Associate Professor Arata Hidano

Speciality / Research theme / Keywords

One Health, Social epidemiology, Infectious disease mathematical model, qualitative study

Supervision

Masters ProgrammeDoctoral Programme

Personal/work Web page addresses

https://researchmap.jp/aratahidano

Background

• Nagasaki University Institute of Tropical Medicine Virology Group Associate Professor (2026-)
• London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Assistant Professor (2023-2025)
• London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Research Fellow (2020-2023)
• Massey University Research Fellow (2018-2019)

Teaching

• MSc and PhD supervision at LSHTM, lecture for infectious disease epidemiology and outbreak investigation for MSc modules
• Biosafety training for highly pathogenic viruses in Southeast Asia
• Contribute to One Health infectious disease modelling at Summer Course organised by Nagasaki University

Research

• Zoonosis epidemiology under land use and climate change
• Structural and social determinants for human behaviours and zoonosis (particularly SFTS and Rabies)
• Promoting One Health international research network

The country/countries where you work currently

• Japan
• Southeast Asia (Cambodia, Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Singapore etc)
• West Timor

Five Key Recent Publications

１．Delight, E.A., Santiago, D.C. de C., Palma, F.A.G., Oliveira, D. de, Souza, F.N., Santana, J.O., Hidano, A., López, Y.A., Reis, M.G., Ko, A.I., Marphatia, A.A., Cremonese, C., Costa, F., Eyre, M.T., 2025. Gender differences in Leptospira exposure risk, perceptions of disease severity, and high-risk behaviours in Salvador, Brazil: A cross-sectional study. PLOS Glob. Public Health 5, e0004786.

２．Hidano, A., Koeut, D., Holt, H., Leung, W.T.M., Krean, S., Chhim, V., Seng, B., Chao, S., Ying, W.F., Son, P., Vor, S., Huy, S., Chhay, T., Tum, S., Sorn, S., Chou, M., Su, Y.C.F., Smith, G.J.D., Rudge, J.W., 2024a. Transmission of Swine Influenza A Viruses along Pig Value Chains, Cambodia, 2020–2022. Emerg. Infect. Dis. 30, 2669–2673.

３．Hidano, A., Sewell, A., McIntyre, L., Hartnett, M., Lee, M., Chea, B., Parkinson, T., 2024b. Enhancing Veterinary Education in Cambodia: Evaluation of Web-Based Resources in Teaching Herd Health and Epidemiology. J. Vet. Med. Educ.

４．Lee, G., Kim, H.-K., Hidano, A., Jung, S., 2025. Systematic review of environmental factors associated with severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome occurrences in humans.

５．Zeller, M.A., Ma, J., Wong, F.Y., Tum, S., Hidano, A., Holt, H., Chhay, T., Sorn, S., Koeut, D., Seng, B., Chao, S., Ng, G.G.K., Yan, Z., Chou, M., Rudge, J.W., Smith, G.J.D., Su, Y.C.F., 2023. The genomic landscape of swine influenza A viruses in Southeast Asia. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 120, e2301926120.

Message

I value getting out into the field and feeling the context where infectious diseases actually happen. By engaging with interdisciplinary experts and local communities, we encounter transformative moments that reshape our understanding of these diseases. Come and join us if you are interested in building trust with the people in the field and sharing these ‘aha!’ experiences together!