International Health and Medical Anthropology
Department of International Health and Medical Anthropology has started its activities since 2008.
Members
- Associate Professor
- Hiromu Ito
- Assistant Professor
- Hiroaki Arima
- Visiting Professor
- Shigeru Suganami
- Visiting Professor
- Akihiro Seita
- Visiting Professor
- Hitoshi Yoshimura
- Visiting Professor
- Takayuki Wada
- Visiting Professor
- Yoshitake Yokokura
- Visiting Professor
- Kazuaki Miyagijima
- Visiting Associate Professor
- Ubydul Haque
- Visiting Associate Professor
- Masahito Yamamichi
- Visiting Associate Professor
- Katsuyuki Eguchi
- Visiting Researcher
- Taijin Kaku
- Visiting Researcher
- Liang Qin
- Visiting Researcher
- Guoxi Cai
- Visiting Researcher
- Shuko Takahashi
- Visiting Researcher
- Shiomi Yoshida
- Visiting Researcher
- Yoshito Fujii
- Visiting Researcher
- Kaori Yamamoto
- Visiting Researcher
- Kazuya Okada
- Visiting Researcher
- Sweta Koirala
- Visiting Researcher
- Akintije Shimba Calliope
- Collaborative Researcher
- Masanori Yoshida
- Collaborative Researcher
- Mitsuhiro Odaka
- Assistant
- Kayo Maeda
- Graduate Student
- Yoshihiro Takayama
- Graduate Student
- Shinsaku Inomata
- Graduate Student
- Shirley Victoria Simpson
- Graduate Student
- Nobuyuki Kawachi
- Graduate Student
- Kamble Mathe Mowa Paul
Activities
Our research was composed of four units; 1) research on infectious diseases in ecosystem, 2) research on the environment health, 3) research on biological evolution of microorganisms from the adaptation or fitness viewpoint and 4) research on the epidemiology from the historical viewpoint. The umbrella concept linking above four research units is to reconstruct infectious diseases "temporally" and "spatially" alike. Infection is the biological phenomenon as an interaction between hosts and microorganisms. In other words, host behavior, social structure as well as culture per se affect microorganisms in fitness and adaptation whereas microorganism has impact on its hosts. Based on that perception, our department aims to get more detailed understanding and insight on infectious diseases. We would like to pursue the ways of analysis by various approaches such as molecular-evolutional technique, molecular epidemiology, detection of trace DNA, genomics based on bioinformatics, mathematical model, and computer science.
Another pillar of our department is a social responsibility. Now that even profit oriented organizations are required to have its corporate social responsibility, no need to say for academia or university. Out of the name of our department, it must be nothing but contribution to international health or people's health in resource-limited settings. What we think of important is to make solidarity in order to contribute to sustainable development. It is our department's goal.