Takemi Fellows 2006-2007

The 2006-2007 Takemi Fellows and brief descriptions of their research follows below. These Fellows come from 6 different countries, and represent the 23rd group of fellows since the Program's inception in 1984. The Takemi Fellows network now includes a total of 189 Fellows from 47 countries.

Onil Bhattacharyya, Canada : Evaluating aNew Model of Community Health Servicesfor Urban China . Email: obhattac@hsph.harvard.edu

Yao Mao Chang, Taiwan : The correlation between medical news and medical utilization. Email: ymchang@hsph.harvard.edu

Anup Karan, India : Poverty, Nutrition and Health--Lack of Affordability or Poor Choice? Email: akaran@hsph.harvard.edu

Naoki Kondo, Japan : Income inequality, regional differences in the pace of expanding inequality, and mental stress in Japanese national representative sample. Email: nkondo@hsph.harvard.edu

Tae-Jin Lee, Korea : Paying out of pocket for health care in Korea and the United States : Catastrophic and Poverty Impact. Email: tjlee@hsph.harvard.edu

Richard Wamai, Kenya : Roles and relationships of NGOS and government, and policy responses and challenges in Kenya ’s changing healthcare system. Email: rwamai@hsph.harvard.edu

Qinxiang Xue, China : Evaluation of Different Health Cares Models in Western Part of China . Email: qxue@hsph.harvard.edu

Fumihiro Yagyu, Japan : Developing the GIS allocation system of the facilities for HIV care and prevention in Ho Chi Minh City , Vietnam . Email: fyagyu@hsph.harvard.edu

Visiting Scientists to the Program

Sachiko Masuda, Japan : Pharmaceutical pricing and availability from comparative, international perspective before and after patent protection. Email: smasuda@hsph.harvard.edu

Takeko Oishi, Japan : Study on factors which influence and make a difference in the number of patients taking hormone replacement therapy between US and Japan . Email: toishi@hsph.harvard.edu

Bong-min Yang, Korea : Pharmaceutical reimbursement policy, using economic evidence. Email: byang@hsph.harvard.edu