese Journal of Public Health.
This paper is a part of her research project at MPH program and her activities as a community nurse.

Sakurai J, Inoue M.
Background factors contributing to over-consumption of alcohol and risk of lifestyle related diseases among middle-aged women on an isolated island.
Japanese Journal of Public Health. 65(9): 525-533, 2018 (Sep) [More information]
SPH alumni's activity
5 October 2018
Ms Mariko Sakurai, who completed MPH program this spring has dedicated to the support for contined working and treatment in the workplace and a company which she belongs to received a high reputation for the implementation of support for treatment and continued working for workers with cancer.
Careers seminar
28 October 2018
Friday, 5 October, 2018, Mr Ryuichi Izumi (International Development Journal) gave a talk on consultant for international development at the 3rd Careers seminar.
Career seminar
28 October 2018
On Wednesday, 10 October, 2018, the 4th career seminar was held at Itabashi Campus.

Title　Policy and implementation on health communication: information services for cancer control
Date　October 10 (Wed) 10:45 - 12:45
Venue　Main University Building, 5th floor, Room 504
Lecturer　Dr Masayo Hayakawa (Section head, Division of Cancer Information Service, Center for Cancer Control and Information Servicves, National Cancer Center)
Homecoming day 2018
28 October 2018
On Saturday, 20 October, 2018, The 1st Homecoming day for Teikyo University Graduate School of Public Health was held at Itabashi Campus.
Study group
28 October 2018
On Sunday, 23 September 2018, the 1st study group for community health was held at Itabashi Campus. Three alumni of MPH program talked about their experiences on community health in Japan.
A snapshot during the meeting:
Career seminar
28 October 2018
On Thursday, 15 November 2018, a president of Dr.'s Prime will give a talk on founding a company at the 6th career seminar.
Title： Why now do physicians need to start a buisiness?
Date：November 15 (Thu) 17:00-18:00
Venue：Itabashi Campus, Main University Building, 1st floor, Room 103
Lecturer：Dr Masashige Den (Dr.'s Prime)
Activity of faculty member
28 October 2018
Prof Hirono Ishikawa has published a series of articles on difficulties in communicating with patients and its solutions for residents. The sereis are here (in Japanese)
Activity of current students at SPH
28 October 2018
Ms Masako Suzuki, a student at the Doctor of Public Health program published a paper on work style reform and health for school teachers
The paper can be found: here (in Japanese).

Suzuki M. Teachers' health and labor reform.
Japanese Journal of Health Education and Promotion. 26(3): 298-304, 2018 [More information].
Career seminar
28 October 2018
On Tuesday, 18 September, the 2nd career seminar was held at Itabashi Campus.

Title　Cross-cultural exchange and multidisciplinary research projects: career progression overseas
Date　September 18 (Tue) 16:35 - 17:35
Place　Main University Building 5th floor, Room 504
Lecturer　Dr Hideyasu Shimadzu (Loughborough University, UK)
Member
1 October 2018
Member page has been updated.
Member
6 September 2018
Dr Mio Kato has started to work at Teikyo SPH as an assistant professor from The University of Tokyo.
News
5 September 2018
Saturday and Sunday, 29-30 September 2018, Teikyo SPH will make a presentation at the Global Festa Japan 2018 in Odaiba, Tokyo.

This is the largest event in Japan for international cooperation. This festa is co-organized by Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan (MOFA), Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), and Japan NGO Center for International Cooperation (JANIC). Last year, over 120,000 people joined in the event.
Details of the festa is this page.

Date
Saturday, 29 and Sunday, 30 September, 2018
10:00-17:00 each day
Venue
ODAIBA Center Promenade（Symbol Promenade Park）
1-2, Aomi, Koto-ku, Tokyo
Admission fee
Free
SPH alumni activity
4 September 2018
MPH alumni, Dr Shinichi Wada (Rehabilitation physician) published a research paper based on the findings from his MPH research project.

Wada S, Hasegawa M. Autonomy related to long-term recovery of community dwelling patients with disabilities after stroke or brain injury: A qualitative study.
Japanese Journal of Human Services. 7: 71-78, 2018 [More information].
Workshop
4 September 2018
A workship on academic writing will be held on Thursday, 27 September, 2018, at Itabashi Campus. This open-to-public program is co-organized by Teikyo School of Public Health and Japan Young Epidemiologists Network.
News
4 September 2018
Teikyo SPH signed a comprehensive partnership agreement with Medical Principle Co., Ltd. for education, development of human resources, and career suppport in public health. Details are here (in Japanese).
SPH almuni activity
4 September 2018
Drs Soichiro Obara and Mayuko Wakimoto, both are anesthesiologists and graduated MPH program this March, will receive awards for excellence at the 24th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Pediatric Anesthesiology. Their research activities during MPH program were given high marks. Details are this page (in Japanese).
Publication
15 August 2018
Publication list has been updated.
Faculty member's activity
15 August 2018
Two papers have been published as the product of Japanese Occupational Health Research Network, which is aimed to support early career occupational professionals to write an academic paper. Dr Kuwahara supported Dr Tomohiro Ishimaru to write the two papers.

Ishimaru T, Miyauchi K, Kuwahara K, Hattori M, Nemoto H.
Quality of online information regarding depression diagnosis.
The Journal of Science of Labour. 94(1): 12-18, 2018 (May) [More information].

Ishimaru T, Hattori M, Nagata M, Kuwahara K, Watanabe S, Mori K.
Factors associated with stress check attendance: possible effect of timing of annual health examination.
Japanese Journal of Hygiene. 73(2): 235-240, 2018 (May) [More information].
Seminar
9 July 2018
On Sunday, 29 July, 2018, Professor Hirono Ishikawa will give a lecture on health communication at Hongo Campus of The University of Tokyo. The details are here.
Campus visit
9 July 2018
On Saturday, 7 July, 2018, Teikyo SPH hosted prospective students for Mater and Doctor of Public Health programs at at Itabashi campus.
Careers seminar
29 June 2018
A careers seminar will be held on Wednesday, 5 June, 2018 at Itabashi Campus. The main topic will cover buisiness in occupational health.
Publication
6 June 2018
Publication list has been updated.
Teikyo International Summer School
22 May 2018
Details of the 2nd Teikyo International Summer School (Teikyo International Summer School 2018) have been fixed. Please check the following webpage. http://www.med.teikyo-u.ac.jp/~tsph/summer_school_2018_e.html
Teikyo International Summer School
20 April 2018
We are planning to hold the 2nd Teikyo International Summer School in July and August, 2018. Please wait for a while for application forms and so on. Thank you very much for your patience.

The sessions will cover (1) Universal Health Coverage & Aging Society, and (2) Healthcare Management. We are looking forward to meeting participants who would like to master public health.

*Expected schedule*
1. Universal Health Coverage & Aging Society
- 13-19, July, 2018
- organized by Dr Mariko Inoue (Associate Professor, Teikyo University Graduate School of Public Health)

2. Healthcare Management
- 6-9, August, 2018
- organized by Dr Yoshinori Nakata (Professor, Teikyo University Graduate School of Public Health)

- 1st announcement for Teikyo International Summer School 2018: PDF
Education
6 April 2018
The first course (Introduction to Reserch Methods) in fiscal year of 2018 has been started from today.
News
5 April 2018
On 5 April, 2018, new year's guidance was held for all students at Master of Public Health program and Doctor of Public Health program. As with past years, diverse students have entered Teikyo SPH in 2018. After the guidance, special lecture on cancer prevention in USA was given by Dr Karen Emmons (Professor, Harvard University).
News
5 April 2018
Professor Yoshiharu Fukuda has been assigned as the third dean of Teikyo University Graduate School from this April.
Update
5 April 2018
Member listhas been updated.
Staff activity
5 April 2018
Dr Kuwahara published a paper on working hours and incidence of type 2 diabetes in Journal of Epidemiology, and the main finding was introduced in Mainichi Shimbun. Another paper on smoking, smoking cessation, and risk of hearing loss was introduced in many web news.
News
23 March 2018
Brief guide on Master and Doctor of Public Health programs is now available in PDF format (File size 27 MB).
News
17 March 2018
On 5 April 2018 from 14:00 at Itabashi Campus, Dr Karen Emmons (Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Harvard University) will give a lecture on cancer prevention in USA. This program is managed by Teikyo-Harvard program and Global Office Committee of Itabashi Campus, Teikyo University.
News
17 March 2018
Today, a commencement ceremony was held for Doctor of Public Health program and Master of Public Health program, and occupational health program at Teiyo University.
Student activity
10 March 2018
Rie Funayama (Registered dietician), a student of Doctor of Public Health program, got the awards at the following conferences.
20 October, 2017, the 44th Japanese Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Fukuoka, Japan.

23 February, 2018, the 33rd Annual Meeting of Japanese Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, Yokohama, Japan. 」
Student activity
23 February 2018
Akihiko Ozaki (surgeon), a student of Doctor of Public Health program published a commentary paper for impact of triple disaters in Fukushima 2011 on oncology services in International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics.
The full text is available from here (PDF)。
Harvard Special Session
19 February 2018
On 15 February, 2018, politicians at local and national level from Komeito, a political party in Japan, visited Teikyo University for visitation of Graduate School Program on Occupational Health in which staffs at Teikyo University Graduate School of Public Health involve.
The detail is introduced at website of Komeito: here in Japanese.
Harvard Special Session
8 February 2018
Harvard Special Session 2018 at Teikyo University has successfully finished.
We thank all participants and honorable professors from Harvard University and University of Oxford.
We are plannning next Harvard Special Session to be held in January 2019. We are looking forward to seeing you at these sessinos.
Update
5 February 2018
Publication list in 2018 and 2017 has been updated.
Harvard Special Session
27 January 2018
As the final course of Harvard Special Session 2018 at Teikyo University, Dr Rose Goldman (Associate professor of Harvard University / Adjunct Professor of Teikyo Univerisity Graduate School of Public Health) teaches environmental and occupational health during 25 to 28 January at Kasumigaseki Campus, Teikyo University.
News
20 January 2018
During the global events including Harvard Special Session and Teikyo International Summer School, Muslim prayer room has been provided.
Teikyo-Harvard-Oxford Special Session
20 January 2018
As the fourth course of Harvard Special Session 2018, Dr Alastair Gray (Professor of University of Oxford / Adjunct Professor of Teikyo Univerisity Graduate School of Public Health) teaches Health economics during 20 to 23 January at Itabashi Campus, Teikyo University.
Harvard Special Session
19 January 2018
As the third course of Harvard Special Session 2018, Dr Murray Mittleman (Professor of Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health / Adjunct Professor of Teikyo Univerisity Graduate School of Public Health) gave a lecture on introductory epidemiology combined with group exercises during 15 to 18, January.
Harvard Special Session
12 January 2018
As the second course of Harvard Special Session 2018, Dr Garett Fitzmaurice (Professor of Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health / Adjunct Professor of Teikyo Univerisity Graduate School of Public Health) teaches Biostatistics at Itabashi Campus, Teikyo University during 10 to 13, January.
Harvard Special Session
10 January 2018
Teikyo-Harvard Special Session 2018, covering five core areas of public health, has started at Teikyo University.
The 1st course is Behavioral Science / Social Epidemiology by Dr Ichiro Kawachi (Professor of Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health / Adjunct Professor of Teikyo Univerisity Graduate School of Public Health)
Student activity
7 January 2018
MPH student (1-year course), Ms Yuri Ogasawara got a fund from The Supporting Organization of J.O.C.V..
Also, MPH student, Mr Kiyomasa Machida got a fund from THE AFRICA SOCIETY OF JAPAN.