Wound Management and Skin Care
We aim at constructing the evidence of wound management and skin carefrom an interdisciplinary approach!
◼ Evaluation of skin structure and function using engineering devices suchas ultrasonography, thermography and MRI.
◼ Verbalization of skin and pressure ulcer’s shape and characteristics byqualitativesketching technique.
Qualitative sketching◼ Evaluation of skin using molecular biological analytical technique.
for pressure ulcer
Tissue stainingof skin

◼ Development andevaluation of products
Development of
air-matressnecessary for medical
treatment environment by theAcademic-Industrial research collaboration◼ Mechanism elucidation of wound healing using an
animal and cell-line model.
◼ Anatomical verification on the course and positional
relationship of nerves and veins, and evaluation of
the site determination method for puncture.

Skills you are able to develop in our laboratory
Skills needed for basic researchers innursing field

Practical skills of wound management
and skin care required for a nurse
1)
2)

1)

Develop knowledge about pressure ulcer.
Improve comprehensive woundassessment, practical skills of wound
management and skin care.

2)

Writing manuscripts and presentation skills1)2)Develop knowledge and operation skill about
various devices in research.
Acquire knowledge and technique throughanimal experiments and molecular biologicalanalysis

Learn from planning your research to submission your manuscript.
Improve presentation skills in weekly seminar and various conferences with Japanese andinternational researchers.

Professor

Professor

Associate Prof.

Assistant Prof.

Mayumi Okuwa

Makoto Oe

Kanae Mukai

Yukari Nakajima＊ Sayumi Ichihashi ＊Assistant Prof.

Assistant Prof.

Assistant Prof.

Mai Kitagawa

Mao Kunimitsu

Assistant Prof.

Assistant Prof.

Amika Yamada ＊ ＊ Yoshiko Jozuka ＊ ＊＊childcare leave ＊ ＊subsititute staff

Graduate students in our laboratory(Update on April 30 2024)
The number of alumni
The number of present students
Master course 70 (7 international students)
Full-time 4 (3 student from Indonesia)
Doctor course 39 (9 international students)
Part-time 2
We have many international students!

Researches in our supervisors
Prof. Mayumi Okuwa
Research Theme
Wound assessment, management, and preventive careTechnical development and preventive care for leg ulcer
Evaluation of vibration massage in patients with high risk for peripheral arterial disease

Prof. Makoto Oe
Research Theme
Implementation of diabetic foot ulcer prevention outpatient clinic using visualization technology
Development of DMIST for monitoring healing of diabetic foot ulcers

Associate Prof. Kanae Mukai
Research Theme
Evaluation of the effect of estrogen on cutaneous wound healing
Investigation of the relationship between cutaneous nerves and veins
Investigation of the influence of hormones for improvement of the women‘s wellness

Collaboration with other fields and facilities
Other fields in our university• Medical Sciences• Pharmaceutical Sciences• Health Sciences• Science and Engineering• Research Center forExperimental Modeling of
Human Disease etc.

Other university• The University of Tokyo• Osaka Metropolitan University• Ishikawa Prefectural NursingUniversity• Kanazawa medical University• Toyama Prefectural University• University of Nottingham• Muhammadiyah University etc.

Medical care facilities• Kanazawa University Hospital• Sengi Hospital• Johoku Hospital• Kitamura Clinic in Indonesiaetc.

Presentations in Conferences
International Conferences• Asia Pacific Enterostomal Therapy Nurse AssociationConference• International Lymphoedema Framework Conference• World Union of Wound Healing Societies• East Asian Forum of Nursing Scholars

Domestic Conferences• Japanese Society of Pressure Ulcers• Japanese Society of Wound, Ostomy &Continence Management• Japanese Society for Wound Healing

Career after graduation from our laboratory
Hospital

Educational Institution• Kanazawa University Hospital• Nagoya University Hospital• Yamagata University Hospital etc.

• Kanazawa University• Ishikawa Prefectural• Kanazawa Medical University
Nursing University• Komatsu University• The University of Tokyo etc.

We sincerely welcome international students from abroad!
Let’s join our laboratory!
Please visit our website today for more information on specificactivities, papers, and lab member
URL：http://wmn.w3.kanazawa-u.ac.jp/
If you are interested in our lab, do not hesitate to contact us!
☞ kanae_m@staff.kanazawa-u.ac.jp (Dr. Kanae Mukai)