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Deputy Director Generals
Directors
Deputy Directors
Technical experts

Yuki AmanoRN
Area of expertise:
Area of expertise:
- Child and neonatal health
- Nursing education

Masahiko DoiRN
Area of expertise:
Area of expertise:
- Health system strengthening

Yu Hagiwara RN
Area of expertise:
Area of expertise:
- Infectious disease nursing
- Nursing education
On loan to Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare

Rei Haruyama MD, MSc
Area of expertise:
Area of expertise:
- Women's health
- Cervical cancer
- Global health policy

Mari Honda MD, MSc
Area of expertise:
Area of expertise:
- Reproductive, maternal, newborn, and child health
- Global health

Yasunori Ichimura MD, MPH, PhD
Area of expertise:
Area of expertise:
- Infectious disease emergency
- Respiratory medicine
- Quality of healthcare

Megumi Ikemoto RMW, RN, PhD
Area of expertise:
Area of expertise:
- Disaster nursing
- Midwifery
- Global health

Tomoo ItoMSC
Area of expertise:
Area of expertise:
- Global health policy
- Public health
- Pediatrics

Shogo KanamoriRPh, MPH, MSc, PhD
Area of expertise:
Area of expertise:
- Health system strengthening
- Project management

Nobuyuki Kawachi MD, MSc
Area of expertise:
Area of expertise:
- Infectious disease
- Global health

Ayaka KawarazakiRN
Area of expertise:
Area of expertise:
- Infectious disease nursing
- Nursing education

Shikino Kikuchi RN
Area of expertise:
Area of expertise:
- Nursing education
- Human resource development in health

Hiroyuki KiyoharaDDS, MPH
Area of expertise:
Area of expertise:
- Oral Health
- Public health

Kenichi Komada MD, MPH
Area of expertise:
Area of expertise:
- Infectious disease epidemiology
- Global health policy
- Acute medicine

Kyoko Koto-ShimadaRN, MSN, PhD
Area of expertise:
Area of expertise:
- Human resourse debelopment
- Global Community Health
- Mixed Method Research

Ayako Masu RN, PHN, MIS
Area of expertise:
Area of expertise:
- Health administration
- Public health

Chieko Matsubara RPh, MSc, PhD
Area of expertise:
Area of expertise:
- Health education
- Field research
- Health economics

Sadatoshi MatsuokaMA, MSc, PhD
Area of expertise:
Area of expertise:
- Human resource development in health
- Health policy and systems research
- Implementation science

Tomomi MatsushitaMD, MPH
Area of expertise:
Area of expertise:
- Maternal health
- Reproductive health

Yui MinagawaRN, PHN, MPH
Area of expertise:
Area of expertise:
- Human resource development in health

Kento MitaniRT(radiology technologist)
Area of expertise:
Area of expertise:
- Radiological diagnosis
- Medical informatics

Ayumi MiyazakiMPH, MSW
Area of expertise:
Area of expertise:
- Public health

Thandar Moe MoeMBBS, MHSc, PhD
Area of expertise:
Area of expertise:
- Infectious disease control and prevention
- Maternal and child health

Shinsuke MuraiDDS, PhD
Area of expertise:
Area of expertise:
- Quality and safety in healthcare
- Improvement science
- Health system strengthening

Tomoko NishiokaRN
Area of expertise:
Area of expertise:
- Health system strengthening
- Access & Delivery

Masataro NorizukiMD, PhD
Area of expertise:
Area of expertise:
- Infectious disease
- General internal medicine
- Public health

Ikuma NozakiMD, PhD
Area of expertise:
Area of expertise:
- Infectious disease control
- Child health
- Global health

Hironori OkabayashiMD, MMA
Area of expertise:
Area of expertise:
- Maternal and child health
- Health system
- Global health policy

Sumiyo OkawaRN, MSc, PhD
Area of expertise:
Area of expertise:
- Epidemiology
- Maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health
- Cancer

Masahiro SanoMD, DTM&H, MGH
Area of expertise:
Area of expertise:
- Infectious diseases
- General internal medicine
- Public health

Eiichi ShimizuMPS, MPH
Area of expertise:
Area of expertise:
- Access & Delivery
- Global health

Miho SodenoMD, MPH, PhD
Area of expertise:
Area of expertise:
- Child and neonatal health
- Health promotion
- Public health

Tomoka TakanoRN, MW, MSc
Area of expertise:
Area of expertise:
- Maternal and child health
- Sexual and reproductive health and rights

Taketo TanakaMD, MPH, PhD
Area of expertise:
Area of expertise:
- Health systems
- Health financing policy
- Primary care

Motoyuki TsuboiMD, DTM&H, MSc
Area of expertise:
Area of expertise:
- Infectious disease epidemiology
- Infectious disease control
- Clinical infectious disease

Yuta YokoboriMD, MPH, MSc, PhD
Area of expertise:
Area of expertise:
- Pediatrics
- Public health
- Health economics