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Tamami Umeda, MD, PhD, MScCH
Specially Appointed Researcher, Institute for Global Health Policy Research (iGHP), Bureau of Global Health Cooperation, Japan Institute for Health Security(JIHS), Tokyo, Japan
AREA OF EXPERTISE
Health Policy
Public Health Administration
Global Health Diplomacy
NARRATIVE CV
Mariko Hosozawa received her MD from Tsukuba University in 2005 and her PhD in paediatrics and adolescent medicine from Juntendo University in 2012. She is a board-certified supervisory paediatrician of the Japanese Paediatric Society and a board-certified physician of the Japanese Society of Pediatric Psychiatry and Neurology. She has worked as a paediatrician specializing in child development and psychiatry in Japan and as a researcher in Japan and the UK. Her clinical experience brought her to conduct research on promoting life-long health and development of children (particularly among the vulnerable population). She uses large cohort studies to investigate risk/protective factors and consequences of mental health during childhood/adolescence using a lifecourse approach. Her recent work focuses on the international comparison of adolescents’ mental health and related experiences across countries from different cultural and economic backgrounds.
Specially Appointed Researcher, Institute for Global Health Policy Research (iGHP), Bureau of International Health Cooperation, Japan Institute for Health Security (JIHS)
| 1985 | Technical Officer, Ishioka Health Center, Ibaraki Prefecture |
| 1986 | Assistant Manager, Department of Statistics and Information, Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOH) |
| 1988 | Asssistant Manager, Planning Division, Health Policy Bureau, MOH |
| 1990 | Specialist, School Health Education Division, Ministry of Education |
| 1992 | Medical Officer, Global Programme on AIDS, WHO Headquaters |
| 1995 | Deputy Director, HIV,TB and Infectious Disease Division, Health Service Bureau, MOH |
| 1997 | Director, Office of International Cooperation, National Institute of Infectious Diseases |
| 2000 | Counselor, Health and Welfare Bureau, Kobe City |
| 2003 | Senior Officer, Space Medicine Group, Human Spaceflight Technology, JAXA |
| 2004 | Director, International Food Safety Office, Food Safety Department, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) |
| 2006 | Director, Specific Diseases Control Division, Health Bureau, MHLW |
| 2008 | Director, TB and Infectious Diseases Division, Health Bureau, MHLW |
| 2009 | Executive Director and Board Member, National Hospital Organization |
| 2015 | Councilor, Minister’s Secretariat (Health Policy, Mental Health), MHLW |
| 2016 | Director General, Environmental Health Department, Ministry of Environment |
| 2019 | Director General, International Health Cooperation Bureau, National Center for Global Health and Medicine |
| 2021 | Visiting Researcher, National Center for Global Health and Medicine |
| 2025-present | Specially Appointed Researcher, Institute for Global Health Policy Research, Bureau of International Health Cooperation, Japan Institute for Health Security |
Social Activities
2022- present Committee Member, U.S.-Japan Cooperative Medical Sciences Program
2024- present Member, Evaluation Committee of AIDS Research Grant from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
2025- present Member, Evaluation Committee of NCD Research Grant from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
