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Division of International Cooperation for Disaster Medicine
Mission and Research Projects
The mission of IRIDeS aims at the construction of disaster resilient society through the scientific analyses of the fact and lessons from Great East Japan Earthquake. Disaster management should work at each time point of prompt assistance to victims, to achieve rapid and effective recovery, and to build disaster-resilient and sustainable societies, by five stages of the disaster management cycle; Mitigation, Preparedness, Response, Recovery and Reconstruction.Tohoku University built IRIDeS as a part of Institutes for Disaster Reconstruction and Regeneration Research (http://www.tohoku.ac.jp/english/profile/about/08/about0808/), that contains Division of Disaster Medicine. Division of International Cooperation for Disaster Medicine aims at the construction of disaster resilient network of medical, public health and welfare providers. We are conducting research projects listed below.
Research Projects
Action-oriented research for Immediate Medical Response
- Analysis of medical needs and preparedness
- Characterization of disaster vulnerable population
- Effectiveness of receiving support
- Systematize and education of medical, public health and welfare coodinator
- Development of manuals for disaster medicine, public health and welfare
- Database of medical records at shelters in GEJE
- Establishment of business continuity plan (BCP)
- Development of robot assisted search and rescue
- Logistics in disaster
- Ethical conflicts of medical personnel in disaster
Action-oriented Internationla Cooperation for Disaster
- Effective acceptance of international aid.
- Regulation of international aid
- Comparison of international assistance in disaster
- Establishment and education of Human Security course
- Collaboration with WHO, JICA, JMTDR
Education of disaster medicine
- Metaanalysis of published articles after GEJE
- Workshops for disaster resilient Team Building
- Lessons for Hinanjo Unei Game (HUG: shelter management simulation)
- Involvement of local community to improve medical and public healthcare.
- Education of Disaster Medical Coordinator (in collaboration with ACT Research Institute) http://www.dm-act.jp/
- Construction of disaster resilient medical network through improving curriculum and mentorship.
