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Over 120 years have passed since the beginning of the modern Olympics, and the role of sports has increased diversity in modern society. At the same time, the diversity is progressing in the field of sports medicine too.
In other words, competitive sports is advancing with seeking how to prevent sports injuries in various situations, or sports have been proved to have potential for preventing diseases or improving health by more precise evaluations.
Medical care always involves both medical benefits and risks and, and it is crucial to make a strategy to treat patients with considering the balance of the risks and benefits.
This Sports Medicine Doctoral Degree Program aims to cultivate researchers and highly specialized professionals who will be active in academia and society from the standpoint of sports medicine by acquiring a wide range of knowledge and skills centered on their specialized fields and fostering advanced research abilities to conduct independent research activities.
In particular, the goal of our program aims to foster ability to utilize scientific evidence related to the benefits and risks of sports and exercise, to make an appropriate decision, and to disseminate what sport medicine can contribute to modern society.
To achieve this goal, our program is comprised of three research fields: medical conditioning, athletic training, and sports translational science. The instructional framework includes faculty from physical education, medicine, and human sciences, as well as faculty from the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology as a collaborative graduate school.
The degree awarded upon completion of the program is “Doctor of Sports Medicine,” which is only one among other educational institutions.
In recent years, the number of international students has been increasing, and we strive to improve ourselves in multicultural environment.
Chairperson: WATANABE Koichi, MD, Ph.D.