Overview of GNRC
Members/Guest Researchers
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Director Professor Noriko YAMAMOTO-MITANI |
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| Department of Gerontological Home Care and Long-term Care Nursing Division of Health Sciences and Nursing Graduate School of Medicine The University of Tokyo |
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Vice Director Professor Megumi HARUNA |
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| Department of Midwifery and Women's Health Division of Health Sciences and Nursing Graduate School of Medicine The University of Tokyo |
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Vice Director Professor Mari IKEDA |
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| Department of Family Nursing Department of Nursing Administration and Advanced Clinical Nursing Division of Health Sciences and Nursing Graduate School of Medicine The University of Tokyo |
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Vice Director Professor Gojiro NAKAGAMI |
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Department of Gerontological Nursing/ Wound Care Management |
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Project Assistant Professor Yoshie TAKAHASHI |
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Global Nursing Research Center Graduate School of Medicine The University of Tokyo |
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Project Assistant Professor Minae FUKUI |
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Global Nursing Research Center Graduate School of Medicine The University of Tokyo |
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Project Researcher Masumi SHINOHARA |
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Global Nursing Research Center Graduate School of Medicine The University of Tokyo |
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Project Researcher Haruka YOKOBORI |
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Global Nursing Research Center Graduate School of Medicine The University of Tokyo |
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Visiting Researcher Wei How Darryl ANG |
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Global Nursing Research Center Graduate School of Medicine The University of Tokyo |
Division of Care Innovation

- Professor Gojiro NAKAGAMI
- Department of Gerontological Nursing/
Wound Care Management

- Professor Megumi HARUNA
- Department of Midwifery and Women's Health
Division of International Collaborative Research

- Professor Mari IKEDA
- Department of Family Nursing

- Associate Professor Yuki MIYAMOTO
- Department of Psychiatric Nursing

- Project Assistant Professor Yoshie TAKAHASHI
- Global Nursing Research Center

- Project Assistant Professor Minae FUKUI
- Global Nursing Research Center
Division of Care Systems

- Professor Noriko YAMAMOTO-MITANI
- Department of Gerontological Home Care and Long-term Care Nursing

- Associate Professor Maiko NOGUCHI-WATANABE
- Department of Gerontological Home Care and Long-term Care Nursing

- Associate Professor Kyoko YOSHIOKA-MAEDA
- Department of Community Health Nursing/Public Health Nursing
Division of Postdoctoral Education
Guest Researchers (Eminent Professors)
FY2024

- Shereen Hussein, BSc, MSc, PhD
- Professor, Health & Social Care Policy,
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK
Jun 2024

- Hazel Keedle, PhD
- Senior Lecturer of Midwifery and Director of Academic Programs for Midwifery,
School of Nursing and Midwifery,
Western Sydney University, Australia
Jul 2024

- Markus Golla, MScN, BSc, RN
- Professor, Nursing Science Head of the Institute Nursing Science
Programme Director General Nursing,
IMC University of Applied Sciences, Austria
Jul 2024

- Sarah L. Szanton, PhD, RN, FAAN
- Dean; Patricia M. Davidson Health Equity and Social Justice Endowed Professor,
Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, USA
Jul 2024

- Younhee-Kang, RN, MSN-ANP, PhD, FAAN
- Dean and Professor,
College of Nursing,
EWHA Womans University, Republic of Korea
Nov 2024

- Hanna Mayer, Univ. Prof. Mag. Dr.
- Head of the Department of Nursing Science,
The Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences, Austria
Feb 2025
FY2023

- Denise M. Saint Arnault, PhD, RN, FAAN
- Vice-chair, Department of Health Behavior and Biological Sciences,
School of Nursing, University of Michigan, USA
May 2023

- Laura Sinko, PhD, MSHP, RN
- Assistant professor,
College of Public Health, Temple University, USA
May 2023

- Keiko Oda
- Research fellow and academic casual staff,
Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, School of Nursing, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Jun 2023

- Yuko Otake
- Marie Sk?odowska-Curie Fellow,
Social Research Institute,
UCL (University College London), UK
Jul-Aug 2023 Online

- Mimi M.Y. Tse, PhD, MSc, RN
- Professor, School of Nursing and Health Studies,
Hong Kong Metropolitan University,
Hong Kong
Aug 2023

- Atsuko Muraki
- Visiting Professor,
Tsuda University, Japan
Aug 2023

- Petra Brysiewicz, PhD, RN
- Professor, School of Nursing & Public Health,
University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
Sep 2023

- Edward K.L. Chan, PhD
- Chair Professor of Child and Family Welfare, RGC Senior Research Fellow,
Department of Applied Social Sciences,
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Sep 2023

- Eivind Kvaerno, RN, CCN
- Lecturer/ Head of Unit for Health Care Simulation,
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Trondheim, Norway
Oct 2023

- Vojislav Novakovic, PhD
- Professor emeritus, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Department of Energy and Process Engineering, Norway
Oct 2023

- Chia Chin-Lin, BSN (TMU), MSN (UW), EMBA (NTU), PhD (UW), FAAN, RN
- Professor, School of Nursing,
LKS Faculty of Medicine,
The University of Hong Kong
Dec 2023

- Maxim Topaz, PhD, MA, RN, FAAN
- Elizabeth Standish Gill Associate Professor,
Columbia University School of Nursing & Columbia University Data Science Institute, USA
Dec 2023

- Kristin Akerjordet
- Professor, Department of Quality and Health Technology, Faculty of Health Sciences,
University of Stavanger, Norway
Feb 2024

- Eva Christina Furskog-Risa
- Associate Professor, Department of Caring and Ethics, Faculty of Health Sciences,
University of Stavanger, Norway
Feb 2024

- Atsushi Makino
- Professor, Graduate School of Education,
The University of Tokyo, Japan
Mar 2024

- Miku Takii
- Kawaguchi Medical Clinic, Japan
Mar 2024

- Satoko Hotta, PhD
- Professor, Graduate School of Health Management,
Keio University, Japan
Mar 2024
FY2022

- Karis Kin-fong Cheng,PhD, RN, FAAN
- Project Professor, Global Nursing Research Center,
Graduate School of Medicine
The University of Tokyo
Dec. 2021 - Mar. 2023

- Denise M. Saint Arnault, PhD, RN, FAAN
- Professor, Department of Health Behavior and Biological Sciences
School of Nursing, University of Michigan, USA
May 2022

- Laura Sinko,PhD, MSHP, RN
- Assistant Professor,
College of Public Health,
Temple University, USA
May 2022

- Antonia M.Villarruel, PhD, RN, FAAN
- Professor and Margaret Bond Simon Dean of Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing,
Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics
May 2022 online

- Eileen G. Collins,PhD, RN, FAAN, ATSF
- Dean of the College of Nursing,
the University of Illinois Chicago, USA
June 2022 online

- Arnaud Duhoux, PhD
- Associate Professor,
Faculty of Nursing, Universite de Montreal, Canada
June 2022

- Azita Emami,PhD, RN, FAAN
- Executive Dean,
University of Washington School of Nursing, USA
July 2022 online

- Patrea Andersen, RN, ADN, BHSc (Ng), MA(Ng), PhD
- Academic Lead Centre of Health and Social Practice Waikato Institute of Technology, New Zealand
Oct. 2022

- Wenche Karin Malmedal, PhD
- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences,
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Nov. 2022

- Sun Jiao, PhD, RN
- Professor,
Jilin University, China
Nov. 2022

- Edward Ko Ling Chan, PhD, RSW
- Professor, Department of Applied Social Sciences
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Dec. 2022

- Philip Moons, PhD
- Department of Public Health,
KU Leuven of Belgium
Jan. 2023

- Brendan McCormack, D.Phil(Oxon.), BSc(Hons.), FRCN, FEANS, FRCSI, PGCEA, RMN, RGN, FAAN, MAE
- Head of The Susan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery(inc. Sydney Nursing School)
Dean, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Australia
Feb. 2023 online
FY2021

- Seonae Yeo,, RNC, PhD, FAAN
- Professor, Public Health and Community Practice,
School of Nursing
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
2021 Online

- Carolina Weller, BN, Med, GCHE, PhD, Wounds Australia Fellow
- Professor,
Head of Wound Research Group
School of Nursing and Midwifery
Monash University, Australia
2021 Online

- Patricia Davidson, PhD
- The Vice Chancellor at the University of Wollongong, Australia
Former Dean of the School of Nursing, John Hopkins University, USA
Oct. 2021 Online

- LaRon E. Nelson, PhD, FNP, FAAN
- Associate Dean for Global Affairs & Planetary Health Independence Foundation Professor
Associate Professor of Nursing, Yale School of Nursing, Yale university, USA
Mar. 2022 Online
FY2020

- Ardith Doorenbos, Phd, RN, FAAN (as Project Professor, the GNRC)
- Nursing Collegiate Professor,
Department of Biobehavioral Nursing Science
College of Nursing, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
August, 2020 - February, 2021 Online

- Seonae Yeo,, RNC, PhD, FAAN
- Professor, Public Health and Community Practice,
School of Nursing
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
July, 2020 Online

- Carolina Weller, BN, Med, GCHE, PhD, Wounds Australia Fellow
- Professor,
Head of Wound Research Group
School of Nursing and Midwifery
Monash University, Australia
2020 Online
FY2019

- Mary Cadogan, DRPH, GNP-BC, FAAN, FGSA
- Adjunct Professor
UCLA School of Nursing
University of California, Los Angeles, USA
December, 2019

- Joan E. Haase, PhD, RN, FAAN
- Indiana University School of Nursing

- Carolina Weller, BN, Med, GCHE, PhD, Wounds Australia Fellow
- Professor,
Head of Wound Research Group
School of Nursing and Midwifery
Monash University, Australia
November, 2019, and 2020 Online

- Patrea Andersen, RN, ADN, BHSc (Ng), MA(Ng), PhD
- Academic Director for Simulation and Visualization
The University of the Sunshine Coast
Australia
December, 2019

- Mimi M.Y. Tse, PhD, MSc, Bachelor of Applied Science in Nursing, Cert in team leadership, RN.
- Assistant Professor, School of Nursing,
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China
FY2018

- Patricia A. Grady, PhD, RN, FAAN
- Director Emeritus, National Institute of Nursing Research
National Institutes of Health
Distinguished Professor
Georgetown University
School of Nursing and Health Services

- Sally Thorne, RN,PhD, FAAN, FCAHS
- Associate Dean, Faculty Affairs
Faculty of Applied Science,
The University of British Cholumbia

- Susan Bogels, CCP, PhD
- Professor of Department of Physiological Nursing
Professor of Developmental Psychopathology & Mindfulness at the University of Amsterdam

- Sek-Ying Chair, Chair RN, PhD, FAAN, FHKAN
- Chair/Professor of The Nethersole School of Nursing,The Chinese University of Hong Kong

- Margaret I. Wallhagen, PhD, RGNP-BC, AGSF, FGSA, FAAN
- Professor of Department of Physiological Nursing
Director of UCSF John A. Hartford Center of Gerontological Nursing Excellence
Nurse Senior Scholar of San Francisco VA Quality Scholars Fellowship Progra
University of California, San Francisco, USA

- Sarah H. Kagan, PhD, RN, PhD, FAAN
- Lucy Walker Honorary Team Professor of Gerontological Nursing
University of Pennsylvania
FY2017
* stated information as at the date the guest visited

- Claudia K. Y. Lai, PhD, RN, FAAN (as Project Professor, the GNRC)
- Honorary Professor & Founding Director, Centre for Gerontological Nursing, School of Nursing
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong

- Christine Moffatt, CBE, FRCN, PhD, MA, RGN, DN
- Professor of Clinical Nursing Research
University of Nottingham, UK

- Keryln Carville, RN, PhD, STN(Cred)
- Professor of Primary Health Care and Community Nursing
Silver Chain and Curtin University, Australia

- Edward Ko Ling Chan, PhD, RSW (as Project Professor, the GNRC)
- Professor, Department of Applied Social Sciences
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong

- Pamela S. Hinds, PhD, RN, FAAN
- The William and Joanne Conway Chair in Nursing Research
Executive Director, Department of Nursing Science, Professional Practice, and Quality
Professor, Department of Pediatrics
George Washington University, USA

- Karis Kin-fong Cheng, PhD, PDEpidem&Biostat, BN, RN
- Professor and Coordinator of Graduate Research Programmes in Nursing, Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies
Director for International Relations (Allied Health), Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore

- Denise M. Saint Arnault, PhD, RN, FAAN
- Professor,
Department of Health Behavior and Biological Sciences
School of Nursing, University of Michigan, USA
September, 2017




