2017 KGC – “Interdisciplinary approach and collaborationfor Health for All”

Held on December 6-7, 2017, by Kyoto University School of Public
Health (KUSPH), the 2017 KGC focuses on “Interdisciplinary Approachand Collaboration for Health for All”. As reflected by its name, the KGC’s main aim is to nurture andempower early career researchers and students by serving as a platform for the exchange andsharing of ideas, lessons learned, experience, and solutions to the increasingly challenging healthproblems of the 21th century.
To select the oral presenters, KUSPH sent out a call for abstract submission to partner
universities around the beginning of July. Partner universities include National Taiwan University
College of Public Health (NTUCPH) [Taiwan], Mahidol University Faculty of Public Health (MUPH)[Thailand], Chulalongkorn University College of Public Health Science (CUCPHS) [Thailand],
University of Malaya (UM) [Malaysia] and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine(LSHTM) [UK].
The sample of the announcement is as shown below.

1|PageThere were 6 abstract submissions from NTUCPHS, 10 from CUCPHS, 13 from UM,
3 from MUPH, and 31 from LSHTM. Based on the number of travel grants, the KGC could support
three oral presenters from each partner university. To encourage a “peer-review” selection
procedure, KUSPH involved all partners in the abstract selection process as follows;

CUCPHS committee ranked the best three abstracts from NTUCPH

UM committee ranked the best three abstracts CUCPHSNTUCPH committee ranked the best three abstracts from UM

KU committee ranked the best three abstracts LSHTM

Remarks: The main coordinator of LSHTM, Prof. Della Freeth (Pro-Director,Learning & Teaching) recently left LSHTM. Her successor has not yet beenappointed at the time of 2017 KGC call for abstract submission. Communication andcoordination were hindered. Due to time constrains, LSHTM was not involved in theabstract peer-review process this year.

Abstracts selection was a blinded process. All author names and personal identifiers wereremoved before the abstracts were circulated to the reviewers. We asked each university to score
and rank the best three abstracts based on the selection criteria below:
the relevance to the conference theme (score 0-5)

the originality and innovativeness of the study/project (score 0-5 )the significance of the study/project (score 0-5)

List of oral presentation finalists from each university can be found in the program.

2|PageIn total, there were 121 participants. This year, KUSPH welcomes two new official partners,
Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore (NUS-SSHSPH) andChiang Mai University, Faculty of Public Health (CMUPH).
The list of number of participants by universities/institutions is as shown below.

University/Institution (number of participants)
Chiang Mai University (2)Chulalongkorn University (14)University of Malaya (5)Kyoto University (59)London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (5)Mahidol University (5)National Taiwan University (10)Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore (1)The University of Sydney (1)University of Taipei (1)University of Washington (1)WHO Kobe Centre (2)Takatsuki High School (11)
Aleppo university (1)Ministry of Public Health Thailand (1)Unika Soegijapranata (Soegijapranata Catholic University) (1)
University of Queensland (1)Marutamachi Hospital, Kyoto (1)This year’s keynote speech on “Global Healthin the Context of Population Ageing: A ResearchAgenda” was delivered by Dr. Sarah Louise Barber,the new Director of the WHO Kobe Centre (recentlyappointed in May 1, 2017). Dr. Barber is adistinguished health economist and policy specialist,
publishedwidelyondiversetopics

inhealtheconomics and policy analysis over the past 25 years. She has worked extensively on various
strategic policy issues with the WHO; Senior Health Policy Advisor in the Office of the Regional
3|PageDirector for Africa, WHO Representative to South Africa, Team Leader for Health Systems
Development in China, Health Policy Advisor in Indonesia and Cambodia. She has also developed
programs of technical cooperation and research to advance reforms to achieve universal healthcoverage in South Africa, China, Indonesia, and Mexico. Q&A session following the keynote
speech was particularly interactive. There were points raised on policy reform on the age ofretirement, the effect of high-cost medical care of private hospitals on the universal health coveragein Thailand, Japan as a model country for its post-war success in dealing with the double burden ofcommunicable and non-communicable diseases, and so on.

Dr. Sarah Louise Barber (5th from the left) is joined on stage by Prof. Kihara, Head of KUSPHInternational Office (3rd from the left), Dean of KUSPH Prof. Nakayama (4th from the left), Dean ofGraduate School of Medicine Prof. Uemoto (5th from the right), as well as Deans, Vice Deans andrepresentatives from all participating universities.

4|PageDespite the overflowing number of talks within the 2-day program, oral presentations by theyoung/early career researchers were very stimulating. Many ideas and opinions were exchanged
during these two days, as well as the interactional poster presentations. The poster presentation
session was held for 2 days, consisting of 41 posters (9 from KUSPH and 32 from other universities,
the list can be found on page 29-30 of the abstract book).

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Similar to previous years, KGC is committed to promoting the high school-university
partnership, to nurture the future generation of Japanese global leaders. Each year KGC extends
the invitation to young students of Takatsuki Junior & Senior High School (Osaka, Japan), where it
offers the opportunity for young students to interact with international researchers to sharpen theirEnglish proficiency, communication skills, logical thinking, and enrich their knowledge in Global
Public Health. Students were very comfortable to converse and make questions in English.

7|PageCarrying on the tradition of the previous KGCs, as an encouragement for young
researchers, the posters were voted for the Best Poster Presentation Awards. This year there were
6 awardees (2 posters received equal number of votes). Awardees received the award and thecertificate from the Dean of KUSPH. The list of awardees is as follows:-Name

University Poster title

Hiromi Segawa

KUSPH

Nur Hazreen Binti
Mohd Hasni

KUSPH

Bunyarit
Panyapinyopol

MUPH

Lifestyle Related Disease Risk Factors and Their Influence onHealth and Happiness among Urban and Rural Dwellers inSouth Parts of Bhutan
Socio-cultural and contextual factors related to vaccine
hesitancy issues on childhood immunization programs: A
Malaysian parents’ experience
Disaster Drinking Water Treatment Unit: Case Study in Nepal

Optimum Plantation Area of Thai Tapioca Industry for Food
MUPH
Versus Fuel Productions based on Sustainable Development
Approach
Assessment of Food Sanitation Levels of Street Vended Shops
Zayar Myat Thu
MUPHand Coliform Bacteria Contamination of Street Vended Food inNay Pyi Taw City, Myanmar
An Integrative Study on Genetic and Environmental
Shanika
USYD
Determinants of Chronic Kidney Disease in the North Central
Nanayakkara
Region of Sri Lanka
KUSPH: Kyoto University School of Public Health. MUPH: Mahidol University Faculty of PublicHealth. USYD: The University of Sydney
Thannakrit
Neamhom

8|Page9|PageModerated by Professor Kihara (KUSPH) and Professor Dahlui (UM), the round table discussion
deliberated on the future design and direction of KGC towards a more enhanced collaboration
between all partners and its sustainability.
Participants of the session are as listed in the table below.
UniversityNTUCPH
UMCUCPHSMUPH

Name
Shou-Hsia Cheng
Sanjay Rampal
Tepanata Pumpaibool

Professor
Professor
Lecturer

Mathuros Tipayamongkholgul Associate Professor

Associate Dean
Dean
Vice-Deanfor International
Affairs

LSHTM
Steven Cummins
Professor
CMUPH
Suwat Chariyalertsak
Professor
Dean
NUS Helena Legido-Quigley
Associate Professor
SSHSPH
KUSPH
Takeo Nakayama
Professor
Dean
WHO Kobe*
Shinjiro Nozaki
External Relations Officer*Joined by SKYPE.
NTUCPH: National Taiwan University College of Public Health. UM: University of Malaya. CUCPHS:
Chulalongkorn University College of Public Health Science. MUPH: Mahidol University Faculty ofPublic Health. LSHTM: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. CMUPH: Chiang Mai
University Faculty of Public Health. NUS-SSHSPH: National University of Singapore Saw Swee
Hock School of Public Health. KUSPH: Kyoto University School of Public Health
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Satellite educational session presentations were delivered byProfessor Steven Cummins (London SchoolofHygieneandTropicalMedicine):

Evaluation of the impact of a 10 pence levy on
sugar-sweetened beverages on sales of
non-alcoholic beverages within a national
chain of restaurants in the UK: interrupted
time series analysis of a natural experiment
AssociateProfessor

SuneethaKadiyala(London School of Hygiene and TropicalMedicine):

Current

understanding

ofagriculture-food systems in low and middle
income countries and research needs

Associate Professor Helena Legido-Quigley(National University of Singapore Saw Swee
Hock School of Public Health): Innovation inconducting policy relevant population healthresearchlearningfromcross-national

comparisons: The Health Systems and New
ModelsofCareCore(HSMCC),

The

Singapore Population Health ImpRovement
Centre (SPHERiC)

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December 6 (Wednesday)
Opening session: Welcome addresses
09:30 – 09:40

Dean, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University
Shinji Uemoto

09:40 – 09:50

Dean, Kyoto University School of Public Health
Takeo Nakayama

Keynote speech
09:50 – 10:35

Global health in the context of population ageing: A research agenda
Director, WHO Centre for Health Development, Kobe
Dr. Sarah Louise Barber- Break 15 minutes-Session 1 – Health system and care
Session chairs: Noriko Sasaki (Kyoto University) and Shou-Hsia Cheng (National Taiwan University)
10:50 – 11:20

Service-level selection: Strategic risk selection in Medicare advantage in response to risk
adjustment
Sungchul Park: Kyoto University and University of Washington

11:20 – 11:50

Standard of the Thai traditional medicine service in health promoting hospitals in northern part ofThailand
Sasikorn Songkumchum: Mahidol University

11:50 – 12:20

The change in geographic distribution and patterns of inpatient care in Taiwan’s small hospitals,2004-2013
Raymond Kuo: National Taiwan University

12:20 – 12:50

Tell your doctor more and get better treatment? Experimental evidence from rural Senegal
Roxanne J. Kovacs: London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine- Lunch break -Session 2 – Detection and prevention of diseases and their societal context
Session chairs: Teeranee Techasrivichien (Kyoto University) and Steven Cummins (London School of Hygiene andTropical Medicine)
14:00 – 14:30

Socio-cultural and contextual factors related to vaccine hesitancy issues on childhood
immunization programs: A Malaysian parents' experience
Nur Hazreen Binti Mohd Hasni: Kyoto University

14:30 – 15:00

Performance of verbal autopsy methods in estimating HIV-associated mortality among adults inSouth Africa
Aaron Karat: London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

15:00 – 15:30

What is the need for Primary Eye Care in the Rwandan Population?
Tess Bright: London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

15:30 – 16:00

An integrative study on genetic and environmental determinants of chronic kidney disease in theNorth Central Region of Sri Lanka
Shanika Nanayakkara: University of Sydney and Kyoto University Alumnus

Session 3 – Poster presentation
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Poster presentation

Session 4 – Industrial activities and health
Session chairs: Hsiao-Yu Yang (National Taiwan University) and Kanchana Rungsihirunrat (Chulalongkorn University)
17:00 – 17:30

Serum metabolomics study of residents living near a petrochemical complex in Taiwan
Chi-Hsin Sally Chen: National Taiwan University

17:30 – 18:00

Assessment of exposure to carcinogens among the work community in manufacturing sector - A
Malaysian study
Jaseema Begum: University of Malaya

18:00 – 18:30

Optimum plantation area of Thai tapioca industry for food versus fuel productions based onsustainable development approach
Thanakrit Neamhom: Mahidol University

19.00 ~

Dinner reception

December 7 (Thursday)
Session 5 – Environmental safety: water and air
Session chairs: Koji Harada (Kyoto University) and Mathuros Tipayamongkholgul (Mahidol University)
9:30 – 10:00

Using Google Maps to assess endemic fluoride areas in Lamphun province, Thailand
Nonthaphat Theerawasttanasiri: Chulalongkorn University

10:00 – 10:30

Disaster drinking water treatment unit: Case study in Nepal
Bunyarit Panyapinyopol: Mahidol University

10:30 – 11:00

Modeling temporal and spatial variability of traffic-related air pollution in Taipei metropolis,
Taiwan: Hourly land use regression models for PM 2.5
Jui-huan Lee: National Taiwan UniversitySession 6

Poster presentation–11:00– 12:00

Poster presentation
Voting for “Best Poster Presentation” award closes at 14.00- Lunch break -Session 7 – Health and Quality Of Life
Session chairs: Norio Watanabe (Kyoto University) and Suneetha Kadiyala (London School of Hygiene and TropicalMedicine)
13:00 – 13:30

Quality of life and its associated factors among elderly nursing home residents in Indonesia
Bayu Anggileo Pramesona: Chulalongkorn University

13:30 – 14:00

Effect of posttraumatic stress disorder on sleep quality and quality of life among urban
firefighters, Thailand
Chinchuta Khumtong: Chulalongkorn University

14:00 – 14:30

The PEACE Initiative – Addressing elder abuse and neglect using an interdisciplinary approach
Raudah Yunus: University of Malaya

14:30 – 15:00

Knowledge translation: Connecting knowledge creators to the world
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Muhd Zulfadli Hafiz Ismail: University of Malaya
Closing

15:00 –16:00

Round table discussion“Interdisciplinary approach and collaboration for public health research and education”
Joined by all Deans and Vice Deans of Participating Universities
Moderated by Masahiro Kihara (Kyoto University) and Maznah Dahlui (University of Malaya)

16:00 – 16:30

Best poster presentation award ceremony and closing
Moderated by Takeo Nakayama (Kyoto University)

Satellite session

17:00 – 17:30

Evaluation of the impact of a 10 pence levy on sugar-sweetened beverages on sales of
non-alcoholic beverages within a national chain of restaurants in the UK: interrupted time series
analysis of a natural experiment
Steven Cummins (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine)

17:30 – 18:00

Current understanding of agriculture-food systems in low and middle income countries andresearch needs
Suneetha Kadiyala (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine)

18:00 – 18:30

Innovation in conducting policy relevant population health research learning from cross-national
comparisons: The Health Systems and New Models of Care Core (HSMCC), The Singapore
Population Health ImpRovement Centre (SPHERiC)
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