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Introduction of Doctoral Students
Manami Uehara
Manami Uehara
| Country | Okinawa, Japan |
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| Qualifications | Nursing, Public Health Nurse, Midwife, MPH |
| Hobby | Dancing salsa, traveling, playing with my children |
| Area of reserach interests | Maternal and child health, utilization of women's group in low-resource setting countries, measurement and evaluation |
Personal History
After recieving a bachloer's degree in Health Sciences at the University of the Ryukyus, I worked as a midwife at a local hospital. Having always been interested in working in the field of maternal and child health globally, I decided to earn master's degree in public health. I studied at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and earned a Masters in Public Health in 2012. After graduating from UNC, I stayed home and enjoyed raising two children for three years before moving back to Okinawa. While working in the Department of Nursing at the University of the Ryukyus, I met Professor Kobayashi and was inspired by his work to continue my studies and pursue a PhD with a focus on improving maternal and child health in low-resource settings.
Message
Our department has a nice atmosphere, and I learn new things every day through active discussions. We have many opportunities in this department. Through my doctoral course, I want to become a researcher who can ''think globally and act locally''.
Natsuki Yoshida
| Country | Okinawa Prefecture, Japan |
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| Qualification | Physician |
| Hobby | looking at sunset at the beach |
| Visited Countries | Thailand,Myanmar,Cambodia,Vietnam,Singapore,Mongolia |
| Interest | maternal and child health,adolescent health,school health,poverty, education |
Personal History
After graduating from the Faculty of Medicine of the Tsukuba University, I worked as a resident in Tokyo.
Then I returned to Okinawa, I worked as a neonatologist in the Nanbu Child Medical Center for 4 years.
Message
Hello. I started studying global health I had been interested in for some time.
It is a new challenge for me. I am a beginner but I will do my best.
Yuka Maekawa
| Country | Tokyo, Japan |
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| Degree | Hospital nurse and public health nurse |
| Hobbies |
Sports (snowboarding, distance running, tennis, horseback riding, etc.), travel, music and sanshin (beginner) |
| Countries visited |
Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Taiwan, Korea, United States, Australia and France |
| Other areas of interest | Prevention of nosocomial infections, school health, health policy, and health and medical services for refugees and migrants |
Personal History
After graduating from the Okinawa Prefectural College of Nursing, I worked for three years as a surgical nurse at the National Center for Global Health and Medicine. Beginning in 2011, I worked for two years as a representative of the Japan Association for Mae Tao Clinic, supporting health and medical services at the Free Mae Tao Clinic for Myanmar refugees and migrants in Thailand. After that, I traveled through ethnic minority communities in Myanmar where I continued to collect data about the current state of health care for six months before returning to Japan. Through my activities in the field, I wished to acquire more specialized knowledge about global health, so I entered the Department of Global Health in the University of the Ryukyus Graduate School in April 2014. Currently, as I continue my NPO activities, I am pursuing research on health policy for refugees and migrants.
Message
Although I felt sad to be pursuing my studies away from the field overseas, the Department of Global Health provides a sense of being close to the action while you are here in the department. I enjoy each day as I continue to build up my knowledge about global health gained from actual practices.
