2020 [13th] Second entrance ceremony for a graduate student of Asia International Occupational Health Program of 2020 (Posted on Dec. 15, 2020)
<Entrance ceremony for a graduate student of Asia International Occupational Health Program of 2020 (2nd)>
An entrance ceremony for one of the graduate students from Vietnam under Asia International Occupational Health Program of UOEH was held on December 4. President Otsuji and Professor Tanaka, Dean of Graduate School of Medical Science attended the ceremony.
The ceremony was organized on arrival of student due to the immigration policy of denial of landing to prevent the spread of COVID-19 has been canceled partially. On holding the ceremony, several anti-virus measures were taken.
With this ceremony, a total of two international students, who were scheduled to be accepted into this program this year, have successfully enrolled.
While mentioning the worldwide pandemic, president Otsuji said in the welcoming address, “I am happy that we have both of this year’s students despite all adversities we have faced.”
"Asia
International
Occupational
Health
Program"
aims
at
-Training
international
students
with
Japanese
students
to
be
an
internationally
successful
researcher
-Improving
quality
of
research
activities
under
high
competitive
environment
-Building
a
future
research
network
for
the
international
collaboration
in
the
field
of
Occupational
Health
This
is
the
13th
year
since
we
accepted
the
first
group
of
students
under
this
program
in
2007.
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Entrance ceremony | Group photo |
2020 [14th] Online teleconference seminar 2020: International Environmental and Occupational Health Program (Posted on Dec. 22, 2020)
< Online teleconference seminar 2020: International Environmental and Occupational Health Program >
From September 15 to December 15, this year’s teleconference seminar: International Environmental and Occupational Health Program was held online.
UOEH participated in 11 lectures through this year’s series of teleconference seminar while connecting with 4 other international sites: National Taiwan University (main site), Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Khon Kaen University (Thailand) and Singapore National University during each session. Lecturers from each site provided lectures primarily on occupational and environmental health from international perspectives.
Four of UOEH academics gave lectures for the teleconference seminar this year. Details are as follows:
<Oct.
6>
“Occupational
Mental
Health
in
Japan-
Challenges
and
opportunities”
by
Professor
Hisashi
Eguchi,
Department
of
Mental
Health,
Institute
of
Industrial
Ecological
Sciences
<Oct.
27>
“Relation
between
flow
state
and
physiological
responses”
by
Research
Associate
Hiroyuki
Kuraoka,
Department
of
Occupational
Safety
and
Health
Management,
School
of
Health
Sciences
<Nov.
24>
“Introduction
to
Positive
deviance:
Communication
strategy
for
behavioral
and
social
change”
by
Professor
Yoko
Kawamura,
Department
of
Occupational
Safety
and
Health
Management,
School
of
Health
Sciences
<Dec.
15>
“Asymptomatic
malaria:
a
huge
wall
in
the
way
to
eradication”
by
Assistant
Professor
Shoichi
Shimizu,
Department
of
Immunology
and
Parasitology,
School
of
Medicine