DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY

     Premedical Sciences was established in April 2011 as an organization consisting of four departments. Thereafter, Department of Educational Support was separated in March 2012, and Department of ICT Education and Research was also separated in March 2020, and since April 2020, Premedical Sciences has two departments: Department of Languages and Humanities and Department of Fundamental Education. Each faculty member is dedicated to respective field of specialization and to educating liberal arts courses offered mainly in the lower grades of the School of Medicine aiming for lifelong learning, and is also responsible for student life guidance as a grade teacher.

• Conduct English, as well as German, French, Chinese, and Russian as second language courses at School of Medicine, School of Nursing. Conduct English at two Nursing Schools Affiliated to Dokkyo Medical University (Mibu and Misato).
• Educate a wide range of humanities studies in cooperation with many senior assistant professors (part-time).
• Lead medical school overseas training programs and provide guidance before and after that programs, and make efforts to promote international exchange between our university and several institutions in Germany and the United States.
• Provide support for all aspects of student life in charge of grade teachers for the first year students of School of Medicine.
• Participate in internal committees and contribute to university administration in collaboration with other departments within the university.

Education
School of Medicine

School of Nursing :

Nursing school Affiliated to Dokkyo Medical University :

Misato Nursing School Affiliated to Dokkyo Medical University :

• Research to establish the effectiveness and versatility of a foreign language teaching method using Consecutive Interpreting Approach
• An empirical study of English grammar using corpus
• English phonetics and phonology
• Examining the effects of active learning using various ICT tools in German language teaching
• English novels written by women writers of the late 18th and early 19th centuries

Japan Society for Medical English Education
The Japan Association for Interpreting and Translation Studies
The Phonological Society of Japan
The Japanese Association for English Corpus Studies
Japanische Gesellschaft für Germanistik
The English Literary Society of Japan

Special Appointed Professor: Takaaki Takeuchi
Associate Professor: Hideki Iizuka
Associate Professor: Yoshikazu Noto
Senior Assistant Professor: Toshiya Sato
Senior Assistant Professor: Mirei Hirota
Senior Assistant Professor (part-time): Kazuhiko Ogawa
Senior Assistant Professor (part-time): Takako Tanomogi
Senior Assistant Professor (part-time): Masahiko Kikuchi
Senior Assistant Professor (part-time): Nobuko Takanashi
Senior Assistant Professor (part-time): Tomoko Miyagawa
Senior Assistant Professor (part-time): Yoriko Yagi
Senior Assistant Professor (part-time): Peter K. Mbiru

• Provide education in the first year natural science courses (physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics and statistics, health and sports science, and psychology) at School of Medicine.
• Conduct chemistry and biology at School of Nursing, and physics at Nursing Schools Affiliated to Dokkyo Medical University.
• Provide support for all aspects of student life in charge of grade teachers for the first year students of School of Medicine.
• Participate in internal committees and contribute to university administration in collaboration with other departments within the university.

Education
School of Medicine

Nursing school Affiliated to Dokkyo Medical University :

Misato Nursing School Affiliated to Dokkyo Medical University :

• Physics: General relativity, Quantum field theory, String theory and Physics education
• Chemistry: Optical control of cardiomyocyte contractile rhythm, Development of drag delivery system using peptidic compounds, Construction of electrochemical sensors using molecularly modified electrodes
• Biology: Studies on the systematics and ecology of terrestrial slow worms (tardigrades), Studies on reproduction and development of platyhelminths, arthropods, annelids, and echinoderms
• Mathematics, Statistics: Modular calculation of modular forms of weight 1 in zero and positive marks and its applications
• Health and Sports science: Advanced methods of assessing head impact force in Judo and new measures to prevent head injury, Research on the effect of exercise on improving symptoms of atopic dermatitis
• Psychology: Emotional arousal and memory formation, Schedule sensitivity and rule governing behavior

 

The Physical Society of Japan
Japan Society for Medical Education
The Chemical Society of Japan
The Biophysical Society of Japan
The Japan Society of Drug Delivery System
The Electrochemical Society of Japan
The Zoological Society of Japan
Japan Society of Andrology
Lichenological Society of Japan
The Mathematical Society of Japan
Japan Society of Physical Education, Health and Sport Sciences
The Japanese Society of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine
Japanese Academy of Budo
The Japanese Psychological Association
The Japanese Association for Behavior Analysis

Associate Professor: Haruo Murayama
Associate Professor: Wataru Abe
Associate Professor: Nobuyuki Magome
Associate Professor: Tatsuya Okuda
Associate Professor: Osamu Kawase
Senior Assistant Professor: Rie Ohmori
Senior Assistant Professor:Toshiaki Fujimori
Senior Assistant Professor: Tomoe Nobata
Senior Assistant Professor: Noriko Umezawa
Senior Assistant Professor: Takeshi Ogasawara
Senior Assistant Professor: Nobuhiko Eda
Senior Assistant Professor (part-time): Machiko Ohtsuka
Technical Support Staff: Saika Nakazato
Technical Support Staff: Mika Hayakawa