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International Future Medicine Lab
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A lab working on medical care for international patients, the overseas expansion of medical technologies, and the training of healthcare professionals.
AboutAbout the lab
Becoming a bridge between the world and Japan.
The International Future Medicine Lab is introduced on the same website as the International Medical Center of the Department of Medical Innovation at Osaka University Hospital.
The International Medical Center is built on three pillars: accepting international patients, supporting the overseas expansion of medical technologies, and education and human resource development.
For medical technologies developed by Japanese researchers, the International Medical Center partners with overseas research institutions and medical institutions, aiming for social implementation suited to the healthcare environment of each country.
In education and human resource development, the International Medical Center works with the Department of International Future Medicine and incorporates perspectives from social science and policy studies as well as medicine.
Key terms
- International joint clinical research
- Clinical research conducted in partnership with overseas institutions. It requires plans that take into account differences such as the genetic backgrounds of the populations and standard treatments
- Global Health
- An interdisciplinary academic field that aims to improve the health of people around the world and reduce health disparities
ResearchResearch themes
Built on three pillars of medical care for international patients, overseas expansion of medical technologies, and education and human resource development, the International Medical Center aims to advance international medicine and contribute to health promotion. The greeting on its website explains the growing importance of international joint clinical research and the interdisciplinary perspective of Global Health.
*Illustrative imageOverseas expansion of medical technologies
The International Medical Center partners with overseas research institutions and medical institutions to bring medical technologies developed by Japanese researchers into society in a form suited to the healthcare environment of each country. International joint clinical research requires research plans that also take into account differences in language, culture, and standard treatment.
*Illustrative imageEducation and research in Global Health
Global Health is an interdisciplinary field that aims to improve the health of people around the world and reduce health disparities. The International Medical Center works with the Department of International Future Medicine and carries out education and research that also incorporate perspectives from social science and policy studies.
MembersFaculty
The members of the International Medical Center consist of faculty, project technical staff, medical interpreters and international medical coordinators, and project administrative staff.As of 2026
- ProfessorYoshiki Sawa
- Project ProfessorKen Nakata
- ProfessorDaisaku Nakatani
- Project LecturerRie Ogasawara
- Project LecturerYu Moriguchi
- Project Assistant ProfessorSubhash Revankar Gajanan
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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: “Female health workers in India ( )” CDC Global / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Overseas expansion of medical technologies: “Flag Map of the World (2025)” NickHannaBarbera / CC0 (cropped)
- Education and research in Global Health: “World Health Organization membership status map” Alinor at English Wikipedia / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
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