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Ryoichiro Iwanaga, Professor

  
Subjects Taught: Occupational Therapy of Developmental Disorders, Research Methods for Occupational Therapy, Sensory Integration Theory, Therapeutic Occupational Therapy etc.
Research Areas: Sensory problems of children with autism, support for children with High Functioning Pervasive Developmental Disorder
Message to
the Prospective Students:		 My research interest is rehabilitation for children with developmental disorders. I very much look forward to discussion with you on how we may support such children.

Katsuya Satoh, Professor

  
Subjects Taught: Behavioral Neurology and Cognitive Neuroscience.
Research Areas: Rehabilition for dementia disease and neurological disorders,
Diagnose for dementia disease (especially prion disease)
Message to
the Prospective Students:		 Occupational therapy is a very challenging task in patients with dementia exceeding 4 million in Japan. I would like to think about improving the quality of life of dementia patients together students..

Goro Tanaka, Professor

  
Subjects Taught: Psychiatric Occupational Therapy, Psychiatric Occupational Therapy (practicum), Theory on Self-help Groups
Research Areas: Rehabilitation for those with mental disorders
Message to
the Prospective Students:		 We as medical professionals work to change weakness into something which can form strong bonds between people

Hideyuki Nakane, Professor

  
Subjects Taught: Mental Health Sciences, Mental Disorders and Rehabilitation etc.
Research Areas: Primary care and psychiatric disorders, traumatic stress
Message to
the Prospective Students:		 I look forward to thinking with you what it means to be “mentally” healthy

Toshio Higashi, Professor

  
Subjects Taught: Life Support of People with Disabilities, Life Support of People with Disabilities (practicum), Welfare Equipment etc.
Research Areas: Basic research on rehabilitation using the methods of neurophysiology
Message to
the Prospective Students:		 Occupational therapist is an extremely rewarding profession. I invite you to think with us the future of occupational therapy

Misako Higashijima, Professor

  
Subjects Taught: Physical Disability Occupational Therapy (practicum), Prosthesis and Orthosis, Prosthesis and Orthosis (practicum)
Research Areas: Eating is one of the main physical desires of a human being. My research focuses on training and evaluating people with swallowing disorder.
Message to
the Prospective Students:		 Occupational therapy is a splendid profession which enables you to assist people living with disorders achieve their goals.

Yasuki Kikuchi, Associate Professor

  
Subjects Taught: Health Statistics, Medical Information Science etc.
Research Areas: Mathematical statistics
Message to
the Prospective Students:		 hobby ? Hanshin Tigers (baseball team)

Jun Murata, Associate Professor

  
Subjects Taught: Anatomy and Physiology, Integrated Physiology, Integrated Physiology (practicum)
Research Areas: Exercise physiology, Cardiovascular regulation during exercise
Message to
the Prospective Students:		 I look forward to discussion with you about exercise physiology and promote technology development in the field of rehabilitation.

Koji Tanaka, Assistant Professor

  
Subjects Taught: Occupational Therapy Evaluation etc.
Research Areas: Team approach to dementia, evaluation of behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD)
Message to
the Prospective Students:		 I look forward to thinking with you what a meaningful occupational therapy ought to be

Akiko Tokunaga, Assistant Professor

  
Subjects Taught: Occupational Therapy of Developmental Disorders, etc.
Research Areas: Sensory issues of children with autism
Message to
the Prospective Students:		 I hope to discuss with you what support we can provide to different people with different problems, through study on support for people with development disorders.

Fumiko Iso, Assistant Professor

  
Subjects Taught: Problem-Solving Oriented Training Program for Advanced Medical Personnel, etc.
Research Areas: Research on rehabilitation for acute stroke patients
Message to
the Prospective Students:		 Occupational therapy is an extremely rewarding job which respects the lifestyle of the patient. Join us in a world of experiences and deep study.