Institute of Industrial Ecological Sciences



Institute of Industrial Ecological Sciences (IIES) is an institute affiliated with University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan, which aims to conduct specialized research and education in the field of occupational medicine. IIES conducts post-graduate training in occupational medicine for undergraduate and graduate students, and international cooperation in the field of occupational medicine.
IIES has been accredited as a designated Collaborating Center (WHO-CC) in the field of occupational health by World Health Organization (WHO) for nine consecutive terms since 1988 (As of January 2023, there are 37 facilities of WHO-CCs in Japan. Of these, 12 universities are across Japan including 2 in Kyushu.), as a result of rigorous assessment every four years.


“De Morbis Artificum Diatriba”
by Bernardini Ramazzini


Certificate of WHO
Collaborating Center (WHO-CC) for Occupational Health


◆ Groups and Departments

Group for Optimization of
Work Environment


快適環境部門

  Environmental Health Engineering  労働衛生工学
  Environmental Oncology  職業性腫瘍学
  Occupational Pneumology  呼吸病態学
  Ergonomics  人間工学

Group for Occupational
Health Support


健康支援部門

  Radiobiology and Hygiene Management  放射線衛生管理学
  Health Policy and Management  産業保健管理学
  Mental Health  産業精神保健学
  Health Development  健康開発科学

Group for
Social Environment


社会環境部門

  Environmental Epidemiology  環境疫学
  Occupational Toxicology  職業性中毒学
  Work Systems and Health  作業関連疾患予防学
  Occupational Health Practice and Management  産業保健経営学
 Disaster Occupational Health Center  災害産業保健センター




Education at the Graduate School of Medical Science, School of Medicine and School of Health Sciences

 

  Faculty members of the IIES are in charge of courses related to occupational medicine, which correspond to the areas of expertise of their respective laboratories.  The faculty also provide educational guidance to graduate students, and actively cooperate with the School of Medicine on education, especially in the field of occupational medicine.

 1 Objective and state

 2 Historical Profile 

 3 Organization

 4 Outline of Departments

 5 Research

 6 Education and Training

 7 International Collaboration

 8 WHO Collaborating Center for Occupational Health

 9 Access

 

 

 

 

◆ Fundamental Course on Occupational Health


  The fundamental course in occupational health systematic and intensive course covering the activities of occupational physicians from the basics to practice.  With the aim of positioning the University to promote occupational medicine and support the training of occupational physicians, the course was opened in 1984 in order to provide systematic and intensive education in occupational medicine, which had not been sufficiently provided in pre-graduate education.  Additionally, in accordance with the revision of the Industrial Safety and Health Regulation in 2009, the course has been accredited as required training for the  qualification of occupational physicians to be conducted by those designated by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare.

 

 Teaching Method

  Participants acquire basic knowledge as occupational health physicians through lectures on the outline of occupational and environmental health, and practical training in small groups.

 

 Qualification

  Those who have completed all the courses and lectures in this curriculum (medical doctors and dentists only) are exempted from taking the written test of the "Industrial Health Consultant Examination", and are additionally regarded as having completed the fundamental training or higher training according to the specification by the Japan Medical Association in its Authorized Occupational Health Physician System, and Social Medicine. Further, this course corresponds with systematic fundamental training concerning occupational health science, one of the qualification requirements for taking the Specialist Physician Examination of the Japan Society of Occupational Health.