Members

Graduate Students’ Voices 1

　After completing my clinical training, I went on to a doctoral program. Many of our students graduated from universities other than the University of Tsukuba, and we have a diverse group of members, including doctors, psychologists, and international students. I am currently working as an industrial physician at the same time as a graduate student. In addition to providing guidance on research and writing papers, I am studying industrial physician work that is difficult to learn on my own with the guidance of doctors who specialize in occupational psychiatry in the classroom.

Graduate Students’ Voices 2

　I am also engaged in clinical work at a psychiatric hospital while attending graduate school. In recent years, we have heard the term “direct birth,” but I personally believe that it is important to build a solid foundation for your career. The experience of actually learning from the basics of psychiatry to the latest knowledge in a clinical setting has given me a great deal of confidence. In addition, I have gained experience as an industrial physician and am in an environment where I can deepen my knowledge from multiple perspectives, and I am living a fulfilling life.

Announcement of Recruitment of Graduate Students (Research Students)

　Our group is looking for a wide range of graduate students (master’s and doctoral students) who are interested in occupational psychiatry and aerospace psychiatry!

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Chief Medical Officer Shotaro DOKI

For more information on the procedures for applying for graduate school entrance exams, please refer to the University of Tsukuba Graduate School Admissions Guide.

　Doctoral Program (Medical Degree Program)
（https://www.md.tsukuba.ac.jp/gradmed/en)

　Master’s Program (Master in Public Health)
（https://www.md.tsukuba.ac.jp/mph/en)

Laboratory exercises (for 1st-3rd year students of the School of Medicine)

　Our research group specializes in occupational psychiatry and space medicine, and conducts research with an emphasis on disease prevention. In particular, we are conducting research on the mental health of workers, which has become a major problem in today’s stressful society, and on mental health care for astronauts. Treatment of mental illnesses such as depression takes a long time, and workers, in particular, often have to take time off to recuperate. We aim to proactively intervene before treatment is required. Through fieldwork in society such as companies, we have produced many research results that contribute to preventive medicine for workers using epidemiological methods such as questionnaire surveys and physiological methods such as fNIRS.

Specifically, themes include the discovery of factors that maintain and improve the mental health of workers, the fusion of AI technology and occupational medicine, the prevention of long working hours for teachers, and the improvement of stress tolerance in long-term closed environments. We look forward to the participation of students who are interested in and motivated in these themes.

Occupational Psychiatry Course Major

　The University of Tsukuba Hospital is looking for a medical officer majoring in the Department of Occupational Psychiatry. This program is a training program that trains physicians with expertise in occupational psychiatry based on a systematic program. The feature of this program is that it systematically incorporates the training necessary for occupational psychiatry, and after acquiring clinical diagnostic skills through training in internal medicine, psychiatry, etc., and by receiving training in occupational psychiatry, it is possible to train specialists with a wide range of abilities.

Career Path of Graduates

　After completing the doctoral and master’s programs, students continue to pursue a variety of paths based on their individual needs.

　Cases of contributing to education and research at universities and industrial physicians of universities, cases of contributing to researchers at universities, cases of contributing to industrial physicians of companies and research institutes, cases of contributing to occupational health services of companies by opening industrial physician offices, cases of contributing to rework programs at psychiatric hospitals, cases of contributing to the mental health of workers by opening mental clinics, There are cases related to the space industry, such as contributing to manned space development, and cases of contributing to companies related to overseas imports and exports.

All of them are widely active in society by utilizing their expertise in occupational psychiatry and space medicine.