Editorial Board

Editor-in-Chief
Masahiro Hashizume, University of Tokyo, Japan
Masahiro Hashizume is Professor of Environmental Epidemiology at the School of International Health, University of Tokyo, Japan. He received his academic degrees from the Nippon Medical School (MD, 1996), The University of Tokyo (MS, 1999) and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (MSc 2003, PhD 2007). Dr. Hashizume’s research has centered on epidemiological studies to estimate the impact of climatic variability and climate change on the incidence of infectious diseases and non-infectious diseases, and adaptation and vulnerability assessment. Since 2014, he has been acting as Editor-in-Chief of Tropical Medicine and Health.
 

Editorial Advisors
Peter Piot, PhD, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK
Peter Piot MD PhD is the Director of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, and Professor of Global Health. He was the founding Executive Director of UNAIDS and Under Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1995 until 2008, and was an Associate Director of the Global Programme on AIDS at WHO. Under his leadership UNAIDS became the chief advocate for worldwide action against AIDS, also spearheading UN reform by bringing together 10 UN system organizations.


Mark Wilson, PhD, University of Michigan, USA
Dr Mark Wilson is a molecular immunologist interested in anti-helminth immunity and allergic disease biology at The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK. Mark obtained his PhD from the University of Edinburgh, investigating the impact of helminth infection on allergic reactivity before carrying out his postdoctoral training at the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, USA. Mark established his own research group at the MRC National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR), Mill Hill, London in 2010 before transitioning to the Francis Crick Institute in 2015.
 

Deputy Editors
Kenzo Takahashi, MD, MHS, PhD Tetsuikai Research Institute, Japan
Dr. Kenzo TAKAHASHI, MD, MHS, PhD is a public health specialist and pediatrician who majors in global community health, maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) and infectious disease policy. After graduation of School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo in 1994, he started his career as a pediatrician at university hospital, southern isolated island hospital and urban hospitals. In 2003, he started new career of public health researcher as an assistant professor at Juntendo University. Then he worked as deputy director, International Affairs Division, Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. Since 2014, he has engaged in public health education as a professor at Graduate School of Public Health, Teikyo University.

Michiko Toizumi, PhD, Nagasaki University, Japan
Dr. Michiko Toizumi is a pediatrician and researcher on pediatrics and pediatric infectious diseases. She completed her Master of Tropical Medicine and PhD in Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University. She is currently working at the Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases in the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University and involved in international collaborative researches on pneumococcus, respiratory viruses, dengue, zika, and vaccine preventive diseases such as rubella, pertussis, and diphtheria, in Vietnam.


Editors
Koya Ariyoshi, Nagasaki University, Japan
Dr. Koya Ariyoshi is a professor of clinical tropical medicine, Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN), Nagasaki University. He is also an honorary professor of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). He graduated from the Asahikawa Medical University, Japan and studied clinical tropical medicine in the LSHTM. He was heavily involved in HIV-2 research projects in The Gambia, West Africa. Since joining Nagasaki University, he has been leading a number of clinical research with a broad range of topics, in particular, pneumonia, tropical infectious diseases, and HIV/AIDS in Japan, Vietnam, the Philippines and Thailand.

Chris Fook Sheng Ng, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Chris Fook Sheng Ng is an Associate Professor at the School of International Health, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Japan. He received his academic degrees from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (BSc 2002), University of Malaya (Master of Applied Statistics, 2005), and The University of Tokyo (PhD 2011). His research is in the field of environmental epidemiology focusing on the health effects of air pollutants and meteorological factors, with a strong interest in statistical methods.


Togoobaatar Ganchimeg, PhD, University of Tsukuba, Japan
Dr. Togoobaatar Ganchimeg is a medical doctor qualified in Mongolia, and currently working as assistant professor at department  of Global Health Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, the University of Tsukuba. She received MSc and Ph.D in International Health from University of Tokyo. While studying, she attended intern training program at the Department of Reproductive Health and Research at WHO headquarters, Geneva and involved WHO multi-country studies. Conducted her postdoctoral research studies at the National Center for Child Health and Development, Japan. Maternity health care services, quality of care, women’s childbirth experience, adolescent pregnancy and maternal and newborn, child health in low-and middle-income countries.

Moritoshi Iwagami, PhD, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Japan
Moritoshi Iwagami is a chief at Section of Tropical Medicine, Department of Tropical Medicine and Malaria, Research Institute, National Center for Global Health and Medicine (NCGM), Tokyo, Japan. He received his academic degrees from the Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Japan (Master of Agriculture, 2000) and the Graduate School, Kochi Medical School, Japan (Ph.D., 2004). He conducted a molecular phylogenetic study on helminths, such as Paragonimus and Schistosoma. Following this, he has conducted a molecular epidemiology of malaria, mainly drug resistance and asymptomatic Plasmodium infections in Asia at Department of Appropriate Technology Development and Transfer, Research Institute, International Medical Center of Japan (IMCJ), Japan (2004-2010) and Department of Tropical Medicine and Malaria, Research Institute, NCGM (2010-present). He is also a member of Parasitology Laboratory, Institut Pasteur du Laos, Vientiane, Lao PDR (2014-present).

Osamu Kaneko, PhD, Nagasaki University, Japan
Osamu Kaneko is Professor of Department of Protozoology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, Japan since 2007. He received his academic degrees from Osaka City University Medical School, Japan (MD 1990) and Osaka City University Graduate School (Medical Science), Japan (PhD 1996). He spent 3 years in Malaria Cell Biology Section, Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, NIAID, NIH, US as a Visiting Fellow. His research has mainly focused on the basic biology of malaria parasites in particular the invasion mechanism of erythrocytes by merozoites.


Hirotaka Kanuka, PhD, The Jikei University, Japan
Hirotaka Kanuka is Professor, Chair of the Department of Tropical Medicine, and Director of the Center for Medical Entomology at The Jikei University School of Medicine. Kanuka received an B.A. from University of Tokyo in 1997 and a Ph.D. from Osaka University in 2001. Following postdoctoral carrier at Stanford University in Dr. David Schneider’s lab, he joined the faculty of Jikei University School of Medicine in 2011. He is a medical entomologist and his notable contributions to science include the discovery of the genetic basis of infection tolerance in insect, and the role of microbes mediating vectorial competency of malaria-vector mosquito.

Shin-ichiro Kawazu, PhD, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Japan
Shin-ichiro Kawazu is Director and Professor of the National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases at Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine. He graduated from Kitasato University, School of Veterinary Medicine with DVM in 1986. He received PhD degree in Veterinary Medicine from Hokkaido University in 1993. The current approach in his group is the development and application of genetically modified Babesia parasite for investigating host-parasite interaction in this parasite species. On the other hand, his schistosomiasis research focuses on the development of reliable diagnostic tools appropriate for field applications in humans and animals.

Toshio Kodama, PhD, Nagasaki University, Japan
Toshio Kodama is professor at the Department of Bacteriology, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University. He received his academic degrees from the Hokkaido University (BSc, 1995), the Osaka University (MSc, 1998) and the Osaka University (PhD, 2002). His research focuses on the pathogenesis of enteric bacterial pathogens, including Vibrio parahaemolyticus, Vibrio cholerae, and Salmonella enterica spp.



Moi Meng Ling, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Dr. Moi is a virologist that has been working on prevention measures against tropical and emerging virus diseases. She has been working on research fields from viral pathogenesis and transmission, diagnostics and vaccine development, surveillance of viral emergence, and population immunity to tracking viral spread, epidemiology, and field research. Her projects have led to the successful development of in vitro and in vivo models for dengue vaccine evaluation studies. The novel models have also led to a better understanding of the immune responses induced after dengue and zika virus infection. She is working closely with WHO GLAD-HP and GOARN, local and international community to reduce the international spread of high treat pathogens disease and to improve rapid diagnostics to these outbreaks, including Zika and SARS-CoV-2.

Yu Mon Saw, PhD, Nagoya University, Japan
Dr. Yu Mon Saw is a Global Health Specialist from Myanmar and currently working as a Visiting Research Scientist at the School of Health Sciences, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan. She received Ph.D. in Global Health from the University of Tokyo in 2014. She involves in several research projects which are undertaken in low and middle-income countries for nearly two decades. Her primary research interests focus on global and community health, health policy and administration, drug use and HIV, and health of marginalized populations (such as drug users, sex workers, men who have sex with men, and the migrant population). 

Daisuke Nonaka, Ryukyu University, Japan
Daisuke Nonaka is an associate professor, Department of Global Health, Graduate School of Health Sciences, University of the Ryukyus, Japan. He teaches graduate students epidemiological research methodologies and medical statistics. He obtained a PhD in Health Sciences from the University of Tokyo in 2011. He had worked in Lao PDR, Ghana and Niger as a Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteer (JOCV) or a JICA expert. He specializes in community-based primary health care research, with focus on malaria control. His mission is to foster researchers and practitioners from resource-limited countries who have research skills to analyze a problem and to identify the solution.

Sumiyo Okawa, PhD, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Japan
Sumiyo Okawa is currently a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Global Health Policy Research, Bureau of International Health Cooperation, National Center for Global Health and Medicine. She completed her PhD at The University of Tokyo in 2013. She has experienced various field studies on maternal, newborn, child, and adolescent health in Kenya, Zambia, Myanmar, and Ghana. She has previously worked as a Project Researcher at the University of Tokyo, as a Research Fellow at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and as a Biostatistician at Cancer Control Center, Osaka International Cancer Institute.

Hitoshi Oshitani, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan
Prof. Oshitani is a professor for the Department of Virology of Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine. Before joining Tohoku University, he was a regional advisor of the World Health Organization (WHO) Western Pacific Regional Office (WPRO) in Manila, the Philippines, from 1999 to 2005, where he was responsible for emerging diseases, including severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and avian and pandemic influenza. He worked as a technical expert for Japan International Cooperation (JICA) in Zambia from 1991-1994. His main research interest is epidemiology and control of viral infections, particularly respiratory viruses such as influenza and respiratory syncytial viruses. His research group has been conducting research in Japan and other countries such as the Philippines, Mongolia, and Zambia. He is also a member of the advisory committee on COVID-19 response in Japan.

Erika Ota, PhD, St Luke's International University, Japan
Prof. Erika Ota, is a Midwife and a Professor at St. Luke’s International University, Tokyo, Japan, Graduate School of Nursing, Department of Global Health Nursing. She received her MS and PhD in Maternal-Child Health Science from University of Tokyo. She is an editor of Journal of Japan Academy of Midwifery, and an associate editor of Cochrane pregnancy and childbirth group and also a Vice Director of Cochrane Japan Centre. She contributed to maternal and child health global policy making like WHO guidelines.


Sittiporn Pattaradilokrat, PhD, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
Sittiporn Pattaradilokrat is a lecturer and principle investigator at the Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand. He received his academic degrees from the Chulalongkorn University (B.Sc. in Biology, 2003) and the University of Edinburgh, UK (Ph.D. in Molecular Genetics, 2008). Following this, he conducted postdoctoral research studies at National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH), USA. Dr. Pattaradilokrat’s ongoing research has focused on genetic and genomic studies of the malaria parasites of humans and animal models, including genetic mapping of genes linked to resistance to anti-malaria, specific immune responses and other medically important phenotypes. His research interest is also expanded to include the in vitro and in vivo chemical screening of anti-malarial compounds. In 2012, he was a recipient of the NIH’s director award for discovery of novel anti-malaria drug targets.

Krishna C Poudel, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA

Mizanur Rahman, Hitotsubashi University, Japan
Mizanur Rahman, is an Assistant Professor in the Hitotsubashi Institute for Advanced Study. He received PhD in Global Health from the department of Global Health Policy, the University of Tokyo, Japan. Before joining at the Hitotsubashi University in 2021, he worked as an Assistant Professor at the University of Tokyo and Associate Professor at the University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh. His specialized knowledge in topics of universal health coverage (UHC), health financing and policy evaluation, equity in health, maternal and child health, and systematic review and meta-analysis in global health. Apart from his experiences of working with academies, Mr. Rahman has regularly collaborated with international researchers from World Health Organization and Global Public Health Research Foundation in Bangladesh.

Mariko Saito-Obata, PhD, Tohoku University, Japan
Dr. Mariko Saito-Obata is Assistant Professor of Department of Virology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Miyagi, Japan. She obtained BSc in Pharmacy at Nagasaki University and received MSc (2002) and PhD (2005) at the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University. Since then, she has been involved in the several field research in the Philippines. Her main research topic is molecular epidemiological study of the viral infections in the tropical countries.



Kayako Sakisaka, Teikyo University, Japan
Dr. Sakisaka’s research interests are: Primary Health Care (PHC), Global Health, Child and Women’s nutrition, Health Promotion, Water Supply and Hygiene Behaviors, Suicide Prevention, and Infectious Disease control. Particularly she was involved in Change of Community and Disaster Victims’ Health Research Project in Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (GEJET) affected area as a principal investigator since 2011. Research area and counties are: Japan, South and East Asia (Bangladesh, Nepal, Philippines, Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar), Central America (Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras), and Sub-Saharan Africa (Kenya, Malawi).

Yusuke Shimakawa, PhD, Institut Pasteur, France
Dr Yusuke Shimakawa is a senior epidemiologist at the Institut Pasteur in Paris, an expert on viral hepatitis control in resource-limited countries. He obtained a medical degree from the Jikei University, Japan and a PhD in epidemiology from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). He is currently leading several research projects in sub-Saharan Africa to contribute to the elimination of hepatitis B. He has been commissioned by WHO for external reviews and the conduct of systematic reviews to inform clinical guidelines on hepatitis.


Chris Smith, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
Chris Smith PhD (LSHTM and Nagasaki University) is a clinical researcher with interests in infectious diseases, sexual and reproductive health, and digital health. Current or previous research sites include Cambodia, the Philippines, Brazil, Japan, and the UK. He has worked as a primary care medical doctor in the UK and on medical projects in Cambodia and Uganda.



Kyoko Sudo, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Japan
Dr. Kyoko Sudo is a research fellow of National Centre for Global Health and Medicine. She had experienced in nursing education for more than 10 years in National College of Nursing, Japan, and then worked for WHO country office as a consultant of vaccine preventable diseases and immunization in Nigeria and Cambodia. She has supported analysing data for infectious diseases and contributed to making decisions in a public health centre since 2020. Her research area is human resources for health, community care, and international comparison in health policy for elderly. Currently, she has conducted a project on enhancement of teaching skills for Indonesian nursing educators.

Motoi Suzuki, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan

Yukiko Wagatsuma, University of Tsukuba, Japan

Hideki Yanai, Fukujuji Hospital, Japan
Hideki Yanai is an infectious epidemiologist working at Fukujuji Hospital, Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association (JATA). He received his academic degrees from Nagasaki University (MD, 1987), Mahidol University (MPHM, 1990) and Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health (Dr.PH 1996). Dr. Yanai have worked to set up field epidemiology field site at Chiang Rai, Thailand to monitor tuberculosis epidemiology in relation to HIV and other factors from 1993 to now and also NhaTrang, Vietnam from 2006-2008.


Shunmay Yeung, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
Shunmay Yeung is a Professor in Infectious Disease and Global Health and the Head of the Clinical Research Department at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She is actively clinically as a consultant in Paediatric Infectious Disease at St Mary’s Imperial College Hospital in Paddington. She as worked internationally including in South Africa, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Cambodia, Thailand, Indonesia, and for WHO in Geneva.  Her current research focuses on multidisciplinary research aimed at improving the management of acute infections in children in a wide range of geographical and health service settings.