Specializations
- Medical anthropology
- Global health
- Health Ethnography
- Pediatric Health & Medicine
- Health and well-being
- HIV risk management
- Thailand
- Japan
Current Research Activities
2015- Clinical ethnography of decision making at a university hospital’s children’s ward, specifically targeted at pediatric cancer patients
Consultantship
2014- Academic Advisor, the Hokkaido Centre for Family Medicine, Japan
Field Research and Other Field Experiences
2006- Rishiri, Sapporo, Kushiro (Japan)
1997-2009 Thailand
Research Grants, Contracts, Awards
2018- Decision Making and Self-development among Children who developed cancer in primary school age and who are now in the follow-up,” Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
2014-2017 Cultural Knowledge and Behavior among Children in relation to their body, health and medicine on remote Japanese islands,” Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
2011-2013 Anthropological Study on the children’s perceptions of their body, health and medicine in relation to medical environment on remote Japanese islands,” Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
2007-2009 Global Health Study on the Promotion of HIV/AIDS Measures in Japanese Multinational Corporations (MNCs) in Thailand,” Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
2005-2006 Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, “Endogenous Social Development and Public Social Organizations in Local Thai Society,” Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
2002-2003 Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists, “Applied Medical Anthropological Study on Sexual and Reproductive Health among Young Industrial Workers in Northern Thailand,” Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
1998-2000 Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Research Fellow, “HIV/AIDS management in Japanese multinational corporations,” Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
