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Institute of Tropical Medicine Nagasaki University
TypePublic
Established1942 in Nagasaki
DirectorProf. Dr. Kouichi Morita
Address
1-12-4 Sakamoto, Nagasaki city 852-8523
,
Nagasaki
,
Nagasaki
,
Japan
CampusSakamoto
Websitehttp://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 an ancillary institute of Nagasaki University. The institute is located in Nagasaki, Japan and has research stations in Vietnam and Kenya. As one of the world's leading institutes for training and research in tropical medicine and health care, the institute is stipulated as a Joint Usage / Research Center under the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, to spear-head academic research and, is a member of the Japan Infectious Disease Research Consortium that includes Institute of Medical Science (Japan), Osaka University and Hokkaido University.

In cooperation with international and national collaborators, NEKKEN is a leading institution in infectious diseases, tropical medicine, and international health. The institution has over a hundred graduate students. 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 government (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Japan International Cooperation Agency, Official Development Assistance (Japan)) 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 to perform basic and applied studies on endemic diseases in East Asia. Together with the medical faculty, the institute and research materials were severely damaged during the atomic bombings of Nagasaki in 1945. In 1949, the institute merged with other faculties to form Nagasaki University under the new ruling of the National School Establishment Law.

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

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References

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