Association of Institutions of Higher Education of the Russian Federation andJapan
HaRP: Human Resource Development Platform for Japan-Russia Economic
Cooperation and Personnel Exchange

Japan-Russia Online Symposium on Medical Education
June 21st 2021 (Monday),9:00 – 11:15 (MSK) / 15:00 – 17:15 (JST)Aims and Objectives:
The importance of the cultivation of human resources in the field of medical sciences
has been growing more than ever due to the continued spread of COVID-19 andemerging global health issues which need to be solved by medical experts.
This symposium sets its theme as “The Present and Future of Medical Educationin Japan and Russia”, and brings clinicians and educators together to facilitatesharing of research, educational activities, and discussion of important current issues
in medical education in Japan and Russia.
This September, Niigata University is to host “The Third General Meeting of theAssociation of Institutions of Higher Education of the Russian Federation andJapan”, and in conjunction with the meeting, “The Japan-Russia Scientific Forum”,
focusing on the field of medical sciences, will be organized as well. Through thesharing of good educational practices in Japan and Russia, this forum will pave the wayto have more detailed objectives and constructive discussion for the upcoming
Scientific Forum in September.
Organizers:

Niigata University, Japan and Moscow State University, Russia

Co-organizers: Specialized section in the field of Health and Medicine, Human
Resource Development Platform for Japan-Russia Economic Cooperation andPersonnel Exchange.
Target group:Japanese and Russian university teachers and clinicians

Language:

EnglishFormat:Online symposium via Zoom**Please register from the following link by June 18. The link for participation

will be sent to you individually at a later date.
Registration Form:
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SCHEDULE
09:00-09:05 Opening remarks from Japan(MT)SOMEYA Toshiyuki, MD, PhD
15:00-15:05
Dean of Niigata University School of Medicine(JST)
09:05-09:10 Opening remarks from Russia(MT)
TKACHUK Vsevolod A., Academician, Doctor of Science, Professor
15:05-15:10
Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Moscow State University(JST)
EDUCATION
09:10-09:30 I Lecture(MT)“Medical education in Kazan Federal University”
15:10-15:30
KIYASOV Andrey P., Professor(JST)
Director of the Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan
Federal University
09:30-09:50 II Lecture(MT)“The First Evaluation by the Japan Accreditation Council for Medical
15:30-15:50 Education - A Step Forward Acquiring Global Standards of Medical(JST)
Education in Niigata, Japan”
SAITOH Akihiko, MD, PhD
Chairman and Professor of Pediatrics, Vice Dean of Medical School,Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences
RESEARCH
09:50-10:10 III Lecture(MT)“Creating dementia friendly communities in Japan”
15:50-16:10
IKEUCHI Takeshi, M.D., Ph.D.
(JST)

Professor, Brain Research Institute, Niigata University
10:10-10:30 IV Lecture(MT)“Cell renewal and senescence: the search for new therapeutic targets”
16:10-16:30
EFIMENKO Anastasia Y., MD, PhD(JST)Head of the Laboratory of Tissue Reparation and Regeneration, theInstitute of Regenerative Medicine, Moscow State University
COOPERATION
V Lecture
Presentations from Universities participating in the medical section of
Human Resource Development Platform for Japan-Russia Economic
Cooperation and Personnel Exchange“Short Introduction of New Project in Niigata University, School ofMedicine - Development of the Educational System for General
Physicians-”
10:30-10:55
KAMIMURA Kenya, M.D., Ph.D.
(MT)
16:30-16:55 Specially Appointed Professor, Department of General Medicine, Niigata
University(JST)“Research activities on radiation disasters at Fukushima MedicalUniversity”
TSUBOKURA Masaharu, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Radiation Health Management, Fukushima
Medical University
10:55-11:05 VI Lecture(MT)
Speech about history of Japanese-Russian cooperation in the field of
16:55-17:10 medicine(JST)
ASKALONOV Artur A., Doctor of Science, Professor
Altai State Medical University
11:05-11:15(MT)
Closing remarks
17:05-17:15(JST)