Career Path Opportunities
‘Challenges for young researchers’

Career Path Opportunities ‘Challenges for young researchers’

Career Opportunity as a Post-doctoral Fellow(PD)

Morisaki Mayumi

Mayumi Morisaki

After I completed the undergraduate program at Yamaguchi University, I worked in the pediatric surgery ward at The University of Tokyo Hospital. I then earned a master's and a Ph.D. at the Department of Family Nursing, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo. After graduation, I was assigned as a postdoctoral fellow in GNRC.

Research conducted at GNRC

The research theme in GNRC is “Development of the effective transitional support from pediatric to adult healthcare systems for patients with childhood-onset chronic diseases: Focusing on the parent-child relationships” . I’ m conducting a qualitative interview study for parents of adolescent patients with childhood-onset chronic diseases regarding the transitional process of disease management from parents to patients.

Future outlook

I learned that nursing researchers can innovate care by acquiring knowledge of other fields, learning how to use medical technologies, and consulting with researchers in other fields. I would like to be a nursing researcher who could implement care innovations using broad perspectives of nursing research and various other research methods.
Furthermore, I obtained wonderful role models through various seminars by global nursing leaders. Specifically, I learned the skills of collaboration and team building in research and clinical settings. I would like to apply what I have learned in GNRC to my future studies and promote a society for patients with childhood-onset chronic diseases to be active in.

Accomplishments

JSPS KAKENHI Grand-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up, Grant Number 19K24224. Development of the effective transitional support system for patients with childhood-onset chronic diseases: Focusing on the parent-child relationships.
[Original Paper]
  1. Morisaki-Nakamura M, Suzuki S, Kobayashi A, Kita S, Sato I, Iwasaki M, Hirata Y, Sato A, Oka A, Kamibeppu K. Development and Validation of a Japanese Version of the TRANSITION-Q. Pediatrics International. 2021: 63(3).
  2. Morisaki-Nakamura M, Kita S, Kikuchi R, Hirata Y, Shindo T, Shimizu N, Inuzuka R, Oka A, Kamibeppu K. A Qualitative Assessment of Adolescent Girls' Perception of Living with Congenital Heart Disease: Focusing on Future Pregnancies and Childbirth. Journal of Pediatric Nursing. 2018; 38: e12-e18.
  3. Suzuki S, Kita S, Morisaki-Nakamura M, Kikuchi R, Sato I, Iwasaki M, Otomo E, Sekiguchi H, Hirata Y, Sato A, Sugiyama M, Kamibeppu K. Nurses' perceptions regarding transitional care for adolescents and young adults with childhood-onset chronic diseases. Japan Journal of Nursing Sciences, 2020 Jul; 17(3): e12323.
[Presentation]
  1. Morisaki-Nakamura M, Suzuki S, Kobayashi A, Kita S, Sato I, Iwasaki M, Hirata Y, Sato A, Oka A, Kamibeppu K. The 23nd East Asian Forum of Nursing Scholars (EAFONS) Best Poster Presentation Award: 3rd place. Association between transition readiness and characteristics of adolescents with chronic diseases in Japan.
  2. Morisaki-Nakamura M, Suzuki S, Kobayashi A, Kita S, Sato I, Iwasaki M, Hirata Y, Sato A, Oka A, Kamibeppu K. The 55th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, The President's Award for Oral Presentation. Efficacy of a Transitional Support Program among Adolescents with Cardiac Diseases: A Randomized Controlled Trial.