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The Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University was originally founded in March 1942 as the East Asia Research Institute of Endemics, Nagasaki Medical College in order to perform basic and applied studies on endemic diseases in East Asia |
The Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University was originally founded in March 1942 as the East Asia Research Institute of Endemics, Nagasaki Medical College in order to perform basic and applied studies on endemic diseases in East Asia. |
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In April, 1946, the Institute changed its name to the Research Institute of Endemics, Nagasaki Medical College, and moved to Isahaya City in May to resume research activities. Yet in accordance with the National School Establishment Law issued in May, 1949, the Institute once again changed its name to the Research Institute of Endemics, Nagasaki University. In 1957, the Institute was affected by another disaster of massive flooding, and its facilities, equipment, and research materials were severely damaged. Thus, construction of a new building started in Sakamoto, Nagasaki City in 1960, and the Institute moved to the building in April of the following year. The Institute's Departments, which were only two at the time, Pathology and Clinics, increased its number every year after 1963, including Epidemiology, Parasitology, and Virology. The Sakamoto building finished its first expansion at the end of 1966. |
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In June, 1967, with the partial alteration of the National School Establishment Law, the name of the Institute was changed for the third time to the present one to carry out basic and applied studies on tropical medicine. Around the same time, the Department of Internal Medicine, Institute of Tropical Medicine, equipped with 20 beds, was opened in the University Hospital. In 1974, the Department of Bacteriology and the Reference Center were attached, and in 1978, the Department of Preventive Medicine, consisting mainly of visiting professors, associate professors, and researchers, and the Tropical Medicine Training Course were launched. In the ensuing year, the Infectious Animals Deprivation Experiment Laboratory was promoted to become the Animal research Center for Tropical Infections, and the second building expansion was concluded in March, 1980. In September 1983, a JICA-sponsored group training program Tropical Medicine Research Course was opened, the Department of Protozoology was established a year after, and the third building extension was finished in July the year after that. Two years later, the Department of Medical Entomology was created and the Institute was reorganized into the collaborative institute in another two years. In 1991, the Department of Biochemistry was added, and the fourth building expansion was ended in March 1994. In April, 1994, the Institute was divided into three major Divisions, Tropical Microbiology, Pathogenesis and Clinical Sciences, and Environmental Medicine, with the establishment of two new research Departments, Thermal Adaptation and Social Environment, which have expanded to 12 Departments at present. The Institute was designated as Center of Excellence in the forefront of scientific research in 1995, and a new research Department, Molecular Epidemiology, was established under the Research Field of Microbiology in 1996 to invite overseas visiting professors. In 1997, the Reference Room for the Tropical Medicine was replaced by the Tropical Disease Information and Reference Center, and it was again succeeded by the Research Center for Tropical Infectious Disease in 2001. In March 2003, when the Sakamoto build-ing finalized its fifth expansion, its extension work of almost 40 years came to an end. In March, 2006, the main building's repair work was completed. In April, 2008, the Research Center for Tropical Infectious Disease for the Tropical Medicine was replaced by the Center for Infectious Disease Research in Asia and Africa and Tropical Medicine Museum. In June, 2009, the institute was authorized as the Collaborative Research Center on Tropical Disease by the Ministry of Education. More recently, two additional depatments on clinical medicine, i.e., pediatric infectious diseases and clinical pharmaceutical science, were admitted for installation. |
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==Departments== |
==Departments== |
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| Type | Public |
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| Established | 1942 in Nagasaki |
| Director | Prof. Dr. Kouichi Morita |
| Address | 1-12-4 Sakamoto, Nagasaki city 852-8523 , Nagasaki , Nagasaki , Japan |
| Campus | Sakamoto |
| Website | http://www.tm.nagasaki-u.ac.jp/nekken/en/ |
The Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University (Japanese: 長崎大学熱帯医学研究所, NEKKEN), is one of the world's leading institutes for training and research in tropical medicine and the organisation of health care in developing countries. The institute is located in Nagasaki, Japan and has research stations in Vietnam and Kenya.
NEKKEN aims to overcome tropical diseases, particularly infectious diseases, and the various health problems associated with them, in cooperation with related institutions, to strive for excellence in the following areas:
(1) Spear-head research in tropical medicine and international health
(2) Global contribution through disease control and health promotion in the tropics by applying the fruits of the research
(3) Cultivation of the researchers and specialists in the above fields
NEKKEN also carries out an extensive capacity strengthening program in counterpart countries, and collaborates with a large network of institutions in Africa, South America and Asia through programs by the Japanese goverment (MEXT, JICA, ODA) and WHO.
History
The Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University was originally founded in March 1942 as the East Asia Research Institute of Endemics, Nagasaki Medical College in order to perform basic and applied studies on endemic diseases in East Asia.
Departments
- Department of Virology
- Department of Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Department of Bacteriology
- Department of Protozoology
- Department of Parasitology
- Department of Immunogenetics
- Department of Host-defence biochemistry
- Department of Pathology
- Department of Eco-epidemiology
- Department of International Health
- Department of Vector Ecology and Environment
- Department of Bacteriology
- Shionogi Global Infectious Diseases Division
- Department of Clinical Medicine
- Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
- Department of Clinical Product Development
- Nagasaki University Hospital-Internal Medicine-Department of Infectious Diseases
- Associated Facilities-Center for Infectious Disease Research in Africa and Asia
International Collaborators
- National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE), Vietnam
- Kenya Medical Research Institute
- San Lazaro Hospital, Manila
- St. Luke's Medical Center
- Department of Medical Research, Mynamar
- UKM Medical Molecular Biology Institute
See also
References
http://www.tm.nagasaki-u.ac.jp/nekken/en/ https://www.ccpid.nagasaki-u.ac.jp/about/