We have been holding a series of events called “Find-Your-Role-Model” Session to provide students with opportunities to interact with TMDU alumni and worldwide leaders in health sciences. Through this roundtable-type, relaxed atmosphere event, we hope students will be able to find their role models in order to facilitate their career development in becoming future global leaders.

For the first FYRM session of the academic year 2019, we will host Dr. Kanna Sugiura, a psychiatrist. After she graduated from Tokyo Women’s Medical University in 2003, Dr. Sugiura trained as a resident with a focus on psychiatry at Yokohama City University. In 2010, she earned a master’s degree from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and then worked at Fiji National University, the WHO, and a national hospital in Equatorial Guinea. After returning to Japan, Dr. Sugiura joined at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as an administrative official. Dr. Sugiura remains active in the front lines of clinical medicine as a psychiatrist and occupational health physician. In addition, since 2016, Dr. Sugiura has been conducting a study about decision-making in the mental health field for her PhD at the University of Tokyo.

This session will be carried out in a round-table discussion format, and will cover the following points. Everyone is welcome to join us in a hearty discussion.

Topics

• Experience in London graduate school; Purpose and advantages for studying in London
• Current graduate research theme; About her research / Why Dr. Sugiura chose this theme
• Fiji, the WHO, Equatorial Guinea; Working in different countries / Comparison to working in Japan
• Mission, vision, outlook; Personal mission, future vision, role-models, and career path
• Advice for students; What TMDU students should do to prepare for working globally