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| International Center for Medical Research and Treatment (ICMRT) was
reformed into the
Center for infectious Diseases (CID) on April 1,
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| History from ICMR / ICMRT to CID |
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| International Center for Medical Research (ICMR) |
A history of international
exchange in medical research between Kobe University and the
Asian countries goes back to 1964 when a team of doctors from
Kobe University visited Indonesia for medical investigations.
Then similar investigation teams were dispatched to the Philippines
and Thailand. Through these activities Kobe University became
well-known for its active role in international exchanges.
On these backgrounds, International Center for Medical Research
(ICMR) affiliated with Kobe University School of Medicine
was established in April 1979 in accordance with the proposal
of the Science Council, an advisory board to the Minister of
Monbusho, in June 1977. The purpose of ICMR was to contribute
to the promotion of medical education and research through
academic exchange with researchers of the Southeast Asian countries.
ICMR carried out academic collaboration/exchange
with Asian countries for many years. One of the noteworthy programs
was a Large Scale (Multilateral) Cooperative Research Program
between Japan and Indonesia from 1991 until 2001 in collaboration
with the Philippines, Thailand and Singapore. A lot of interesting
academic achievements were accumulated through the collaborative
activities. International seminars were held to present the results
of the cooperative studies, where researchers from Japan and
other Asian countries as well as those from American and European
countries were invited to discuss the study results. The seminars
provided good opportunities to further understand the results
of the studies and to seek the future course of collaboration.
Moreover, many academic articles were published in domestic and
international academic journals. The ICMR Annals were also periodically
published to introduce our cooperative activities in detail.
ICMR accepted young brilliant overseas researchers
as international students and fellows supported by the Japanese
Government (Monbukagakusho) Scholarship and RONPAKU (Dissertation
Ph. D.) program of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
(JSPS) with an aim to foster new academic leaders in the counterpart
countries.
The outcome of ICMR activities, achieved during the
three decades, was more than what had been originally expected.
It was extremely effective means of promoting medical education
and research activities in the counterpart countries. The academic
results of the cooperation with the Asian countries have elucidated
global diversities of diseases and their pathogenesis, which
would not have been accomplished if academic exchange had been
carried out only with the western countries.
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| International Center for Medical Research and Treatment (ICMRT) |
| In April 2004, ICMR
was re-organized to become the International Center for Medical
Research and Treatment (ICMRT) to further promote the
international collaboration and establish the“Center of Research
and Learning in Asia in the field of medicine and medical sciences,
in collaboration with the International Patients Center of
Kobe University Hospital. ICMRT had five Divisions; (1) Molecular
Medicine and Medical Genetics, (2) Polygenic Disease Research,
(3) Infectious Disease Control, (4) International Environmental
Health and Epidemiology, and (5) International Advanced Medical
Research and Treatment. As part of its joint projects, ICMRT started“Research
Project on Helicobacter pylori Infection in Asia”in collaboration
with Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University
since October 2006. Also, ICMRT established“Kobe University-affiliated
Collaborative Research Center for Emerging and Reemerging Infectious
Diseases (CRC-ERID)" in Tropical Disease Center, Airlangga
University, Indonesia since May 2007 under the auspices of
the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
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| Center for Infectious Diseases
(CID) |
| Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine
has established Center for Infectious Diseases (CID)
on April 1, 2009 (Director; Dr. Hak Hotta, Professor of Microbiology)
through reorganization of the former ICMRT. CID deals
with both basic biomedical sciences and clinical aspects of
infectious diseases, i.e., vaccine development and other
strategies for diagnosis, treatment, control and prevention
of infectious diseases, including dangerous new-types of influenza. CID is
unique among similar research centers in universities in Japan. |
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Directer
Dr. Hak Hotta |
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| CID consists of 8 divisions
of basic biomedical sciences (Microbiology, Clinical Virology,
Zoonotic Infections, Infectious Disease Pathology, International
Infectious Disease Control, Bacteriology, Parasitology, and
Vaccinology) and 3 divisions of clinical research (Infectious
Disease Therapeutics, Infectious Disease Immunology, and Infectious
Disease Diagnosis and Pathophysiology). In addition, CID has
an overseas branch, Collaborative Research Center for Emerging
and Reemerging Infectious Diseases (CRC-ERID), in Indonesia.
CID aims to develop preventive, diagnostic and therapeutic
measures, to consolidate therapy systems and to promote personnel
trainings in the field of infectious diseases (see scheme of
organization). In cooperation with WHO Kobe Center, Hyogo
Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environmental Sciences,
and Kobe
Institute of Health, CID aims to become a core center for
infectious disease control and prevention in Hyogo prefecture. |
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