Profile Overview
Takuma Kato
Former Director for Healthcare and Long-Term Care PolicyEducation
| 2018 - August 2019 | MSc Science Communication |
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| September 2017 - August 2019 | MSc International Health Management (Scholarship: Japanese Government Long-Term Overseas Fellowship Program - full sponsorship for two years) |
| April 2001 - March 2009 | Bachelor of Medicine |
Experience
| July 2021 - Present | Director for Healthcare and Long-Term Care Policy |
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| August 2019 - July 2021 | Deputy Director, Tuberculosis and Infectious Diseases Control Division |
| July 2016 - March 2017 | Deputy Director, Office of National Examinations and Licenses, Medical Professions Division |
| April 2014 - June 2016 | Deputy Director, Environmental Health and Safety Division, Environmental Health Department |
| April 2011 -March 2014 | Section Chief, Medical Economics Division, Health Insurance Bureau |
| April 2009 - March 2011 | Intern |
ERIA Publications
- Strengthening the Health System for Older Persons
- Current Status and Issues of Healthcare Policies for Persons with Developmental Disorders in Southeast Asia
- Development of a Coaching-based Guidebook to Enhance the Quality of Life of Parents of Persons with Developmental Disorders in Southeast Asia
- Health Economic Alternatives for Future Pandemic Travel
- Resilient Long-term Care under the COVID-19 Pandemic in Indonesia, Japan, and Thailand
- Human Resource Development, Employment, and International Migration of Nurses and Caregivers in Asia and the Pacific Region
- Older People and COVID-19 in Indonesia (2022 Edition)
ERIA Chapter
Select Publications
'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)