HOMEProfessor Satoshi Kaneko

Faculty

Professor Satoshi Kaneko

Speciality / Research theme / Keywords
Epidemiology (for infectious diseases, non-communicable diseases, mother and child health, and cancer), Health Information System
Supervision
Masters Programme

Qualifications

M.D.,M.P.H.,Ph.D

Personal/work Web page addresses

Affiliation(s)

  • Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University
  • Visiting lecturer of Tohoku University
  • Visiting scientist of Osaka Kyoiku University

Other titles

  • Associate Editor of Journal of Epidemiology
  • Councilor of Japanese Society of Tropical Medicine
  • JICA Consultant, Sri Lanka Non-communicable disease management project

Background

  • Graduated from the National Defense Medical College, Saitama, Japan in 1990
  • JICA expert in the Tropical Disease Control Project for Chagas disease in Guatemala in 1995
  • Master of Public Health (MPH) degree from Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A in 1997.
  • PhD degree from the Graduate School of Medical Science, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, JAPAN (UOEH), Kitakyushu, JAPAN in 2001
  • Head of Cancer Surveillance Section, Statistics and Cancer Control Division in National Cancer Center, Tokyo from 2001 until 2005
  • Professor (Fixed-term) at Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University since 2005 to present (Between 2006 and 2010, appointed at Nairobi Research Station, Nagasaki University)
  • Professor at Nagasaki University Graduate School of International Health Development since 2008 to present

Teaching

  • Professor (Fixed-term) at Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University since 2005 to present (Between 2006 and 2010, appointed at Nairobi Research Station, Nagasaki University)
  • Professor at Nagasaki University Graduate School of International Health Development since 2008 to present

Research

  • Development of microsphere-based simultaneous multiple assays and surveillance systems for multiple infectious diseases in Africa.
  • Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) in Lao PDR.
  • Epidemiological studies for child health in Kenya.
  • Research on dengue prevention through a residential environmental clean-up program in Sri Lanka.
  • Finding malaria vaccine candidate antigens using microsphere-based simultaneous multiple assays.
  • A scientific approach to community-led total sanitation strategies in Africa.
  • Non-communicable disease (NCD) project by JICA in Sri Lanka.
  • Developing epidemiological data-collection tools using the cutting edge IT technology to monitor health-related problems in developing world; e.g., biometrics (vein authentication) to identify people and link different data sources (link: here)

The country/countries where you work currently

  • Africa
  • Asia

Five MOST IMPORTANT/INTERESTING recent publications

  1. Shinsugi C, Matsumura M, Karama M, Tanaka J, Changoma M, Kaneko S. Factors associated with stunting among children according to the level of food insecurity in the household: a cross-sectional study in a rural community of Southeastern Kenya. BMC public health. 2015; 15(1): 441-51
  2. Fujii Y, Kaneko S, Nzou SM, Mwau M, Njenga SM, Tanigawa C, Kimotho J, Mwangi AW, Kiche I, Matsumoto S, Niki M, Osada-Oka M, Ichinose Y, Inoue M, Itoh M, Tachibana H, Ishii K, Tsuboi T, Yoshida LM, Mondal D, Haque R, Hamano S, Changoma M, Hoshi T, Kamo K, Karama M, Miura M, Hirayama K. Serological surveillance development for tropical infectious diseases using simultaneous microsphere-based multiplex assays and finite mixture models. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 2014 ; 8(7): e3040.
  3. Miura M, Tanigawa C, Fujii Y, Kaneko S. Comparison of six commercially-available DNA polymerases for direct PCR. Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo. 2013; 55(6): 401-6.
  4. Kaneko S, K’Opiyo J, Kiche I, Wanyua S, Goto K, Tanaka J, Changoma M, Ndemwa M, Komazawa O, Karama M, Moji K, Shimada M. Health and Demographic Surveillance System in the Western and Coastal Areas of Kenya: An Infrastructure for Epidemiologic Studies in Africa. Journal of Epidemiology. 2012; 22(3): 276-85.
  5. Komazawa O, Kaneko S, K’Opiyo J, Kiche I, Wanyua S, Shimada M, Karama M. Are Long-Lasting Insecticidal Nets Effective for Preventing Childhood Deaths among Non-Net Users? A Community-Based Cohort Study in Western Kenya. PloS one. 2012; 7(11): e49604.

Message

Learn on site. Everything starts there. What are the problems? What do we need to solve them? In order for us to solve problems, we need “knowledge” and “tools.” We also need to enthusiastically observe and dedicate ourselves to solving problems scientifically. Many of the problems we face do not have ready-made answers. This graduate course aims to establish a mechanism in which knowledge and tools from the “site” are applied to the “academic sphere,” and vice versa. Together, we learn, practice, develop research, and return to practice. Let us embark on our quest for the unknown world!

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