There are many things to be elucidated on the virus and their pathogenicity. Theme 1: Pathogenesis of respiratory viral infections Theme 2: Molecular epidemiology and evolutionary dynamics of viruses
Field activities
We connect the research in the laboratory with public health in the field.
Theme 3: Monitoring of respiratory and diarrheal viruses Theme 4: Overseas field research on infectious disease
Contribution for disease control
It is important to understand the nature of the infectious diseases. Theme 5: Infectious disease epidemiology and outbreak investigation for public
health measures
Projects
Japan Program for Infectious Diseases Research and Infrastructure
Title
International Collaborative Research on Infectious Diseases using Collaborating Research Center in the Philippines
【Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED)】
Projects Completed
Japan Initiative for Global Network on Infectious Diseases (J-GRID)
Overview：
Title
International Collaborating Research on
Childhood Acute Respiratory Infections in Asia and Africa
【Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED)】
Overview
The RITM-Tohoku Collaborating Research Center on Emerging and Reemerging
Infectious Diseases was established in 2008 between Tohoku University and
the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM), which is the national
reference center for emerging and remerging diseases in the Philippines.
The main objective of the center is to strengthen the capacity of the RITM.
We are therefore elucidating causative agents and conduct epidemiological
analysis of major infectious diseases from public health perspectives in
order to establish the sustainable control programs for infectious diseases
in the Philippines. We actively conduct field research together with local
hospitals and other local-level institutions and are also collaborating
with international research institutes and institutes in Japan and the
Philippines.
Core-to-Core Program B. Asia-Africa Science Platforms
Overview：
Title
Establishing Research Network for Control of Childhood Acute Respiratory
Infections in Asia and Africa
【Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)】
Overview
Acute respiratory infection including pneumonia is known as one of
the leading causes of deaths for children worldwide. We at the Department
of Virology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine have been conducting
comprehensive research on childhood pneumonia in the Philippines since
2008 and found so far that: viruses like respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)
play important role as causative agents; there are patients who do not
get medical services at the community level; the use of a pulse oximeter
is effective device at the primary care setting, and various social factors
that are associated with their actions.
In this project, with aid of JSPS, we start to implement the project
of creating a new network in Indonesia, Cambodia and Zambia, in addition
to the existing network in the Philippines. This project aims to reduce
mortalities caused by childhood pneumonia by applying the knowledge from
our research in the Philippines to other countries. In each site, we conduct
pilot studies in identifying obstacles and challenges in reducing of childhood
mortalities by collecting and analyzing data including clinical and epidemiological
factors and sharing common or specific problems.. ▶▶▶【For details, click here→】
Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development(SATREPS)
Overview：
Title
Comprehensive Etiological and Epidemiological Study on Acute Respiratory
Infections in Children:
Providing Evidence for the Prevention
and Control of Childhood Pneumonia in the Philippines【AMED/JICA】
