Name of Division: Forensic Medicine

　　　Forensic Medicine Department of International Health Development, Division of Public Health, Graduate School, Tokyo Medical and Dental University

　

Staff

　Professor: Yoko ITO
　Associate Professor: Isamu YONEMURA
　Lecturer: Kimiharu IWADATE, Keita SATO
　Lab Technician: Megumi MURATA, Eiko ISHIBASHI

Education

　　Undergraduate Course

　Lectures on forensic medicine: most popular subjects in forensic medicine; application of medical knowledge to the administration of low, traffic accidents, homicide, suicide, cause of death, timing of death, identification of living and dead.

　　Graduate Course

　Applied research methods in forensic medicine: various topics and practices in forensic medicine; participation in forensic autopsy; basics of criminology, medical accidents and medical malpractices. Forensic examination: parentage testing by typing blood groups and DNA polymorphisms; practical trainings of forensic toxicology and forensic pathology.

　

Research Subjects

　　　　・Personal identification by DNA
　　　　・Forensic pathology of sudden death
　　　　・Human life span History of criminology

Publications (2001)

　Iwadate K, Tannno K, Doi M, Takatori T, Ito Y. Two cases of right ventricular ischemic injury due to massive pulmonary embolism. Forensic Sci Int 2001; 116: 189-195.
　Iwadate K, Doy M, Ito Y. Screening of milk aspiration in 105 infant death cases by immunostainings with anti-human α lactalbumin antibody. Forensic Sci Int 2001; 122: 95-100.
　Yonemura I, Matsuyama N, Katsumura S, Ito H, Sato K, Iwadate K, Ito Y. Experimental studies on death from starvation influenced by aging and longevity genes. Acta Crim Japon 2001; 67: 169-176.

[Graduate School, School of Medicine]

［TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY］