Career Path Opportunities
‘Challenges for young researchers’
Career Path Opportunities ‘Challenges for young researchers’
Career Opportunity as a Post-doctoral Fellow(PD)
Tamae Urai
Earned BD and MS from Kanazawa University. Worked as a nurse at Kanazawa University Hospital from 2011 to 2014. Earned Ph.D. in Public Health Sciences from Kanazawa University in 2017. Worked as a postdoc in Kanazawa University in 2017. Since April 2019, Lecturer, Faculty of Nursing, Toyama Prefectural University.
Research conducted at GNRC
Under the research theme of "examination of scar tissue fragility for the purpose of
preventing recurrence of pressure ulcers in wound closures", GNRC conducted
"development of a high-risk animal model for pressure ulcer recurrence".
We investigated the use of wounds and splints to create large-sized scars in rodents with
marked wound contraction, and created a rat model of scars with full-thickness skin
defects.
Even if compression was applied to the scar model at the same time and force,
the damage depth after compression differed depending on the number of days after
wound preparation, and histological examination suggested that collagen maturation
had an effect.
Current research
We are preparing to clinically investigate changes in the amount of collagen detected
in the wound closure of pressure ulcers in inpatients who have been determined to have
healed pressure ulcers.
In addition, we have just begun collaborative research with the Faculty of Engineering to
take an engineering approach to prevent the recurrence of pressure ulcers.
Future outlook
Up until now, I have mainly focused on quantitative research, but I would like to take
on the challenge of research using the qualitative research methods I learned at the PD
seminar. In addition, as a faculty member's mission, I would like to actively teach
nursing research so that students can be informed of the skills and knowledge that they
have absorbed so far.
Accomplishments
JSPS KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity for Young Scientists. Grant Number 18K1745.
Care innovation for the evaluation of remodeling to prevent recurrent pressure ulcers
Urai T, Nakagami G, Yamanaka T, Tabata K, Sugama J, Sanada H. Effectiveness of foam dressing in preventing recurrent pressure ulcers based on longitudinal ultrasonography assessment: A case study. Japanese Journal of Pressure Ulcers. 2019;21(4):464-72.
Urai T, Nakagami G, Yamanaka T, Tabata K, Sugama J, Sanada H. Effectiveness of foam dressing in preventing recurrent pressure ulcers based on longitudinal ultrasonography assessment: A case study. Japanese Journal of Pressure Ulcers. 2019;21(4):464-72.
