Yasushi KATSUMA, Ph.D., LL.M.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Global Health Diplomacy
Global Health Governance
Planetary Health
Law for Health
Health and International Human Rights

MESSAGE

At iGHP, I conduct research on global health diplomacy, global health governance, planetary health, law for health and health and international human rights, paying attention to the political, social and legal dimensions of global health issues.

NARRATIVE CV

At the Japan Institute for Health Security (JIHS; formerly the National Center for Global Health & Medicine), he is Director of the Department of Global Health Affairs & Governance in the Institute for Global Health Policy Research (iGHP). At Waseda University, Dr. Yasushi KATSUMA is Professor at the International Studies Program in the Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies (GSAPS). At the United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS), he is Academic Programme Advisor, serving as Director for the post-graduate degree programmes and as Project Manager for the water & resource management (WRM) research.

Currently, he serves the BMJ in London as an International Advisory Board member and a Regional Advisory Board for the Asia-Pacific member; the Horizon Europe Project “NAVIGATOR” funded by the European Union (EU) as a member of the multi-lateral organization expert group; the Global Health & Medicine (GHM) as an Editorial Board member.
 

Previously, he served the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) as an Advisory Panel member of its Human Development Report; the World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific (WHO-WPRO) as an Advisor in Law for Health; the Japan Society for International Development (JASID) as a Vice-President; the Japan Association for United Nations Studies (JAUNS) as the Secretary-General and a Director; the Japan Association for International Health (JAIH) as a Councilor; the Japanese Organization for International Cooperation in Family Planning (JOICFP) as a Board member; Waseda University as a Board of Trustees Member and the Dean for the Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies; the Vietnam-Japan University (VJU) in Vietnam National University (VNU), Hanoi, as Co-Director of the Master’s Program in Global Leadership.

Prior to the current positions, he worked for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Mexico, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Tokyo. Before joining the United Nations, he worked as development consultant for Japan’s official development assistance (ODA) at the Engineering & Consulting Firms Association (ECFA), Japan, and conducted research in Bangladesh, the Philippines, Paraguay, Russian Far East and Thailand.

He received his Ph.D. (Development) from the College of Agricultural & Life Sciences of the University of Wisconsin-Madison; LL.M. & LL.B. from Osaka University; and B.A. from International Christian University, after working as a volunteer for a British project in Honduras and studying at the University of California-San Diego.

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Curriculum Vitae (Detailed)

Yasushi KATSUMA, Ph.D., LL.M.

At iGHP, I conduct research on global health diplomacy, global health governance, planetary health, law for health and health and international human rights, paying attention to the political, social and legal dimensions of global health issues.

Career

1991-1995	Researcher, Japan Development Institute, Engineering & Consulting Firms Association (ECFA)
1998-2006	Staff Member, United Nations Childre’s Fund (UNICEF)
2006-Present	Faculty Member, Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies, Waseda University
2023-Present	Academic Programme Advisor, United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS)
2016-Present	Director, Department of Global Health Affairs & Governance, Institute for Global Health Policy Research (iGHP), Japan Institute for Health Security (JIHS)

Education

1985-1986	Revelle College, University of California-San Diego
1987	College of Liberal Arts, International Christian University (B.A.)
1989	Department of Law, Osaka University (LL.B.)
1991	Graduate School of Law, Osaka University (LL.M.)
1997	College of Agricultural & Life Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison (Ph.D.)

Research Activities

1990-1991	Research Assistant, National Museum of Ethnology
1995-1996	Visiting Researcher, Banco Solidario (BancoSol), Bolivia
2003-2009	Visiting Professor, Institute of Developing Economies (IDE)
2007-2010	Secretary-General, Japan Association for United Nations Studies (JAUNS)
2008-2011	Research Director, Waseda University Institute for Global Health
2011-2012	Visiting Researcher, Institut d'études européennes, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)
2014-2017	Vice-President, Japan Society for International Development (JASID)
2019-2022	Co-Director, Master in Global Leadership Program, Vietnam-Japan University (VJU), Vietnam National University (VNU)
2018-present	Member, International Advisory Board, The BMJ
2020-present	Research Director, Waseda University Institute for Global Health

Social Activities

2016-2018	Advisory Panel member, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Human Development Report
2018	Advisor in Law for Health, World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific (WHO-WPRO)
2018-2022	Board of Trustees Member, Waseda University

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

1. Yasushi Katsuma (2022). “Chapter 2: Global health diplomacy to combat communicable diseases and to promote universal health coverage in achieving the Sustainable Development Goal 3,” Shujiro Urata, Kazuo Kuroda, Yoshiko Tonegawa (eds.), Sustainable Development Disciplines for Humanity: Breaking Down the 5Ps—People, Planet, Prosperity, Peace, and Partnerships, Springer. (208), pp.17-35.
2. Yasushi Katsuma (2022), “Nonpharmaceutical interventions to combat emerging infectious diseases: Japan’s approach to COVID-19.” In: Ryan Hass and Patricia M. Kim (eds.) (2022), Democracy and Public Health in Asia. Washington, DC: The Brookings Institution (145), pp.113-118.
3. Yasushi Katsuma (2022). “Chapter 3: Diffusion of UHC through global health diplomacy.” In: Bacon, Paul, Chiba, Mina, Ponjaert, Frederik (eds) The Sustainable Development Goals: Diffusion and Contestation in Asia and Europe. Routledge, pp.33-45.
4. Mina Chiba and Yasushi Katsuma (2022), "Chapter 1: The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as international norms," In: Bacon, Paul, Chiba, Mina, Ponjaert, Frederik (eds) The Sustainable Development Goals: Diffusion and Contestation in Asia and Europe. Routledge, pp.3-12.
5. Krishna D. Rao; Saeda Makimoto; Michael Peters; Gabriel M. Leung; Gerald Bloom; Yasushi Katsuma (2019), “Chapter 7: Vulnerable populations and universal health coverage,” Kharas, Homi: McArthur, John W.; Ohno, Izumi (Eds). Leave no one behind: Time for specifics on the Sustainable Development Goals, Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press, pp.129-148.
6. Gerald Bloom; Yasushi Katsuma; Krishna D Rao; Saeda Makimoto; Jason D C Yin; Gabriel M Leung (2019), “Next steps towards universal health coverage call for global leadership,” The BMJ, 365:l2107.
7. Yasushi Katsuma (2017), “Ebola virus disease outbreak in Guinea in 2014: Lessons learnt for global health policy, Journal of Asia-Pacific Studies, No.28, pp.45-51.
8. Yasushi Katsuma; Hideaki Shiroyama; Makiko Matsuo (2016), “Challenges in achieving the health Sustainable Development Goal: Global governance as an issue for the means of implementation,” Asia-Pacific Development Journal, 23, No.2, pp.105-125
9. Keizo Takemi; Masamine Jimba; Sumie Ishii; Yasushi Katsuma; Yasuhide Nakamura (2008) “Human security approach for global health,” The Lancet, Vol.371, pp.13-14.

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