Overview
In this major, we aim to train human resources capable of consistent multidisciplinary care through health, medical care and welfare. Through the three fields of research mentioned above, we train professionals capable of responding to complicated environmental changes in health, medical care and welfare. As for the students’ career options after the completion of the course, they may continue to be engaged in universities, graduate schools, training institutions, research organizations, or medical institutions. As advanced professionals who share a common view, our graduates will meet the needs of the current time through multidisciplinary care and are expected to play an active role in each field.
Characteristics
Since there are only a small number of doctoral programs in health and welfare in Japan, our students will be able to conduct research that meets the needs of society.
The current situation is that only a few graduate schools have a Ph.D. program in this field and our university is one of them. Particularly in our university, we expect the students to become educators, researchers, highly specialized professionals and policy-makers, and to develop this field of study throughout the whole of society.
- Curriculum focused on research and on research theses
- The doctoral course is a three-year program, and the curriculum is composed of 10 required credits of which six pertain to research (academic dissertation), and is mainly focused on the writing of theses.
- Flexible timetable with a small number of students
- Class schedules can be determined according to the convenience of the students and the professors who attend the course; therefore, students can also take the classes from a remote location. Because classes are given in the evenings or on Saturdays, students can also work during their period of study. In the case of foreign students from overseas, they can consult with the professors and conduct research that involves both their home country and Japan, and write a thesis.
- Professors from various academic disciplines providing support for research
- Our graduate school has specialists who play an active role in multiple areas of specialties involved in health and welfare. Therefore, various subjects are instructed with full support of professionals from medicine, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, nutrition, nursing, sport science, prosthetics & orthotics and assistive technology, welfare equipment technology, biomechanics, engineering, and social works.
Doctoral Degree
Doctor of Health Science (D.H.Sc)
Teaching Staff
Naoki Kodama / Professor / Ph. D. (Chair)
Brain Function Measurement, Early Diagnosis and Prevention of Dementia
Kaoru Abe / Professor / Ph. D.
Practice of shoes human science, Shoes adjustment science, Development and evaluation of functional arch support (shoe insole) and footwear, Lower extremities orthosis for hemiplegia, Foot pressure (F-scan) analysis
Haruki Abe / Professor / M. D. Ph. D.
Glaucoma and Neuro-ophthalmology
Kazuo Ishigami / Professor / D. D. S., Ph. D.
Public health, Physiology, Social research method & health statistics, Community differences of lifestyle-related-diseases in Niigata prefecture, Time series analysis of social causes of suicide in Japan, Intervention study of the community program for preventing aggravation of long-term-care need
Shoichi Ishiura / Professor / Ph. D.
Neuroscience, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Alzheimer's Disease and Aging
Hiromi Inaba / Professor / Ph. D., RD
Nutritional education for athlete, Study on the excessive desire for leanness
Nobuyuki Imai / Professor / Ph. D.
The analysis of the mechanism in mastication and swallowing, The development of the new treatment and rehabilitation for dysphagia, The relationship of oral health care and oral function, The relationship of oral function and systemic function
Toru Imamura / Professor / M. D. Ph. D.
Behavioral neurology, Clinical neuropsychology, Executive dysfunction in dementia, Diagnosis and management of dementia with Lewy bodies
Yuko Uda / Professor / Ph. D.
Community health nursing, Home care nursing, Disaster nursing
Mutsuaki Edama / Professor / Ph. D.
Gross anatomy, Functional anatomy, Twisted structure of the human Achilles tendon, Knee and ankle function of female athlete during the menstrual cycle
Yoshihiro Ehara / Professor / Ph. D.
Biomechanics, Motion analysis, Gait analysis, Muscular-skeletal simulation, Mechanical energy calculation, Human body balance analysis, Sports biomechanics, Prosthetic and orthotic gait analysis, Shoes analysis, Motion capture
Naofumi Otsuru / Professor / Ph. D.
Pain processing in the human brain
Hideaki Onishi / Professor / Ph. D.
Sensorimotor integration in the human sensorimotor cortex -MEG and EEG study, Induction of plasticity in the human motor cortex -TMS and tDCS study, Human motor cortex oxygenation during exercise -NIRS study
Go Omori / Professor / M. D., Ph. D.
Orthopaedic surgery (knee surgery and sports medicine), Epidemiology and pathogenesis of knee osteoarthritis, Motion and alignment analysis of the knee joint, Pain analysis before and after total knee arthroplasty, Epidemiology and prevention of fracture in childhood
Mineo Oyama / Professor / Ph. D.
Biomechanical study in neuromuscular function of the upper extremity, Brain research using transcranial magnetic stimulation
Masayoshi Kubo / Professor / Sc. D.
Motor learning, Kinesiology, Research methods, Understanding of human movement control / learning using biomechanical methods, Time series analysis of standing balance, Kinematic analysis of knee in motion using the point cluster method
Katsuro Sato / Professor / M. D. Ph. D.
Otolaryngology, Middle ear infectious disease, Head and neck tumor, Logopedics and phoniatrics
Daisuke Sato / Professor / Ph. D.
The plasticity induction and motor learning, Sensorimotor integration in human brain during water immersion, The effects of exercise on physical and cognitive function
Naritoshi Sato / Professor / Ph. D.
Low back pain, Effects of age-related spinal alignment and core stabilizing muscles, Myotuning approach for patients with muscular dysfunction
Junmei Sawada / Professor / Ph. D.
Bioarchaeology of prehistoric East Asia, Histomorphological analysis of osteo-remains from archaeological contexts, Anthropology, Osteoarchaeology, Zooarchaeology
Kenichi Shibuya / Professor / Ph. D.
Exercise physiology, especially on neural control for movements, Psychophysics concerning human cognition/perception
Yoshimitsu Shimoyama / Professor / Ph. D.
Coaching of swimming, Methods of evaluating swimming performance
Koshu Sugisaki / Professor / Ph. D.
Health instructions in cooperation with schoolteachers, Development of health teaching materials, methods, and evaluation
Hiroshi Sugimoto / Professor / Ph. D.
Mental Health Nursing in public health, Sociology of Health, Community health, Health education and behavior.
Akira Suzuki / Professor / Ph. D.
Child welfare and family services, Social work with disabled people, Generalist social work practice, Community psychology
Kenji Suzuki / Professor / M. D. Ph. D.
Yoshimitsu Takahashi / Associate Professor / Ph. D.
Blood purification
Toru Takiguchi / Professor / Ph. D.
Epidemiology, Social research method & Health statistics, medical management, medical jurisprudence, Regional clustering analyses among prefecture in Japan using Moran’s I and LISA of medical and dental professionals such as doctor, dentist, nurse, etc.
Toru Taguchi / Professor / DSc.
Pain physiology, pathology and therapy, Peripheral and spinal mechanisms of myofascial pain and fibromyalgia, Cellular and molecular mechanisms of mechanical hyperalgesia
Atsuhiro Tsubaki / Professor / Ph. D.
Cortical oxygenation during gross motor tasks, Exercise effects for cognitive function, Cardiovascular and respiratory responses to exercise, Physical functions and physical activity in internal disorder, Age-related changes in physical functions
Kimiyo Terada / Professor / Ph. D.
International social work, Welfare sociology, Child welfare and family services
Takashi Nara / Professor / Ph. D.
Human evolution, Osteology
Masaki Nishio / Professor / Ph. D.
Development of effective techniques relating to dysarthria and dysphagia
Yasuyuki Nishihara / Professor / Ph. D.
Embodied knowledge, Human resource management, What does “the ability of sport management professionals” mean?, What is the ability of a PE teacher?, What is the ability of an athlete? What abilities should a head coach have?, Cognitive science, Embodied knowledge, Training for Meister
Shinichi Noto / Professor / Ph. D.
Neuropsychology, Clinical economics, Intervention for unilateral spatial neglect and apraxia, Assessment of utilities used by the health utilities index and the EQ-5D, Cost-effectiveness analysis of rehabilitation
Tomonori Nomura / Professor / Ph. D.
The effects of non-invasive brain stimulation on cognitive function，Cognitive function, fall and physical activity in the elderly
Haruo Hanawa / Professor / M. D., Ph. D.
Yutaka Fujii / Associate Professor / Ph. D.
Circulatory physiology, Artificial organs
Akira Magara / Professor / M. D., Ph. D.
Collaborative science in health and welfare, Rehabilitation for spinal cord injury, Database for spinal cord injury, Complication of spinal cord injury, Rehabilitation for cerebral vascular accident, Inter-professional education (IPE), Virtual case module database for IPE
Kyosuke Matsumoto / Associate Professor / Ph. D.
Principle of clinical psychology, Clinical psychology
Yukihisa Miyachi / Professor / Ph. D.
Radiation Biology, Developmental Biology
Koya Yamashiro / Associate Professor / Ph. D.
Physiology, Neurophysiology, Exercise physiology, Plastic changes in the athlete's brain, Change detection systems in human
Toyoharu Yokoyama / Professor / Ph. D.
Social work, Study of social work education, Study of the lifelong training of social workers, Study of the formative processes of social workers, Study of the clarification of the social worker image
Yutaka Yoshioka / Professor / Ph. D.
Language acquisition in typically developmental children, Language acquisition in developmentally challenged children, Functional atriculation disorder
Toshifumi Waranabe / Professor / Ph. D.
Social work, Communitiy-based welfare
