Diversity and Inclusion

KurumeUniversityNo.8
January 2023

DI Promotion Office

Statistical Analysis of Results of Survey on Research Environment
Statistics(Survey of all faculty members conducted in December 2020, approx. 25% response rate)

Items with a significant difference between men and women for which women desired support
Activities to educate partner and encourage understanding of own work life (p<0.001)
Education on work-life balance (p<0.05)
Consultation with the third party on career development (p<0.01)
Experiencing or has experienced discrimination in personnel matters due to gender (p<0.05)

Items with a significant difference between “living with” and “not living with” children forwhich individuals with children desired support

Hirohito UMENO, M.D., Ph.D.

DI Promotion Office Deputy Director;
Kurume University Hospital Vice President;
Chairman and Professor of Kurume University School of Medicine,
Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery

Activities to educate partner and encourage understanding of own work life (p<0.0001)
Better internet access (p<0.05)
Time set aside for research (p<0.05)
Education on work-life balance (p<0.05)
Stronger measures against harassment (p<0.05)

The 4th DI Day (held on November 11)
ReportIntroducing Female ResearchersFocus             ­   
    ­                          ­               ­              

Introducing Dr. Yume NOHARA,
recipient of the 2021 Financial Support System for English Manuscript Editing

Dr. Yume NOHARA(Department of InternalMedicine, Division ofCardiovascular Medicine)

Greetings from President Naohisa UCHIMURA

Ms. Chie FUKUDA and Professor Koh NODA

Ms. Nanami TAKETOMI and Associate Professor Nobukazu KOMATSU
It is never too late
to be what you
might have been.

                                                                          Relay Column by Researchers ❻Ms. Hiromi SATO and Professor Mitsuyo KOMURA

ColumnIntroduced by Dr. Tomoya SUDO, Department of Surgery

Dr. Kenji FUJIYOSHI, Department of Surgery
Ms. Maki YAMAMOTO

Lecturer Hiroko SANO and Professor Shiho FUTAGAMI­    
                      

Ms. Akiko Nakashima “received” the Award of Excellence from DI Promotion Office Director, Hirohisa YANO
Published byDiversity and Inclusion (DI) Promotion Office                  ­  
Dr. Kenji FUJIYOSHI    
(Department of Surgery)     ­                                                    67 Asahi-machi, Kurume, Fukuoka 830-0011 (at Kurume University)
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