FOR 2015 MASTER S PROGRAM MEDICAL SCIENCES MASTER S PROGRAM SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

STUDENT ADMISSION INFORMATION FOR 2015 (SECOND) MASTER S PROGRAM MEDICAL SCIENCES INTEGRATED MASTER S AND DOCTORAL PROGRAM (Master s Program) DISABILITY SCIENCES HEALTH SCIENCES MASTER S PROGRAM SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH Application period January 5 (Mon), 2015-January 9(Fri), 2015 Entrance examination January 27 (Tue), 2015 Announcement of successful applicants Registration for admission February 13 (Fri), 2015 April 1, (2015) Application period for preliminary screening December 3 (Wed), 2014 December 10 (Wed), 2014 If applicable TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE November 2014

The Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine is seeking students for the Master s Program according to the following guidelines: 1. Number of Openings for Students MAJOR Medical Sciences Master s Program Disability Sciences Integrated Master s and Doctoral Program (Master s Program) Health Sciences Integrated Master s and Doctoral Program (Master s Program) School of Public Health Master s Program 9 22 a few 10 NUMBER OF OPENINGS Nursing Radiological Technology Medical Technology 2. COURSE/DIVISION/DOMAIN MAJOR COURSE DIVISION/DOMAIN Medical Sciences Master s Program Disability Science Integrated Master s and Doctoral Program (Master s Program) Health Sciences Integrated Master s and Doctoral Program (Master s Program) General International Post- Graduate Program in Human Security Cell Biology, Physiological Sciences, Pathology, Internal Medicine, Reproductive and Developmental Medicine, Surgery, Neuroscience and Sensory Organs, Public Health and Forensic Medicine, Cancer medicine, Neuroscience, Environmental inheritance medicine and Biology, Metabolic Diseases, Prion, Gene Research, Aging Control, Cancer Control, Brain Science, Cyclotron Nuclear Medicine, Cancer Medical Science, Cancer Life Science, Advanced Fetal and Developmental Medicine, Community Psychiatry, Biomedical Engineering, Environmental circulation society, Disaster medicine, Community medicine management faculty of medicine, Preventive medicine, Epidemiology, DNA repository, Genome analysis, ICT medical information, Human Resource Development Pathology, Internal Medicine 1, Physiological sciences, Cancer control 1 Molecular Biological Function, Neuroscience and Sensory Organs, Imaging Cyclotron Nuclear Medicine, Molecular Nerve imaging Medical Physics Internal Medicine 1 Basic Medicine (G30) (the course by English for students studying abroad) Nursing Radiological Technology Medical Technology General Public Health Nurse Training General Medical Physics Functional Medical Science Advanced Nursing Practice and Health Development Nursing, Family Nursing Advanced Nursing Practice and Health Development Nursing Fundamental Radiological Science, Clinical Radiological Science Fundamental Radiological Science, Clinical Radiological Science 1 Laboratory Medicine and Science, Laboratory Medicine and Clinical Science 1

School of Public Health Master s Program General Course to Train High- Level Clinical Research Administrators Course in Public Health and Genetic Counseling One-Year Course to train Physicians and Dentists for Clinical Research Health Informatics and Public Health, Health Administration and Public Health Health Informatics and Public Health Health Informatics and Public Health Health Informatics and Public Health *For offered fields (education and research field), please refer to the List of Research s from Page 16. 1: No application invited this time. 2

3. ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS Applicants for the master s program and the integrated master s and doctoral program (master s program) must satisfy one of the following conditions: (1) Those who have graduated from a university (or expect to graduate by March 2015). (2) As stated in the Education Act No. 26 of 1947 (Ordinance No. 104, Item 4), those who have received a baccalaureate degree (or expect to receive one by March 2015). (3) Those who have completed 16 years of school education abroad (or expect completion by March 2015). (4) Those who have completed a program at a foreign university equivalent to 16 years of education through correspondence courses while residing in Japan (or expected to complete the program by March 2015 (5) Those who have completed a course of study through a university in a foreign country (limited to those who have completed 16 years of education in that country), including attendance at educational institutions of that country, and who complete a supplementary course stipulated by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (or who expect to complete the program by March 2015). (6) Those who have completed a course at a vocational college (limited to colleges providing courses of four years or more, and who have completed a program separately stipulated by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology and who expect to complete the program by the date stipulated by the Minister. (or expected to complete the program by March 2015). (7) Those who have been selected for admission by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (for details, see Announcement No. 5 of 1953). (8) Those who have attended 3 or more years at a university, completed 15 years of education overseas, or completed 15 years of education at a foreign school through a correspondence course while residing in Japan: or those expecting to complete the program by March 2015 and have been recognized by the Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine as having achieved a high level of academic excellence. (9) As stated in Ordinance No. 102, Item 2, those who have been enrolled in another graduate school and have achieved a sufficient level of academic excellence for admission to the program at the Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine. (10) Those who are 22 years of age or older by March 2015 and are considered to have achieved an academic standard equivalent to those who have graduated from a university by individual admission screening. (EXPLANATORY REMARKS) A university mentioned in item (1), (8) and (10) refers to a 4-year university in Japan. Applicants who satisfy the conditions for items (8), (9) or (10), must pass the preliminary screening for admissions. a. Application Period for preliminary screening December 3 (Wed), 2014 December 10 (Wed), 2014 b. Those who are interested in taking the preliminary screening should contact the Registrar s Office Graduate School of Medicine Academic Affairs Section before applying. 3

4. APPLICATION PROCEDURE Applicants shall submit the documentation specified in the following Section (3) to the admission office within the application period. They shall sufficiently understand the contents of studies in the preferred divisions, directly notify the regents professors in the preferred divisions of their examination applications prior to submission of the application forms (by visiting the regents professors for interview), and receive approval. (1) Application period is from January 5 (Mon), 2015 to January 9 (Fri), 2015 (application must reach the office due NLT 17:00, January 9 (Fri), 2015). Please use the prescribed application envelope and send by registered and express delivery. Some application forms may reach the admission office on January 13(Tue), 2015 or later. In this case, those postmarked on and before January 8 (Thu), 2015 shall be regarded as valid. (2) Applications should be addressed to: Graduate Academic Affairs Section, Educational Affairs Division Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8575 Japan Tel: (+81) (0)22-717-8010 (3) APPLICATION DOCUMENTS DOCUMENTS APLICATION FORM/ RESUME ASPIRATIONS, MOTIVES, REASONS AND AMBITIONS EXAM ADMISSION TICKET. PHOTO ID TICKET ENVELOPE FOR MAILING EXAM ADMISSION TICKET TRANSCRIPT OF ACADEMIC RECORDS English score record. *<Your foreign language (English) proficiency is evaluated on TOEIC TOEFL or IELTS.> APPLICATION FEE, 30,000 by postal regular money order FEE PAYMENT SLIP CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION (EXPECTED COMPLETION), ETC. A COPY OF CERTIFICATE OF ALIEN REGISTRATION OR RESIDENT S CARD (ONLY STUDENT STUDYING ABROAD) RETURN ENVELOPE FOR RECEIVING PASS/FAIL NOTICE AND ADMISSION DOCUMENTS PARTICULARS 1A Graduate School prescribed application form, with a recently taken photo affixed. 2Check the appropriate about presence of report with academic professor in the section Preferred fields. On a Graduate School prescribed application form (approximately 500 words long) Affix a photo to each of the prescribed application form and the photo ID ticket2. Enclose the prescribed, return-addressed stamped envelope ( 362 inside Japan). The office will send the admission ticket in this envelope so it should clearly bear your name, return address and postal code. Submit an official transcript of academic records issued by the president (dean) of your graduating university (graduate school) with the appropriate official seal (not required for graduates of Tohoku University School of Medicine). We don t return your score sheets submitted in principle. Please submit the official document(s) verifying that the result(s) of your TOEIC public test, TOEFL-iBT or IELTS test were achieved from a test taken within two years of Tohoku university entrance exam. Applications submitted after the application period will not be accepted. Result from non-public tests will not be accepted. In the case of TOEIC, please submit the original copy of your official score certificate. In case of IELTS, please submit the original copy of your official result transcript. 1The application fee is 30,000. Please Send it by postal remittance (do not fill in the space for the recipient). 2 MEXT Scholarship students are not required to pay the application fee. 3We take special measure excusing from paying the applicant fee for aplicants suffered from The Great East Japan Earthquake. Those who fulfill its condition should take procedure in the way of "another paper 1". 1Applicant s name should be entered on the slip (in two places). 2MEXT Scholarship students are not required to submit the fee payment slip. 3We take special measure excusing from paying the applicant fee for aplicants suffered from The Great East Japan Earthquake. Those who fulfill its condition should take procedure in the way of "another paper 1". Certificate of the completion (expected completion) of a master s degree or a certificate of the conferral (expected conferral) of a master s degree issued by the National Institution for Academic Degrees and University Evaluation. (Graduates of Tohoku University School of Medicine are not required to submit this form.) Candidates who stay in Japan (whose stay is over 90 days) must submit your copy of certificate of alien registration or resident s card (both front and back) at the application. Enclose the prescribed, return-addressed stamped envelope ( 205 inside Japan) for receiving the pass/fail notice. Also enclose the prescribed, return-addressed envelope for receiving admission procedure documents. The return address should be the address as of around early March, 2015 (postage is not necessary). 4

(4) IMPORTANT 1 Any blank spaces or irregularities found in applications may result in rejection of the application so applicants should exercise great care when filling out the application form. 2 If any of the information in an application is found to be false, it may result in cancellation of admission if the applicant is initially accepted. 3 The application fee is non-refundable under any circumstances. 4 Applicants who have satisfied the conditions for entry through preliminary screening should enclose a copy of their acceptance notification. 5. SCREENING (1) Applicants will be evaluated based on the following criteria, 1 The result of your TOEIC, TOEFL, or IELTS score 2 Essay score 3 Interview score 4 Application documents. Although there is no limit set on the quota to each division, we must limit the number of students we accept in the event of too many applicants applying for a certain division. They may not receive their first choice of division. They may, however, receive their second or third choice of division. Those who have a second or third choice should write in the space for Division You Apply For. You may also apply for Divisions in different Departments as their second choice and/or third choice. (2) ENTRANCE EXAMINATION DATE/TIME & SUBJECTS DATE TYPE OF TEST TIME SUBJECTS January 27(Tue), 2015 Written examination from 10:00 to 11:30 Interview from 13:00 Short essay (on life science/ medical science, disability science, and health science) (3) EVALUATION OF FOREGIN LANGUAGE (ENGLISH) Your score of TOEIC, TOEFL or IELTS submitted at the application is converted into the normal score. If several score records are provided, the higher record is used for evaluation after the conversation. 5

6. LOCATION OF EXAMINATION Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine Further information will be provided with the examination admission ticket. 7. ANNOUNCEMENT OF SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS & PROCEDURE FOR ADMISSION (1) The identification numbers of the successful applicants will be posted at the entrance lobby of Bldg. No. 1 of the School of Medicine at 10:00 on February 13 (Fri), 2015, and also published on the website. For the results of examination, please check the Notification which will be mailed later. We cannot answer the examination result on the phone or via email. (2) We do not send the results of entrance examinations to examinees by telegraph. Please be advised that persons taking telegraph service orders around the site of the examination are not related to this university. (3) Admission documents will be mailed to successful applicants by the beginning of March 2015. (4) Fees for admission are as follows: Admission fee: 282,000 (expected) First semester tuition: 267,900 (annual tuition: 535,800) (expected) (Explanatory Remarks) 1. The amounts mentioned above may change if the fees are revised at school entry or during the period of the applicant s enrollment, in which case the new payment system will be applicable. 2. Information on exemptions from payment of admission or tuition fees or deferment of fees will be provided in the admission procedure document packet. (5) Applicants who are employed at the time of admission must submit a letter of consent from their employer. (6) The date of registration for admission is April 1, 2015. 6

8. OTHER INFORMATION (1) For students who already have full time jobs and may take longer than the standard number of years to complete their studies, our graduate school reviews and may provide an opportunity to plan a course schedule to fit such special circumstances. This system is termed Long-term Program for Students and students in this program are to pay the same total amount of tuition for the entire program as regular students. For further details on this system, contact the Registrar s Office Graduate School of Medicine Academic Affairs Section. It appears also on the website. :http://www.med.tohoku.ac.jp/post-grad/applicant.html (2) For inquiries regarding the entrance examination, applicants may enclose a return postcard or a return envelope (with their name, address and postal code with a 82 stamp (inside Japan) attached to it). (3) Applicants who would like to view questions in past entrance examinations may do so at Graduate Academic Affairs Section. However, question sheets should not be removed from the premises or photocopied. (The examination questions applicants are allowed to view are those for the previous year only). (4) Applicants requesting an application form through the mail should address the envelope to Request for Application for Master s Program in the Department of Medical Sciences, Request for Application for Integrated Master s and Doctoral Program (Master s Program) in the Department of Disability Science or Request for Application for Integrated Master s and Doctoral Program (Master s Program) in the Department of the Health Sciences for April entrance, and enclose a return envelope (34 cm 24 cm) with their name, address and postal code written on it and 250 stamps (inside Japan) attached (5) Handling of personal information 1) Personal information collected during the admission procedure is used only for the following purposes: admission-screening procedure, admission procedure as well as, after the entrance, scholarship/student welfare, and study guidance. Personal information will be used for no other purpose. 2) Individual information collected during the admission procedure is strictly handled, based on the "Personal Information Protection Regulations of Tohoku University. Personal information will not be disclosed or offered to a third party without specific prior written approval. 3) Applicants to the Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine are understood to be in agreement with the content of the statement above. (6) Applicants requiring special care during the examination procedures and subsequent schooling should request advice in advance by contacting the Registrar s Office Graduate School of Medicine Academic Affairs Section. November 2014 TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE Graduate Academic Affairs Section 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8575 Japan Tel: (+81) (0)22-717-8010 Email Address: m-daigakuin@bureau.tohoku.ac.jp This application information can be viewed at the following website: :http://www.med.tohoku.ac.jp/ 7

DESCRIPTION OF GRADUATE SCHOOL PROGRAM 1. OBJECTIVE AND MISSION Master s Program in Medical Sciences Aims at cultivating researchers and educators in medical sciences, and human resources with expertise in medical sciences who can respond to industrial needs in the field of medical sciences. Master s and Doctoral Program (Master s Program) of Disability Science For students who graduated in an area other than medical-related such as physical education, liberal arts and engineering, aims at cultivating human resources including researchers, teachers, and administrative officials who can make international contributions. For medical specialists such as physical therapists, occupational therapists, and speech therapists, aims at cultivating of leaders such as teachers who can take charge of graduate school education for medical related occupations or who can perform specialized medical rehabilitation. Master s and Doctoral Program (Master s Program) of Health Sciences While forming the research and educational base at a global level on health science, aims at contributing to the maintenance and improvement of health as a right of human beings in an advanced welfare society. Accordingly aims at cultivating researchers and educators in health sciences, and advanced medical professionals. 4 Master s Program in School of Public Health 2. COURSE OF STUDY AND CURRICULUM In order to complete the master's programs and receive a degree, students must enroll in the program for two years or longer, and take a predetermined course of studies to acquire 30 credits or more, and have the necessary research supervision, complete a master's thesis and pass the final examination. Master s Program in Medical Sciences Master s degree (Medical Sciences) Integrated Master s and Doctoral Program (Master s Program) of Disability Science Master s degree (Disability Sciences) Integrated Master s and Doctoral Program (Master s Program) of Health Sciences Course of Nursing Master s degree (Nursing) Course of Radiological Technology Master s degree (Health sciences) Course of Medical Technology Master s degree (Health sciences) 4 Master s Program in School of Public Health Master s degree (School of Public Health) 8

3. RESEARCH SUPERVISION All students who are admitted into the graduate program will be given research guidance in accordance with the research themes of the division the students belong to. Please refer to the List of Research s from Page16. (Explanatory Note) Research themes indicated with a have not been finalized so please contact the following for any inquiries: Graduate Academic Affairs Section, Educational Affairs Division Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8575 Japan Tel: (+81) (0)22-717-8010 Email Address: m-daigakuin@bureau.tohoku.ac.jp 4. ENTRANCE FEE/TUITION EXEMPTIONS (1) Exemption of Admission Fee Students recognized as being in severe financial difficulties are eligible to apply for exemption from payment of the admission fee (complete exemption or 50% exemption). (2) Exemption of Tuition Students recognized as being in severe financial difficulties are eligible to apply for tuition exemption (complete, 50%, or 1/3 exemption) if they have an excellent academic record. 5. SCHOLARSHIP FUND The Japan Student Services Organization offers students loans of up to 88,000 or 50,000 per month which you can choose (for first-level students as of 2014). 6. STUDENT ACCIDENT AND DISASTER INSURANCE, MEDICAL STUDENTS PURSUING STUDY AND RESEARCH This insurance covers damage or injury resulting from experiments, clinical research, university activities or extracurricular activities. The insurance premium is 2,790 for a period of two years (as of 2014). 9

7. INTRODUCTION TO THE DEPARTMENTS Introduction to the Department of Medical Sciences Master's Program Goals and distinctive features The goals are to raise educators and researchers who can contribute to the development of medicine and medical fields in Japan and international society, and to foster advanced medical professionals who will help realize safe and healthy society, where people can live in relief even when they are sick. To achieve the goals, we address bringing up people who have wide knowledge, flexible ideas, advanced information processing ability, a noble-minded sense of ethics, and practical techniques, unifying basic and clinical medicine education, Especially, the curriculum is composed so that even if the student is a graduate from other than faculty of medicine or related to medicine, he or she can harness the accumulated knowledge and skills, and develop it in the medicine and medical fields. Curriculum The curriculum is designed so that students can have a diverse and organic knowledge and practical techniques on basic and clinical medicine, and can determine their way after graduation according to their ability and direction.. The students can broadly choose their carrier options. The curriculum is divided into the following three subjects. Common subjects (14 credits, including one credit for research planning, and ten credits for thesis research. Learning the basis that is asked of people to contribute society as a medical professional who studies at a graduate school of medicine.) Ethics (cultivating a sense of ethics called for as a medical staff.) and basic medicine (to learn the basic knowledge of medicine and life science.) Specialized subjects (2 credits or more, learning the knowledge required for a master's thesis.) Program specialized subjects (2 or more credits) Acquiring knowledge that is useful for thesis research and the career development after graduation. In two years the following training is done: Rotation training (Experiencing research that is performed in the Department of Medical Sciences Master's Program.) Internship training (To acquire knowledge and technology required to carry on thesis research, training inside and outside the Department of Medical Sciences.) Besides research instructors, coordinating teachers guide individually over the completion plan. For research instruction, we introduce the multiple instructor system where an advising teacher participates along with a research instructor, which enables our students to receive multiphase research instruction. After graduation Entrance into the Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Medical Sciences (Doctoral Program). Employment at medical treatment and pharmaceutical institutions, and food-related and medical equipment development companies, and public offices (especially medical-related), etc. By occupation, they are a medicine researcher, biostatistician, clinical research coordinator, people responsible for medical information, clinical psychologist, psycho oncology specialist, etc. 10

Introduction to the Department of the Disability Sciences Integrated Master's and Doctoral Program (Master's Program) Distinctive features of the Department As technology advances and develops, current healthcare enables life prolongation of patients with refractory diseases. However, the number of people with physical/cognitive dysfunctions is rapidly increasing, and such patients suffer from complicated/multiple disabilities. In this situation, rehabilitation is required to cope with a large variety of diseases, and its methods and roles are changing. Rehabilitation needs new ideas from different viewpoints. Aiming to increase and develop human resources with higher levels of knowledge and rich humanity who can respond to complicated/multiple disabilities, we need to establish an interdisciplinary scientific field incorporating conventional rehabilitation medicine. In this department, we make efforts to respond to social needs so that those with disabilities can achieve functional recovery, reduced need of nursing care, social rehabilitation and resettlement. We also attempt to explore new treatment, rehabilitation and nursing care techniques and establish new healthcare systems including analysis, assessment and prevention of various disabilities. In order to attain these goals, we introduce medicine & science in sports & exercise, physical engineering, neuroscience, neuropsychology, epileptology, behavioral medicine, musical acoustic medicine, and biomechatronics into conventional rehabilitation medicine, in order to unify the basic and clinical fields. In this manner, we promote a wider range of educational/research activities. (1) Educational distinction The educational distinction is to give graduate school education on "disability sciences" to the following students: those who graduate from specialized areas other than medical fields such as gymnastics, pharmacology, life science, agricultural science, health science, nursing, nutritional science, psychology, education, liberal arts, engineering, music etc. those who work as healthcare professionals such as physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech therapists, clinical laboratory technicians and nurses, and music therapists. (2) Research distinction Since its establishment in 1994, this department has been positioned as the only department of disability sciences among the medical research courses of graduate schools in Japan. In this department, researchers have been consistently engaged in various scientific programs focusing on the identification of causes of physical/cognitive dysfunctions, prevention of disabilities and rehabilitation. We aim to develop human resources that can continue to promote research activities independently and contribute to international society by learning new disability sciences, receiving rehabilitation education, and accumulating the ability needed for the provision of healthcare. In this department, we promote research activities aimed at developing the confidence of researchers/instructors/administrators who are familiar with these fields and senior instructors who can provide professional rehabilitation. Curriculum Introduction and training of Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, Behavioral Medicine, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Restorative Neuromuscular Rehabilitation, Epileptology, Internal Medicine and Rehabilitation Science, Behavioral Neurology and Cognitive Neuroscience, Musical Acoustic Medicine, Biomedical Engineering, etc. After graduation The employment opportunities for the graduates are satisfactory because our globally unique research activities focusing on disability sciences perfectly match current social needs. Many seniors have already been engaged in various professional fields and have played important 11

roles in universities and research institutes in Japan and foreign countries. (1) Researcher of disability sciences (2) Educator/leader of disability sciences (3) Researchers of neuroscience and medical science (4) 4-year university teaching staff for medical related occupations (physical therapist, occupational therapist, nurse, etc.) (5) Administrative official who has professional expertise in disability sciences (6) Pharmaceutical companies, general companies, public servants 12

Introduction to the Department of Health Sciences Integrated Master's and Doctoral Program (Master's Program) The students aim to be advanced professionals, and educators and researchers. We accept students from other fields as well as graduates from the health sciences fields. There are many students from the workforce entering this Department, and we support them with such as long-term learning, lectures at night and seminars. There is a way to qualify to take the entrance examination by the preliminary review prior to the graduate school examination for those who graduate from a medical junior college and have work experience. The Department of Health Sciences is divided into three courses by the curriculum. For completion, the student must obtain 30 credits in core and elective subjects in lectures and master's thesis preparation (thesis research). In each course, the student must acquire more than two credits from the common elective subjects including the subjects specified in each course. Thesis research is ten credits. Select the field to major in and the instructor for the thesis. The remaining credits are acquired from the special subjects in each field. Students of the nursing course need to acquire more than eight credits and those of the radiological technology course and the medical technology course need to acquire more than ten credits. Nursing Course: The Nursing Course is composed of two main courses, General Nursing Course and Public Health Nurse Training Course. The General Nursing Course is divided into the two domains of Advanced Nursing Practice and Health Development Nursing, and Family Nursing, which are then subdivided into the 13 specialties of Science of Nursing Practice, Nursing Education and Administration, Gerontologica1 Nursing, Nursing Science of Community Health Care System, Community Health, International Nursing Management, Adult Health Nursing, Oncology Nursing, Palliative Nursing, Child Health Nursing, Psychiatric Nursing, Maternal Nursing, and Women's Health Nursing. Advanced Nursing Practice and Health Development Nursing is the domain for research and education on development and assessment of nursing skills, construction of nursing theory needed for promoting public health and supporting independent life, management of nursing education, the establishment of nursing ethics, promotion of the individual, group and community health. Family Nursing is the domain for research and education on the methods for retaining, improving and supporting the family function on the basis of family unit as the target of nursing and the properties and life events of the family unit. Access our website, etc. for the research detailed research in each field. Students who have nurse licenses and aim to be certified nurse specialists, can study through the curriculums of oncology nursing and pediatric nursing. The Public Health Nursing Training Course includes two specialties of Nursing Science of Community Health Care System and Public Health Nursing. This course not only offers specific education for students aiming to become public health nurses, but also provides recurrent education curriculums for students with public health nurse licenses. 13

Radiological Technology Course: The Radiological Technology Course is divided into two domains of Fundamental Radiological Science and Clinical Radiological Science, which are subdivided into seven specialties of Noninvasive Diagnostic Imaging, Radiological Imaging and Informatics, Clinical Radiological Science, Diagnostic Image Processing, Diagnostic Image Analysis, Radiological Examination and Technology, and Therapeutic Radiology. Fundamental Radiological Science promotes the basic and applied research required to develop diagnostic imaging device, medical treatment equipment, and their applied technologies. Clinical Radiological Science is the domain to research and educate on broad diagnostic technologies used for various clinical diagnostic imaging, nuclear medicine technologies as functional diagnosis, quality control and assurance in radiodiagnosis and radiotherapy, and medical physics of a radiotherapy planning system, oncology, and radiobiology. Refer to the Website, etc. for detailed research in each field. Students aim to be a medical physicist, can learn by the curriculum centering on therapeutic radiology. Medical Technology Course: The Medical Technology Course is divided into two domains of Laboratory Medicine and Science, and Laboratory Medicine and Clinical Science, which are subdivided into seven specialties of Molecular and Functional Dynamics, Medical Microbiology, Mycology and Immunology, Endocrinology and Applied Medical Science, Pathology and Histotechnology, Clinical Physiology, Molecular Hematology, and Pathophysiology. Laboratory Medicine and Science is the domain for fundamental research and education for laboratory medicine and science including basic research in the areas of molecular biology, molecular genetics, analytical chemistry, infection and immunity, endocrinology and metabolism, and applied research that lays emphasis on basic research. Laboratory Medicine and Clinical Science is the domain especially for advanced research and education aiming at clinical applications in areas that meet more clinical settings such as pathology and histotechnology, clinical physiology, pathophysiology. Refer to the website, etc. for detailed research in each field. After graduation (1) Enter the Doctoral Program of Graduate School of Medicine, or other Department or doctoral programs in other university (2) Teachers at universities (3) Health nurse, birth attendant, nurse, clinical radiologist, clinical laboratory technologist at a university hospital or public hospital (4) Engineer at a local public body or pharmaceutical company 14

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List of Research s 1 Medical Sciences Master s Program *When applying, it is desirable to contact an applicable instructor (for the first choice to third choice) *Please contact: 022-717-xxxx * : No application invited this time. * : Professor of additional post Department Cell Biology Physiology Sciences Pathology Radiation Biology Yoshio Hosoi (8131) Immunology and Embryology Tsunetoshi Itoh (8037) Stem Cell Biology and Histology Mari Dezawa (8025) Molecular Biology and Applied Physiology Shigeki Shibahara (8113) Biochemistry Kazuhiko Igarashi (7596) Medical Biochemistry Masayuki Yamamoto (8084) Neurophysiology Hajime Mushiake (8152) Physiology Yoshio Maruyama (8066) Medical Physiology Hajime Mushiake (8072) Molecular Pharmacology Teruyuki Yanagisawa (8064) Pharmacology Kazuhiko Yanai (8055) Clinical Pharmaceutical Science Nariyasu Mano (7525) Molecular and Cellular Neurosciences Hiromu Yawo (022-217-6208) Advanced Cell Transplantation Masafumi Goto (7895) Molecular Pathology Akira Horii (8042) Histopathology Akira Horii (8042) Mechanisms of cancer stem cell radioresistance. Roles of DNA double strand breaks repair in radiation sensitivity Biological effects of low doses of ionizing radiation (http://www.radbio.med.tohoku.ac.jp/index.html) Structure and Function of the thymus Thymocyte differentiation Induction of DNA fragmentation and its repair (http://www.med.tohoku.ac.jp/org/medical/02/index.html) A novel type of intrinsic pluripotent stem cells that reside in mesenchymal tissues; Muse cells. Neurodegenerative and Muscle degenerative diseases Diabetes mellitus, liver and heart disease Tissue stem cells and their characterization (http://www.med.tohoku.ac.jp/org/medical/03/index.html) Differentiation of sensory pigment cells Regulation of heme metabolism and erythroid differentiation Molecular bases for hypoxic response (http://www.mbap.med.tohoku.ac.jp/) Gene regulatory networks for cancer Gene regulatory networks in immune system Protein networks in transcription and chromatin (http://www.biochem.med.tohoku.ac.jp/) Molecular mechanism of heamatopoiesis Cytoprotective gene expression system responding to carcinogen (http://www.dmbc.med.tohoku.ac.jp/) Studies on neurophysiology Function of synapse and receptor, and plastic changes in neuronal functions (http://www.neurophys.med.tohoku.ac.jp/) Analysis of ion channels by patch-clamp techniques Cloning of ion channels Electrophysiological analysis of cortical neurons in behaving animals Cortical mechanisms underlying cognitive action controls Dynamical brain function by Multi-channel recording and optogenetics (http://www.neurophysiology.med.tohoku.ac.jp) Pharmacology of cardiovascular/nervous systems and signal transduction Molecular and cellular mechanisms of functional and spatiotemporal regulation of signaling protein supra-complexes Molecular mechanisms of drug-induced mitochondrial dysfunction (http://www.pharmacology.med.tohoku.ac.jp/) Behavioral pharmacology, Neurochemistry, Molecular Neuropharmacology Dementia diagnosis in very early stages of the disease Molecular pharmacology of insulin secretion (http://www.med.tohoku.ac.jp/english/org/medical/12/index.html) Disease proteomics and metabolomics Elucidation of physiological role of small molecules Study on management of pharmacotherapy (http://www.pharm.hosp.tohoku.ac/study/index.html) Optogenetics Brain-machine-interface (BMI) Dynamics of neuronal network Neurogenesis and synaptogenesis (http://www.med.tohoku.ac.jp/nsgcoe/en/eng/member/yawo/index.html) The study on regulation of innate immune responses in cell transplantation The study on induction of immunological tolerance in cell transplantation The study on molecular mechanism of organ preservation (http:// www.tohoku-islets.com) Elucidation of molecular pathogenesis in human cancer Cancer stem cells Mechanistic analyses of resistance to anti-cancer drugs Epigenetics and human diseases (http://www.med.tohoku.ac.jp/org/medical/13/index.html) Pathogenic mechanism and genetics of autoimmune diseases Pathogenic mechanism of lymphoproliferative disorder Molecular mechanism of allergogenic response 16

Department Internal medicine Anatomic Pathology Hironobu Sasano (8050) Virology Hitoshi Oshitani (8211) Imnunology Naoto Ishi i (8096) Laboratory Animal Medicine Ichiro Miyoshi (8174) Nephrology Endocrinology and Vascular Medicine Sadayoshi Ito Takefumi Mori (7163) Hematology and Rheumatology Hideo Harigae (7165) Infection Control and Laboratory Diagnosis Mitsuo Kaku (7373) Radiation Oncology Keiichi Jingu (7312) Cardiovascular Medicine Hiroaki Shimokawa (7153) Emerging Infectious Diseases Toshio Hattori (8220) Respiratory Mediine Masakazu Ichinose (8539) Neuroendocrinology Keiichi Itoi (022-795-4741) Biomedical Imaging Yoshifumi Saijo (8514) Occupational Medicine Hajime Kurosawa (7160) An analysis of steroidogenesis and steroid hormone actions Basis of histo- and cyto-pathological diagnosis (http://www.plaza.umin.ac.jp/^steroid/) Pathogenesis and molecular epidemiology of viral infections Epidemiology and control of viral infections Epidemiology and control of infectious diseases Viral diseases in developing countries (http://www.virology.med.tohoku.ac.jp/) Immunological tolerance and a break in immunological tolerance Immunological memory medicated by T cells Crosstalk between the intestinal mucosal immunity and the systemic immunity Inflammatory signals in effector T cells (http://www.immunol.med.tohoku.ac.jp//english/indexe.html) Development and analysis of animal model by transgenic and gene targeting technology (ttp://www.ilas.med.tohoku.ac.jp/) Studies on structure, function and diseases of the kidney Studies on pathogenesis and treatment of hypertension Studies on endocrine (hormone) systems To investigate pathophysiology of diabetic nephropathy and to establish the therapeutic strategy against it. (http://www.int2.med.tohoku.ac.jp/) Diagnosis and treatment for hematological and autoimmune disease. (http://www.rh.med.tohoku.ac.jp/) Synthetic research on infection control (epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention) Research on mechanism of infection (microbial pathogenesis, transmissibility, drug resistance, host resistance, and host immune response) Research and development on infection treatment and novel treatment Infection crisis management study Laboratory diagnostics (research on the diagnostic methods for infectious diseases) (http://www.tohoku-icnet.ac) Development of stereotactic radiation therapy and IMRT Research on chemoradiotherapy for cancer Development of microdosimetry Research on radiosensitivity of cancer cells Research on radiotherapy using functional imaging Development of adaptive radiotherapy (http://www.radiol.med.tohoku.ac.jp/chiryo/) Pathogenesis of cardiovascular diseases Development of novel therapies for cardiovascular diseases Clinical epidemiological studies on cardiovascular diseases (http://www.med.tohoku.ac.jp/org/medical/26/index.html) Development of diagnosis for latent TB infection. Preparedness for disaster-related infectious diseases. Pathogenesis of tropical infectious diseases. Lung structure, function and respiratory diseases Basic science in lung cancer and molecular targeting Pathogenesis of chronic inflammatory lung diseases (lung fibrosis, COPD, asthma) Pathogens of infectious respiratory diseases and therapies. (http://www.rm.med.tohoku.ac.jp/) Analyses of the structure and function of hypothalamic neuroendocrine neurons Functional analyses of brainstem noradrenergic neurons (http://www.bio.is.tohoku ac.jp/) Visualization of cardiovascular dynamics Ultra high resolution biomedical imaging Clinical cardiology Medical ultrasound (http://www.ecei.tohoku.ac.jp/imaging/) Approaches for health promotion (quit smoking, physical activity, nutritional support, etc) Mental health in workplace Respiratory physiology, respiratory medicine, sleep disordered breathing (http://www.doh.med.tohoku.ac.jp/) 17

Department Reproductive and Developmental Medicine Surgery Neuroscience and Sensory Organs Pediatric Surgery Masaki Nio (7237) Gynecology Nobuo Yaegashi (7252) Obstetrics and Reproductive Medicine Nobuo Yaegashi (7252) Advanced Surgical Science and Technology Noriaki Ohuchi (7214) Surgical Oncology Noriaki Ohuchi (7210) Orthopaedic Surgery Eiji Itoi (7245) HBP Surgery Michiaki Unno (7202) Cardiovascular Surgery Yoshikatsu Saiki (7220) Urology Youichi Arai (7278) Anesthesiology and Perioperative Masanori Yamauchi (7202) Emergency and Critical Care Medicine Shigeki Kushimoto (7487) Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Masahiro Tachi (7334) Neurology Masashi Aoki (7189) Management of carry-over patients in pediatric surgery Psychological care for the patients with pediatric surgery and their families (http://www.ped-surg.med.tohoku.ac.jp/) Gynecologic oncology Reproduction and endocrinology (http://www.ob-gy.med.tohoku.ac.jp/index.html) Obstetrics Fetal physiology, Fetal pathology (http://www.ob-gy.med.tohoku.ac.jp/index.html) Organ transplant coordination (http://www.med.tohoku.ac.jp/org/medical/35/index.html) Cancer research based on nano-biotechnology Highly precise diagnostic system for cancer by Quantum-dot labeled immunohistochemistry (http://www.med.tohoku.ac.jp/english/org/medical/36/index.html) (http://www.med.tohoku.ac.jp/english/org/contribute107/index.html) Anatomy and Function of Bone and Joints (http://www.ortho.med.tohoku.ac.jp/) Molecular mechanism of liver cancer, biliary cancer and pancreatic cancer (http://www.surg1.med.tohoku.ac.jp/) Prevention of spinal cord ischemia during reparative surgery for aortic aneurysm. Strategy for surgical management of end-stage heart failure. Urologic oncology (molecular biology, glycobiology) Reconstructive pelvic surgery Neurogenic bladder Regeneration in urologic surgery Minimally invasive diagnosis and treatment Andrology and infertility Adrenal surgery and endocrinology Sexual dysfunction Outcome research Surgical insult makes perioperative inflammation, repair machanism Anesthesia and perioperative management impact on long-term outcome Anesthesia, anesthetics and immune depression The mechanism of apoptosis of immune cells by anesthetics Transformation of immune cell signaling by anesthetic Bio-marker of sepsis Critical Care Medicine Mechanism of neural blockade Outcome of pain clinic patients Analgesia for rehabilitation and sports athlete Elucidation of pathophysiology and control of systemic inflammatory response syndrome Pathophysiological analysis of post-cardiac arrest syndrome and development of therapeutic approach Pathophysiological analysis and control of coagulo-fibrinolytic responses in stress conditions Analysis of pathophysiology and therapeutic control of circulatory shock Pathophysiological analysis and development of management strategy for severe trauma Pathophysiological analysis and development of management strategy for severe burns Development of emergency medical care system Development of systematic framework for disaster medicine Wound healing and bacterial biofilm Chronic wound (http://prs.main.jp/) Studies on etiopathogenesis of neuroimmunological diseases Elucidation of molecular mechanism and exploration of novel therapeutics for neurodegenerative diseases Elucidation of molecular mechanism and exploration of novel therapeutics for muscular diseases Identification of genetic cause of neuromuscular diseases using next generation sequencer Analysis of neurodegenerative diseases using functional and molecular imaging technique (http://www.neurol.med.tohoku.ac.jp/) 18

Department Health Informatics and Public Health Health Administration and Public Health Neurosurgery Teiji Tominaga (7230) Neuroendovascular Therapy Akira Takahashi (7195) Psychiatry Hiroo Matsuoka (7260) Dermatology Setsuya Aiba (7271) Ophthalmology Toru Nakazawa (7292) Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Yukio Katori (7301) Epidemiology Ichiro Tsuji (8123) Biostatistics Takuhiro Yamaguchi (7659) Medical Infomatics Jun Nakaya (7501) Medical Genetics Shigeo Kure (8139) Health Administration and Policy Kenji Fujimori (8127) Genesis, proliferation, and therapy of brain tumors Cerebrovascular disease Reconstruction of neuronal function Neurosurgical application of shock wave Development of less invasive neurosurgery Pathogenesis and treatment of intractable epilepsy (http://www.hosp.tohoku.ac.jp/shinryou/s25_nousinkei.html) Flow dynamics analysis of experimental brain aneurysms Development of novel therapy for malignant brain tumors (http://www.ivns.med.tohoku.ac.jp/) Psychological evaluation and intervention for early psychosis, liaisonconsultation, and disorders in childhood and adolescent (http://www.psytohoku.ac/) Molecular pathology of cutaneous acquired immune system. Hair cycle physiology and the molecular pathology of alopecia. Pathogenesis of inflammatory skin diseases. Studies for diagnosis and treatments of skin tumors. Molecular biology of keratinocyte proliferation and differentiation. Development of melanocytes and molecular biology of depigmentation and pigmentation. Innate immunity and antimicrobial peptides in skin diseases Instrumentation engineering of skin physiological function. In vivo metrology of skin physiology. The establishment of the evaluation system to identify immunotoxic chemicals. (http://www.derma.med.tohoku.ac.jp/) Elucidation of optic nerve death and drug design for optic nerve protection Development of regenerative medical treatment technologies and surgical devices for ophthalmology Analysis and manipulation of tissue specific stem / progenitor cells from the eyeball Elucidation of glaucoma by genetic and molecular biological analysis Elucidation and clinical study of retinal and choroidal diseases Elucidation and clinical study of corneal and conjunctival diseases Elucidation and clinical study of neuro-ophthalmologic diseases Deafness and vertigo Hearing mechanism Eustachian tube Nasal diseases Head and neck malignancies Salivary gland lesions Swallowing function Vocal function Taste and olfactory function (http://www.orl.med.tohoku.ac.jp) Epidemiology of cancer and cardiovascular disease Health life expectancy Nutritional epidemiology, Exercise epidemiology Clinical epidemiology, Evidence-based medicine Evaluation of health care services (http://www.pbhealth.med.tohoku.ac.jp) Design and analysis of medical research Medical information management Utilization of medical data resources (http://www.biostat.med.tohoku.ac.jp/) Medical Informatics, Clinical Informatics, Bio Informatics BioClinical IT Infrastructure for Future Medicine Regional Medical and Welfare Information Network Translational Research Informatics (TRI) IT Analysis on BioMedical Informatics International Standardization and Intellectual Properties in Medical Informatics Ethics and Laws in Medical Informatics (http://www.med.tohoku.ac.jp/org/medical/54/) Identification and characterization of pathogenic genes in genetic diseases Genetic counseling (http://www.ped.med.tohoku.ac.jp/) DPC(Diagnosis Procedure Combination) and e-claim data payment system, medical procedure, health care expenditure Regional medical program. Environmental Health Sciences and Molecular Toxicology Takaaki Akaike (8164) Forensic Medicine Masato Funayama (8107) Molecular environmental toxicology Oxidative stress and toxicology of reactive oxygen species Chemical biology and physiological function of reactive oxygen species Environmental response and health and host defense Molecular pathogenesis of infectious diseases Molecular preventive medicine for oxidative stress diseases (http://www.toxicosci.med.tohoku.ac.jp/index.html) Toxicological screens using LC/MS/MS (http://www.forensic.med.tohoku.ac.jp/) 19

Department Medical Ethics Atsushi Asai (8127) Clinical ethics Research ethics Public health ethics Medical professionalism Medical humanities Clinical ethics consultation Contemporary ethical issues United Centers for Advanced Researchand Translational Medicine United Centers for Advanced Research and Translational Medicine Center for Cancer Medicine Center for Neuroscience Center for Drug Discovery and Exploratory Clinical study Center for Trans-lational and Advanced Research on Human Disease Center for Advanced Therapeutics for Metabolic Diseases Center for Prion Diseases Environment and Genome Research Center Regulation of cell proliferation Keiko Nakayama (8227) Developmental Neuroscience Noriko Osumi (8203) Molecular medicine and therapy Toshio Miyata (8157) Clinical Cell Therapy Toshiaki Abe (8234) Gene Therapy Development Toshio Miyata (8231) Advanced Therapeutics for Metabolic Diseases Hideki Katagiri (8228) Neurochemistry Katsumi Doh-ura (8232) Gene Therapy Tetsuyuki Kitamoto (8143) Development and Environmental Medicine Kunihiko Nakai (8949) Informative Genetics Takahiro Arima (7844) Molecular Epidemiology Shinichi Kuriyama (8104) Cellular and molecular effects of tumor suppressor genes on cell proliferation and apoptosis Molecular mechanisms of coupling between differentiation and cell proliferation Comprehensive analysis of gene functions based on biological big data (http://www.devgen.med.tohoku.ac.jp/index.html) Molecular mechanisms of brain formation Molecular mechanisms of embryonic neurogenesis Fate determinant mechanisms of the neural crest and sensory primordial Animal models for psychiatric diseases Mechanisms and physiological significance of postnatal and adult neurogenesis Mechanisms and physiological significance of gliogenesis (http://www.dev-neurobio.med.tohoku.ac.jp/en/) Drug discovery from academia and molecular elucidation of kidney disease Development of the antithrombotics and anti-inflammatory drugs with novel mechanisms of action Integrative study of molecular medicine and regenerative medicine Development of novel drugs controlling hypoxia and oxidation stress Development of Organ protective drugs including for kidney diseases (http://miyatalaben.jimdo.com/) Development of drug delivery system (DDS) Protection of the retina and elucidation of the mechanism of drug action Anti-angiogenesis Analysis of retinal degeneration using animal model (http://www.ctaar.med.tohoku.ac.jp/dcct/index.htm) Mechanisms for bloodpressure regulation Treatment of hyo- and hyper- tension. Development of novel therapeutic strategies for diabetes mellitus by taking advantage of gene therapies and regenerative strategies Therapeutic development for prion diseases and other protein misfolding disorders Host defense mechanisms against misfolded proteins (http://www.prion.med.tohoku.ac.jp/prion.html) Creuzfeldt-Jakob disease and Alzheimer disease Conversion mechanism of prion protein (http://www.prion.med.tohoku.ac.jp) Adverse effects of perinatal exposures to environmental contaminants and chemicals in birth cohort studies Risk communication of food safety and security Environmental monitoring of environmental and radioactive chemicals Genomic imprinting and human disease. Assisted reproductive technologies (ART) and epigenetics. The molecule characteristic analysis of the placental trophoblastic stem cell. Investigation on health of the children and the environment and genome analyses. (http://www.ob-gy.med.tohoku.ac.jp/regenerative/index.html) Molecular epidemiology of chronic diseases Elucidation of molecular mechanism of autistic spectrum disorders Regional Innovation Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer Control Aging Control Yukinari Kato (8207) Gene Expression Regulation Hozumi Motohashi (8550) Experimental Immunology Toshiyuki Takai (8501) Production of tumor-specific monoclonal antibodies Development of antibody drugs Generation of tumor markers (http://www.med-tohoku-antibody.com/) Stress response mechanisms in metabolic reprogramming of cancer cells Intranuclear redox homeostasis and genome/ epigenome protection in carcinogenesis Stress-responsive transcriptional regulation in chronic inflammation (http://www2.idac.tohoku.ac.jp/dep/ger/) Regulatory mechanism of inflammation/ allergy/ autoimmunity/ transplantation immunity/tumor immunity by immunoregulatory receptors Mechanism of establishment and maintenance of B cell-mediated central and peripheral tolerance Class switch regulation of auto-reactive antibodies (http://www2.idac.tohoku.ac.jp/dep/expimmu/) 20

Department Immunobiology Koetsu Ogasawara (8579) Fundamental Aging Hisanori Horiuchi (8463) Department of Metabolism Tokuo Yamamoto (8874) Medical Engineering and Cardiology Tomoyuki Yambe (8517) Immunological analysis of infection, tumor, autoimmune diseases. Innovation of diagnosis and treatments for allergy Regulation of lymphocytes development Recognition mechanism against target cells in lymphocytes(http://www.idac.tohoku.ac.jp/dep/imbio/) Molecular mechanism of signal transduction Molecular mechanism of vesicle transport (http://www.idac.tohoku.ac.jp/dep/mcb/index.html) Functional genomics for aging-related diseases Biomedical engineering and cardiology Internal artificial organs (http://www.mec1.idac.tohoku.ac.jp/) Cancer Control Pathology Manabu Fukumoto (8507) Brain Sciences Vascular Biology Yasufumi Sato (8532) Molecular Oncology Kozo Tanaka (8491) Cancer Biology Natsuko Chiba (8477) Developmental Neurobiology Toshihiko Ogura (8564) Molecular pathological analysis of human cancers Mechnisms of resistance of cancer cells to radiotherapy and chemotherapy Application to quantification and diagnosis of images and shapes (http://www.idac.tohoku.ac.jp/dep/path/index_e.html) (http://www.idac.tohoku.ac.jp/en/activities/research/pathology/) Molecular mechanism of angiogenesis and its inhibition Stress tolerance of vascular endothelium (http://www.idac.tohoku.ac.jp/dep/vascbio/) Elucidation of molecular mechanism of oncogenesis induced by chromosomal instability Elucidation of molecular mechanism of chromosome segregation Elucidation of action mechanisms of anti-mitotic drugs (http://www.idac.tohoku.ac.jp/dep/molonc/pg40.html) Regulatory mechanism of cell division by breast cancer-related molecules. Response of tumor suppressor molecules to DNA damage. (http://www.idac.tohoku.ac.jp/en/activities/research/cancer_biology/index.html) Molecular biology of the mechano-transduction system Mechanical regulation of cardiogenesis and energy metabolism Chromatin remodeling and transcriptional control by a novel helicase type chromatin factor (http://www.idac.tohoku.ac.jp/dep/devn/index.htm) Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer Control Attached research facilities Functional Brain Imaging Ryuta Kawashima (7988) Nuclear Medicine and Radiology Yasuyuki Taki (8559) Geriatrics and Gerontology Hiroyuki Arai (7182) Cell Resource Center for Biomedical Research Yasuhisa Matsui (8571) Smart Aging International Research Center Ryuta Kawashima (7988) Brain plasticity and neuron-to-vascular coupling researches by animal brain imaging Cognitive neuroscience researches on our mind and its individual difference and pathology Developmental researches on brain development and genetic, environment factors of healthy children Neural mechanisms of language processing MEG and EEG researches on spatio-temporal processing of brain Neurological, psych-behavioral, endocrinological and immunological changes of earthquake survivors (http://www.fbi.idac.tohoku.ac.jp/fbi/aboutfbi.html?lang=en) Brain development and aging researches using an extra-large scale brain MRI database Correlation among genetic and environmental factors and brain, and cognition Basic researches on diagnosis of clinical PET (http://www2.idac.tohoku.ac.jp/dep/nmr/) Development of biomarker and bioimaging for Alzheimer s disease Development of medicines for dementia Prevention and treatment of aspiration pneumonia Care prevention and terminal care Comprehensive geriatric assessment about elderly people Nutrition and metabolic syndrome in dementia (http://www.idac.tohoku.ac.jp/dep/geriat/) Epigenetic mechanisms regulating germ cell development Regulation of direct conversion of pluripotential stem cells into germ cells Mechanisms underlying reprogramming of germ cells into pluripotential stem cells http://www.idac.tohoku.ac.jp/en/activities/research/cancer_cell_repository/index.ht ml R&D for systems improve cognitive functions of elderly and healthy children Neural decoding and synchronization of brain activities during communication R&D for cognitive training systems Educational psychology researches on motivation for learning (http://www.fbi.idac.tohoku.ac.jp/fbi/aboutfbi.html?lang=en l) 21

Department Cyclotron and Radioisotope Center Collaborative Seminar Cancer Medical Science (Miyagi Cancer Center Research Institute) Cancer Bioscience (The Cancer Institute of Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research) Growth and Develop-mental Medicine (Miyagi Children s Hospital) Cyclotron Nuclear Medicine Manabu Tashiro (022-795-7797) Cancer Molecular Biology Hiroshi Shima (022-384-3151, (ext. 930)) Cancer Pathology Nobuyuki Tanaka (022-384-3151 ( ext. 911)) Cancer stem cell Kennichi Satoh (022-384-3151 ( ext. 910)) Cancer pathology Ikuro Sato (022-384-3151 ( ext.901 )) Cellular and Molecular Imaging of Cancer Toru Hirota (03-3520-0111 (ext. 5253) ) Screening for Molecular Target of Cancer Tetsuo Noda (03-3520-0111 (ext. 5231) ) Pediatric Hematology and Oncology Masue Imaizumi (022-391-5111) Pediatric Neurosurgery Reizo Shirane (022-391-5111) Fetal Medicine Jun Murotsuki (022-391-5111) Community Psychiatry (Miyagi Psychiatric Center) Akira Kodaka (022-384-2236) PET imaging study on regional brain activity in human PET imaging study on neurotransmission in human brain PET imaging study on drug side effects in human brain Whole-body metabolic mapping in exercise using PET Functional imaging study on alternative therapies Medical engineering study on the PET measurement Study on biomedical/scientific visualization/illustration (http://kakuigaku.cyric.tohoku.ac.jp/eindex.html) Diagnostic and therapeutic approaches by targeting the inherent nature(metabolic disorder,genetic instability,metastatic ability and abnormal transcription)of cancer cells Development of diagnostic and therapeutic modalities for cancer by targeting kinase and phosphatase Development of a therapeutic modality for cancer by targeting splicing Research of cancer stem cells (http://www.miyagi-pho.jp/mcc/htdocs/kenkyu/yakubutsu.html) (http://www.med.tohoku.ac.jp/org/related/98/index.html) Descriptive and analytic epidemiology of cancer (http://www.miyagi-pho.jp/mcc/kenkyu/ekigaku-yobou.html) Identification of genes that regulate Cancer Stem Cells Oncogenesis using model animals Cancer stem cell maintenance mechanism (http://www.cbt.med.tohoku.ac.jp/english/ ) (http://www. miyagi-pho.jp/mcc/htdocs/kenkyu/soshiki-renkei.html) Identification of cancer stem cells originated from various organs Development of molecular therapy targeting for cancer stem cell- niche interaction Study for EMT regulating factors in cancer Development of molecular diagnosis for various cancers (http://www.med.tohoku.ac.jp/english/org/related/176/index.html) (http://www.miyagi-pho.jp/mcc/kenkyu/kansaibou.html) Genetic diagnosis for cancer and molecular targeting therapy Genetic, geometric, graph-combinatorial approach for cancer bioplogy (http://www.geocities.jp/ikuro_kotaro/index.htm) Elucidating mechanisms of chromosomal instability in cancers based on state-ofart live cell imaging analyses (http://www.jfcr.or.jp/tci/exppathol/index.html) To identify molecular targets and important signaling of cancer, we develop advanced cancer animal models and perform genomic and epigenomic analysis. (http://www.jfcr.or.jp/english/laboratory/index.html) Study of novel approaches in therapy and diagnosis for childhood cancer and blood disorders Pediatric neurosurgery Pediatric neuroimaging Blood flow and metabolism in the developing brain Development and clinical application of fetal surgery New evaluation of fetal circulation using ultrasonic phase difference tracking method Pathophysiology of fetal bones and prenatal diagnosis Analysis of DOHaD theory from epigenetics (http://www.ob-gy.med.tohoku.ac.jp/laboratory/j-murotsuki.html) Clinical study of pathophysiology of severe mental disorders Clinical study of primary prevention (education, enlightenment) and secondary prevention (early intervention) of severe mental disorders Clinical study of community care management with outreach team services as a tertiary prevention (for deterioration and relapse) of mental disorders Clinical study of community mental health services including disastrousaccident stress care Department of Innovative Cardiology Cradiovascular Surgery Junjiro Kobayashi (06-6833-5012 (ext.2226) ) Preventive Cardiology and Epidemiologic Informatics Yoshihiro Miyamoto (6-6833-5012 (ext.2188, 3216) ) Studies on minimally invasive cardiac surgery Optimal graft selection and method of use in coronary artery bypass grafting Establishment of the guideline for severe aortic stenosis with comorbidity Epidemiology of cardiovascular diseases Epidemiology of metabolic diseases Clinical epidemiology, meta-analysis, evidence-based medicine Epidemiology on imaging and biomarker Genetic epidemiology for cardiovascular diseases 22

Collaborative Seminar Cooperate Chairs Department Biomedical Engineering Audiology Tetsuaki Kawase (7303) Molecular and Surgical Pathophysiology Kouhei Fukushima (8881) Clinical Biology and Hormonal Regulation Takaaki Abe (7163) International Research Institute of Disaster Science Disaster Medical Science Division International Cooperation for Disaster Medicine Shinichi Egawa (022-273-6286) Disaster-related Infectious Disease Toshio Hattori (8220) Disaster Psychiatry Hiroaki Tomita (7897) Disaster Obstetrics and Gynecology Kiyoshi Ito (7254) Research on auditory prosthesis (cochlear, brainstem and mid-brain implants, hearing aid) Research on auditory rehabilitation Research on hearing loss and tinnitus Research on binaural hearing Research on audio-visual bimodal speech perception (http://www.auditorylab.med.tohoku.ac.jp) Pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease Mucosal defense system of the GI tract Massive GI tract resection Drug delivery system Intestinal microbiota Regeneration of the GI mucosa (http://www.fukushimalab.med.tohoku.ac.jp/aboutus.html) Diagnosis of ischemia and renal failure Drug dicovery of renal failure Mitochondria funcuton and mitochondrial disease Transporter-based drug discovery Establishment of disaster medical and public health preparedness Analysis and mitigation of medical needs and vulnerability in disaster Standardization and education through workshops about the action and moral of medical personnel Integration of information using robot and multi-layered geographical information system associated search and rescue in disaster. (http://www.irides-icdm.med.tohoku.ac.jp/english/index.html) Development of rapid diagnosis, prevention and therapy of disaster-related infectious diseases and zoonosis. Development of diagnosis, prevention and therapy for latent TB infection. Investigation regarding mental health issue in communities suffered by the Great East Japan Earth Quake and other disasters Investigation regarding Disaster Response Clinical Studies regarding disaster-related mental disorders Basic studies to elucidate the pathogeneses of Post-traumatic stress disorder and mood disorders Investigation into the pathogeneses of psychiatric disorders (http://www.irides-dpsy.med.tohoku.ac.jp/english/index.html) Perinatal medical system in a disaster Analysis of the impacts of a disaster on mothers and children Analysis of the effects of disasters on gynecologic diseases Analysis of the stress and hormonal actions on gynecologic diseases Disaster Public Health Shinichi Kuriyama (8104) Disaster Medical Informatics Masaharu Nakayama (7504) Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization Community Medical Supports Integrated Nephrology and Telemedicine Hideyasu Kiyomoto (3848) Feto-Maternal Medical Science Junichi Sugawara (3683) Medical Neuroimage Analysis Yasuyuki Taki (3844) Oral Health Science Akito Tsuboi (8396) Monitoring of disease prevalence after the big disaster Public health intervention after the big disaster Development of clinical information system for disaster medicine Practical medical informatics A large clinical database Telemedicine support in the medical remote and distance place Investigation of (pro)renin system in metabolic syndrome in human. Prevention of peritoneum deterioration by the long-term peritoneal dialysis Home hemodialysis (HHD) therapy for end stage kidney disease and development of new dialysis device for saving water Elucidation of association between kidney and other organs using renal transplantation in mice Multi-Omics profiling in patients with preeclampsia. Molecular biology of microvascular systems in feto-placental unit. Establishment of educational course for obstetric providers in community medicine. Multidiscipline study for mental disorders in pregnant women. (http://www.ob-gy.med.tohoku.ac.jp/laboratory/j-sugawara.html) Elucidation of brain development and aging using large brain MRI database Elucidation of effect of lifestyle to brain for maintaining healthy brain Elucidation of oral health factors affecting general health maintenance and promotion Construction of a community oral health system and program 23

Department Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology Department of Biobank Department of Integrative Genomics Personalized Prevention and Epidemiology Atsushi Hozawa (8199) Biobank Life Science Noako Minegishi (272-3106) Biomarker Investigation Nobuo Fuse (3688) Molecular Network Analysis Jun Yasuda (272-3102) Molecular epidemiology for assessing risk for lifestyle-related diseases in community. Primary and secondary prevention of lifestyle -related diseases in community. The health effect among the chronic disease patient and spouse/family in consideration of the individual characteristics Epidemiologic study about the association between psychosocial factors and the risk of diseases in consideration of the individual characteristics Gene regulation in hematopoietic cell differentiation Cellular effects of genetic polymorphism Gene-environment interactions in neuronal and psychological development Analyses of relationship between genetic alterations and disease susceptibility. Elucidation of molecular networks associated with disease mechanisms. (http://www.megabank.tohoku.ac.jp/about/member05.html) Department of Health Record Informatics Department of Education and Training Functional Evaluation of Genomic Polymorphisms Osamu Tanabe (3883) Biomedical Information Analysis Masao Nagasaki (022-273-6051(3912)) Statistical Genomics & Genetics Gen Tamiya Biomedical Informatics Jun Nakaya (7501) Genetic Epidemiology Research Support Yoichi Suzuki Identification of genomic polymorphisms and mutations related to disease susceptibility and drug response, and elucidation of their pathophysiological significances. Multi-omics analyses to derive disease biomarkers and unravel disease mechanisms. Elucidation of molecular mechanisms for epigenetic regulation of gene expression. (http://www.megabank.tohoku.ac.jp/tommo/member/member05) (http://www.med.tohoku.ac.jp/org/cooperate/204/index.html) Massive multi-omics data (e.g. genomic, transcriptome and proteome) processing, analysis. Software research and development on supercomputer environment. Information science and statistical technologies from big data for personalized diagnosis and medicine. (http://nagasakilab.csml.org/en) Identification of human disease genes through analysis of human genome Investigation of human population genomics Statistical genetics for human genomes ( http://www.genetix-h.com/~sgg/ ) Medical Informatics, Clinical Informatics, Bio Informatics BioClinical IT Infrastructure for Future Medicine Regional Medical and Welfare Information Network Translational Research Informatics (TRI) IT Analysis on BioMedical Informatics International Standardization and Intellectual Properties in Medical Informatics Ethics and Laws in Medical Informatics (http://www.med.tohoku.ac.jp/org/medical/54/) Development of educational methods for clinical and human genetics Genetic epidemiology of allergic diseases Molecular genetics of genetic and inherited diseases 24

International Course of Public Health Science for Human Security After the cold was ceased in the early 1990 s, the concept of Human Security has become the primary common concern of international society. The new concept addresses the issues of security of people, instead of nations, such as illnesses, disasters, poverty, conflicts and so forth. Particularly in developing countries such as some nations in Asia, people s lives and dignity have been threatened by diseases and injuries which are basically not curable because of poverty, natural disasters, poor environmental hygiene, malnutrition and so on. In addition, epidemics and environmental pollution jeopardize human security by crossing border perspectives based on interdisciplinary views and scientific knowledge. The International Course of Public Health Science for Human Security is designed to develop students comprehension of the closely related factors which affect peoples lives and also their ability to produce solutions, by integrating the latest knowledge of medical science and international health with the method of the humanities and social sciences. The course further aims to nurture researchers and public health leaders in international society who will contribute to the realization of human security by taking leadership in solving security problems in public health. This course is based on the International Post-Graduate in Human Security, and is conducted in collaboration with three other graduate schools (Agricultural Science, International Cultural Studies and Environmental Studies), from among which students may select elective courses. All elective and obligatory courses are lectured in English. *When applying, it is desirable to contact an applicable instructor (for the first choice to third choice) *Please contact: 022-717-xxxx * : No application invited this time. * : Professor of additional post Radiation Biology Yoshio Hosoi (8131) Virology Hitoshi Oshitanii (8211) Emerging Infectious Disease Toshio Hattori (8220) Environmental Health Sciences and Molecular Toxicology Takaaki Akaike (8164) Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer Control Pathology Manabu Fukumoto (8507) International Research Institute of Disaster Science International Cooperation for Disaster Medicine Shinichi Egawa (022-273-6286) Mechanisms of cancer stem cell radioresistance. Roles of DNA double strand breaks repair in radiation sensitivity Biological effects of low doses of ionizing radiation (http://www.radbio.med.tohoku.ac.jp/index.html) Risk management of infectious disease Risk factor for emerging and re-emerging infection (http://www.virology.med.tohoku.ac.jp/) Introduction of Infectious diseases-effects of environmental changes on infectious diseases. Host responses against infectious diseases. Global warming Effects of radiation Infectious diseases in Sub-Sahara (http://www.med.tohoku.ac.jp/org/medical/27/index.html) Molecular environmental toxicology Oxidative stress and toxicology of reactive oxygen species Chemical biology and physiological function of reactive oxygen species Environmental response and health and host defense Molecular pathogenesis of infectious diseases Molecular preventive medicine for oxidative stress diseases (http://www.toxicosci.med.tohoku.ac.jp/index.html) Human and biological effects of radiation Determination of environmental contamination caused by radionuclides (ttp://www.idac.tohoku.ac.jp/dep/path/index_e.html) (http://www.idac.tohoku.ac.jp/en/organization/pathology/index.html) Establishment of disaster medical and public health preparedness Analysis and mitigation of medical needs and vulnerability in disaster Standardization and education through workshops about the action and moral of medical personnel Integration of information using robot and multi-layered geographical information system associated search and rescue in disaster. (http://www.irides-icdm.med.tohoku.ac.jp/english/index.html) 25

Molecular Imaging Course Molecular imaging examines the molecular mechanisms of integrated systems in vivo using molecular probes. Many imaging technologies have been and are being developed to achieve these goals, such as optic imaging, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), positron emission tomography (PET) and so on. Each has unique applications, advantages and limitations. Biomedical engineering, medicine, biology, dentistry and pharmaceutical sciences are joining to build technologies and molecular probes that measure and image molecular biological functions for organ systems. Biologists will benefit from easier movement from isolated molecular, cellular and tissue settings to an in vivo, where functions are directed and constrained by the requirements of organ systems and whole organisms. Patient care will profit from more direct links in the areas of molecular diagnostics and molecular therapeutics. The special course of molecular imaging is designed to develop students comprehension of the closely related disciplines on molecular imaging, and also the ability to make a possible breakthrough in molecular imaging by integrating the latest knowledge of medical engineering, medicine, biology, density and pharmaceutical sciences. This special course molecular imaging mainly focuses on PET, but many issues also apply to other technologies, In addition, the courses focuses on integrative mammalian biology ranging from mice to humans, as well as the transformation of in vivo molecular assays to in vivo imaging. This course in conducted in collaboration with the Graduate Schools of Medicine, Engineering, Pharmaceutical Sciences and Dentistry and the National Institute of Radiological Sciences (NIRS). *When applying, it is desirable to contact an applicable instructor (for the first choice to third choice) *Please contact: 022-717-xxxx * : No application invited this time. * : Professor of additional post Pharmacology Kazuhiko Yanai (8055) Cyclotron Nuclear Medicine Manabu Tashiro (022-795-7797) Molecular Neuroimaging Tetsuya Suhara (043-206-3194) Molecular imaging from basic development to clinical application (http://www.med.tohoku.ac.jp/english/org/medical/12/index.html) PET imaging study in humans : methodological development Neuroreceptor imaging study by PET Application of imaging techniques to health sciences Higher brain functions studied by PET (http://kakuigaku.cyric.tohoku.ac.jp/eindex.html) Molecular imaging study of the of neuropsychiatric disorders and basic study using animal models (http://www.nirs.go.jp/seika/brain/brain_e/index.html) 26

Medical Physicists Training Course Advanced large medical machines are used in areas of diagnostic radiology and radiation therapy. Medical physicists are involved in the development of new instrumentation and technology for use in such fields and in the accurate measurement of the radiation output from radiation sources employed in cancer therapy to contribute clinical and scientific advice and resources to solve the numerous and diverse problems that arise continually in many specialized medical areas. Medical physicists are required to get credits in medicine, physics and clinical experience. Graduates of the Department of Radiation Technology in the Health Science Division and those of the Physical or Engineering Faculty are entered into this course. Medical physicists trained in research, education and medical treatment as team members with other medical specialists are trained. *When applying, it is desirable to contact an applicable instructor (for the first choice to third choice) *Please contact: 022-717-xxxx * : No application invited this time. * : Professor of additional post Radiation Oncology Keiichi Jingu (7312) Study on the development of high precise radiation therapy (ttp://www.radiol.med.tohoku.ac.jp/chiryo/) (http://www.radiol.med.tohoku.ac.jp/) 27

Basic Medicine Course(G30 Course) The Graduate School of Medicine will accept FGL students from 2012. The information below provides a general introduction to the Graduate School of Medicine rather than specific details of the FGL courses. Tohoku University School of Medicine traces its history as farback as 1872. The Graduate School of Medicine is composed of three courses; Medical Sciences, Disability Sciences, and Health Sciences. The staff and faculty of the school, recruited from among the best researchers in the field, have research interests in areas covering almost every aspect of medicine. More than 200 students are admitted to our graduate programs annually. We are proud of the contribution our research has made to the medical sciences including many achievements of global significance. The Graduate School of Medicine is characterized by diversity, flexibility, and potentiality. Diversity: The Graduate School of Medicine is not only for medical students; we are host to people of diverse ages and social/academic backgrounds. We have graduate students from other fields of study including agriculture, natural sciences, life sciences, engineering, and even the arts. Some bring with them a rich variety of work and social experience from outside of the university environment.flexibility: The Graduate School offers instruction in an extremely broad range of areas within the field of medicine. The curriculum is designed to provide the flexibility necessary to accommodate and encourage the research interests of our graduate students. Potentiality: Having completed studies in the Graduate School, there will be opportunities for employment in and active contribution to a huge range of fields. 28

2 Disability Sciences Doctoral Program Department Functional Medical Science Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise Ryoichi Nagatomi (8588) Behavioral Medicine Shin Fukudo (8214) Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Shinichi Izumi (7338) Epileptology Nobukazu Nakasato (7343) Internal Medicine and Rehabilitation Science Masahiro Kohzuki (7351) Behavioral Neurology and Cognitive Neuroscience Etsuro Mori (7358) Music & Acoustical Medicine Masayoshi Ichie (7457) Advanced Interdisciplinary Biomedical Engineering Yoshitaka Kimura (7575) *When applying, it is desirable to contact the applicable instructor in advance. *Please contact: 022-717-xxxx * : No application invited this time. * : Professor of additional post Role of physical activity and exercise in human health Molecular and cellular regulation of adult skeletal muscle repair Impact of exercise and stressors on the immune responses Cellular mechanism that determines common cold virus sensitivity of host cells (http://www.sports.med.tohoku.ac.jp//index.html) Research on behavioral medicine and psychosomatic medicine Research on stress response Brain-viscera interactions, especially brain-gut interactions Mechanism of formation of emotion and behavior Brain processing of stress and brain function image Stress response and therapeutic modification Development of novel psychotherapy (http://www.med.tohoku.ac.jp/room/712/japanese.html) Non-invasive brain stimulation for patients with central nervous system disorders Clinical and basic neuroscience research using neuro-imaging technique Study on rehabilitation program based on cognitive and neuroscience Study for pathology and management of musculoskeletal disorders Assessment of quality of life Rehabilitation of dysphagia Community-based rehabilitation system Comprehensive rehabilitation approach for patients with vascular dementia Effects of communication skills on quality of health care (http://www.reha.med.tohoku.ac.jp/modules/tohoku/index.php?id=2) Basic mechanism of epilepsy Phenomenology of epilepsy Diagnostic evaluation of epilepsy Pharmacotherapy of epilepsy Surgical therapy of epilepsy Rehabilitation psychology of epilepsy Social issues of epilepsy (http://www.med.tohoku.ac.jp/english/org/disability/63/) Cardiopulmonary rehabilitation Mechanism of synergistic effects of exercise and drug therapy Effetcs of electrical stimulation on angiogenesis and muscle hypertrophy Renal rehabilitation Prevention of deterioration of organ damage in lifestyle related disease Exercise physiology and health sciences Quality of life in disabled or aged people Elucidation of control of swallowng and cough, and its clinical application Elucidation of mechanism of fall and its clinical application (http://www.naibu.med.tohoku.ac.jp) Behavioral neurology research on nerve diseases, dementia, brain damage, apoplexia cerebri Neuroscientific research on human behavior and cognition (http://ja.sendaibrain.org/kyoten/mori.html) (http://www.med.tohoku.ac.jp/org/disability/65/index.html) Wellness through Music Activity CAM (Complementary and Alternative Medicine) in medical fields (http://www.music.med.tohoku.ac.jp/) The gene analysis of fetal asphyxia and advanced fetal monitoring The study of epigenetic change of fetal development (ttp://www.fetalecg.med.tohoku.ac.jp/index.html) (http://www.ob-gy.med.tohoku.ac.jp/laboratory/y-kimura.html) 29

3 Health Science Doctoral Program Course of Nursing *When applying, it is desirable to contact the applicable instructor in advance. *Please contact: 022-717-xxxx * : No application invited this time. Department Basic and Health Development Nursing Science Family Nursing * : Professor of additional post Science of Nursing Practice Ryoko Maruyama (7484) Nursing Education and Administration Kyoko Asakura (8674) Gerontological Nursing and Home Care Nursing Akiko Ozaki (7919) Nursing Science of Community Health Care System Katsuko Suenaga (7930) Community Health Yuko Minami (7479) Public Health Nursing Junko Omori (7925) Adult Nursing Akira Imatani (7926) Oncology Nursing Fumiko Sato (7926) Palliative Nursing Mitsunori Miyashita (7924) Child Health Nursing Hitoshi Shiwaku (7921) Psychiatric Nursing Hidemitsu Saito (7916) Perinatal Nursing Kineko Sato (7956) Women s Health Nursing Toyoko Yoshizawa (7915) Physiological effects on nursing practice Research of the environmental effects on health Sex hormone and autonomic nerves system Immunological study of skin wound healing (http://www.med.tohoku.ac.jp/org/health/66/index.html) Professionalism of nurses Occupational mobility of nurses Gender issues in nursing Nursing education and administration (http://www.nem.med.tohoku.ac.jp/) Gerontological nursing and home care nursing Research on the collaboration in community health activities Research on the community care system (http://www.nursing.med.tohoku.ac.jp/org/health/72/index.html) Cancer epidemiology Epidemiology of autoimmune diseases Theory of epidemiology (http://www.med.tohoku.ac.jp/english/org/health/162/index.html) Culture and health beliefs of community Social relationships and quality of lives Social capital and health promotion Methodology of public health nursing (http://www.med.tohoku.ac.jp/org/health/73/index.html) Molecular analyses of the carcinogenesis through the immune response to Helicobacter pylori in the stomach Molecular mechanisms of the differentiation of gastric stem cells under the chronic inflammation Oncology nursing Quality of life in cancer patients (http://www.oncolnurs.med.tohoku.ac.jp/) Palliative care End-of-life care Quality of life in cancer patients Evaluation of quality of cancer care (http://www.pn.med.tohoku.ac.jp/) Development of the psychosocial support nursing for children and their families The mental health care for sick children (neurosis, ADHD, HFPDD, malignance, etc.) and their family Cultivation of certified nurse specialist in child health nursing (http://www.chn.med.tohoku.ac.jp) Mental health care for patients with mental disorders and their family Occupational mental health care Research of the perinatal period medical treatment system Research on perinatal period mental health (http://www.med.tohoku.ac.jp/org/health/69/index.html) Women s health Maternal & perinatal nursing (http://www.womens.med.tohoku.ac.jp) 30

Course of Radiological Technology *When applying, it is desirable to contact the applicable instructor in advance. *Please contact: 022-717-xxxx * : No application invited this time. Department Medical Information Engineering * : Professor of additional post Medical Physics Kohsuke Gonda (7892) Development of high accuracy imaging using nanotechnology Elucidation of mechanisms of cancer development with nano-imaging Elucidation of mechanisms of vascular remodeling in peripheral artery disease with nano-imaging Development of cancer diagnostic method using nanoimaging Medical technology in nuclear medicine and PET/SPECT Clinical Radiological Science Medical Imaging and Applied Radiology Yoshio Machida (7937) Radiological Imaging and Informatics Noriyasu Homma (7914) Clinical Imaging Tadashi Ishibashi (7481) Diagnostic Image Analysis Haruo Saito (7938) Radiological Examination and Technology Koichi Chida (7935) Quality assessment and improvement of MR images Development of fast MR imaging techniques and its application Quality assessment and improvement of radiological images. Image quality improvement and dose reduction of X-ray CT. Development of intelligent computer-aided diagnosis systems Development of next generation accurate radiation therapy Analyses of brain and neuronal functions by using optical imaging, MRI, electrophysiology, and computer simulation. (http://www.rii.med.tohoku.ac.jp/) Digital diagnostic techniques using a flat panel or a computed radiography Forensic imaging and techniques Postmortem Imaging Optimization and Image analysis of Cardiovascular MDCT and MRI Functional brain Imaging Accuracy management of PET and SPECT Direct irradiation dose measurement during radiotherapy, or IVR Radiation Safety Management Radiological Protection in Medicine QC and QA for Radiation Equipment Optimization of Radiation Dose and Image Performance Cooperate Chairs International Research Institute of Disaster Science Disaster Medical Science Division Therapeutic Radiology Ken Takeda (7909) Radiation Disaster Medicine Koichi Chida (7935) Technology of adaptive radiotherapy for head and neck cancer Image-guided high precision radiotherapy for prostate cancer Development of dose calculation algorithm using parallel computing technique Development of a novel procedure to set up a patient in radiotherapy treatment based on the alignment of the dose distribution Development of a novel system to create immobilization devices supporting radiotherapy by 3D-printer Evaluation/measurement of radiation doses and radiation effects Radiation safety and risk management Development of diagnostic imaging systems for use in disasters Optimization of radiation protection Public education regarding radiation and radioactivity (http://irides.tohoku.ac.jp/organization/medicine/03.html) 31

Course of Medical Technology *When applying, it is desirable to contact the applicable instructor in advance. *Please contact: 022-717-xxxx * : No application invitedthis time. Department Fundamental Medical Technology Clinical Radiological Science * : Professor of additional post Molecular and Functional Dynamics Shin-ichi Hayashi (7913) Medical Microbiology, Mycology and Immunology Kazuyoshi Kawakami (7946) Endocrinology and Applied Medical Science Kazuhiro Takahashi (7482) Pathology and Histotechnology Takashi Suzuki (7947) Clinical Physiology Chiyohiko Shindoh (7948) Molecular Hematology Ritsuko Shimizu (7952, 8088) Molecular mechanisms of estrogen-dependent cancer Development of a new examination and diagnostic method for cancer (http://www.med.tohoku.ac.jp/org/health/79/index.html) (http://www.tohoku.ac.jp/japanese/webmagazine/staff/ staff_19_hayashi.html) Research on the host defense immune me chanism against microbial infection Research on the memory T cell response to fungal infection Research on the immune mechanism of excessive inflammatory response and tissue damage, such as SIRS and ARDS Research on the immune mechanism of vaccine in its preventive effect and the development of new vaccines Development of stealth nanoparticles with biological products and its application to new diagnosis and therapy of malignant diseases (http://www.infect-immun.med.tohoku.ac.jp/) Studies on neuropeptides and cardiovascular peptides Endocrinology of hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis (http://www.med.tohoku.ac.jp/english/org/health/81/index.html) Analysis of hormonal actions in breast cancer (http://www.med.tohoku.ac.jp/english/org/health/82/index.html) Effects on diaphragm muscle contraction by cytokine and respiratory drugs Effects of non-uniform contraction on triggered arrhythmias in cardiac muscle (http://www.med.tohoku.ac.jp/org/health/83/index.html) Transcriptional dysregulation in leukemia Transcriptional regulation in blood cell development (http://www.exphem.med.tohoku.ac.jp/research.html) Molecular Endocrinology Akira Sugawara (7483) Elucidation of the significance of nuclear hormone receptors in cardiovascular disorders. Elucidation of the etiology of atherosclerosis and innovation of novel anti-atherosclerotic therapy. Elucidation of the etiology of hypertension and innovation of novel anti-hypertensive therapy and hypertensive biomarkers. Elucidation of the etiology of diabetic nephropathy and innovation of novel therapy against it. Elucidation of the etiology of Cushing s disease and innovation of novel therapy against it. Screening and analysis of novel post-translational modifications Elucidation of the DNA dioxygenases in chondrocyte differentiation (http://www.med.tohoku.ac.jp/english/org/health/84/index.html) 32

Course of Public Health Nurse Training The qualifications and skills required for a public health nurse working in local communities change with each generation. In the present day where health issues are becoming increasingly complex as our lifestyles and values are more diversified, public health nurses need to have even more advanced practical and research skills to analyze the factors of these issues from their relation with society and the environment, and endeavor to resolve and improve them with the cooperation of local residents and professional groups. Also required is the capability to work as a high-level professional demonstrating leadership in carrying out support activities for disaster-affected areas of the Tohoku coastal region. From April 2014, Tohoku University is offering a Public Health Nurse Training Course in the Graduate School Doctor of Health Sciences Course (first term two-year program) for people aiming to become public health nurses or who want to improve their skills as public health nurses. *When applying, it is desirable to contact the applicable instructor in advance. *Please contact: 022-717-xxxx * : No application invitedthis time. * : Professor of additional post Department Basic and Health Development Nursing Science Nursing Science of Community Health Care System Katsuko Suenaga (7930) Research on the collaboration in community health activities Research on the community care system (http://www.nursing.med.tohoku.ac.jp/org/health/72/index.html) Public Health Nursing Junko Omori (7925) Culture and health beliefs of community Social relationships and quality of lives Social capital and health promotion Methodology of public health nursing (http://www.med.tohoku.ac.jp/org/health/73/index.html) 33

Medical Physicists Training Course Advanced large medical machines are used in areas of diagnostic radiology and radiation therapy. Medical physicists are involved in the development of new instrumentation and technology for use in such fields and in the accurate measurement of the radiation output from radiation sources employed in cancer therapy to contribute clinical and scientific advice and resources to solve the numerous and diverse problems that arise continually in many specialized medical areas. Medical physicists are required to get credits in medicine, physics and clinical experience. Graduates of the Department of Radiation Technology in the Health Science Division and those of the Physical or Engineering Faculty are entered into this course. Medical physicists trained in research, education and medical treatment as team members with other medical specialists are trained. *When applying, it is desirable to contact an applicable instructor (for the first choice to third choice) *Please contact: 022-717-xxxx * : No application invited this time. * : Professor of additional post Department Clinical Therapeutic Radiology Radiological Ken Takeda Science (7481) Technology of adaptive radiotherapy for head and neck cancer Image-guided high precision radiotherapy for prostate cancer Development of dose calculation algorithm using parallel computing technique Development of a novel procedure to set up a patient in radiotherapy treatment based on the alignment of the dose distribution Development of a novel system to create immobilization devices supporting radiotherapy by 3D-printer 34

4 School of Public Health Master s Program *When applying, it is desirable to contact an applicable instructor (for the first choice to third choice) *Please contact: 022-717-xxxx Department Health Informatics and Public Health Health Administrati on and Public Health Epidemiology Ichiro Tsuji (8123) Biostatistics Takuhiro Yamaguchi (7659) Medical Infomatics Jun Nakaya (7501) Medical Genetics Shigeo Kure (8139) Disaster Public Health Shinichi Kuriyama (8104) Personalized Prevention and Epidemiology Atsushi Hozawa (8199) Health Administration and Policy Kenji Fujimori (8127) Environmental Health Sciences and Molecular Toxicology Takaaki Akaike (8164) Forensic Medicine Masato Funayama (8107) Medical Ethics Atsushi Asai (8127) Epidemiology of cancer and cardiovascular disease Health life expectancy Nutritional epidemiology, Exercise epidemiology Clinical epidemiology, Evidence-based medicine Evaluation of health care services (http://www.pbhealth.med.tohoku.ac.jp) Design and analysis of medical research Medical information management Utilization of medical data resources (http://www.biostat.med.tohoku.ac.jp/) Medical Informatics, Clinical Informatics, Bio Informatics BioClinical IT Infrastructure for Future Medicine Regional Medical and Welfare Information Network Translational Research Informatics (TRI) IT Analysis on BioMedical Informatics International Standardization and Intellectual Properties in Medical Informatics Ethics and Laws in Medical Informatics (http://www.med.tohoku.ac.jp/org/medical/54/) Identification and characterization of pathogenic genes in genetic diseases Genetic counseling (http://www.ped.med.tohoku.ac.jp/) Monitoring of disease prevalence after the big disaster Public health intervention after the big disaster Molecular epidemiology for assessing risk for lifestyle-related diseases in community. Primary and secondary prevention of lifestyle -related diseases in community. The health effect among the chronic disease patient and spouse/family in consideration of the individual characteristics Epidemiologic study about the association between psychosocial factors and the risk of diseases in consideration of the individual characteristics DPC(Diagnosis Procedure Combination) and e-claim data payment system, medical procedure, health care expenditure Regional medical program. Molecular environmental toxicology Oxidative stress and toxicology of reactive oxygen species Chemical biology and physiological function of reactive oxygen species Environmental response and health and host defense Molecular pathogenesis of infectious diseases Molecular preventive medicine for oxidative stress diseases (http://www.toxicosci.med.tohoku.ac.jp/index.html) Toxicological screens using LC/MS/MS (http://www.forensic.med.tohoku.ac.jp/) Clinical ethics Research ethics Public health ethics Medical professionalism Medical humanities Clinical ethics consultation Contemporary ethical issues 35

Course to Train High-Level Clinical Research Administrators In Japan, recognition of necessity of infrastructure for medical research of clinical trial and transformer rational research has risen since the latter half of the 90's. But it has been insufficient yet and we have to promote talents who support these very fast. In this course, we promote specialists who support medical research, such as a clinical research coordinator (CRC), a data manager, a drugs' cosmetics and medical instrument specialist, an IT specialist, at the divisions of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Medical Informatics while we cooperate with the Clinical Research, Innovation, and Education Center (CRIETO), TAMRIC, the Tohoku University Hospital. You can take not only systematic lectures on medicine but a practice (training) for your specialties from the early stages of the course, so that you can take advantage of contents learnt in the lectures. We attempt to promote Advanced Medical Research Supporter who make the best use of individual specialty and can well cooperate with other medical researchers. *When applying, it is desirable to contact the applicable instructor in advance. *Please contact: 022-717-xxxx Medical treatment statistics Takuhiro Yamaguchi (7659) Public Health Ichiro Tsuji (8123) Medical Infomatics Jun Nakaya (7501) Data management in medical research Restriction science in development of medicine (http://www.crieto.hosp.tohoku.ac.jp/datacenter/) (http://www.biostat.med.tohoku.ac.jp/) Medical epidemiology Technology assessment of Medical treatment for health (http://www.pbhealth.med.tohoku.ac.jp) Medical Informatics, Clinical Informatics, Bio Informatics BioClinical IT Infrastructure for Future Medicine Regional Medical and Welfare Information Network Translational Research Informatics (TRI) IT Analysis on BioMedical Informatics International Standardization and Intellectual Properties in Medical Informatics Ethics and Laws in Medical Informatics (http://www.med.tohoku.ac.jp/org/medical/54/) 36

Course in Public Health and Genetic Counseling This course is for training students to become Certified Genetic Counselors (CGC, Academic Board Certification). It is designed to cultivate genetic counselors as high-level medical professionals that can work together with patients and families with an understanding of their position, and who have excellent communication skills and the latest knowledge on genomes to provide genetic counseling. Lectures are conducted in partnership with genetic medicine and various clinical departments, as well as hospitals and other research departments. Our program has been accredited for its professional development program by the Japanese Board of Genetic Counseling (jointly established by the Japan Society of Human Genetics and the Japanese Society for Genetic Counseling). This course is designed mainly for Japanese students, and are taught only in Japanese. *When applying, it is desirable to contact the applicable instructor in advance. *Please contact: 022-717-xxxx Genomic Medicine Support and Genetic Counseling Hiroshi Kawame (022-274-5998) Natural history in multiple congenital anomaly syndrome Medical and psychosocial issues in genetic testing in minors Psychosocial issues in carriers Clinical genetics education (http://www.clin-gc.megabank.tohoku.ac.jp/) 37

One-Year Course to train Physicians and Dentists for Clinical Research Epidemiology Ichiro Tsuji (8123) Epidemiology of cancer and cardiovascular disease Health life expectancy Nutritional epidemiology, Exercise epidemiology Clinical epidemiology, Evidence-based medicine Evaluation of health care services (http://www.pbhealth.med.tohoku.ac.jp) 38

5Endowed Chair Students can receive research instruction from a Professor of an endowed chair below. (But not apply to the endowed chair) * : Professor of additional post Innovative Cardiovascular Medicine Hiroaki Shimokawa (7153) Evidence-based Cardiovascular Medicine Hiroaki Shimokawa (7153) Advanced Preventive Medicine for Infectious Disease Mutsuo Yamaya (7184) Multiple Sclerosis Therapeutics Kazuo Fujihara (7190) Nano-medical Science Noriaki Ohuchi (7214) Development of innovative therapeutics for cardiovascular diseases (http://www. med.tohoku.ac.jp/english/org/contribute/103/index.html) Development of new clinical evidence in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases (http://www. med.tohoku.ac.jp/english/org/contribute/103/index.html) Prevention for brochial asthma attack and acute exacerbation of COPD Research on prevention of respiratory viruses (rhinovirus, influenza virus, RS virus) Pneumonia in elderly Development of cell therapies for lung diseases Lung endogenous stem cells and niche cells Lung repair after acute lung injury (http://www.apmid.med.tohoku.ac.jp/page15/page15.html) Clinical research and immunological analyses of multiple sclerosis, neuromyelitis optica and related disorders (http://www.ms.med.tohoku.ac.jp/index.html) Cancer research based on nano-biotechnology Nano-DDS and molecular targeting therapy for cancer based on ultra fine single molecular imaging technique Visualizing mechanism of cancer metastasis by in vivo nano-imaging Development of novel low invasive surgical technique for cancer Novel imaging techniques for cancer diagnosis Highly precise diagnostic system for cancer by Quantum-dot labeled immunohistochemistry Blood Pressure Research Sadayoshi Ito (7161) Advanced Ophthalmic Medicine Masayuki Yamamoto (8084) Integrated Surgical Cancer Treatment Michiaki Unno (7202) Upper Extremity Musculoskeletal Medicine Eiji Itoi (7242) The Disease Control of Retina Toru Nakazawa (7292) Molecular Hematology/Oncology Hideo Harigae (7165) Advanced Breast Cancer Imaging Noriaki Ohuchi (7210) Division of Geriatric Pharmacotherapy Takashi Ohrui (8480) Cyclotron and Radioisotope Center Getriatric Behavioral Neurology Kenichi Meguro (7359) Diagnosis and treatment of hypertension based on central blood pressure measurement Clinical evaluation of cardiovascular risk by pulse wave analysis Pathophysiology of arteriosclerosis and target organ damage Methodological improvement for assessment of vascular structure and function Molecular mechanism of ocular disease Development for new neuroprotective treatment Development of therapy for early stage of retinal disorder targeting Keap1/Nrf2 pathway, a protein sensor for oxidative stress. Surgical treatment, anticancer drug treatment, palliative medicine to digestive organ cancers Epidemiology of locomotorium Development of medical equipments with Ni-free Co-Cr-Mo alloys Evaluation of musculoskeletal system with high frequency ultrasound apparatus Pathophysiology of joint contracture (http://www.ortho.med.tohoku.ac.jp/) Elucidation of retinal diseases Development of ocular fundus imaging at the cellular level Development of novel devices for retinal surgery Development of novel molecular target therapy for hematological diseases Evaluation for effectiveness of ultrasonography in breast cancer screening Development and evaluation of new analysis method for mammography Elucidation of the relationship between drug use and drug toxicity in elderly frail subjects Discovery of a pleiotropic effect in already employed drugs in elderly subjects Neuroepidemiology: cognitive assessment, dementia prevalence, intervention for dementia Clinical Neuroscience: neuropsychology of dementia, neurological basis for behavioral abnormalities Comprehensive intervention: rehabilitation for dementia, music therapy for aphasia Comprehensive system: validity for the Long-Term Care Insurance in Japan Supporting the weakness due to the disaster based on brain science International comparison: Dementia in Japan, Taiwan, and Brazil, neuropsychological comparison Alternative medicine for older adults 39