About Health Communication Week Organization (HCWO)
In April 2022, the Japanese Association of Health Communication (JAHC) was restructured to become the Health Communication Week Organization (HCWO). As a consequence, the subsidiary associations of the former JAHC became associations of HCWO. In addition, the newly created Japanese Association of Health-care Communication became a subsidiary association of HCWO and a new subsidiary association of HCWO was founded with the same name as the former JAHC, but was positioned differently.
It is possible to consider all these former subsidiary associations as representing academic subfields in health communication studies, but the terms used in their names have different nuances. On the basis of these differences, rather than directly positioning each discipline as broad aspects of health communication studies, we believe they should be positioned loosely as “health communication-related areas,” while keeping a certain degree of independence.
HCWO oversees membership management, fee collection, and information services for seven subsidiary academic societies related to health communication studies. HCWO hosts the annual Health Communication Week (HCW), which is a joint academic Conference for the subsidiary associations. In addition, each subsidiary association is responsible for planning its own academic Conference and editing their academic journals.
The following is a list of the subsidiary associations for HCWO.
- Japanese Association of Health Communication
- Japanese Health Literacy Association
- Japanese Association of Medical Communication
- Japan Society for Healthcare Interpreting Studies
- Japanese Association of Health Marketing
- Japanese Association of Medical Science Communication
- Japanese Association of Healthcare Communication
- Japanese Association of Communication in Dentistry
- Japan Association of Nursing Communication
President and Vice Presidents
- President: MIYAHARA Akira, Ph.D.
- Vice President: AKIYAMA Miki, Ph.D.
- Vice President: ISHIKAWA Hirono, Ph.D.
- Vice President: TAKAYAMA Tomoko, R.N., Ph.D.
Board Members
- AKIYAMA Miki, Ph.D.
Professor, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University
- ABE Keiko, R.N., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Kinjo Gakuin University
- ISHIKAWA Hirono, Ph.D.
Professor, Teikyo University Graduate School of Public Health
- KAWAGUCHI Hiroyuki, D.D.S., Ph.D.
Hiroshima University Hospital, Department of General Dentistry
- KIUCHI Takahiro, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Health Communication, School of Public Health, The University of Tokyo
- SUGIMOTO Naomi, Ph.D.
Professor, Faculty of Nursing and Medical Care, Keio University
- SUGIMORI Hiroki, M.D, PhD, MMedSc
Professor, Department of Nursing, Faculty of Sports and Health Science, Daito Bunka高山
- NAKAYAMA Takeo, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Health Informatics, School of Public Health, Kyoto University
- MIYAHARA Akira, Ph.D.
Professor, Seinan Gakuin University Faculty of Foreign Language Studies
Auditors
- HAGIHARA,Akihito, Ph.D.
Visiting Director, Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center
- OGAWA,Tetsuji, D.D.S, Ph.D.
Former Professor Emeritus, Hiroshima University
Representative Members
- AIDA Nobuko, R.N., Ph.D.
Professor of Gerontological Nursing Institute of Health Science, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Shinshu University
- AKIYAMA Miki, Ph.D.
Professor, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University
- ABE Keiko, R.N., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Kinjo Gakuin University
- IGARASHI Noriko, Ph.D.
Professor, Niigata University of Health and Welfare
- IGARASHI Yukari, Ph.D.
Professor, St. Luke’s International University
- ISHIKAWA Hirono, Ph.D.
Professor, Teikyo University Graduate School of Public Health
- ISHIZAKI Masato, Ph.D.
Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, The University of Tokyo
- ICHIKAWA Mamoru
Associate Professor, Department of Socio-Media Studies, Faculty of Sociology, Musashi University
- IWAKUMA Miho, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Kyoto University, Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Medical Communication
- UENO Haruka, Ph.D.
Department of Health and Dietetics, Faculty of Health and Medical Science, Teikyo Heisei University
- URYUHARA Yoko, Ph.D.
Professor, Faculty of Commerce, Doshisha University
- EGUCHI Yasumasa, Ph.D., M.Ed.
President, Institute for Health Education Promotion
- ONISHI Hirotaka, M.D., M.H.P.E., Ph.D.
Department of International Cooperation for Medical Education, International Research Center for Medical Education (IRCME), Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo
- ONO Naoko, Ph.D.
Senior Associate Professor, School of International Liberal Arts, Juntendo University
- OKADA Hiroshi, Bed., BSP, MSc, DrPH
Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine, Division of Social and Public Health, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University
- OKAMOTO Sawako, Ph.D.
Specially-Appointed Associate Professor of Education Development Center, Nara Medical University
- OSHIMI Takayuki, MD
Professor, Office of Medical Education, School of Medicine, International University of Health and Welfare
- OZEKI Toshinori, M.D.
Honorary Director of Kyoritsu General Hospital
- KASHIDA Yoshio, Ph.D.
Professor, Faculty of Contemporary Society, Setsunan University
- KATO Kazuto, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Biomedical Ethics and Public Policy, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Osaka
- KATO Mio, Ph.D.
Principal Researcher, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan Institute for Health Security
- KAWAUCHI Kie, Ph.D.
Professor, Aomori University of Health and Welfare Faculty of Health Sciences
- KAWAKAMI Chihiro, R.N., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Gifu university, Medical Education Development Center
- KAWAGUCHI Hiroyuki, D.D.S., Ph.D.
Hiroshima University Hospital, Department of General Dentistry
- KAWASHIMA Michie, Ph.D.
Professor, Kyoto Sangyo University Department of International relations
- KAWAMURA Yoko, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Occupational Hygiene, School of Health Sciences, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan
- KIUCHI Takahiro, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Health Communication, School of Public Health, The University of Tokyo
- KIKUKAWA Makoto, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Medical Education, Kyushu University
- KITAZAWA Kyoko, MSc.
Kyoto Pharmaceutical University
- KONOO Tetsuro, D.D.S, Ph.D.
Specially Appointed Professor ・Professor Emeritus, Division of Comprehensive Dentistry, Department of Oral Function, Kyushu Dental University
- SAKAI Yukiko, PhD, MSIS
Faculty of Letters, Keio University
- SAKAKIBARA Keiko, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Social Psychology, Faculty of Sociology, Toyo University
- SHIMAZAKI Takashi, Ph.D.
Department of Public Health and Environmental Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine
- SUKA Machi, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Public Health and Environmental Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine
- SUGIMOTO Naomi, Ph.D.
Professor, Faculty of Nursing and Medical Care, Keio University
- SUGIMORI Hiroki, M.D, PhD, MMedSc
Professor, Department of Nursing, Faculty of Sports and Health Science, Daito Bunka University
- SON Daisuke, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Community-based Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University
- TAKANAGA Shigeru, Ph.D.
Professor, Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences
- TAKAYAMA Tomoko, R.N., Ph.D.
Professor, Shizuoka Graduate School of Public Health
- TAGUCHI Norihiro, D.D.S., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Dental Education, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences
- TAKEBAYASHI Toru, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, School of Medicine, Keio University
- TSUCHIYA Keiko, Ph.D.
Professor, Graduate School of Urban Social and Cultural Studies, Yokohama City University
- TSUNEZUMI, Aiko, RPh, MPH, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Laboratory of Medical Communication, Meiji Pharmaceutical University
- NAITO Mariko, D.D.S., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Oral Epidemiology, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University
- NAKAO Mutsuhiro, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Stress Management Institute, Showa Medical University
- NAGATANI, Yukiko, Dental hygienist, Ph.D.
Department of Periodontal Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University
- NAGATANI Yukiko, Dental hygienist, Ph.D.
Professor, Graduate School of Nursing, St. Luke’s International University
- NAKAYAMA Takeo, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Health Informatics, School of Public Health, Kyoto University
- NADAMITSU Yoko, Ph.D.
Former Professor, Rikkyo University, College of Intercultural Communication
- NORO Ikuko, Ph.D.
Former Professor, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Human Science
- HAGIHARA Akihito, Ph.D.
Visiting Director, Department of Preventive Medicine and Epidemiology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center
- HASEGAWA Satoshi, Ph.D.
Part-time instructor, Health Sciences University of Hokkaido
- HATTORI Shinobu, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Suzuka University of Medical Science
- HAMAI Taeko
Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, University of Shizuoka
- HAYAKAWA Kaho, D.D.S., Ph.D.
Medical Education Development Center, Gifu University
- HAYAKAWA Masayo, Ph.D.
Division of Drug Informatics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Keio University
- HARAGI Makiko, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral research fellow, Tallinn University
- FUKUDA Hiroshi, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Advanced Preventive Medicine and Health Literacy, Graduate School of Medicine, Juntendo University
- FUJISAKI Kazuhiko, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus, Gifu University
- FUJIMORI Maiko, Ph.D.
Division of Survivorship Research, National Cancer Center Institute for Cancer Control
- HOMMA Mieko, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Health Sciences (Health Information), School of Health and Social Services, Saitama Prefectural University
- MATOBA Masaaki, M.H.A. Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Showa University Graduate School of Health Sciences
- MINAMITANI Kaori, M.D., Ph.D.
Director of International Medical Relations Center, Rinku General Medical Center
- MIYAHARA Akira, Ph.D.
Professor, Seinan Gakuin University Faculty of Foreign Language Studies
- MIYAWAKI Rina, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, School of Arts and Letters, Meiji University
- YASUMURA Seiji, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Radiation Medical Science Center for the Fukushima Health Management Survey, Fukushima Medical University
- YAMAKI Chikako, Ph.D.
Department of Social ＆ Community Pharmacy School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wakayama Medical University
- YAMAGUCHI Chikae, R.N., P.H.N., Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Kinjo Gakuin University
- YOKOTA Rie, Ph.D.
Instructor, Laboratory of Medical Communication Studies, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hoshi University of Pharmacy
- YOSHITOMI Shizuyo, Ph.D.
Professor, School of Letters, Psychology and Social Welfare, Mukogawa Women's University
- WATANABE Kiyotaka, M.D., Ph.D., FACP.
Professor, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Teikyo University
