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Professor
Kimiyo KIKUCHI
Director, Department of Research Promotion; Professor, Institute for Asian and Oceanian Studies
Global Health, Maternal and Child Health, Digital Health Specialization
Biography
After graduating from Waseda University in 1992, she completed a master's degree in philosophy at the University of Paris 8. She then completed a master's degree and a doctorate in Health Sciences at the Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo.
As a technical cooperation project specialist or a consultant, she has been involved in international cooperation projects in the framework of Japan's Official Development Assistance in Asia, Africa and the Middle East.
2012: Specially Appointed Assistant Professor, Department of Global and Community Health, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo
2016: Lecturer, Institute of Decision Science for a Sustainable Society, Kyushu University
2020: Lecturer, Department of Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University
2023: Data-Driven Innovation Promotion Headquarters, Kyushu University
2023 Visiting Scientist, T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University
2024 Associate Professor, Medical Information Center, Kyushu University Hospital
Fulbright Scholar (Researcher Program), Japan-United States Educational Commission
Women's Challenge Award by the Minister of State for Gender Equality, Cabint Office, Government of Japan
As a technical cooperation project specialist or a consultant, she has been involved in international cooperation projects in the framework of Japan's Official Development Assistance in Asia, Africa and the Middle East.
2012: Specially Appointed Assistant Professor, Department of Global and Community Health, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo
2016: Lecturer, Institute of Decision Science for a Sustainable Society, Kyushu University
2020: Lecturer, Department of Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University
2023: Data-Driven Innovation Promotion Headquarters, Kyushu University
2023 Visiting Scientist, T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University
2024 Associate Professor, Medical Information Center, Kyushu University Hospital
Fulbright Scholar (Researcher Program), Japan-United States Educational Commission
Women's Challenge Award by the Minister of State for Gender Equality, Cabint Office, Government of Japan
Overview of Research
Her research focuses on improving health disparities for women and children in global health. She was the main researcher of the "Ghana EMBRACE Implementation Study," which aimed to realize the EMBRACE Model (a maternal and child continuum of care model) proposed in Japan's new international health policy. The results of this study later contributed to the development of Ghana's first maternal and child health handbook.
She is currently developing a regional model for maternal and child telehealth system using clinical pathways in areas with limited medical resources, and evaluating its effectiveness at a study site in Bangladesh. In addition, she is a principal investigator of the Japan-based People's Voice Survey in collaborated with the U.S. QuEST Center. She has also engaged in the Japan Environment and Children’s Study, led by the Ministry of the Environment.
She is currently developing a regional model for maternal and child telehealth system using clinical pathways in areas with limited medical resources, and evaluating its effectiveness at a study site in Bangladesh. In addition, she is a principal investigator of the Japan-based People's Voice Survey in collaborated with the U.S. QuEST Center. She has also engaged in the Japan Environment and Children’s Study, led by the Ministry of the Environment.
Related Countries in Asia and Oceania
Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, China, Thailand, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Nepal
Affiliations with Academic Societies & Committee Activities
America Public Health Association, Japan Association for Global Health, Japanese Society of Public Health
Links, Personal Pages, Videos, etc.
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https://researchmap.jp/kikuchi_kimiyoKey Achievements
- Kikuchi K, Michikawa T, Morokuma S, Hamada N, Ikeda S, Shimada Y, Kato K, Ochiai M, Tsuji M, Shimono M, Yoshino K, Suga R, Kawamoto T, Ohga S, and The Japan Environment and Children’s Study Group. 2024. Infants’ early recovery from sleep disturbance is associated with a lower risk of developmental delay in the Japan Environment and Children’s Study. Scientific Reports. 14, 17773. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-68672-5.
- Islam R, Tou S, Yokota F, Izukura R, Sato Y, Nishikitani M, Kikuchi K, Yokota F, Ahmed A, Miyazaki M, Nakashima N.2024. An evaluation of the commonly used portable medical sensors performance in comparison to clinical test results for telehealth system. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine Update. 5: 100147.
- Kikuchi K, Tuot S, Yasuoka J, Murayama M, Okawa S, Shibanuma A, Nanishi K, Eng S, Huot C, Yi S. Impact of oral intervention on oral and overall health of children living with HIV in Cambodia: a randomized controlled trial. 2023. BMC Med. 21:162.
- Kikuchi K, Islam R, Sato Y, Nishikitani M, Izukura R, Yokota F, Jahan Khan N, Ikeda S, Sultana N, Nessa M, Nasir M, Ahmed A, Kato K, Morokuma S, Nakashima N. Telehealth Care to mothers and infants for improving the Continuum of Care: Protocol for a Quasi-Experimental Study. 2022. JMIR Res Protoc. 11(12):e41586.
- Shibanuma A, Ansah EK, Kikuchi K, Yeji F, Okawa S, Tawiah C, Nanishi K, Addei S, Williams J, Asante KP, Oduro A, Owusu-Agyei S, Gyapong M, Asare GQ, Yasuoka J, Hodgson A, Jimba M. 2021. Evaluation of a package of continuum of care interventions for improved maternal, newborn, and child health outcome and service coverage in Ghana: A cluster-randomized trial. PLoS Medicine. 18(6): e1003663. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003663.
- Kikuchi K, Sato Y, Izukura R, Nishikitani M, Kato K, Morokuma S, Nessa M, Nohara Y, Yokota F, Ahmed A, Islam R, Nakashima N. 2021. Portable Health Clinic for Sustainable Care of Mothers and Newborns in Rural Bangladesh. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine. 207.106156. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmpb.2021.106156.
- Kikuchi K, Yi S, Yasuoka J, Tuot S, Okawa S, Murayama M, Yem S, Chhuon P, Eng S, Huot C, and Morokuma S. 2021. Oral health among HIV-positive and HIV-negative children in Phnom Penh: A cross-sectional study. BMJ Paediatrics Open. 5:e000992. doi:10.1136/ bmjpo-2020-000992.
- Kikuchi K, Gyapong M, Shibanuma A, Evelyn A, Okawa S, Addei S, Nanishi K, Tawia C, Yasuoka J, Yeji F, Oduro A, Owusu-Agyei S, Quansah-Asare G, Hodgson A, Jimba M and for the EMBRACE Implementation Research Team. 2021. EMBRACE intervention to improve the Continuum of Care in maternal and newborn health in Ghana: The RE-AIM framework based evaluation. Journal of Global Health. 11:04017. doi: 10.7189/jogh.11.08002.
- Kikuchi K, Furukawa Y, Tuot S, Pal K, Huot C, Yi S. 2019. Association of oral health status with the CD4+ cell count in children living with HIV in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Scientific Reports. 9:14610. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-51077-0.
- Kikuchi K, Ansah E, Okawa S, Shibanuma A, Gyapong M, Owusu-Agyei S, Oduro A, Quansah-Asare G, Hodgson A, Jimba M and for the Ghana EMBRACE Implementation Research Project. 2015. Effective Linkages of Continuum of Care for Improving Neonatal, Perinatal, and Maternal Mortality: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. PloS One; 10: e0139288.
- Kikuchi K, Poudel KC, Muganda J, Sato T, Mutabazi T, Muhaylmpundu R, Majyambere A, Nyonsenga SP, Sase E, Jimba M. 2014. What makes orphans in Kigali, Rwanda, non-adherentto antiretroviral therapy? Perspectives of their caregivers. Journal of the International AIDS Society, 17:19310.
- Kikuchi K, Poudel KC, Muganda J, Majyambere A, Otsuka K, Sato T, Mutabazi T, Nyonsenga SP, Muhayimpundu R, Jimba M, Yasuoka J. 2012. High Risk of ART Non-Adherence and Delay of ART Initiation among HIV Positive Double Orphans in Kigali, Rwanda. PLoS ONE 7(7): e41998. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0041998