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FREE Online Symposium
HEALTH AND THE 2011 GREAT EAST JAPAN EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI
Risk, Disaster and Resilience, and Working as a Risk Assessment, Health and Environment

Organizers:
Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction (IRDR), University College London
Center for Local Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (CLDPM), Yamaguchi University
Center for Research and Application of Satellite Remote Sensing (YUCARS), Yamaguchi University

Date: Friday, 11th March 2022

Time: 09:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. (GMT/UTC+0)
    06:00 p.m. - 08:45 p.m. (JST/UTC+9)

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The Speakers

University College London Yamaguchi University
Ilan Kelman
Professor, Institute for Risk & Disaster Reduction and Institute for Global Health, University College London, UK
Yuko Ushio
Professor, Community/Public Health Nursing, Yamaguchi University, Japan
Tiziana Rossetto
Professor of Earthquake Engineering, University College London, UK
Motoki Fujita
Associate Professor, Acute and General Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Japan
Joanna Faure Walker
Associate Professor, Institute for Risk & Disaster Reduction, Faculty of Maths & Physical Sciences, University College London, UK
Amiki Masae
Lecturer, Yamaguchi University, Japan
Louise Elstow
PhD Researcher, Lancaster University, UK, and Emergency Management Consultant
 

Program

Time (GMT)
AM
Time (JST)
PM
Presentation Name
9:00 – 9:05 6:00 - 6:05 Opening Speech by Vice Dean (International): Faculty of Population Health Sciences UCL Prof. Jolene Skordis
9:05 - 9:10 6:05 – 6:10 Opening Speech by Vice Rector (International) YU Prof. Shinji Masato
9:10 - 9:30 6:10 – 6:30 Mental Health after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Prof. Ilan Kelman
9:30 – 9:50 6:30 – 6:50 Contributions of Nursing Colleges to Disaster
The Experience of Hanshin -Awaji and Great East Japan Earthquake
Prof. Yuko Ushio
9:50 – 10:10 6:50 – 7:10 Post Disaster Shelter and Housing - Needs and Choices Dr. Joanna Faure Walker
10:10 – 10:20 7:10 – 7:20 Break Time  
10:20 – 10:40 7:20 – 7:40 Shelter Environment and Health Problems in Japan, Fundamental Nursing Dr. Amiki Masae
10:40 – 11:00 7:40 – 8:00 Tsunami Risk Index for Hospitals Prof. Tiziana Rossetto
11:00 – 11:20 8:00 – 8:20 Disaster Medical Assistance Team in Japan - A Case Study in Kumamoto Assoc. Prof. Motoki Fujita
11:20 – 11:40 8:20 – 8:40 Understanding Individual Radiation Risk - Personal Dosimetry Systems and the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Louise Elstow
11:40 – 11:45 8:40 – 8:45 Closing Remarks by Director, CLDPM, Yamaguchi University Prof. Motoyuki Suzuki

Call for Participants

This is FREE Zoom Meeting.Those who attend the seminar, please fill out the Registration Form by Thursday, 10th March 2022, 2:00 p.m (GMT/UTC+0) or 11:00 p.m. (JST/UTC+9).
You will receive a registration completion email immediately after registration. The registration completion email contains the Zoom participation URL, so please keep it until the day of the event. If you do not receive the registration completion email, it is possible that your registration has not been completed. In that case, please contact us by email. Depending on the security settings of your PC, it may arrive in the junk mail folder, so please check the junk mail folder as well.

Language: English
Capacity: 300 people
Registration Deadline: Thursday, 10th March 2022, 2:00 p.m (GMT/UTC+0) or 11:00 p.m. (JST/UTC+9)


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