ERIA: Takuma Kato

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Education

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Former Director for Healthcare and Long-Term Care Policy

Education

2018 - August 2019	MSc Science Communication Imperial College London
September 2017 - August 2019	MSc International Health Management Imperial College Business School London (Scholarship: Japanese Government Long-Term Overseas Fellowship Program - full sponsorship for two years)
April 2001 - March 2009	Bachelor of Medicine School of Medicine, Yamaguchi University Yamaguchi, Japan

2018 - August 2019

MSc Science Communication
Imperial College London

September 2017 - August 2019

MSc International Health Management
Imperial College Business School London

(Scholarship: Japanese Government Long-Term Overseas Fellowship Program - full sponsorship for two years)

April 2001 - March 2009

Bachelor of Medicine
School of Medicine, Yamaguchi University Yamaguchi, Japan

Experience

July 2021 - Present	Director for Healthcare and Long-Term Care Policy Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia, Jakarta, Indonesia
August 2019 - July 2021	Deputy Director, Tuberculosis and Infectious Diseases Control Division Health Service Bureau, Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare (MHLW) Tokyo, Japan
July 2016 - March 2017	Deputy Director, Office of National Examinations and Licenses, Medical Professions Division Health Service Bureau
April 2014 - June 2016	Deputy Director, Environmental Health and Safety Division, Environmental Health Department Environmental Policy Bureau, Ministry of the Environment (MOE)
April 2011 -March 2014	Section Chief, Medical Economics Division, Health Insurance Bureau Kyushu University Hospital Fukuoka, Japan
April 2009 - March 2011	Intern

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'A novel mouse HSF3 has the potential to activate nonclassical heat-shock genes during heat shock. (M. Fujimoto, N. Hayashida, T. Kato, K. Oshima, T. Shinkawa, R. Prakasam, K. Tan, S. Inouye, R. Takii and A. Nakai.)' Mol. Biol. Cell. 21, 106-116, 2010. (A, MBC highlight selection)
'Kokumin Eisei no Doukou' <2014/2015 edition, 2015/2016 edition, 2016/2017 edition>(Public health textbook). Health, Labour and Welfare Statistics Association; Described history and current reformation of health insurance systems and environmental health issues (2014,2015, 2016)
'Eisei Gyosei Taiyou' 24th edition (Public health textbook). Japan Public Health Association, 2016; Described history and current issues regarding environmental health issues such as pollution disease, waste, recycling, and endocrine-disrupting chemicals (2016)