This section was created as an organization of faculty members of the Institute for Excellence in Higher Education which was newly established in April 2014. Its most important role is not only to plan the activities handled until then by the Student Health Care Center to support students in terms of health and hygiene, but also to plan more effective measures through analyzing the health information that has been gathered in the process. For this reason, the section is considered to represent the continuation of the Student Health Care Center itself. The history of the Student Health Care Center can be traced back to the student clinic said to have been established in 1927, making it more than 90 years old. The Health Administration Center itself was established in 1969 by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture. Its everyday duties are intended to enable students to live healthy and safe lives on campus through services including health management, health guidance, diagnosis, and emergency services, based on the philosophy of “contributing to the creation of a healthy society through properly identifying, treating, and preventing student illness while carrying out health maintenance and promotion, in order to produce human resources who are healthier in both body and mind.”
This section is not just involved in the “Health Care” of general education. It is also responsible for the health informatics course (cooperative course) of the Graduate School of Information Sciences and the Graduate School of Medicine’s informatics on pathophysiology field (cooperative field) and carries out graduate education and research. |
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The educational activities of this section include the implementation of health science seminars and the publication of health leaflets such as the health guide, in addition to health consultation, diagnosis, periodical health examination, special health examination, post-treatment and nutrition consultation which are all conducted at the Student Health Care Center. In terms of the research activities, it plans and draws up effective health measures through analyzing the health information that has been gathered at the Student Health Care Center. It also conducts research on the causes and the state of diseases that threaten students’ health, and develops remedies.
April: Health examination for new students May: Periodic health examination for students over 2nd grade May-March: Re-examination of those who were identified as requiring more detailed examination at the time of the periodic health examination June and December: Special health examination for those who handle radiation July and December: Special health examination for those students who handle organic solvent October: Special health examination for those students who engage in VDT work November: Tuberculosis examination
Activities of academic societies to which each faculty member belongs according to each specialized area July: Japan University Health Association’s research meeting in Tohoku Region October: Japan University Health Association’s research meeting
Graduate School of Information Sciences: Lectures on health science Liberal education: Lectures on body and health Student Health Care Center’s seminars (from September to January)
Student Health Care Center’s annual reports Health guide |
Chair of Section | Professor |
Yoshitaka Kinouchi (Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology) |
Professor |
Chihiro Ito (Psychiatry) |
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Associate Professor |
Shunsuke TATEBE |
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Associate Professor |
Jun INOUE |
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Assistant Professor |
Hiroki Kita |
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Assistant Professor |
Saori Yamamoto |
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Assistant Professor |
Masashi Ninomiya |
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Assistant Professor |
Daisuke DOUCHI |
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Assistant Professor |
Muneyuki MATSUMURA |