Building the Center for Global Veterinary Leadership

Veterinarians bear heavy social responsibilities as the specialists of food safety and animal infectious diseases. Japan is located in Asia, a region where animal infectious diseases are widely spread. About 20% of livestock products is lost worldwide due to such diseases. Therefore, it is essential to strengthen the system of prevention against exotic infectious diseases and to contribute to curbing animal diseases in Asia, in order to secure stable supply of livestock products and ensure sustainable agriculture. For this purpose, it is imperative to cultivate veterinary leaders in the field of public services with global competencies including the expertise on infectious diseases control worldwide. As part of this project, we will build the Center for Global Veterinary Leaders at the University. This center should be a hub facility to connect the university’s veterinary schools with domestic and international veterinary institutions as well as veterinary schools in Asian countries through the information communication technology (ICT) as well as personnel exchanges. The students of this project will have practical training programs on the prevention of animal infectious diseases through exchange programs and internships at affiliated institutions and veterinary schools. We will also provide education using digitized materials prepared with the resources of our partner institutions. By delivering these ICT-based educational materials to the world, the center will contribute to the development of global veterinary leaders in Asian countries.

- 2012-2017: Establishment of next-generation educational systems of veterinary school in global era (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Program for Promoting Inter-University Collaborate Education)
- 2012-2017: Veterinary Public Health Camp (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology)
- 2014-2017: Inter-University Exchange Project(Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology , Collaboration on veterinary education between Japan and Thailand:For the sound development of Asia)
- 2014-2018: Top Global University Project(Constructing a Global Campus Model at UTokyo):2014-ongoing]
- Center for Research and Development of Higher Education, The University of Tokyo
- OIE(World Organization for Animal Health)Asia-Pacific region secretariat[applied for Veterinary Education Twinning Projects ] Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)[applied for Partnership program ]

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- Nakayama, H: "Current status of education reform on Veterinary Medicine in Japan and“One Health”education on Veterinary schools" The 2nd WVA-WMA Global Conference on One Health, Invited lecture(Kitakyushu)Nov. 2016
- Haga, T and Nakayama, H: "Veterinary Education in Japan", The 15th Asian Association of Veterinary Schools (AAVS) Congress and Joint Workshop of Asian Society of Conservation Medicine, The Education of Veterinary Medicine in Universities of Asia and Its Approach to One Health. The Asian Association of Veterinary Schools (AAVS) Invited lecture(National Taiwan University)Oct. 2016
- Haga, T and Nakayama, H: "Current status and agenda of veterinary education in Asia" Education reform symposium of The Japanese Society of Veterinary Science, Invited lecture (Nihon University)Sep. 2016
- Haga, T and Nakayama, H: "Veterinary Education in Asia, the Far East and Oceania", 4th OIE Global Conference on Veterinary Education: Implementing OIE guidelines to ensure the excellence of the veterinary profession "Learning today, preserving our future",OIE Global Conferences on Veterinary Education, Invited lecture(Bangkok,Thailand)June, 2016
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- OIE Global Conferences on Veterinary Education, Poster (Bangkok,Thailand)June, 2016
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