Eiko Kono, DDS, PhD, MPH

Specially Appointed Researcher, Institute for Global Health Policy Research,
Bureau of Global Health Cooperation,
Japan Institute for Health Security(JIHS), Tokyo, Japan

AREA OF EXPERTISE

Public Health
Prosthodontics

MESSAGE

My interest in public health is to address health disparities by targeting and modifying social determinants of health, and to lead to social contributions.

Narrative CV

Eiko Kono received her DDS in 2003 and PhD in 2007 from Tokyo Medical and Dental University (now Institute of Science Tokyo). From 2009 to 2019, she was an assistant professor at TMDU and engaged in a series of clinical studies on masticatory function in partially dentate patients and addressed intensively how much masticatory function has impact on quality of life in the individuals. In 2011, she was a post-doctoral research fellow at Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam and conducted a clinical study investigating the impact of soreness of masticatory muscles on masticatory function. Through the research experiences, she got interested in social perspective to deal with (oral) health issues, which provided a motivation for her to learn public health. In 2023, she received her MPH from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and has been involved in research on public health policy and social determinants of (oral) health.

Curriculum Vitae (Detailed)

Eiko Kono, DDS, PhD, MPH

She is a Japanese dentist and public health researcher (MPH, Ph.D. in Dentistry). Her research trajectory began with the evaluation of masticatory function and Quality of Life (QoL) among denture wearers. She currently specializes in research on the social determinants of oral health.

Positions

Specially Appointed Researcher, Institute for Global Health Policy Research, Bureau of Global Health Cooperation, Japan Institute for Health Security (JIHS)

Career

PUBLICATIONS

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