Education
Ph.D. (Doctor in Health Science), Department of International Health,
Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Japan (2005)
M.A. (Masters in Comparative Culture), Graduate Program in Global
Studies, Sophia University, Japan (2000)
B.A. Department of Social Services, Faculty of Human Sciences, Sophia
University, Japan (1991)
Academic Activities
Research Fellow, Takemi Program in International Health,
Harvard School of Public Health (2005-2006)
Visiting Researcher, Japan Medical Association Research Institute
(November 2006-Present)
Visiting Researcher, University of Tokyo (2005-Present)
Membership
American Public Health Association
Japan Association for International
Health
Japan Health Economics Association
Research Interests
Ethics and human rights; theories and practice in infectious disease
control; cultural /sociological/ political aspects of global and
national health care systems.
Grant Contract
Japan Medical Association Research Institute (November 2006-March
2007)
Korean Cultural Study Foundation, Tokyo, Japan (2002-2003)
Referee for International Journal
British Medical Journal (BMJ)
Selected Bibliography
Monographs
Sase E. Illness experiences of Korean former leprosy
patients in Japan's leprosarium: A comparative qualitative study
with South Korea. PhD Dissertation, Graduate School of Medicine,
The University of Tokyo, 2005.
Sase E. Antisemitism in Contemporary Japan:
Structures and Mechanisms of Social Prejudice and Discrimination.
MA Dissertation, Graduate Program in Global Studies, Sophia University,
2000.
Journal Articles
Sase E, Jimba M, Wakai S. Scar of Japan's leprosy
isolation policy in Korea. Lancet 2004; 363: 1396-97.
Sase E, Jimba M, Wakai S. Nihon oyobi kankoku
niokeru hansenbyou moto Kanja intabyu chosa kenkyu. [In-depth interviews
with former leprosy patients in Japan and Korea]. Seikyu gakujutsu
ronbun shu [Seikyu Collection of Academic Papers], 2004; 24:207-247
(in Japanese).
Sase E, Wakai S. A world war against terrorism. Lancet 2001;
358: 1365.
Invited Lectures and Paper Presentations
"Ethics and human rights: Tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS and Leprosy in Japan," Japan
Medical Association, Tokyo, Japan. (October 3, 2006)
"Human rights protection and ethics in infectious disease control:
Practice in Japan," Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA.
(June 15, 2006)
"Human rights and ethics in Japan’s infectious disease control," Harvard
Center for Population and Development Studies, Cambridge, MA. (May
17, 2006)
"Illness experiences of former Korean leprosy patients," Boston
University, Anna Howard Shaw Center, Boston, MA. (January 26, 2006)
"Interactions of self, family and society among former leprosy patients
in Korean resettlement villages," The 25th Modified Grounded Theory
Study Group, Rikkyo University, Tokyo, Japan. (March 6, 2004)
"Interview study on former leprosy patients in Japan and Korea," The
24th Modified Grounded Theory Study Group, Rikkyo University, Tokyo,
Japan. (January 24th, 2004)
"The rationalization mechanisms of former Japanese-Korean patients'
stay at leprosy sanatoria in Japan," Asian Studies Conference Japan,
Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan. (June 21, 2003)
"Rationalizing the stay in leprosy sanatoria: Complex emotions of
the former Korean-Japanese patients," Advances of Qualitative Methods,
Banff Centre, Banff, Canada. (May 3, 2003)
Academic Translation
Sase E. Interview with Dr. Richard Smith of BMJ. Public
Health. Igaku Shoin. 2004; 68(10): 798(46) - 805(53) (in Japanese).
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