Associate professor Michiko Toizumi

Speciality / Research theme / Keywords
Paediatrics, Neonatology, Epidemiology, Public health, VirologySupervision
Masters ProgrammeDoctoral ProgrammeQualifications
- MD
- MTM
- PhD
Personal/work Web page addresses
http://www.tm.nagasaki-u.ac.jp/pediatric/
Affiliation(s)
Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN), Nagasaki University
Background
I graduated from Kumamoto University Medical School, Japan and then had worked as a pediatrician for 8 years. Following that, I had studied tropical medicine and pediatric infectious diseases in the Master course of Tropical Medicine and in the Doctoral course in Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University. After I received my PhD, I joined the Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University as an assistant professor in 2015.
Teaching
Facilitator of Epidemiology-Statistics Course in School of Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nagasaki University
Research
Studies on pediatric infectious diseases in Vietnam: Acute respiratory infections (incidence, viral/bacterial pathogens, risk factors) Congenital infections (e.g.,rubella, CMV, Zika) and the effect on child development Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine reduced dosing trial
The country/countries where you work currently
Vietnam
Five MOST IMPORTANT/INTERESTING recent publications
- Yoshida L-M, Toizumi M, Nguyen HAT, Quilty BJ, Lien LT, Hoang LH, Iwasaki C, Takegata M, Kitamura N, Nation ML, Hinds J, Zandvoort Kv, Ortika BD, Dunne EM, Satzke C, Do HT, Mulholland K, Flasche S, Dang D-A. Effect of a Reduced PCV10 Dose Schedule on Pneumococcal Carriage in Vietnam. N Engl J Med. 2024; 391(21):1992-2002.
- Toizumi M, Takamatsu M, Toda K, Horikoshi Y. Progresses Toward Polio Eradication in Asian Countries: Its History and Japan’s Contributions. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2024; 43(10):e347-e353.
- Toizumi M, Satoh C, Quilty BJ, Nguyen HAT, Madaniyazi L, Le LT, Ng CFS, Hara M, Iwasaki C, Takegata M, Kitamura N, Nation ML, Satzke C, Kumai Y, Do HT, Bui MX, Mulholland K, Flasche S, Dang DA, Kaneko K, Yoshida LM. Effect of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on prevalence of otitis media with effusion among children in Vietnam. Vaccine. 2022; 40(36):5366-5375
- Qian G, Toizumi M, Clifford S, Le LT, Papastylianou T, Satzke C, Quilty B, Iwasaki C, Kitamura N, Takegata M, Bui MX, Nguyen HAT, Dang DA, van Hoek AJ, Yoshida LM, Flasche S. Association of pneumococcal carriage in infants with the risk of carriage among their contacts in Nha Trang, Vietnam: A nested cross-sectional survey. PLoS Med. 2022; 19(5)e1004016.
- Toizumi M, Vo HM, Dang DA, Moriuchi H, Yoshida LM. Clinical manifestations of congenital rubella syndrome: A review of our experience in Vietnam. Vaccine. 2019; 37(1):202-209.
Message
Please join us if you are interested in our researches on pediatric infectious diseases!