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Midwifery/Maternal Nursing/Women's Medicine Lab
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The lab explores care that supports women's health throughout life, from pregnancy and childbirth to menopause.
AboutAbout the lab
Exploring care that supports women's health throughout life.
The Midwifery/Maternal Nursing/Women's Medicine Lab studies care and support for women's health across the entire lifespan.
Centered on themes related to pregnancy, childbirth, and child-rearing, the lab also works on health management in adolescence and menopause, and on mental health care specific to women.
The lab values the perspectives of education, prevention, and management, and aims to conduct research that benefits clinical practice and society as a whole.
The master's program also provides education to train midwives.
Key terms
- Menopause
- Menopause (the climacteric): the several years before and after the end of menstruation, a period when hormonal changes make mental and physical symptoms more likely
- Depression
- Depression (depressive state): a persistent low mood in which a person lacks the motivation to do anything
- Work-life balance
- Work-life balance: the balance between work and one's family and personal life
NewsLab news
A doctoral student received the Hokkaido University Otsuka Award
Assistant Professor Hino received the Research Encouragement Award from the Hokkaido Chapter of the Japan Society of Nursing Research
A doctoral student received the Excellent Presentation Award at the 38th Annual Meeting of the Japan Academy of Midwifery
An undergraduate student received the Outstanding Graduation Research Award from the Department of Health Sciences, School of Medicine
ResearchResearch themes
Centered on themes related to pregnancy, childbirth, and child-rearing, the lab studies women's health problems across a wide range of ages, from adolescence to menopause. It is not limited to medicine and nursing, and also incorporates fields such as clinical psychology and applied mathematics.
*Illustrative imageWomen's health from adolescence to menopause
The lab covers health support for women not only during pregnancy and childbirth but from adolescence through menopause. Combining biological perspectives with cultural and social perspectives, it conducts research to improve women's health and well-being.
*Illustrative imageSleep and fatigue in postpartum mothers
Mothers after childbirth are prone to sleep deprivation because of round-the-clock breastfeeding, which raises the risk of anxiety and depression. The lab studies how mothers can sleep between feedings, aiming to help them raise their children in good health without undue strain.
*Illustrative imageSelf-management for working women and pregnant women
This research aims to help working women and pregnant women acquire correct knowledge about health, manage their minds and bodies themselves, and achieve the work-life balance they want.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Midwifery/Maternal Nursing/Women's Medicine Lab consist of faculty members and doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- ProfessorYasuhiko Ebina
- Associate ProfessorYoshiko Kondo
- Assistant ProfessorAi Kawashima
- Assistant ProfessorMarie Hino
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Newborn-Baby-Feet” Evan-Amos / Public domain (cropped)
- Women's health from adolescence to menopause: “Menstrual cup in hand” Vulvani / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Sleep and fatigue in postpartum mothers: “Newborn feet nestled gently in a parent's hand highlighting the bond of love and care at home” Shixart1985 / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Self-management for working women and pregnant women: “Woman working at a desk in an office setting closeup” Shixart1985 / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Sports Physical Therapy Lab): “Hartschaumrolle” Finfit / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Psychiatric Nursing Lab): “Depressed man sits in a chair by a window looking out at trees and a green landscape on a sunny day” Shixart1985 / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Pediatric Nursing Lab): “DSC 7746 A parent and child walk along the shoreline at sunset the sun casting a golden path across the water” PattayaPatrol / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Fundamental Nursing Lab): “2023 Stetoskop” Jacek Halicki / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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