qualifications: MD, PhD
position: Professor
Since 2002, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the Vice President of Center for Perinatal Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan. I have been working as an obstetrician for 3 decades and hitherto wrote 105 first author English peer-reviewed papers. The Chief of Clinical Research Support Team (CRST)-Jichi, which helps remote physicians to write scientific papers. I used to be a remote rural general physician myself.
Women's wellbeing and Niska (goose) Harvesting in subarctic Ontario, Canada
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COVID-19 in endangered Indigenous groups from the Amazonia, Ecuador
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Experiences of rural Australian men with online SMART Recovery mutual-help groups
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Attraction and retention of nurses in rural, remote and isolated locations
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11th Biennial Pacific Region Indigenous Doctors Congress (PRIDoC) 2024, 2–6 December 2024, Kaurna Country, Adelaide, Australia
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Te Tāreitanga: Evolving understanding of health workforce research, 9 December 2024, Dunedin, NZ, and online
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4th International Indigenous Health & Wellbeing Conference 2025, 16–19 June 2025, Adelaide Convention Centre, Kaurna Country, Australia
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