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Message from the Dean

Message from the Dean

学部長

Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine and School of Medicine was established as a temporary hospital and medical school for the Nagoya Domain in 1871 and has become a prestigious institution of learning with a history spanning more than 150 years. While inheriting the history since its foundation, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine and School of Medicine has continued to advance and seeks to be a leading research university in the world, while pioneering new medicine and healthcare as part of its ideology. The starting point to improve the strength of research is education.Regarding faculty and graduate school education, three programs are being carried out, namely Near-peer teaching in community oriented medical education based on Onsite and Virtual learning Integrated with Anthropology (NOVI+A), Convolution of Informatics and Biomedical Sciences on Glocal Alliances (CIBoG), and Academia-Industry collaboration platform for cultivating Medical AI Leaders (AI-MAILs).
International exchanges which were suspended during the COVID-19 pandemic have resumed. In November 2022, Nagoya University School of Medicine hosted the 6th annual conference of Global Alliance of Medical Excellence (GAME), a strategic international academic alliance of Schools of Medicine of seven universities around the world which aims to develop future medical education and joint international researches. This school has participated as a central member from the beginning. From now, we would like to promote international exchanges centering on GAME, CIBoG, AI-MAILs, and Joint Degree Program (JDP) with the University of Adelaide, Lund University, and University of Freiburg.
Administrative efficiency and system standardization of the Tokai National Higher Education and Research System, established in 2020 in cooperation with Gifu University is proceeding well. The Human Glycome Atlas Project (HGA) has been adopted as Large-Scale Academic Frontier Promotion Project to be carried out at the Institute for Glyco-core Research (iGCORE), a world-class hub for biological studies on glycans proudly belonging to both Universities. In addition, the Center for research, education, and development for healthcare life design (C-REX) aims to create a healthy medical society based on data-driven research, and is now a base under the direct control of the research system.
To promote the aforementioned education and research projects, collaboration with other universities, research institutes, businesses, and government agencies is essential, with mutual cooperation as the driving force for progress. With your help, we will continue to step forward to fulfill the mission entrusted to this school.

April 2023
Dean of School of Medicine and the Graduate School of Medicine
KIMURA, Hiroshi