Student activities and publications (August, September 2023)
Monthly student activities and publications
Publication
2023/September A paper co-authored by Mr. Tshewang Gyeltshen, who is currently enrolled in MPH program, has been published in the Journal of Hypertension.
Research title: Lifestyle management of hypertension: International Society of Hypertension position paper endorsed by the World Hypertension League and European Society of Hypertension
Name of journal: Journal of Hypertension September 13, 2023.
DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000003563
2023/September
A MPH program graduate, Mr. Junpei Taniguchi’s research project on the Capstone Project under the guidance of Dr. Katharina Lopes, junior associate professor, has been published in Scientific Reports.
Taniguchi, J., Mikura, S., & da Silva Lopes, K. (2023). The efficacy and safety of anamorelin for patients with cancer-related anorexia/cachexia syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Scientific reports, 13(1), 15257. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-42446-x
> https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37709824/
2023/Sep Ms. Kanae Nomura, a MPH graduate student, has published her master’s capstone project under the supervision Dr. Osamu Takahashi and Dr. Emilie Takahashi in the Annals of Global Health. Annals of Global Health is an international, scientific, peer-reviewed, open access journal of global health.
Authors: Kanae Nomura, Aliza K. C. Bhandari, Emilie Louise Akiko Matsumoto-Takahashi, Osamu Takahashi
Title: Risk Factors Associated with Stunting among Children Under Five in Timor-Leste
Journal: Annals of Global Health
> https://annalsofglobalhealth.org/articles/10.5334/aogh.4199
Presentation
2023/August Mr. Tshewang Gyeltshen, a student in the MPH program, gave a poster presentation at a conference held in Malaysia on the research he conducted during his internship at the Centre for Clinical Epidemiology, Institute for clinical research, National Institutes of Health, Malaysia from February to March 2023.
Conference: 24th National Institute of Health Scientific Conference
Presentation type: Poster Presentation
Date: 22/08/2023 – 23/08/2023
Research title: Unveiling the Curtain of Cancer Delay: Understanding Factors Influencing Presentation Interval in Malaysia
Authors: Ching Ee LOO, Hoon Shien TEH, TSHEWANG GYELTSHEN, Wen Yea HWONG and the DEDICATE study group.
> https://nihconference2023.nih.gov.my/
Research Grants
2023/August Mr. Hiroshi Yoshiki, currently enrolled in a doctoral program (supervisor: Professor Sachiko Ohde), has had his research selected for the following research grant.
Name of Grant: Institute for Health Economics and Policy Research Grants Program
Research theme: Survey of actual perception for the advance care planning (ACP) among independent elderlies living alone and development of the guide-tool for ACP implementation