JGP: Japan Gateway – Kyoto University
Top Global Program,
Top Global University Project

Public Health Program
2015-17 Activity Report
December 25, 2017

Prepared byProfessor Kihara Masahiro, MD, PhD
Program-specific Assistant Professor Teeranee Techasrivichien, PhD
Moraima Flores, Office Assistant
KUSPH-SGU International Office0|PageTable of contents
Page
Kyoto University School of Public Health2

Public Health Master’s “Double Degree Program” (DDP)

2

Participation in the “JGP: Japan Gateway – Kyoto University

2

Top Global Program, Top Global University Project”
List of DDP students

4

Student field trip to MUPH

11

Student field trip to NTUCPH

13

Student field trip to LSHTM

15Kyoto University School of Public Health Super Global Course (KUSPH-SGC)

18

List of KUSPH-SGC students

20

Welcome Home Seminar

24

KUSPH special lecture series

26

KUSPH's annual conference:

31"The Kyoto Global Conference for Rising Public Health Researchers (KGC)"
2015 KGC – “Aging Society and Community Health”

32

2016 KGC – “Universal Health Coverage and Health Economics”

39

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

46

Appendix:
1. Syllabus of Global Health class
2. Abstract book of 2015 KGC – “Aging Society and Community Health”
3. Abstract book of 2016 KGC – “Universal Health Coverage and Health Economics”
4. Abstract book of 2017 KGC – “Interdisciplinary approach and collaboration for Health for All”

1|PageFY2000~: Kyoto University School of Public HealthInaugurated in the year 2000, Kyoto University School of Public Health (KUSPH) is the first
and the largest School of Public Health in Japan. The school explores the integrated
socio-ecological approach for health, referred to as the “New Public Health”. To meet the newhealth challenges of the 21st century, combining classic public health fields such as communicableand chronic disease control, family health, nutrition and environmental health with new fields suchas clinical epidemiology, pharmacoepidemiology, socio-epidemiology, behavioral science, healthpromotion, informatics, economics, and ethics. This innovative approach to public health is pursued
by the school’s eighteen departments, which welcome motivated students and professionals fromaround the world with diverse backgrounds, including medical, natural, and social sciences.

FY2014~: Public Health Master’s “Double Degree Program” (DDP)
In line with Kyoto University’s internationalization promotion strategy, Kyoto University
School of Public Health (KUSPH) introduced Public Health Master’s “Double Degree Program”(DDP) with partner universities from ASEAN countries, namely, University of Malaya Faculty of
Medicine (UM), Malaysia, and Chulalongkorn University College of Public Health Science(CUCPHS), Thailand since 2014. The DDP allows students to complete 2 master’s degrees within
the minimum period of 2 years (or more), producing outstanding, competent graduates with solid
Public Health knowledge and skills, highly efficient and resilient under pressure, equipped withstrong problem-solving and management skills and possessing the vital trait of cultural adaptability
as global citizens.

FY2015~: Participation in the “JGP: Japan Gateway – Kyoto University Top
Global Program, Top Global University Project”
Following the success of the DDP launch, KUSPH has been selected, among a few
graduate schools in Kyoto University, as a participating graduate school of the “JGP: Japan
Gateway – Kyoto University Top Global Program” in 2015 to continue its enthusiasm inpromoting interdisciplinary and international collaboration with prestigious Public Health Schools
2|Pageworldwide. As a result, KUSPH’s “International Office” was established in 2015. Through this office,
KUSPH is forwarding its internationalization promotion strategy by expanding the DDP with
National Taiwan University College of Public Health (NTUCPH) (Taiwan), commencing from 2017,
and Mahidol University Faculty of Public Health (MUPH) (Thailand), to be implemented from 2019.
The DDP not only promotes student exchange between KUSPH and partner universities, but
through the process, it also encourages the interchange of education and research including ideas,
technical Public Health expertise and experience between staff, such as mutual efforts formonitoring, improvement, and evaluation of the program that nurture a long-term, resourceful,international collaboration among the institutions. The list of DDP students is as shown in Table 1.
Expanding further from the DDP, KUSPH also plans to step up the diversity of the programand its superiority in producing globally-competitive graduate by introducing “Joint Degree Program”(JDP) with London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in the near future.
Other activities of the International office are as follows:English translation support for Japanese materials. From April 2015 till date, the office has
provided translation support for 3286 slides of various KUSPH classes.



Master's DDP with partner universities. Since 2014 till date, KUSPH offers DDP with
CUCPHS, UM, and NTUCPH. Until the end of 2016 fiscal year, in total, 7 students havebeen enrolled in the DDP (1 outbound to UM, 3 inbound from UM, and 3 inbound from
CUCPHS) with significant productivity of close to 10 peer-reviewed publications among
these 7 students co-authored with our international partners, as shown in Table 1. In 2017,
7 students were enrolled (1 outbound to CUCPHS and 6 inbound from NTUCPH).



Student field trip in FY2015 to MUPH, NTUCPH, and LSHTM.

The promotion of joint research supervision through “Super Global Course” (SGC).



KUSPH special lecture series.



School's annual conference, "The Kyoto Global Conference for Rising Public HealthResearchers (KGC)".

3|PageTable 1. List of DDP students

Student

Ayako
Kohno

Home
University(degree,
period)Kyoto
University
School of
Public Health
(MPH,
April
2014-March
2016)

Host University
Department at KUSPH(degree, period)

KUSPH-MPH’s thesis
title

University of
Malaya, Facultyof Medicine(MMedSc by
Research,
October
2014-July 2016)

Factors influencing
Japanese retirees’ trust in
physicians in Malaysia: aqualitative study

Health informatics

Peer-reviewed publications
as a result of DDP
1. Kohno A, Nik Farid ND, Musa G, etal Factors affecting Japanese
retirees' healthcare service
utilisation in Malaysia: a qualitative
study. BMJ Open,
2016;6:e010668. doi:
10.1136/bmjopen-2015-01066
2. Kohno, A., Musa, G., Farid, N. D.,
Aziz, N. A., Nakayama, T., &Dahlui, M. (2016). Issues inhealthcare services in Malaysia as
experienced by Japanese retirees.
BMC Health Services Research,
16(1).
doi:10.1186/s12913-016-1417-3

4|PageNanthini
Thevi Bhoo
Pathy

University of
Malaya,Faculty of
Medicine(MMedSc by
Research,
February2015~)

Kyoto University
School of Public
Health(MPH ,
October
2014-September
2016)

Pharmacoepidemiology The Impact ofChemotherapy on
Survival in Women with
Very Early Estrogen
Receptor Negative
Breast Cancer

SiamalaSinnadurai

University of
Malaya,Faculty of
Medicine(MMedSc by
Research,
February2015~)

Kyoto University
School of Public
Health(MPH ,
October
2014-September
2016)

Preventive Services

Common alcoholic andnon-alcoholic beverages
intake and risk of breast
cancer among Japanese
women

5|PageFauzi
MuftahElamouri

Chulalongkorn
University,
College of
Public Health
(MPH,
July
2014-August
2016)

Kyoto University
School of Public
Health(MPH,
October
2014-September
2016)

Global Health andSocio-epidemiology

Factors Promoting or
Inhibiting Drug Use andRisky Sexual PracticeAmong Young Libyans in
Post Revolution Tripoli –Libya: A qualitative study

Nurul
SyafikaAmir
HamzahUniversity of
Malaya,Faculty of
Medicine(MMedSc by
Research,
February
2016~)
Chulalongkorn
University,
College of
Public Health

Kyoto University
School of Public
Health(MPH,
October
2015-September
2017)

Global Health andSocio-epidemiology

Psychological Stressamong Southeast Asian
Students in Japan : A
Qualitative Study

Kyoto University
School of Public
Health(MPH,

Global Health andSocio-epidemiology

Changes in sexual
behaviours, HIV testing,and HIV prevalence
among young people

Omid
Dadras"Now drugs in Libya are much cheaper
than food": A Qualitative Study on
Substance Use Among Young Libyans in
Post-Revolution Tripoli, Libya.
International Journal of Drug Policy
2017 [Accepted on Nov1]

HIV epidemic among urban man aged
15-24 years; trend and projection:
findings from Tanzania HIV/AIDS andMalaria Indicators Surveys between

6|PagePhayong
Thepaksorn(MPH, July
2015-June
2017)

October
2015-September
2017)

Chulalongkorn
University,
College of
Public Health(MPH, August
2015-June
2017)

Kyoto University
School of Public
Health(MPH,
October
2015-September
2017)

Health andEnvironmental
Sciences

aged 15-24 in Tanzania:
finding from Tanzania
AIDS/Malaria surveys
between 2003-11

2007-8 and 2011-12, Public
Health and Preventive Medicine Archive
Journal [under review]

Occupational Noise
Exposure and Risk
Perception among Para
Rubber Wood Workers in
Sawmills in Trang
Province, Thailand

1. Shiwaku Y, Lee P, Thepaksorn P,
Zheng B, Koizumi A, Harada KH.
Spatial and temporal trends inperfluorooctanoic andperfluorohexanoic acid in well,surface, and tap water around afluoropolymer plant in Osaka,
Japan. Chemosphere. 2016; 164:603-610.
2. Thepaksorn P, Fadrilan-Camacho
V, Siriwong W. Respiratory
symptoms and ventilatory function
defects among Para rubber wood
sawmill workers in the South ofThailand. Hum. Eco. Risk Ass.
2017; 23(4):788-797.
3. Thepaksorn P, Koizumi a, HaradaK, Siriwong W, Neitzel RL.
7|PageOccupational noise exposure andhearing defects among sawmill
workers in the South of Thailand.
Int J Occup Saf Ergon. 2017 Oct
23:1-23.
4. Thepaksorn, P. Thongjerm S,
Incharoen S, Siriwong W, Harada
K, Koizumi A. Job safety analysis
and hazard identification for work
accident prevention in Rubber
wood sawmills in Trang Province,
Thailand. J Occup Health. 2017
Oct 7. doi:
10.1539/joh.16-0204-CS.
5. Thepaksorn P, et al., Relationship
Between Noise-Related Risk
Perception, Knowledge, and theUse of Hearing Protection Devices
Among Para Rubber Wood
Sawmill Workers, Safety and
Health at Work (2017),
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.shaw.20
17.06.002
AgariTakahiro

Kyoto
University
School of
Public Health

Chulalongkorn
University,
Global Health andCollege of Public Socio-epidemiology
HealthIn process

8|PageChen
Yan-DaCheng
Ya-Chih

Chung
Yun-ShanPeng
Chu-Yun(MPH, April
2017-March2019)
National
TaiwanUniversity
College of
Public Health(MSc, August
2017~)
National
TaiwanUniversity
College of
Public Health(MSc, August
2017~)
National
TaiwanUniversity
College of
Public Health(MSc, August
2017~)
National
TaiwanUniversity(MPH, August
2017~)
Kyoto University
School of Public
Health(MPH, October
2017-September
2019)
Kyoto University
School of Public
Health(MPH,
October
2017-September
2019)
Kyoto University
School of Public
Health(MPH,
October
2017-September
2019)
Kyoto University
School of Public
HealthHealth andEnvironmental
Sciences

In process

Ecology with emphasison the environment

In process

Health andEnvironmental
Sciences

In process

Global Health andSocio-epidemiology

In process

9|PageCollege of
Public Health(MSc, August
2017~)Wu
National
Meng-Chun Taiwan
University
College of
Public Health(MSc, August
2017~)Yang
National
Chih-Chi
TaiwanUniversity
College of
Public Health(MSc, August
2017~)(MPH,
October
2017-September
2019)
Kyoto University
School of Public
Health(MPH,
October
2017-September
2019)
Kyoto University
School of Public
Health(MPH,
October
2017-September
2019)

Genome Epidemiology

In process

Global Health andSocio-epidemiology

In process

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FY 2015: Student field trip to MUPH
On August 16-22, 2015, KUSPH organized student field trip to MUPH, Bangkok, Thailand.
The list of participants is as follows:-

1. Kozo

Matsubayashi

2. Teeranee

Techasrivichien

1. Amarjargal

Dagvadorj

Title/Position/
Grade level
Professor
Assistant
Professor
PhD2

2. Anita

Ongosi

PhD1Students 3. Hiroshi
4. Jie

Okada
Guan

PhD3
PhD1

5. Yukiko

Honda

PhD3

First name

Staff

Last name

Department
Field medicine
SGU/International office (Global
Health and Socio-epidemiology)
Health Informatics
Global Health andSocio-epidemiology
Health Informatics
Pharmacoepidemiology
Global Health andSocio-epidemiology

Schedule of the visit was as shown below:Date

Activities

AUG 16(SUN)

Arrival in Bangkok, Thailand

AUG 17(MON)

9:30-11:00 Visit Salaya campus, Mahidol University
12:00-13:00 Lunch
13:00-17:00 MUPH Welcome Orientation
Introduction of Mahidol University, Faculty of Public Health
Introduction of Kyoto University (Prof. Matsubayashi)
Introduction of KUSPH (Prof. Matsubayashi)
Research presentation by KUSPH + MUPH students
17:00-19:00 Welcome Reception

AUG 18(TUE)

9:00-15:00

AUG 19(WED)

9:00-15:00

Publication Writing Workshop by the editor Asia-Pacific Journal of Public
Health (Preconference Program)

AUG 20(THU)

8:00-17:00

The 7th International Conference on Public Health and Environment in the
21st Century: Evidence-Based Global Health

AUG 21(FRI)

8:00-17:00

The 7th International Conference on Public Health and Environment in the 21stCentury: Evidence-Based Global Health

AUG 22(SAT)

Students to Thai Health Promotion Foundation visit(Prof. Matsubayashi and Dr. Teeranee discuss DDP with MUPH workgroup)

Departure from BKK, Thailand

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Mahidol University, Salaya Campus tour

MUPH Welcome Orientation and students research presentation

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FY2015: Student field trip to NTUCPH
On September 20-27, 2015, KUSPH organized student field trip to NTUCPH, Taipei,
Taiwan. The list of participants is as shown below:-First name
1.
Staff

Students2.

Takeo
Teeranee

Last nameNakayama
Techasrivichien

Title/Position/
Grade level
Professor
Assistant
Professor

Department
Health informatics
SGU/International office(Global Health andSocio-epidemiology)

1.

Hiba Abuelgasim

Fadlelmoula

MPH2

2

Irene

Nabanoba

MPH2

3

Mayumi

Nishimura

MPH2

4

Wang

Chiawen

PhD1

5.

Serge-Andre

6.

Toshihiro

Hatakeyama

PhD2

7.

RisakoKabataPhD1

8.

Nanthini Thevi

Bhoo Pathy

MPH1

Pharmacoepidemiology

9.

Amarjargal

Dagvadorj

DrPH2

Health Informatics

Mizerero
UwunvaPhD1Health Informatics
Global Health andSocio-epidemiology
Health Informatics
Global Health andSocio-epidemiology
Global Health andSocio-epidemiology
Preventive Services
Health and Environmental
Sciences

Schedule of the visit was as follows:-

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National Taiwan University, Main Campus, and Hospital tour

Welcome reception and students’ research discussion“Essentials of Global Health” and “Global Health Live” class
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FY2015: Student field trip to LSHTM
On February 14 - 20, 2016, KUSPH organized student field trip to LSHTM, London, UK.
The list of participants is as shown below:Title/Positi
First nameon/

Last name

Grade

Department

level
1.
Kihara*Masahiro

2. Teeranee

AssistantTechasrivichien
Professor

Professor

Staff

Director, SGU/International office(Professor, Global Health andSocio-epidemiology)
SGU/International office(Global Health andSocio-epidemiology)

1. Bhekumusa Lukhele

PhD3

Global Health and Socio-epidemiology

2. Yukari

Ohbayashi

MPH2

Global Health and Socio-epidemiology

Students 3. Sediq

Hazratzai

MPH2

Global Health and Socio-epidemiology

4. Naoki

Takashi

MPH1

Global Health and Socio-epidemiology

5. LinSong

MPH1

Pharmacoepidemiology

MPH2

Health Informatics

6. Hiba
Fadlelmoula* Abuelgasim(*Travelled on a different budget)

Schedule of the visit was as follows:-

Date
FEB 14(SUN)
FEB 15(MON)

FEB 16(TUE)

Activities
Arrival in London, UK
Both students and faculties
ECOHOST Symposium: New frontiers in public health data
Hosted by The Centre for Health and Social Change, LSHTM
Time: 9.30am - 7pm
Venue: John Snow Lecture Theatre – Keppel Street
Students’ program
Faculties’ program
Presentations with Prof. Ian Roberts
Presentations with Prof. Ian Roberts
Time: 9.30am – 12pm
Time: 9.30am – 12pm
Venue: LG6 – Keppel Street
Venue: LG6 – Keppel Street
Independent study and free time (1-5pm) Meeting with Anne Mills, Della Freeth
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FEB 17(WED)

Students’ program
LSHTM insectaries
Time: 11.30am – 12pm
Venue: Please convene at Keppel Street
reception at 11.25am

and Ian Roberts
Time: 1pm – 3pm
Venue: G6 – Keppel Street
Faculties’ program
Departure to Japan
Time: 6 am

Free time – 12pm - 1.45pm

FEB
18
(THU)
FEB
19
(FRI)
FEB 20(SAT)

Public health research in the UK –Joanna Reynolds
Time: 2pm – 3.30pm
Venue: LG4 – Tavistock Place
International Conference: Evidence in Global Disability and Health
Hosted by the International Center for Evidence in Disability, LSHTM
Time: 9.30am - 4.30pm
Venue: John Snow Lecture Theatre – Keppel Street
International Conference: Evidence in Global Disability and Health
Hosted by the International Center for Evidence in Disability, LSHTM
Time: 9.30am - 4.30pm
Venue: John Snow Lecture Theatre – Keppel Street
Departure from London, UK“ECOHOST Symposium: New frontiers in public health data”
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Presentation with Prof. Ian Roberts

Public health research in the UK with Joanna Reynolds“Evidence in Global Disability and Health”
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FY2016~: Kyoto University School of Public Health Super Global Course(KUSPH-SGC)
In concordance with Kyoto University’s educational reform policy, under the JGP, aiming to
produce a new generation of world-leading researchers through a synergy of internationalization
strategies involving both education and research and in effort to put forth high standards andstrengthen Public Health education, training, and research to improve the quality of the publichealth workforce in Japan and globally, Kyoto University School of Public Health (KUSPH) has
established “Kyoto University School of Public Health Super Global Course” (KUSPH-SGC) thatencourages its students to pursue international experience through building alliances withrenowned public/global health related educational intuitions for research collaboration (i.e. thesis
joint-supervision). KUSPH-SGC also encourages student’s leadership through the active
involvement of the School’s annual international conference and workshop during the annual“Kyoto Global Conference for Rising Public Health Researchers” as well as interactive participationin the “Global Health” course that intends to provide students with introductory understanding of themost critical issues in global health. The student will be awarded with the SGC’s recognition fromthe President of Kyoto University when completing his/her master’s or doctoral degree at
KUSPH regardless of year of enrollment in the SGC.

The 3 main requisites for the KUSPH-SGC are as follow:-① Research Joint Supervision
From April 2016, KUSPH offers the opportunity for its master and doctoral students to visit theco-supervisor from overseas university (host university) of students’ choice through a short-travel
scholarship, to conduct research (leading to the thesis at KUSPH) under the joint researchsupervision of main supervisor from KUPSH (home university) and the co-supervisor at host
university. Since it is a small grant, students are advised to prepare and carry on research
discussions through email communications before and after the trip. The co-supervisor may

18 | P a g ebecome a member of the thesis examination committee. Official partners are as listed and may be
given priority:

Chulalongkorn University, College of Public Health Sciences

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine



Mahidol University, Faculty of Public Health

National Taiwan University, College of Public Health

University of Malaya, Faculty of Medicine

Or any other overseas universities of choice.

② Enroll and pass the “Global Health” course (course code Z203) at KUSPH.
The syllabus is attached as appendix.

③ Fully take part in KUSPH’s annual conference, “The Kyoto Global
Conference for Rising Public Health Researchers” throughStudents Conference Organizing CommitteeConference session rapporteur

Poster or Oral presentation of ongoing research or research protocol

Buddy the invited conference guests during the conference (if applicable)

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List of KUSPH-SGC students

Name ofstudent(Level at thetime ofapplication)

Department at KUSPH

Co-supervisor

Peer-reviewed publications
as a result of KUSPH-SGC

2016
Anita Ongosi(PhD Year 2)

Global Health andSocio-epidemiology

Ayako Kohno(PhD Year 1)

Health Informatics

Calistus
Wilunda(DrPH Year 2)

Pharmacoepidemiology

Charlotte Serrem, MSc, PhD, SeniorLecturer, University of Eldoret, Departmentof Consumer Science, School of Agricultureand Biotechnology
 Professor Maznah Dahlui, MD, PhD,
Department of Social and Preventive
Medicine, Faculty of Medicine,
University of Malaya
Dr. Nik Daliana Nik Farid, MBBS,
MPH, DrPH, Medical Lecturer andPublic Health Specialist, Department
of Social and Preventive Medicine,
Faculty of Medicine, University of
MalayaMarta Blangirdo, PhD, Senior Lecturer,
Department of Epidemiology andBiostatistics, School of Medicine, Imperial
College London

Wilunda C, Yoshida S, Blangiardo M, Betran AP,
Tanaka S, Kawakami K. Caesarean delivery andanaemia risk in children in 45 low- and middle-income
countries. Matern Child Nutr. 2017;e12538.
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Chiawen
Wang(PhD Year 2)

Global Health andSocio-epidemiology

MohammadHazratzai(DrPH Year 1)

Global Health andSocio-epidemiology

Omid Dadras(MPH-DDP)

Global Health andSocio-epidemiology

Phayong
Thepaksorn(MPH-DDP)

Health andEnvironmental Sciences

Takahashi
Shinomi(MPH Year 2)

Global Health andSocio-epidemiology

Chang-Chuan Chan, MSc, PhD, Director,
Global Health Center, College of Public
Health, National Taiwan University
Mitchell D. Feldman, MD, MPhil, FACP,
Professor of Medicine and Interim Chief,
DGIM and Associate Vice Provost, Faculty
Mentoring, University of California, San
Francisco
HIV epidemic among urban man aged 15-24 years;
Lorna Gibson, MPhil, Faculty oftrend and projection: findings from Tanzania HIV/AIDS
Epidemiology and population health, London and Malaria Indicators Surveys between 2007-8 andSchool of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
2011-12, Public Health and Preventive Medicine
Archive Journal [under review] Prof. Michael Yost, PhD, Department Thepaksorn P, et al., Relationship Between
Noise-Related Risk Perception, Knowledge, and theof Environmental and Occupational
Use of Hearing Protection Devices Among Para
Health Sciences, University ofWashington School of Public Health, Rubber Wood Sawmill Workers, Safety and Health at
Work (2017),
Seattle, USA
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.shaw.2017.06.002
 Assist. Prof. Richard L.Neitzel, PhD,
Department of Environmental
Sciences and Risk Science Center,
University of Michigan School of
Public Health, Ann Harbor, USA.
Konstadina Griva, PhD, CPsychol,
Associate Professor, Department of
Psychology, National University of
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Singapore

Yoshitaka
Nishikawa(PhD Year 1)

Health Informatics

YukikoTateyama(PhD Year 1)

Global Health andSocio-epidemiology

Dr. Susan Hodgson, PhD, MSc, BSc,
Lecturer in Environmental
Epidemiology & Exposure
Assessment, Department of
Epidemiology and Biostatistics,
School of Public Health, Faculty of
Medicine, Imperial College London
 Mr. Shuhei Nomura, MSc,
Department of Epidemiology andBiostatistics, School of Public Health,
Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College
LondonProfessor Mubiana Macwan'gi, PhD,
Director of Institute of Economic and Social
Research, The University of Zambia

2017
Hiromi
Segawa(MPH Year 2)

Global Health andSocio-epidemiology

Megumi
Yoshigai(MPH Year 1)

Global Health andSocio-epidemiology

Nur Hazreen

Global Health and

Dean Chencho Dorjee, MD, Faculty of
Nursing & Public Health, Khesar Gyalpo
University of Medical Sciences of Bhutan Associate Professor Joanne Hudson,
Swansea University
 Professor Lewis Michael, Head of
Exercise, Medicine and HealthResearch Group, Swansea University
Associate Professor Dr. Heidi J. Larson,
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Mohd Hasni(MPH Year 2)

Socio-epidemiology

Director of the Vaccine Confidence Project(VCP), Department of Infectious Disease
Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene
and Tropical Medicine.
Professor Nathorn Chaiyakunapruk,
Verin
Healthcare economics
PharmD, PhD, Professor of HealthLertjanyakun
and Quality management Economics, School of Pharmacy, Monash(MPH Year 2)
University
Professor John Cairns, MA, MPhil,
Xiuting Mo
Department of Health Services Research
Health Informatics(PhD Year 1)
and Policy, London School of Hygiene &TropicalRemarks: As of the end of FY2016, students highlighted in green have completed their degree program and have been awarded with the SGC
recognition from the President.

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Welcome Home Seminar for KUSPH-SGC 2016

Toward the end of 2016 fiscal year, KUSPH hosted a “Welcome Home Seminar” for
KUSPH-SGC students on February 3, 2016 for the students to be able to share their experiencethat they have untaken with the travel grant to visit their co-supervisors overseas. Students
reported that the opportunity was beneficial for research activities, data analysis and manuscript
writing as well as personal, career development and network collaboration.

Yoshitaka Nishikawa sharing his experience

Ayako Kohno sharing her experience

KUSPH Dean, Professor Takeo Nakayama giving a closing speech
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KUSPH special lecture series
In line with international promotion strategy, since 2017, KUSPH has introduced “KUSPH special
lecture series”. For the fiscal year 2017, KUSPH has invited 3 Professors from LSHTM to provide ashort course series on campus.

(August 1-7, 2017) Special lecture series on “Research Integrity: Telling the truth andexposing lies” by Professor Ian Roberts (LSTHM).
28 registered. 13 actually participated. 4 walk-ins.

(September 22-27, 2017) Special lecture series on “Health Economics and Social Capital”
by Professor John Cairns (LSTHM).
26 registered. 18 actually participated. 3 walk-ins.

(Invitation accepted, classes to be held in March 2018) Special lecture series on“Nutrition epidemiology” by Professor Sharon Cox (LSTHM).

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Kyoto University School of Public HealthYoshida-Konoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
http://sph.med.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Kyoto University School of Public Health (KUSPH) invites its students and staff
to the special lecture series on “Research Integrity: Telling the truth andexposing lies” by Professor Ian Roberts, London School of Hygiene &Tropical Medicine. Ian Roberts is Professor of Epidemiology & Public Healthand co-director of the Clinical Trials Unit at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.
He is the principal investigator of several large international randomised controlled trials. His
current focus is the conduct of large scale trials of tranexamic acid in the management of acutesevere bleeding.
Date

Time

Aug 1
(Tue)

10:30 am
-12:00 pm

Aug 2 10:30 am(Wed) -12:00 pm

Venue

Topic of discussion
Research integrity and why it matters?
An introduction to research integrity
definitions and prevalence.

Large Seminar Room,
1st floor, Science
Frontier Building,
Medical campus

including

The anatomy of research fraud.
Some important cases of research misconduct aimed
at stimulating discussion about how to prevent it.
Which misconduct matters the most?
Although fabrication and falsification receive mostattention, selective reporting and the opportunistic useof the play of chance may be more likely to harm
patients.

Aug 3
(Thu)

10:30 am
-12:00 pm

Aug 4
(Fri)

10:30 am
-12:00 pm

Statistical methods for monitoring data integrity.
How statistical methods can help to ensure data
integrity in research studies.

10:30 am
-12:00 pm

What would you do now?
A discussion based lecture based around a series ofreal research misconduct scenarios.

Aug 7
(Mon)

13:00 pm
-14:30 pm

Seminar room 335,
3rd floor,
G-building,
Medical campus

Bad people or bad systems?
How should we reduce the risk to patients fromresearch misconduct – is research misconduct a
personal failure or a system failure?

Prof. Roberts would like to know the background of the class participants.
Please register in the link below by July 15th:
https://goo.gl/forms/F7RZyHWWc04f9Mfs1

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List of registered participants for special lecture series on “Research Integrity: Telling thetruth and exposing lies” by Professor Ian Roberts (LSTHM).

First
name
Calistus
Masafumi
Chiawen
NaohiroMegumi

Familyname
Wilunda
Tada
Wang
Yonemoto
Yoshigai

SayakaTakenouchi

Yingxue
TomokoYukikoJin
Yaman
KumikoAkemi
Yoshihito
Xiuting
Emi
MohamedAnita
Sachiko
Shinako
Kyoko

Dai
Fujii
Tateyama
Miyazawa
Kayali
Kanatani
TakadaGoto
Mo
Adachi
Oudah
OngosiKasamoInaidaKitazawa

Sumihiro

KawanoKayo

Ueda

Current degree and level at
KUSPH
Pharmacoepidemiology
DrPH Year 3
Health Promotion and Human Behavior DrPH Year 2
Global Health and Socio-epidemiology PhD Year 3
Biostatistics
Faculty
Global Health and Socio-epidemiology MPH Year 1
Kyoto University Hospital
Lecturer
Department of Ethics Support
Global Health and Socio-epidemiology PhD Year 3
Preventive Medicine
PhD Year 3
Global Health and Socio-epidemiology PhD Year 3
Global Health and Socio-epidemiology MPH Year 1
CSEAS
Assist. Prof.
Health Informatics
Researcher
Health Informatics
PhD
Health Informatics
Research Fellow
Health Informatics
PhD Year 1
Health Informatics
DrPH Year 2
Engineering
PhD Year 3
Global Health and Socio-epidemiology PhD Year 3
Pharmacoepidemiology
MPH Year 2
Pharmcoepidemiology
Assistant Professor
Heatlh informatics
DrPH Year 3
Exchange student fromPharmacoepidemiology
Kagoshima university
Health Informatics
DrPH Year 3
Department at KUSPH

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Kyoto University School of Public HealthYoshida-Konoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
http://sph.med.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Kyoto University School of Public Health(KUSPH) invites you to the special
lecture series on“Health Economics and Social

Capital” by Professor John Cairns, London School ofHygiene & Tropical Medicine. John Cairns is Professor of
Health Economics at the London School of Hygiene &Tropical Medicine. He has a particular interest in the useof economic information to inform health care decision -making, and has been a member of
the NICE Appraisal Committee since 2003.
Date

Time

Venue

Topic of discussion
What is health economics?
Understanding the behaviour of individuals and
10:30 am organisations engaged in the production and
Sep 22 12:00 pm
consumption of health. Informing healthcare priority(Fri)setting.
Measurement of Social Capital.
All
13:00 pm Introduction to the main social capital concepts. How
sessions
14:30 pm
has social capital been measured?
@Social capital in health economics.
10:30 am What do we know about the relationship between
SeminarSep 25 12:00 pm
room 335, social capital and (1) health, (2) health-related
behavior & (3) the utilisation of health services.
(Mon)
3rd floor,
Policy implications.
13:00 pm G-building, What are the implications for the design and14:30 pm
implementation of health policies?
MedicalEconomics and priority-setting.
campus
10:30 am Market failure in the healthcare sector. Using
12:00 pm
economic evaluation to inform healthcare decisionSep 27
making.
(Wed)
Facing the challenge of high cost medicines.
13:00 pm The examples of directly acting antivirals for the
14:30 pm
treatment of hepatitis C infection, and biomarkerguided therapies for advanced cancers.
Prof. Cairns would like to know the background of the class participants.
Please register in the link below by September 15th:
https://goo.gl/forms/ywj785dSDQxTp0kA2
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List of registered participants for special lecture series on “Health Economics and Social Capital” byProfessor John Cairns (LSTHM)

First
name

Family name

Department at KUSPH

Verin
Aya
Yoshitaka
Yoshihito

Lertjanyakun
Suganuma
Nishikawa
Goto

Healthcare Economics and Quality Management
Health Promotion and Human Behavior
Health Informatics
Health Informatics

Miho

IwakumaMedical communication

Yingxue
YukikoXiuting
ChiawenMasafumi
YoshitoYoshie
Jia
Kohei

Dai
Tateyama
Mo
Wang
Tada
HirotaNakayama
Guan
Muguruma

Global Health and Socio-epidemiology
Global Health and Socio-epidemiology
Health informatics
Global Health and Socio-epidemiology
Health Promotion and Human Behavior
Healthcare Economics and Quality Management
Breast Medical Oncology
Pharmacoepidemiology
Healthcare Economics and Quality Management

ShinakoInaidaPharmacoepidemiology

Anita

OngosiGlobal Health and Socio-epidemiology

Hironori

Uematsu

Healthcare Economics and Quality Management

Norio

Watanabe

Health Promotion and Human Behavior

NAO

HANAKI

Medical economics

Megumi
Kyoko

Yoshigai
Kitazawa

Global Health and Socio-epidemiology
Health Informatics

Riham

MohamedGlobal health and Socio-epidemiology

WilundaChristina
Lin
KumikoWilundaEl-saaidi
Liu
Kanatani

Pharmacoepidemiology
Global Health and Socio-epidemiology
Health Promotion and Human Behavior
Health Informatics

Current
degree andlevel at
KUSPH
MPH Year 2
PhD Year 2
PhD Year 2
PhD Year 4
Associate
Professor
researcher
PhD Year 3
PhD Year 1
PhD Year 3
DrPH Year 2
MPH Year 1
PhD Year 3
DrPH Year 3
DrPH Year 1
Assistant
Professor
PhD Year 3
Postdoctoral
fellow
Associate
Professor
Research
Student
MPH Year 1
DrPH Year 3
Research
student
DrPH Year 3
PhD Year 4
Researcher
Researcher

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KUSPH's annual conference: "The Kyoto Global Conference for Rising Public
Health Researchers (KGC)"
As reflected by its name, KGC’s main aim is to nurture and empower early career researchersand students by serving as a platform for the exchange and sharing of ideas, lesson learned,
experience, and solutions to the increasingly challenging health problems of the 21 th century. KGC
is supported by the Japan Gateway Kyoto University Top Global Program (JGP) sponsored by the
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Japan, that aims toenhance international competitiveness of Kyoto University by promoting international collaborative
research projects and globalization of educational programs. Until date, we have organized:

2015 KGC – “Aging Society and Community Health”

2016 KGC – “Universal Health Coverage and Health Economics”

2017 KGC – “Interdisciplinary approach and collaboration for Health for All”

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2015 KGC – “Aging Society and Community Health” and international week
The event consisted of two parts: (1) 2015 Kyoto Global Conference for Rising Public
Health Researchers: Aging Society and Community Health, December 2-3, and (2) the Student
Exchange program, November 30 – December 5. The philosophy underlying the event was tofocus on young people, from young researchers to students, to create a basis for futurecollaboration through encouraging students and researchers to actively interact and createconnections.

2015 KGC
Held on December 2-3, 2015 by KUSPH, the conference counted with 17 rising publichealth researchers from different parts of the world, including 13 from well-known universities
around the globe and 4 faculty members of Kyoto University. The conference’s main focus was‘young people’, from researchers to students, the objective of the event was to create a basis andconnections for future collaboration between different institutions and its members, throughencouraging interaction between the guests from different universities, and those from Kyoto
University.
Many ideas and opinions were exchanged during these two days, as well as oral andposter presentations. Faculty members of Kyoto University’s partner universities were also present,
ending the second day with the signing of the Letter of Intent for double degree program between
KUSPH and MUPH, and as well as with NTUCPH.
The poster presentation session was held for 2 days, consisting of 42 posters including 27
from KUSPH students, 12 from invited international students and 3 from KUSPH faculty. Student
posters were voted for the Best Poster Presentation Awards and 6 winners were selected. The listof the winners is as follows:

Name

University

Hiba
KUSPH
Abulgasim
Elamouri Fauzi DDP:

Poster title
Awareness Attitude and Capacity of Policy-makers for
Evidence-Informed Policymaking in Healthcare in Sudan: Pilot study
Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Concerning HIV and Substance
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Koji Hara

KUSPHCUCPHS
KUSPH

Ya-Ru YangNTUCPH

Bhekumusa
LukheleJoannaReynolds

KUSPH
LSHTM

Use among Young Libyan in Post Revolution – Tripoli /Libya: aqualitative study
Correlates of Perceived Performance of "Community-Based
Integrated Care" System
Associations between Air Pollution, Open Space
and Chronic Kidney Disease
A Comparison of Sexual History Between HIV Positive and HIV
Negative Pregnant Women in Swaziland: A Cross Sectional Study
Understanding ‘community’ in the context of a community
empowerment initiative in the UK: implications for evaluating
impacts on health and inequalities

At least 146 people (111 registered, 35 walk-in) participated in the conference that included
14 international speakers, 15 international students, 11 international faculty, 26 KUSPH faculty, 36
KUSPH students, 3 WHO Kobe Centre members, 1 MEXT member, 1 KU Headquarter member,
12 unclassified student or faculty of KU, and unexpectedly 18 undergraduate medical students and9 high school students. The undergraduate students volunteered to help coordinate the operationand logistics of the conference.

Student Exchange Program
A total of 12 students from 3 universities (LSHTM, MUPH, and NTUCPH) were invited to theprogram, in which they had the opportunity to share their research with KUSPH students, to present
their research projects, to attend classes specially arranged for the international students as well as
to visit laboratories and meeting faculty. As part of this program, KUSPH students were asked fortheir collaboration to provide a ‘buddy program’, which had as its ultimate goal to provide a platform
for the students to create connections and share their knowledge with their peers from otheruniversities. The program created positive “dynamism” among the KUSPH and invited students.

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December 2 (Wednesday)
Opening session: Welcome addresses and keynote speech
09.00 - 09.10

Vice President, Kyoto University
Masao Kitano

09.10 - 09.20

Dean, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University
Shinji Uemoto

09.20 - 09.30

Dean, Kyoto University School of Public Health
Shunichi Fukuhara

Keynote speech
09.30 - 10.00

The new global ageing and health research agenda: transforming health and social systems
Director, WHO Centre for Health Development, Kobe, Japan
Alex Ross-Break 15 minutes-

Session 1 – Cohort studies: For the health of young to elderly population
Session chairs: Tosiya Sato (Kyoto University) and Chang-Chuan Chan (National Taiwan University)
10.15 - 10.45

Epidemiological approach to save lives from sudden cardiac death in aging society
Taku Iwami: Kyoto University

10.45 - 11.15

The i-Share cohort project on the health of university students
Ilaria Montagni: University of Bordeaux

11.15 - 11.45

Genetic and epigenetic effects in environmental health studies
Chen-yu Liu: National Taiwan University

11.45 - 12.15

The Nagahama prospective cohort for the comprehensive human bioscience(The Nagahama Study)
Yoshimitsu Takahashi: Kyoto University-Lunch 1 hour - Sandwich box

Session 2 – Poster presentation
13.15 - 14.45

Poster presentation

Session 3 – Dementia: Its socioeconomic and cultural perspectives
Session chairs: Toshiaki Furukawa (Kyoto University) and Wei J. Chen (National Taiwan University)
14.45 - 15.15

Dementia care access and experience for South Asians in the UK:
The influence of religious communities
Jemma Regan: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

15.15 - 15.45

Effects of education and race on cognitive decline: Heterogeneity in associations across studies
Alden L Gross: John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health15.45 - 16.15

The INSPIRED study of young onset dementia
Adrienne L Withall: University of New South Wales-Break 15 minutes-

Session 4 – Aging in developed settings: Trend and healthcare preparedness
Session chairs: Yuichi Imanaka (Kyoto University) and Koji Kawakami (Kyoto University)
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16.30 - 17.00

Modelling and simulation for chronic and infectious diseases
Alex R Cook: National University of Singapore

17.00 - 17.30

The ageing population in Sweden – disease and mortality trends, what can we expect
for the future?
Karin Modig: Karolinska Institutet

17.30 - 18.00

Health services research for a sustainable healthcare system in Japan
Tetsuya Otsubo: Kyoto University

18.30 ~

Dinner reception

at Restaurant "La Tour", Clock Tower, Kyoto University

December 3 (Thursday)
Session 5 – Disability in the elderly: Mental, physical backgrounds and socio-economic, cultural andenvironmental perspective
Session chairs: Takeo Nakayama (Kyoto University) and Maznah Dahlui (University of Malaya)
10.00 - 10.30

Health status among community-dwelling adults in urban community, Bangkok Metropolitan,
ThailandNitchaphat Khansakorn: Mahidol University

10.30 - 11.00

Chronic respiratory disease among the elderly in South Africa: any association with proximity tomine dumps
Nkosi Vusumuzi: University of Pretoria

11.00 - 11.30

The different ways of growing old in Chile
Alejandra Fuentes-García: University of Chile

11.30 - 12.00

Kuala Pilah cohort study: Profile of community-dwelling older people with disability
Farizah M Hairi: University of Malaya-Lunch 1 hour- Japanese Bento

Session 6–

13.00 - 14.00

Poster presentation
Poster presentation
Voting for “Best Poster Presentation” award closes at 14.00

Session 7 – Care of elderly: Ecological contexts and perspectives
Session chairs: Kozo Matsubayashi (Kyoto University) and Kwanjai Amnatsatsue (Mahidol University)
14.00 - 14.30

A qualitative descriptive study on the alignment of care goals between older persons withmulti-morbidities, their family physicians and informal caregivers
Kerry H Kuluski: University of Toronto

14.30 - 15.00

Community participation for health and well-being to the Thai elderly
Montakarn Chuemchit: Chulalongkorn University

15.00 - 15.30

Community based medical care for elderly people in Bhutan
Ryota Sakamoto: Kyoto University-Break 15 minutes-

Closing
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15.45 - 16.30

Panel discussion: For future collaboration in public health education and research
Moderated by Sathirakorn Pongpanich (Chulalongkorn University) andMasahiro Kihara (Kyoto University)

16.30 - 16.45

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

Special program

17.00 – 17.30

Signing ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding for collaboration on research andeducational activities between Kyoto University School of Public Health and:

National Taiwan University, College of Public Health
Mahidol University, Faculty of Public Health2015 KGC group photo

From left to right: Dean of Graduate School of
Medicine Prof. Uemoto, Keynote Speaker Dr.
Alex Ross Director of WHO Kobe Centre, Vice
President of Kyoto University Prof. Kitano, andHead of KUSPH-SGU International Office
Professor Kihara

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2016 KGC – “Universal Health Coverage and Health Economics”
Held on December 14-15, 2016, by KUSPH, the conference counted with 12 speakers, who
are leading public health researchers from NTUCPH (Taiwan), MUPH (Thailand), CUCPHS(Thailand), UM (Malaysia) and LSHTM (UK), and KUSPH (Japan). The 2016 KGC was also
honoured to host 2 distinguished Public Health experts for keynote speeches; Anne Mills, theDeputy Director and Provost of London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, who is a world’s
renowned health economist and health system specialist with her extensive work in low and middle
income countries and Alex Ross, Director of the WHO Centre for Health Development in Kobe,
Japan (WKC), a public health policy expert with specialization in health systems, who has served
as executive panels in various units and projects of the WHO headquarter Geneva, led thedevelopment of WHO’s partnership policy, initiated numerous well-known global health financing
approaches including the Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, etc.

The conference’s main focus was “Universal Health Coverage and Health Economics”
enabling participants from different countries to share lesson learned, challenges and successes ofeach country’s health system. Another objective of the conference is also to serve as a platform toencourage ‘young people’ (Rising Researchers), from researchers to students, to create a networkfor future collaboration both in research and education between different institutions from various
regions.
At least 135 people (98 registered, 37 walk-in) participated in the conference that included
11 international speakers, 21 international students from KUSPH’s partner universities, 7international faculty from KUSPH’s partner universities, 17 KUSPH faculty, 26 KUSPH students, 3
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The conference also invited special guests
from Takatsuki Junior and Senior High School(Osaka); 7 high school students and 3 high school
teachers. This is a continuous effort of KUSPH topromoteUniversity-Highschoolpartnershiptonurture young generations of Japanese as Global
Leaders to equip them with profound awareness ofthe significance of global health issues.

Many ideas and opinions were exchanged during these two days, as well as informativeand stimulating oral and poster presentations. The poster presentation session was held for 2 days,
consisting of 36 posters including 15 from KUSPH and 21 from invited international students.
Student posters were voted for the Best Poster Presentation Awards and 5 winners were selected.
Winners received the award and the certificate from the Dean of KUSPH. The list of the winners is
as follows:Name

University

Koji Hara

KUSPH

DDP:
Nurul Syafika Amir
KUSPH –
HamzahUM
Ratchaya Jirapong MUPH
Po-wei Chu
NTUCPH
Raymond Seow

UM

Poster title
Physician Geographic Distribution in Japan: Is it Improving or
Worsening when Healthcare Demand is Adjusted
Psychological Stress Among Southeast Asian International
Students in Japan: A Qualitative Study
Job Stress Among Thai Police Officers in Prachinburi Province
Tuberculosis Disease Risk Management in DM patients
Gender Disparities in Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity
among University Students

The conference also offered a fruitful opportunity for KUSPH to discuss the possibility of a Join
Degree PhD Program development with London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine andNagasaki University School of Tropical Medicine and Global Health. Discussions started at an
executive lunch meeting on December 14th, with core working members from the three universities,
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December 14 (Wednesday)
Opening session –Welcome addresses

09:00 – 09:10

Vice President, Kyoto University
Masao Kitano

09:10 – 09:20

Dean, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University
Shinji Uemoto

09:20 – 09:30

Dean, Kyoto University School of Public Health
Takeo Nakayama

Keynote speeches
Session chairs: Takeo Nakayama (Kyoto University) and Masahiro Kihara (Kyoto University)
09:30 – 10:15

Achieving Universal Health Coverage: The Contribution of Health Economics
Anne Mills: Deputy Director & Provost and Professor of Health Economics and Policy
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

10:15 – 11:00

Achieving Universal Health Coverage in Light of Ageing Populations: Health Economic andPolitical–economy Considerations
Alex Ross: Director, WHO Centre for Health Development, Kobe
- Break 15 minutes-

Session 1 – Universal Health Coverage: Japan
Session chairs: Alex Ross (WHO Centre for Health Development) and Tosiya Sato (Kyoto University)
11:15 – 11:45

Sustainable Development of Japanese Health Care System under the Universal Health Coverage
Tetsuya Otsubo: Kyoto University

11:45 – 12:15

Visualization and Reform of Health and Social Care Systems in a Super-Aging Society
Yuichi Imanaka: Kyoto University- Lunch break 1.5 hour -Session 2 – Universal Health Coverage: Emerging Economies (1)Session chairs: Maznah Dahlui (University of Malaya) and Akio Koizumi (Kyoto University)
13:45 – 14:15

Universal Health Coverage: Experience from Thailand
Sathirakorn Pongpanich: Chulalongkorn University

14:15 – 14:45

Satisfaction with Universal Health Coverage Use Among Thais in Bangkok Metropolitan Area,
ThailandSukhonta Siri: Mahidol University

Session 3 – Poster presentation
14:45 – 16:00

Poster Presentation

Session 4 – Universal Health Coverage: Emerging Economies (2)Session chairs: Anne Mills (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine) and Toshiaki Furukawa (Kyoto
University)
16:00 – 16:30

Universal Health Coverage in Malaysia
Maznah Dahlui: University of Malaya

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16:30 – 17:00

Health Care Systems in Taiwan: Current Problems to Future Challenges
Yawen Cheng: National Taiwan University

17:00 –17:30

The Impact of Community Based Health Insurance in Enhancing Better Accessibility and Lowering
the Chance of Having Financial Catastrophe Due to Health Service Utilization: A Case Study ofSavannakhet Province, Laos
Somdeth Bodhisane: Chulalongkorn University

18:00 ~

Dinner Reception at Restaurant “La Tour”, Clock Tower, Kyoto University

December 15 (Thursday)
Session 5 – Cost-effectiveness of Health Care (1)Session chairs: John Cairns (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine) andChang-Chuan Chan (National Taiwan University)
9:30 – 10:00

Utilization of Reproductive Health Services: Time Trends & Equity
Jenny Cresswell: London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

10:00 – 10:30

Financial Difficulty and Catastrophic Health Expenditure for Colorectal Cancer Treatment
Tin Tin Su: University of Malaya

10:30 – 11:00

Treatment Cost of Genital Warts on Provider and Patient Perspectives vs Government
Expenditure Analysis on Prevention Control and Treatment of the Sexually Transmitted Diseases(STDs) in Thailand
Sukhontha Kongsin: Mahidol University

Session 6 –11:00 – 12:00

Poster presentation
Poster Presentation
Voting for “Best Poster Presentation” award closes at 13:00- Lunch Break 1 hour -Session 7 – Cost-effectiveness of Health Care (2)Session chairs: Sathirakorn Pongpanich (Chulalongkorn University) and Tetsuya Otsubo (Kyoto University)
13:00 – 13:30

Beyond Accuracy: Assessing and Projecting the Public Health Impacts of New Diagnostics for
Tuberculosis
Hsien-Ho Lin: National Taiwan University

13:30 – 14:00

Using Cost-effectiveness Evidence to Inform Health Care Decision Making
John Cairns: London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Closing
14:00 –15:00

Panel Discussion
Facilitated by John Cairns (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine) andYuichi Imanaka (Kyoto University)

15:00 – 16:00

Best Poster Presentation Award Ceremony and Closing
Moderated by Takeo Nakayama (Kyoto University)

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2017 KGC – “Interdisciplinary approach and collaboration for Health for All”
Held on December 6-7, 2017, by KUPSH, the 2017 KGC focuses on “Interdisciplinary
Approach and Collaboration for Health for All”. As reflected by its name, KGC’s main aim is tonurture and empower early career researchers and students by serving as a platform for theexchange and sharing of ideas, lesson learned, experience, and solutions to the increasingly
challenging health problems 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 are NTUCPH (Taiwan), MUPH
(Thailand), CUCPHS (Thailand), UM (Malaysia) and LSHTM (UK). The sample of theannouncement is as shown below.

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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, 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 been
appointed at the time of 2017 KGC call for abstract submission. Communication andcoordination were hindered. Due to time constrains, LSHTM was not involved in the
abstract peer-review process this year.

Abstracts selection was a blinded process. All author names and personal identifiers were
removed before the abstracts were circulated to partner universities. We asked each university toscore 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.

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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) and
Chiang Mai University, Faculty of Public Health (CMUPH). The list of number of participants byuniversities/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 Research
Agenda” was delivered by Dr. Sarah Louise Barber,
the new Director of the WHO Kobe Centre (recently
appointed in May 1, 2017). Dr. Barber is adistinguished health economist and policy specialist,
publishedwidelyon

diversetopicsinhealtheconomics 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
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Director for Africa, WHO Representative to South Africa, Team Leader for Health Systems
Development in China, Health Policy Advisor in Indonesia and Cambodia. She also has 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 of
Graduate School of Medicine Prof. Uemoto (5th from the right), as well as Deans, Vice Deans andrepresentatives from all participating universities.

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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 on 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.

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Carrying on the tradition of the previous KGCs, as an encouragement young researchers,
the posters were voted for the Best Poster Presentation Awards. This year there were 6 winners (2posters received equal number of votes). Winners received the award and the certificate from theDean of KUSPH. The list of the winners is as follows:-

Name

University Poster title

Hiromi Segawa

KUSPH

Nur Hazreen Binti
Mohd Hasni

KUSPH

Bunyarit
Panyapinyopol

MUPH

Thannakrit
Neamhom

MUPH

Zayar Myat Thu

MUPH

Shanika
Nanayakkara

USYD

Lifestyle Related Disease Risk Factors and Their Influence on
Health 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
Versus Fuel Productions based on Sustainable Development
Approach
Assessment of Food Sanitation Levels of Street Vended Shops
and Coliform Bacteria Contamination of Street Vended Food in
Nay Pyi Taw City, Myanmar
An Integrative Study on Genetic and Environmental
Determinants of Chronic Kidney Disease in the North Central
Region of Sri Lanka

USYD stands for The University of Sydney

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Moderated byProfessor Kihara(KUSPH) andProfessor Dahlui(UM), the roundtable discussion
deliberated on the
future design anddirection of KGC
towards a moreenhancedcollaboration between all partners and the sustainability of the KGC. Participants of the session are
as listed in the table below.

University
NTUCPH(TAIWAN)UM(MALAYSIA)CUCPHS(THAILAND)
MUPH(THAILAND)
LSHTM
(UK)
CMUPH
(THAILAND)NUS SSHSPH(SINGAPORE)
KUSPH
WHO Kobe*

Name
Shou-Hsia Cheng

Professor

Associate Dean

Sanjay Rampal

Professor

Dean

Tepanata Pumpaibool

Lecturer

Mathuros Tipayamongkholgul Associate Professor

Vice-Deanfor International
Affairs

Steven Cummins

Professor

Suwat Chariyalertsak

Professor

Helena Legido-Quigley

Associate Professor

Takeo Nakayama
Shinjiro Nozaki

Professor
Dean
External Relations Officer

Dean*Joined by SKYPE
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Satellite educational session presentations were delivered byProfessor Steven Cummins (London Schoolof

HygieneandTropicalMedicine):

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Associate

Professor

SuneethaKadiyala(London School of Hygiene and Tropical
Medicine):

Current

understandingof

agriculture-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 in
conducting policy relevant population healthresearchlearningfromcross-national

comparisons: The Health Systems and New
Models

of

Care

Core

(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 the
North Central Region of Sri Lanka
Shanika Nanayakkara: University of Sydney and Kyoto University Alumnus

Session 3 – Poster presentation
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16:00 – 17:00

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 University

Session 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 Tropical
Medicine)
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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