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Public Health Course

There are two courses: a two-year option for the development of individuals who will play active roles in the field of public health, and a one-year option for people who already have hands-on experience in training high-level specialists

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Public Health Course (Two-Year Course)

Public Health Course aims to develop human resources who are capable of playing active roles in addressing the challenges of public health with broad knowledge and high skills for the maintenance and improvement of the entire society and people's health, life and security.

Public Health Course (One-Year Course)

This course is intended for medical doctors (i.e. licensed physicians), dentists, pharmacist and other professionals with certain amount of practical experience, and aims to train, in one year, highly specialized professionals who play active roles in medical and public health fields.

This course will be established against the backdrop of growing public interest in health/medical problems and the aging and depopulation problems unique to Hokkaido, and provides education in five disciplines (Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Health Services Administration, and Environmental Health Sciences) based on the essential criteria of the Council on Education for Public Health in the United States, thereby allowing students to acquire the extensive public health knowledge and skills necessary for highly specialized professionals.

Those who have chosen Public Health Course (either Two-Year Course or One-Year Course) should be affiliated with one Laboratory, selecting from Departments of Hygiene, Public Health, Health Care Policy, Biostatistics, Medical Education and General Medicine, Regulatory Science, Advanced Medical Sciences, Forensic Medicine, and Patient Safety.

※ Students should decide their preferred course during the application, and students will be allocated to either one- or two-year courses after the admission accounting for their preference. (Details will be informed after the admission.)

Message from Graduate Student

Accurate Medical Evidence

Public Health Course (Two-Year Course)
Department of Biostatistics

OKURA Hiroki

I previously studied mathematics for a bachelor’ s degree. However, after the COVID-19 pandemic, I realized the importance of providing data-based medical evidence. The field of such data-based science is also strongly related to mathematics, so I decided to change my major and started studying biostatistics at the school of public health. Biostatistics is a challenging yet captivating field because it requires a deep knowledge of mathematics, statistics, as well as medicine. I am currently developing new methods of statistical analysis through simulation studies. My goal is to discover new features through data that have been overlooked and provide more accurate evidence for clinical practice through my research.

(As of April 2023)

Message from a Graduate of the Public Health Course (One-Year Course)

Student Mom's Struggle！

Public Health Course (One-Year Course)
Department of Health Data Science
Master's degree completed in March 2021
(Working as an obstetrician)

NOSHIRO Tomomi

After completing my residency, I worked as an obstetrician and gynecologist and became the mother of two children. Seeing my children's remarkable growth, I thought, "I want to try something new and grow!" I had been interested in preventive medicine for a long time, so I enrolled in the 1-year public health course. I would not have survived without the support of my family, so I am very grateful to them. After graduating from the university, I worked as an obstetrician and gynecologist at a general hospital and was blessed with the opportunity to teach sex education at a public high school.

(As of April 2023)

YAZAKI Hiroshi