To be yourself
Gerontological Nursing provides practical education based on a wide variety of research, aiming to enhance individualized care and to build and integrate a comprehensive community care system to enable people to live as they like until the end of their lives in today's super-aging society.



Academic staff

Professor Yasushi Takeya Research Map
Associate Professor Miyae Yamakawa Research Map
Assistant Professor Eriko Koujiya Research Map


Administrative Secretary

Sawako Hayashi, Kasumi Otani


Specially Appointed Lecturer

Masako Higo


Special Researcher

Misato Yoshida


Doctoral Program

D3　Tamami Shiba, Kaori Umezaki, Huiting Wang, Shimpei Takahashi
D2　Mizuki Katsuhisa, Yuichiro Saizen, Yuko Takeshita, Wenping Mo, Xujing Hu
D1　Reiko Kanaya, Xiaoji Liu, ,Jieyu Mao, Taiki Teshima, Keisuke Iwase


Master Program

M2　Mai Onishi, Misaki Kasamatsu, Aki Sugiura, Hitomi Chikama, Ayako Hibi
M1　Sayaka Hayashi, Runa Hirose, Misaki Fujii, Yang Liu


Research Student

Wu YunFan, Han Zhao


Graduates

2022
（Master Program）Moeno Seta, Xiaoji Liu
（Doctoral Program）Yuki Moriki
2021
（Master Program）Kasumi Ikuta, Mizuki Katsuhisa, Reiko Kanaya, Yuichiro Saizen, Keigo Takiue
2020
（Master Program）Sonoko Ito, Shimpei Takahashi, Miho Nishitsuji, Nana Hirokawa
（Doctoral Program） Etsuko Oham, Naoko Ohtsuki


Related Laboratories
Faculty and Overseas Researchers

Toshiyuki Suwa, PhD.（Department of Health Sciences, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine – Invited Faculty)
Momoe Utsumi, RN, PhD.（Department of Health Sciences, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine-Associate Professor)
Tomohiro Kamata, OTR（TRAPE Corporation; CEO； Invited Faculty）
Hirooki Miyazaki, OTR(NPO Corporation ENABLE; Chairman; Invited faculty）
Aki Nagase, RN, GCNS, NP（ Medical corporation Ohisamakai Ohisama Clinic Nishinomiya; Geriatric Nurse Specialist/ Clinical Nurse； Invited Faculty）
Shunji Suto, PhD.（Nara Medical University; Associate Professor; Invited Professor）
Kumiko Katsuma（Nanaru Visiting Nursing Station; General manager; Invited Professor）
Aya Tanaka (Gourmet Kineya Social Contribution House; Facility Director; Clinical Professor)
Kazue Kamae (Shigenobu), MD, PhD.（ Director, Asakayama Hospital Medical Center for Dementia Diseases）
Sanae Kishimoto, MHS, MPH（Graduate School of Medicine,Kyoto University - Visiting Researcher）
Fukui Sakiko RN, PhD （ Tokyo Medical and Dental University,Professor, Invited Professor）

Nick Tyler(UK, University College of London; Invited Professor)
Hee Sun Kang（South Korea, Chung-Ang University, Professor）
Partaporn Bhatarasakoon (Thai, Chiang Mai University, Professor)
Tatsuto Suzuki (UK, University College of London, Technician; Invited Researcher)
Kristina Mikkonen (Finland, Oulu University Finland; Associate Professor)
Christina Sung (Taiwan, Tzu-Chi University, Science and Technology, Taiwan; Associate Professor)

Geriatric and General Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine
Department of Psychiatry, Osaka University Medical School
Asakayama General Hospital
Nanaru Visiting Nursing Station
GOURMET KINEYA Corporation
TRAPE Corporation
NPO Corporation ENABLE