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Departments of Health Sciences

Department	Professor	Research Keyword
Health Promotion and Developmental Sciences		Health Promotion, Stress Management, Public Health, Occupational Health, International Health, Salutogenesis, Positive Psychology, QOL(Quality of Life), Health Touris
Health Informatics	Masayuki Kakehashi	Health, Mathematical model, Infectious disease, Cancer screening, Stroke, Heart attack, Weather condition, Health statistics, Health care system
Fundamental Nursing	Sanae Oriyama	Nursing labor management, nursing education, nursing technology, nursing management, nursing ethics, health education, disease control
Midwifery and Maternal-Child Nursing	Mitsuko Ohira	Becoming a parent, prevention for maltreatment during perinatal period, reproductive health nursing, Breastfeeding, Human milk expression, Neonates, NICU, improving education for midwifery
Chronic Care & Family Nursing	Michiko Moriyama	Population Health Management, Palliative care, Integrated community health care system, Chronic care, Disease management, Family nursing, Health service delivery system
Pediatric Nursing	Ikuko Sobue	Promoting the optimization of pediatric emergency medical care: Establishing a cooperation model for pediatric emergency medical care systems and child raising support, Improvement in child raising support through integrating respite care for disabled children into sick child care, Intervention study regarding pain relief among children, Support to improve the QOL of pediatric cancer survivors, Emotional development of infants and their relationship with their families
Mental Health and Psychiatric Nursing	Hiroko Kokusho
Health Care for Adults	Kazuaki Tanabe	Surgery, Stomach cancer, Metabolic surgery, Chemotherapy, Cancer nursing, Perioperative care, Emergency nursing, Transplant nursing, Mental health in the nurse, and Education for the nurse
Home Health Care and Public Health Nursing	Hisae Nakatani	Public Health Nursing, Home Health Care Nursing, Long-term care Insurance, Family Nursing in Community, Community Health Care Systems
School and Public Health Nursing	Hiromi Kawasaki	Home care，Health education, Data analysis, Children, Student, Resident, Regional collaboration, Resident's activity
Gerontological and Oncology Nursing	Mika Miyashita	Cancer survivorship, Breast cancer, Cancer and cancer therapy-related cognitive impairment, End-of-life care, Caregivers of elderly persons with dementia, Social support
Sports Rehabilitation	Yukio Urabe	Prevention for sports injury, Rehabilitation, Improvement of performance, Study for prevention of falling, Development of new technology
Anatomy and Histology
Biomechanics	Makoto Takahashi	Biomechanics, Motion Analysis, Postural control, Motor control, Falls, Sleep and physical function
Physical Analysis & Therapeutic Sciences	Hironobu Hamada	Chronic pulmonary disease, Elderly, Physical function, Physical activity, Cough peak flow, Pulmonary rehabilitation
Bio-Environmental Adaptation Sciences	Louis Yuge	Microgravity, Regenerative Medicine, Neuro Rehabilitation, Robotic Rehabilitation
Musculoskeletal Functional research and regeneration	Susumu Urakawa	Rehabilitation medicine, Robotic rehabilitation, Brain-machine interface (BMI), Brain activity, Pain-rehabilitation, Enriched environment, Mitochondrial dysfunction
Integrative Physiology	Kazuyoshi Nakanishi	Non invasive electrophysiological assessments for the spinal cord and peripheral nerve function in patients with a neural disorder. utonomic control of the cardiovascular function during exercise, Elucidating neural circuits related to a sensory processing in the limbs, Assessments for higher brain function related to pain,Experimental study for a monitoring of the spinal cord function during spine surgery, Relationship between motor disorders and spinopelvic alignment, Rehabilitation for patinets after spine surgery, Optimal excercise for avoiding the frailty or sarcopenia
Human Behavior Science of Occupational Therapy	Hideki Miyaguchi
Sensorimotor Neuroscience	Hikari Kirimoto	Clinical neurophysiology, Non-invasive brain stimulation, Evoked potentials, Motor control, Somatosensory, precise hand movement,Occupational therapy, Cancer evaluation and assessment of rehabilitation, Comprehensive community care system, Community rehabilitation
Psychosocial Rehabilitation	Hitoshi Okamura	Psychosocial, Cancer, Older adults, Dementia, Rehabilitation
Analysis and Control of Upper Extremity Function	Toru Sunagawa	Upper extremity dysfunctions, Hand surgery, Rehabilitation of the hand, Brain functions related to upper extremity, Motion analysis
Gerontological and Community-Based Occupational Therapy	Hideaki Hanaoka	Occupational therapy with elders, Reminiscence, Preventive care, Frail elderly, Dementia, Quality of life