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Division
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Integrated Department
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Department and
Faculty Members
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Education and Research
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Comprehensive
Health Nursing Sciences
Master's Program
Based on professional knowledge and techniques cultivated at the baccalaureate level, this course prepares leaders / managers / administrators / researchers / educators in ethical nursing practice by deepening their knowledge in each specialty, by acquiring scientific thinking, and by research activities.
Doctoral Program
This course is to prepare advanced professionals as ethical researchers / educators / managers and international and multidisciplinary leaders, who can conduct independent research with the advanced knowledge, techniques and skills required of advanced professionals in nursing fields. |
Community
Health and Home Care Nursing
This department offers opportunities for advanced research and education for students
to develop effective and efficient provision of community-based care for people
with various health problems or mental disorders, as well as supporting normal
birth, disease prevention, health recovery, rehabilitation, and terminal care
in all age groups from children to the elderly in a community. International and
multidisciplinary education will be offered to prepare nursing researchers with
organizational problem-solving methods and understanding of team care within this
advanced specialty, as well as the skills to develop and recommend health policy. |
Community Health Nursing
Professor
Akiko Sasaki
R.N., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Tomoko Tanuma
R.N., M.N.Sc. |
(1) Research topics
1. Preventive nursing plan for individuals, family and
population
2. Developmental method of health education and counseling
activities mainly by public health nurse
3. Team care, care management and care system in community
health care
4. Utilization and development of social resources in
community health care
5. Outcome evaluation in community nursing
6. Administration and management in community nursing
(2) Education
It includes community health nursing services to prevent health problems
and related living problems for residents in community. Understanding health
care systems in Japan and other countries, need analysis of community residents,
students learn creative research and application in practice for developing
programs for preventive services, effective delivery methods of services,
development of service techniques, team care, care management and care
system, utilization and development of social resources, outcome evaluation
in health care, administration and management. This course prepares leaders
who can conduct independent research projects and present their achievements
in domestic and international academic conferences and scientific journals. |
Home Care Nursing
Professor
Akiko
Honda
D.N.Sc.
Junior Associate Professor
Masataka Ooki
R.N., D.N.Sc. |
The subject of the education and research
in home care nursing is the patient and the handicapped person who live at
home, the specialist who relates to theses kind of people, and the health care systems
of society. Especially, we focus on aged person, cancer patients, patients who
have an incurable disease. And we carry out research into nursing of transition
period from hospitals to home, nursing for the patient who needs high level
medical technology, and hospice care at home with interdisciplinary and
international point of view.
(1) Research Topics
1. Caring for the aged person at home
2. Nursing skill in home care
3. Care Coordination for the patients who
have incurable disease
4. Utilization and Development of Social
Resources in Home Care
5. Hospice care at home
6. Palliative care for the cancer patient
at home
(2) Education
Patients for home care nursing include
people who are ill, or have problems in daily life, and people at high risk for
poor health across the lifespan, from children to the elderly, and their
families. Understanding home care systems in Japan and abroad, students learn
how to develop creative research and apply it in practice related to
assessment, care planning, care provision methods, practice skills, team care
management, care system development, utilization of social resources,
evaluation of care outcomes and cost control.
This course of study prepares
clinical-oriented international and multidisciplinary research leaders who can
conduct research projects by themselves and present their results at domestic
or international academic conferences and in scientific journals.
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Reproductive Health Nursing
Professor
Noriko Okubo
R.N., Ph.D.
Junior Associate Professor
Junko Misumi
R.N., Ph.D.
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(1) Research Topics
1. Acquisition of the maternal role and support for
child care
2. Development of perinatal care systems and outcome
evaluation
3. Midwifery care skills
4. Sexual behavior during puberty
5. The role of nursing in advanced reproduction medicine
(2) Education
The objectives of reproductive health nursing are to support the sexual and reproductive
health needs of women during pregnancy and delivery, provide support for child
care and also provide assistance and support to women's families (including unborn
or newborn children) in these areas. Education and research in reproductive health
nursing approach seeks to bring a multidisciplinary and international approach
to consideration of methods for providing assistance to individuals and groups. |
Mental Health and Psychiatric Nursing
Professor
Masami Miyamoto R.N., Ph.D.
Assosiate Professor
Yukiko Mino
R.N., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Atsuko Watanabe
R.N., M.N.Sc.
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(1) Research Topics
1. Self-Care Support and Decision-Making Support
2. Support by Specialists for Self-Help Groups
3. Nursing Intervention to Promote the Recovery of People
with Mental Illnesses
4. Required Conditions for Mentally Handicapped People's
Autonomy in Community
5. Methods of Supervision and Consultation Using Case
Study
6. Present Situation of Nursing Consultation and Methods
of Consulting Interviewing
7. Small Group Dynamics of Nursing Team and Inner-Group
Role Sharing
8. Analysis of Sense of Incongruity: Methods of Sharpening
Sensitivity
(2) Education in Mental Health and Psychiatric Nursing
This course of study provides multidisciplinary and international research and
education in order to establish the principles and methodology in mental health
nursing. Fundamental issues covered are stress-coping behaviors, supporting methods
for self-care and decision making, nursing consultation techniques, and the techniques
of analyzing clinical situations and supervising. The course is aiming to establish
practical standards for advanced practice in mental health and psychiatric nursing
care. |
Nursing
Function and Care Management
Advanced medical services and techniques require development of advanced nursing
techniques and the science behind them. Care plans are needed across the life
span, from infants to the elderly. For responding to these needs, the department
conducts interdisciplinary and international education and research to train nurse
scientists who will lead research for developing care management, care systems,
and nursing administration, such as clinical paths and discharge planning. There
are several areas within this integrated department, including fundamental nursing
and life support, child and family nursing, critical and invasive-palliative care
nursing, and gerontological nursing. |
Fundamental Nursing and Life Support
Professor
Yayoi Saito
R.N., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Rie Daikoku
R.N., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Akiyo Sasaki-Otomaru
R.N., M.N.Sc. |
(1) Research Topics
1. The physical and mental influence of nursing arts
2. Literature references of inter-disciplinarity to support the validity
of nursing arts
3. Exploration of indices from related fields to assess the influence of
nursing arts in practice
4. Discussion of views and limits to clinical applications of outcomes
derived from basic research
(2) Education
Coursework is designed to offer advanced research education for students
to explore the influence of common nursing care on the human body and to
develop more effective nursing care methods for all people. International
and interdisciplinary education will be offered to prepare nurse researchers
to advance fundamental nursing research. |
Child and Family Nursing
Professor
Taiko Hirose R.N., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Motoko Okamitsu R.N., M.H.Sc. |
We work on the early intervention study for parenting of preterm and low-birth weight infants and their mothers focusing on infant-mother interactions and child development based on findings from our previous study.
We also completed the Japanese version NCAST (Nursing Child Assessment Satellite Training), originated from Dr. Kathryn Barnard at the University of Washington, and have since been making efforts to spread the use of the manual throughout Japan.
Infant mental health is one of our recent focuses. We are promoting the combination of its theories and practice with child and family nursing. Our clinical practices and research are inter-disciplinary, involving not only nurses but also psychologists, social workers, teachers, and both physiotherapists and occupational therapists.
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Critical and Invasive-Palliated Care Nursing
Professor
Tomoko Inoue R.N., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Yoshiko Sasaki R.N., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Yuko Kawamoto
R.N., M.N.Sc. |
(1) Research Topics
1. Perioperative Nursing and Critical Care Nursing
2. Qualitative Research on Experience of Cancer Patients
and Patients' Families
associated with Medical Treatment and Social Rehabilitation
3. Nursing Function on Advanced Technological Care (Less
invasive treatments, Organ transplants, etc)
4. Research on Education in Adult Health Nursing(Curriculum
Development and Teaching Strategies)
5. Nursing Process, Nursing Diagnosis and Nursing Records
for Improvement of Nursing Care
6. Clinical Nursing and Home Care Nursing of the Chronically
Ill including Patients with Intractable Disease
7. Rehabilitation Nursing of Neurological Patients
8. Nursing Process and Nursing Education
9. A Cross-Cultural Comparison between Japan and the
US
(2) Education
The coursework helps students develop and synthesize skills of nursing interventions
for both patient and family of patients who have lived with the experience of
advanced technological care and invasive medical treatments. Building on this
knowledge, students conduct a research study related to specialized nursing interventions
in critical, convalescent, self-management and/or terminal stages of nursing care. |
Gerontological Nursing
Professor
Noriko Yamamoto-Mitani R.N., G.N.P., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Yuko Okamoto
R.N., Ph.D.
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(1) Research Topics
1. Quality indicators of home visit nursing for older adults
2. Assisting older adults with dementia and their family for effective
use of social/medical services
3. Chronic pain among older adults
4. Transitional care of older adults
5. Quality evaluation of discharge planning (risk management)
6. Standardization of nursing practice for dysphagic clients
(2) Education
In order to meet the complex needs of the elderly, we must understand health care
factors and develop interventions that influence them and their family members.
These include life style assessment, advanced nursing care theory and method,
consultation, case management, nursing management, social support, nursing policies,
as well as the international health care environment. Advanced nursing ability
will be developed along with research ability to develop and establish a practical
integrated and continuous care system among other health care systems. |
System Management in Nursing
Professor
Noriko Yamamoto-Mitani R.N., G.N.P., Ph.D.
Junior Associate Professor
Hiroki Fukahori
R.N., Ph.D.
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(1) Research Topics
1. Nurses' career development focusing on the issue of work-life balance
2. Nursing in long-term care facilities
3. Nursing for Japanese elders living abroad, especially in Thai
4. Career development of male nurses
(2) Education
Students will learn theory, research and practice of issue on health care
system management , quality of health care, international issues in health
care system.
Also, they will systematically learn the essential knowledge for nursing
management, i.e.leadership, staff development, organizational theories
and decision-makaing. |
Health
Education
To help people acquire good health habits from their youth, and to maintain a
high level of health and quality of life in middle and advanced age, this department
focuses on interdisciplinary education and the study of health information. The
course of study includes such areas as occupational health, psychology, the science
of physical strength, and medical economics, with practical approaches to health
behavior change within the broad perspectives of community influences on health.
Students in this department have opportunities for international and interdisciplinary
studies, and will conduct research related to areas of health promotion. Within
this integrated department are two areas of study, analytical health science and
occupational health. |
Analytical Health Science
Professor
Chifumi Sato M.D., Ph.D.
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(1) Research Topics
1. Free radicals in liver diseases
2. Alcoholic liver disease
3. Hepatitis C virus
4. Health promotion
5. Health at various life stages
6. Health problems in nursing
(2) Education
Taking account of not only environmental factors but also genetic factors that
define and influence health, students learn basic methods for assessing experimental
and epidemiological information on various determinants of health. They are also
given the opportunity to analyze the information from a scientific, international
and multidisciplinary point of view. |
Occupational Health Education
Associate Professor
Kumiko Morita
R.N., Ph.D.
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(1) Research Topics
1. Preventive care for the elderly at adult day centers.
2.Effectiveness of care intervention related to ingestion and deglutition
for the elderly.
3. Developmental method of health education in the community
4.Outcome evaluation in ocupational health nursing
(2) Education
Education in this department helps students of nursing and the inspection courses
understand broad concepts of public health through lecture and laboratory practice,
including such areas as health planning, health administration, public health
(specialist laboratory science), social welfare, industrial health and more. As
part of this course of study, students acquire fundamental public health knowledge
that can be applied widely. This educational program helps students from a variety
of health fields to master the best practices for promoting health in the medical
system, and trains them to be independent leaders who are able to solve health
care problems in occupation. |
International Nursing Development
Professor
Mitsue Maru
R.N., DSN.
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(1) Research Topics
1. Transitional assessment/care for adolescents/young
adults with cancer/CKD
and other chronic illnesses by collaborating with
school teachers.
2. Nursing interventions to improve self-care of adolescents
with cancer/CKD
and other chronic illnesses.
3. Content development of
interactive media to improve health literacy
through collaboration with
researchers of Kansei Interaction.
4. Health promotion and disease prevention
for children and adolescents
with/without chronic illness.
5. End-of-life
care for children, adolescents, and young adults.
(2) Education
This
department provides 2-credit classes for the academic training of
graduate
students. The official language for all classroom activities,
including
students' presentations, is English.
Students who write their
thesis/dissertation in this department will learn
the basics of biology,
sociology, and medical psychology of adolescents and
young adults. These
include physical and behavioral assessments,
developmental theories, social
policies, and nursing interventions. Students
will be encouraged to study
abroad for several weeks as part of their
academic skills training.
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Biomedical
Laboratory Sciences
Master's Program
This course is to prepare graduates to be ethical educators and researchers, as
well as leaders and managers in practice.
Doctoral Program
This course is to prepare independent researchers in laboratory fields, and advanced
professionals as international and multidisciplinary leaders, ethical researchers,
educators, and managers with the advanced knowledge and techniques required for
advanced professional practice. |
Life
Sciences and Bio-informatics
Based on biochemistry, molecular biology, functional anatomy, physiology, and
information technology, it is aimed to analyze biomedical information from molecular
and cell levels to organ and individual levels, and to develop biomedical support
systems including highly functional laboratory methodologies as well as rehabilitation
tools of health sciences. Students are educated to be able to take international
leadership in this field. |
Biochemistry and Biophysics
Professor
Chihiro Akazawa
M.D., Ph.D.
Junior Associate
Professor
Nobuharu Suzuki,
Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Chikako Hara
Ph.D.
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(1) Research Topics
1. Neural crest cells -from development & differentiation to pathogenesis
2. Regeneration of injured neurons
3. Live imaging techniques using novel fluorescent proteins
4. Intra-celluar protein degradation pathway
(2) Education
The mechanism of inter-and intra-cellular signal transduction and bioenergetics
in living cells are studied based on electrophysiology, molecular biology and
cell biology. |
Anatomy and Physiological Science
Professor
Kenji Sato M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Yuichiro Cho M.T., M.M.L.Sc. |
(1) Research Topics
1. Physiological and Morphological Study of the Autonomic
Nervous System
2. Basic Study of the Reconstruction of Autonomic Nerves
and its Clinical
Application to Organ Transplantation.
3. Lymphatic System of the Abdominal and Pelvic Organs
4. Topographical and Clinical Anatomy
(2) Education
Based on anatomy and physiological science, especially, students learn how to
analyze comparative morphological and physiological information of the nervous
and muscular systems, develop and improve autonomic nerve examinations including
the reconstruction of autonomic nerves and organ transplantation. |
Biofunctional Informatics
Professor
Masato Matsuura M.D., Ph.D.
Junior Associate Professor
Tokuhiro Kawara M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Keiko Hara, M.D. |
(1) Research Topics
1. Neuroimaging Studies on Neuropsychiatric Diseases.
2. Evaluation of Higher Brain Function using Non-invasive Techniques.
3. Development of Physiological Techniques in Clinical Laboratory Medicine.
4. Technology of Pulse Wave, Echocardiography, and Miscellaneous Electrocardiography.
5. Studies of Meaning and Explanation about Medical Test and Data.
(2) Education
Based on physiology, imaging techniques and information technology, students learn how to analyze biomedical function as an organized system from a molecular level to an organ level. Students also learn how to develop and improve non-invasive examinations to measure higher biomedical function. |
Biophysical
System Engineering
Professor
Hidetoshi Wakamatsu M.E., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Satoru Honma M.T., Ph.D.
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(1) Research Topics
The following research projects are listed, which are relevant to the system theory
and its applications to the construction of biomedical measurement and control
systems:
1. Long-term Biomedical Measurement and Control System.
2. Welfare System for the Care of Senile Elderly People.
3. Eye Movement System and its Application to Robots.
4. Artificial Reality Using Virtual Materials.
5. Artificial Control of Human Respiration and Circulation.
(2) Education
The control of organic functions based on the mathematical description is intensively
studied for their medical applications, taking into account the essential characteristics
of organisms with their time-invariance, non-linearity and individual differences.
Specialists are trained for developing teleoperational man-machine interfaces
of biomedical measurement and control systems, e.g., welfare, health care, safety,
rehabilitation and training for elderly people. |
Moleculo-genetic
Sciences
Development of the clinical laboratory test methods that are specifically link
to the diagnosis of individual diseases is the main objective. The development
and improvement of new laboratory tests will be achieved not only by performing
education and research for pathologic state analysis and etiology elucidation
making the most use of clinical chemistry, microbiology, virology, pathomorphology
and hematology, but also by conducting international and multidisciplinary education
and research for the application and practical use of gene diagnostic techniques
associated with gene therapy, transplantation and organ reconstruction. |
Analytical Laboratory Chemistry
Professor
Minoru Tozuka
M.T., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Yuriko Kurihara M.T., Ph.D.
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(1) Research Topics
1. Development of new and useful biochemical markers for cardiovascular
disease
2. Identification and characterization of apolipoprotein AI fragments in
plasma and urine
3. Identification of apolipoprotein complexes in plasma and evaluation
of clinical usefulness
4. Effect of apolipoprotein E isoforms on the digestion of beta-amyloid
by diverse proteases
5. Analysis of lipoproteins in urine and evaluation of clinical significance
(2) Education
The aim is a nurture of the ability to construct an original research in
clinical biochemistry, which would be achieved by completing the process
of the development and the clinical evaluation of improved prognostic and/or
diagnostic biomarkers for diverse diseases. The ability to make a selection
of adequate method for the research will be also cultivated by learning
the techniques and the knowledge as to principles and limitations of various
methods. |
Microbiology and Immunology
Professor
Noboru Okamura M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Prof.
Tetsuo Kubota M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Ryoichi Saito
M.T., Ph.D. |
(1) Research Topics
1. Microbial Pathogenesis and Host Defense
2. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases and Microorganisms
3. Rapid Detection of Microorganisms for the Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases
4. Mechanisms of Production of Autoantibodies such as Anti-DNA Antibodies
5. Functions of Accessory Molecules Involved in Immune Responses
6. Functions of DNA-Binding Proteins Involved in Autoimmune Responses
(2) Education
This aims to conduct research and education on the pathogenesis and pathophysiology
of various infectious and immunological disorders, to develop rapid and specific
clinical diagnostic techniques. |
Molecular Pathophysiology
Professor
Toichiro Takizawa M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor Jiro Kumagai M.D., Ph.D
Assistant Professor
Shoko Yoshida M.T., Ph.D. |
(1)Research Topics
1. Relationships between chronic prostatitis and prostatic carcinogenesis; bacteriological and pathological approach.
2. Study of the pathogenesis of Helicobacter pylori gastritis; histological
and ultrastructural analysis of intramucosal distribution of the bacteria.
3. Clinicopathological study of the "serrated lesions" of colorectum;
an attempt to establish the objective criteria for histopathological discrimination
between neoplastic and non-neoplastic lesions.
4. Analysis of the genetic change in early esophageal cancer; an attempt
to establish the objective criteria for histopathological diagnosis.
5. Study of the transposition of Bcl-6 gene in malignant lymphoma, by analysis
of transposition pattern and of genetic changes in partner genes.
(2) Education
In this course, students learn the pathological findings of various diseases for understanding their etiology and pathogenesis at macroscopical, histological, cellular and molecular levels. Moreover, this course prepares students to be able to develop or improve pathological laboratory theories and methods for diagnosis, therapy and assessing prognosis in various diseases. |
Laboratory Molecular Genetics of Hematology
Associate Prof.
Takatoshi Koyama M.D., Ph.D. |
(1) Research Topics
1. Analyses of Regulation of Blood Coagulation and Fibrinolysis
2. Laboratory Moleculo-genetic Analyses on Hematological Disorders
3. Analyses of Defects of Intracellular Protein-transport in Protein-deficiency Disorders
4. Physiological and Pathological Significance of Novel Bioactive Peptides Salusins
5. Analyses of Regulation of Angiogenesis
(2) Education
The objectives of laboratory molecular genetics of hematology are understanding and analyzing health and hematological diseases at moleculo-genetic levels. Students learn how to analyze hematological disorders, hemostasis and thrombosis, and so on, at moleculo-genetic levels. The main purpose is to develop specific laboratory methods useful for diagnosis and treatment of various disorders, transplantation, and gene therapy.
This course prepares clinical-oriented international and multidisciplinary research leaders who can conduct research projects by themselves and present their achievements at domestic and international academic conferences and scientific journals.
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Advanced Analytical Chemistry
Associate Prof.
Takeshi Kasama M. Chem. |
(1) Research Topics
1. Organic Instrumental Analytical Chemistry
2. Structural Analysis of Lipids
3. Biochemical Diagnosis of Inherited Metabolic Disease
of Lipid by Chromatography-mass Spectrometry
(2) Education
Lectures and educational research for the basis of instrumental analysis with
studies of structure and property of biomolecules-related diseases and biological
science are offered. Applications of advanced analytical instruments (e.g. mass
spectrometry, chromatography, nuclear magnetic resonance) are studied in this
curriculum. |
