教室紹介：教室員紹介：教授 Chris Smith（TMGH グローバルヘルス研究科）

教授 Chris Smith（TMGH グローバルヘルス研究科）

略　歴

氏　名	Chris Smith
現職名	Professor, School of Tropical Medicine and Global Health (TMGH), Nagasaki University Associate Professor, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
出身大学（卒業年）	University of Wales College of Medicine (Cardiff University), MBBCh
専門領域	Tropical medicine, public health, primary care
研究テーマ	Tropical infectious diseases, leptospirosis, rabies, global mental health
所属学会	Japanese Society of Tropical Medicine (JSTM) American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (RSTMH) Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP)
資　格	PhD (LSHTM) MSc (LSHTM) Member of the Royal College of General Practitioners (MRCGP) Member of the Royal College of Physicians (MRCP)
一言	I am interested in strengthening clinical and research collaboration in tropical medicine and public health.

学　歴

1995-2000	University of Wales College of Medicine (UWCM), Cardiff
MSc: 2009-11 PhD: 2012-2017	London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)

職　歴（業務歴）

2017年1月～現在	Professor, Graduate School of Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nagasaki University
2017年1月～現在	Clinical Associate Professor, LSHTM

研究歴

Clinical epidemiological research on tropical and emerging infectious diseases in Southeast Asia, including COVID-19, leptospirosis, rabies, and febrile illness; experience in randomized controlled trials, observational studies, and public health research.

主な業績

Lee N, Han S, Mukadi P, Edwards T, Maung H, Smith C, et al. Corticosteroids for treatment of leptospirosis. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2025;(7).
Rajapakse S, Fernando N, Dreyfus A, Smith C, Rodrigo C. Leptospirosis. Nat Rev Dis Primers. 2025;11(1):1–19.
Smith C, Ortal A, Girasol M, Suzuki S, Coughlan C. Rabies in the Philippines: a call to action. Lancet Reg Health West Pac. 2024;49(4):101156.
Win TZ, Han SM, Edwards T, Maung HT, Brett-Major DM, Smith C, et al. Antibiotics for treatment of leptospirosis. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2024;3.
Win TZ, Perinpanathan T, Mukadi P, Smith C, Edwards T, Han SM, et al. Antibiotic prophylaxis for leptospirosis. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2024;3.
Iglesias Rodríguez IM, Miura S, Maeda T, Imai K, Smith C, Vasquez Velasquez C, et al. Analysis of the Chagas disease situation in Japan: A cross sectional study and cost-effectiveness analysis of a Chagas disease screening program. Lancet Reg Heal - West Pacific. 2022;00:1–12.
Carvalho MS, Bastos S, Fuller T, Resende PC, Smith C, Whitworth J, et al. Incidence of SARS-CoV-2 over four epidemic waves in a low-resource community in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: A prospective cohort study. Lancet Reg Heal - Am. 2022;12:1–11.
Saito N, Solante RM, Guzman FD, Telan EO, Umipig D V., Smith C, et al. A prospective observational study of community-acquired bacterial bloodstream infections in Metro Manila, the Philippines. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2022;16(5):e0010414.
Guzman FD, Iwamoto Y, Saito N, Salva EP, Dimaano EM, Nishizono A Smith C, et al. Clinical, epidemiological, and spatial features of human rabies cases in Metro Manila, the Philippines from 2006 to 2015. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2022;16(7):1–15.
Domai F, Agrupis K, Han S, Sayo A, Ramirez J, Nepomuceno R, Suzuki S, Villanueva A, Salva E, Villarama J, Ariyoshi K, Mulholland K, Palla L,Takahashi K, Smith C*, Miranda E. Measles outbreak in the Philippines: epidemiological and clinical characteristics of hospitalized children, 2016-2019. The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific 2021;19: 100334.
Mukadi P, Munyeku Y, Neponuceno R, Palla L, Muyembe J, Koiume N, Kubo Y, Ariyoshi K, Smith C. Leptospirosis as a cause of fever associated with jaundice in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. PloS NTD.15(8): e0009670.
Edrada M, Lopez E, Villarama J, Villarama E, Dagoc B, Smith C, et al. First COVID-19 infections in the Philippines: a case report. Trop Med Health. 2020;48(21):1–7.
Smith C, Van Velthoven MH, Truong ND, Nam NH, Anh VP, Al-Ahdal TMA, et al. How primary healthcare workers obtain information during consultations to aid safe prescribing in low-income and lower middle-income countries: A systematic review. BMJ Glob Heal. 2020;5(4):1–13.
Saito N, Parry C, Smith C et al. Diphtheria in Metro Manila, the Philippines 2006-2017: A clinical, molecular and spatial characterisation. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2020.
Smith C, Ngo T, Gold G, Edwards P, Vannak U, Sokhey L, Machiyama K, Slaymaker E, Warnock R, McCarthy O, Free C. Effect of a mobile phone-based intervention on post-abortion contraception: a randomized controlled trial in Cambodia. Bulletin of the World Health Organization. 2015.