Taro Yamamoto
- Professor, Department of International Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine Nagasaki University
- International and Global Health, Field Medicine
- Health policy plannning, HTLV-1, TB, Obesity (evolutinary medicine), Health among hunters and gathers
To work in developing countries today, it is vital to learn to take action on the basis of knowledge in a wide range of academic disciplines like these and a deep understanding of yourself, be it a positive or negative view. The Graduate School will be your entrance to such knowledge, understanding and action before you make further progress. I await students having a flexible and free way of thinking.
▼Recommended books
The origin of AIDS, Cambridge University Press
▼Homepage
http://www.tm.nagasaki-u.ac.jp/newrect/english/baseeng.html
personal history
He graduated from Nagasaki Medical School in 1990 and went to post graduate school and has gotten two PhD on Virology and International Health from Nagasaki University and The University of Tokyo, respectively.
He then has worked mainly as academic staff in universities including Nagasaki University, Kyoto University as well as Cornell University.
He is now professor and chairman of Department of International Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University. Before joining current position he has worked as a senior advisor of International Health Policy in Ministry of Foreign Affairs for three years.
works/thesis
1. Masashi Otani, Katsuyuki Eguchi, Tatsuki Ichikawa, Kohei Takenaka Takano, Toshiki Watanabe, Kazunari Yamaguchi, Kazuhiko Nakao, and Taro Yamamoto. Phylogeography of Human T-lymphotropic Virus Type 1 (HTLV-1) Lineages Endemic to Japan. Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.(accept)
2. Taro Yamamoto.On-site Reports from the Area Affected by the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake and Tsunami.JMAJ. 54:6. 413-416. 2011.
3. Kounnavong S, Sunahara T, Mascie-Taylor NCG, Hashizume M, Okumura J, Moji K, Boupha B, Yamamoto T. Effect of daily versus weekly home fortification with multiple micronutrient powder on haemoglobin concentration of young children in a rural area, Lao People's Democratic Republic: a randomised trial. Nutrition Journal 2011:10:129 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-10-129(IF=2.56)
4. Oki M, Sunahara T, Hashizume M, Yamamoto T. Optimal timing of insecticide fogging to minimize dengue incidence: modeling dengue transmission among various seasonalities and transmission intensities. PLoS Neglect Trop Dis2011;5(10):e1367.(IF=4.752)
5. Life, Health and Community in the massive Tsunami affected town in JapanTaro Yamamoto, Masaya Kato and Susumu Shirabe. Lancet. 2011.Jury23,Vol378;318(IF=33.633)