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Haruka Sakamoto坂元 晴香
Tokyo Women's Medical University, Japan.
Academic titleM.D, MPH, PhD
InterestsGlobal Health Policy; Global Health Diplomacy; Universal Health Coverage (UHC); Health System, Pandemic Preparedness and Responses (PPR), Health Security, Nutrition
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Education
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- 2016 - 2021
- Doctor of Philosophy in Public Health, Department of Global Health Policy, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Japan
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- 2014 - 201t
- Master of Public Health, Harvard School of Public Health, USA
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- 2002 - 2008
- Bachelor of Medicine, Sapporo Medical University, Japan
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Career
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- 2021 - present
- Assistant Professor, Department of International Affairs and Tropical Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical University
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- 2021 - present
- senior manager, Health and Global Policy Institute
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- 2021 - present
- Senior Fellow, The Tokyo Foundation for Policy Research, Japan
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- 2019 - present
- Consultant, Division of Healthy Ageing, WHO Western Pacific Regional Office
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- 2016 - present
- Project Researcher, Department of Global Health Policy, University of Tokyo
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- 2016
- Deputy Director, Department of International Affairs, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan
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- 2011 - 2013
- Section Chief, Department of International Affairs, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan
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- 2008 - 2011
- General Practitioner, Department of General Internal Medicine, St Luke's International Hospital, Japan
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- Ghaznavi C, Tanoue Y, Kawashima T, Eguchi A, Yoneoka D, Sakamoto H, Ueda P, Ishikane M, Ando N, Miyazato Y, Nomura S. Recent changes in the reporting of STIs in Japan during the COVID-19 pandemic. Sex Transm Infect. 2023 Mar;99(2):124-127.
- Shimizu K, Ueda P, Ghaznavi C, Sakamoto H, Nomura S. Assessment of traffic accidents in Japan during the COVID-19 pandemic vs. previous years: a preliminary report. Healthcare. 2022; 10(5).
- Ghaznavi C, Kawashima T, Tanoue Y, Yoneoka D, Makiyama K, Sakamoto H, Ueda P, Eguchi A, Nomura S. Changes in marriage, divorce and births during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan. BMJ Global Health. 2022; 7(5).
- Ghaznavi C, Sakamoto H, Kawashima T, Horiuchi S, Ishikane M, Abe SK, Yoneoka D, Eguchi A, Tanoue Y, Hashizume M, Nomura S. Decreased incidence followed by comeback of pediatric infections during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan. World J Pediatr. 2022 May 31:1-4.
- Adachi M, Murakami M, Yoneoka D, Kawashima T, Hashizume M, Sakamoto H, Eguchi A, Ghaznavi C, Gilmour S, Kaneko S, Kunishima H, Maruyama-Sakurai K, Tanoue Y, Yamamoto Y, Miyata H, Nomura S. Factors associated with the risk perception of COVID-19 infection and severe illness: A cross-sectional study in Japan. SSM Popul Health. 2022 Jun;18:101105.
- Ghaznavi C, Sakamoto H, Nomura S, Kubota A, Yoneoka D, Shibuya K, Ueda P. Fish in the sea: number, characteristics, and partner preferences of unmarried Japanese adults - analysis of a national survey. PLoS One. 2022; 17(2): e0262528.
- Nomura S (co-first), Yoneoka D, Eguchi A, Kawashima T, Tanoue Y, Murakami M, Sakamoto H, Maruyama-Sakurai K, Gilmour S, Shi S, Kunishima H, Kaneko S, Adachi M, Shimada K, Yamamoto Y, Miyata H. Identification of optimum combinations of media channels for approaching COVID-19 vaccine unsure and unwilling groups in Japan. The Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific. 2022 Jan;18:100330.
- Nomura S, Yamasaki L, Shimizu K, Ghaznavi C, Sakamoto H. Japan's development assistance for health: Historical trends and prospects for a new era. The Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific. 2022; 22: 100403.
- Ghaznavi C, Sakamoto H, Yamasaki L, Nomura S, Yoneoka D, Shibuya K, Ueda P. Salaries, degrees, and babies: trends in fertility by income and education among Japanese men and women born 1943-1975-Analysis of national surveys. PLoS One. 2022; 17(4): e0266835.
- Nomura S, Sakamoto H, Ghaznavi C, Inoue M. Toward a third term of health Japan 21 - implications from the rise in non-communicable disease burden and highly preventable risk factors. The Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific. 2022; 21: 100377.
- Ghaznavi C, Yoneoka D, Kawashima T, Eguchi A, Murakami M, Gilmour S, Kaneko S, Kunishima H, Naito W, Sakamoto H, Maruyama-Sakurai K, Takahashi A, Takayama Y, Tanoue Y, Yamamoto Y, Yasutaka T, Miyata H, Nomura S. Factors associated with reversals of COVID-19 vaccination willingness: Results from two longitudinal, national surveys in Japan 2021-2022. The Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific. 2022: 100540.
- Nomura S, Eguchi A, Yoneoka D, Murakami M, Ghaznavi C, Gilmour S, Kaneko S, Kawashima T, Kunishima H, Naito W, Sakamoto H, Maruyama-Sakurai K, Takahashi A, Takayama Y, Tanoue Y, Yamamoto Y, Yasutaka T, Miyata H. Characterising reasons for reversals of COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy among Japanese people: one-year follow-up survey. The Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific. 2022: 100541.
- Uryu S, Tanoue Y, Nomura S, Matsuura K, Makiyama K, Kawashima T, Yoneoka D, Eguchi A, Kawamura Y, Gilmour S, Sakamoto H, Shimizu K, Ng CFS, Hashizume M. Trends in emergency transportation due to heat illness under the new normal lifestyle in the COVID-19 era, in Japan and 47 prefectures. Sci Total Environ. 2021;768:144723.
- Nomura S, Sakamoto H, Rauniyar SK, Shimada K, Yamamoto H, Kohsaka S, Ichihara N, Kumamaru H, Miyata H. Analysis of the relationship between the HbA1c screening results and the development and worsening of diabetes among adults aged over 40 years: a 4-year follow-up study of 140,000 people in Japan - the Shizuoka study. BMC Public Health. 2021; 21(1): 1880.
- Nomura S (co-first), Yoneoka D, Shi S, Tanoue Y, Kawashima T, Eguchi A, Matsuura K, Makiyama K, Uryu S, Ejima K, Sakamoto H, Taniguchi T, Kunishima H, Gilmour S, Nishiura H, Miyata H. Assessing the regional impact of Japan's COVID-19 state of emergency declaration: a population-level observational study using social networking services. BMJ Open. 2021; 11(2): e042002.
- Shimizu K, Gilmour S, Mase H, Le PM, Teshima A, Sakamoto H, Nomura S. COVID-19 and heat illness in Tokyo, Japan: implications for the summer olympic and paralympic games in 2021. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021 Mar 31;18(7):3620.
- Gekka Y, Adachi T, Oi R, Nakayama S, Kawana Y, Takeda Y, Nomura S, Ozaki A, Tanimoto T, Sakamoto H, Yamashita T. Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy by oocyte donation pregnancy in Japanese women aged 40 years or older: a single-center retrospective cohort study. Hypertension in Pregnancy. 2021; 40(1): 36-44.
- Nomura S, Eguchi A, Yoneoka D, Kawashima T, Tanoue Y, Murakami M, Sakamoto H, Maruyama-Sakurai K, Gilmour S, Shi S, Kunishima H, Kaneko S, Adachi M, Shimada K, Yamamoto Y, Miyata H. Reasons for being unsure or unwilling regarding intention to take COVID-19 vaccine among Japanese people: A large cross-sectional national survey. The Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific. 2021; 14: 100223.
- Eguchi A, Nomura S, Gilmour S, Harada N, Sakamoto H, Yoneoka D, Ueda P, Tanoue Y, Kawashima T, Hayashi TI, Arima Y, Suzuki M, Hashizume M. Suicide by gender and 10-year age groups during the COVID-19 pandemic vs previous five years in Japan: An analysis of national vital statistics. Psychiatry Res. 2021 Aug 21;305:114173.
- Nomura S, Sakamoto H, Ishizuka A, Shibuya K. Tracking development assistance for health: a comparative study of the 29 development assistance committee countries, 2011-2019. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021 Aug 12;18(16):8519.
- Nomura S, Sakamoto H, Ishizuka A, Shimizu K, Shibuya K. Tracking sectoral allocation of official development assistance: a comparative study of the 29 development assistance committee countries, 2011-2018. Global Health Action. 2021; 14(1): 1903222.
- Makiyama K, Kawashima T, Nomura S, Eguchi A, Yoneoka D, Tanoue Y, Kawamura Y, Sakamoto H, Gilmour S, Shi S, Matsuura K, Uryu S, Hashizume M. Trends in healthcare access in Japan during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, up to June 2020. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021;18(6):3271.
- Mikkelsen L, Iburg KM, Adair T, Furst T, Hegnauer M, von der Lippe E, Moran L, Nomura S, Sakamoto H, Shibuya K, Wengler A, Willbond S, Wood P, Lopez AD. Assessing the quality of cause of death data in six high-income countries: Australia, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Japan and Switzerland. International Journal of Public Health. 2020; 65(1): 17-28.
- Nomura S, Yoneoka D, Shi S, Tanoue Y, Kawashima T, Eguchi A, Matsuura K, Makiyama K, Ejima K, Taniguchi T, Sakamoto H, Kunishima H, Gilmour S, Nishiura H, Miyata H. An assessment of self-reported COVID-19 related symptoms of 227,898 users of a social networking service in Japan: Has the regional risk changed after the declaration of the state of emergency? The Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific. 2020; 1: 100011.
- Nomura S (co-first), Yoneoka D, Kawashima T, Tanoue Y, Ejima K, Shi S, Eguchi A, Taniguchi T, Sakamoto H, Kunishima H, Gilmour S, Nishiura H, Miyata H. Early SNS-based monitoring system for the COVID-19 outbreak in Japan: a population-level observational study. Journal of Epidemiology. 2020; 30(8): 362-70.
- Ghaznavi C, Sakamoto H, Nomura S, Kubota A, Yoneoka D, Shibuya K, Ueda P. The herbivore's dilemma: Trends in and factors associated with heterosexual relationship status and interest in romantic relationships among young adults in Japan-znalysis of national surveys, 1987-2015. PLoS One. 2020; 15(11): e0241571.
- Nomura S (co-first), Yoneoka D, Tanoue Y, Kawashima T, Shi S, Eguchi A, Ejima K, Taniguchi T, Sakamoto H, Kunishima H, Gilmour S, Nishiura H, Miyata H. Large-scale epidemiological monitoring of the COVID-19 epidemic in Tokyo. The Lancet Regional Health – Western Pacific. 2020; 3: 100016.
- Nomura S, Yoneoka D, Tanaka S, Makuuchi R, Sakamoto H, Ishizuka A, Nakamura H, Kubota A, Shibuya K. Limited alignment of publicly competitive disease funding with disease burden in Japan. PLoS One. 2020; 15(2): e0228542.
- Nomura S, Sakamoto H, Ishizuka A, Katsuma Y, Akashi H, Miyata H. Ongoing debate on data governance principles for achieving universal health coverage: a proposal to post-G20 Osaka summit meetings. Global Health Action. 2020; 13(1): 1859822.
- Nomura S, Sakamoto H, Sugai MK, Nakamura H, Maruyama-Sakurai K, Lee S, Ishizuka A, Shibuya K. Tracking Japan's development assistance for health, 2012-2016. Globalization and Health. 2020; 16(1): 32.
- Nomura S, Sakamoto H, Tsugawa Y, Iwanaga N, Kuchiki S, Kawachi I, Shibuya K. The 2020 Tokyo Olympic & Paralympic Games: time for Japan to showcase smokefree hospitality. Tobacco Control. 2019.
- Ghaznavi C, Sakamoto H, Yoneoka D, Nomura S, Shibuya K, Ueda P. Trends in heterosexual inexperience among young adults in Japan: analysis of national surveys, 1987-2015. BMC Public Health. 2019; 19(1): 355.
- Sakamoto H, Rahman MM, Nomura S, Okamoto E, Koike S, Yasunaga H, Kawakami N, Hashimoto H, Kondo N, Abe SK, Palmer M, Ghaznavi C. Japan health system review. New Delhi: World Health Organization Regional Office for South-East Asia. 2018.
- Han SM, Rahman MM, Rahman MS, Swe KT, Palmer M, Sakamoto H, Nomura S, Shibuya K. Progress towards universal health coverage in Myanmar: a national and subnational assessment. The Lancet Global Health. 2018; 6(9): e989-e97.
- Nomura S, Sakamoto H, Glenn S, Tsugawa Y, Abe SK, Rahman MM, Brown JC, Ezoe S, Fitzmaurice C, Inokuchi T, Kassebaum NJ, Kawakami N, Kita Y, Kondo N, Lim SS, Maruyama S, Miyata H, Mooney MD, Naghavi M, Onoda T, Ota E, Otake Y, Roth GA, Saito E, Tabuchi T, Takasaki Y, Tanimura T, Uechi M, Vos T, Wang H, Inoue M, Murray CJL, Shibuya K. Population health and regional variations of disease burden in Japan, 1990-2015: a systematic subnational analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. The Lancet. 2017; 390(10101): 1521-38.