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Curriculum Vitae
Dec. 1, 2023

Shinichi Egawa, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.S.
Professor
International Cooperation for Disaster Medicine Lab.
International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS)
Tohoku University, Sendai, JAPAN
http://www.irides-icdm.med.tohoku.ac.jp/index.html

Current Profile and Research Topic:
Prof. Shinichi Egawa transformed from a pancreatic surgeon to a disaster medical diplomat after getting involved in the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011. Prof. Egawa actively promotes international, domestic, and inter-disciplinary understanding and collaboration of disaster medicine and disaster risk reduction (DRR) science. IRIDeS is a unique institute with a Disaster Medical Science Division to promote comprehensive and practical disaster science. Prof. Egawa organized the International Symposium on Disaster Medical and Public Health Management in May 2014 in Washington DC, which became a successful initiative for the health sector to incorporate their opinion to Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 adopted by 187 UN member states in the 3rd World Conference for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015, Sendai, Japan. Research topics include medical needs, medical coordinator, simulation, information analysis, implementation of the health aspect of the Sendai Framework, and education on disaster medicine.

Professional Assignment and Education:
Prof. Egawa has served as an Executive Editor for disaster medicine in the Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine since 2021 and became Editor-in-Chief in Jan. 2023. He also serves as Deputy Editor for Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, and the Advisory Working Group for the Project for Strengthening the ASEAN Regional Capacity on Disaster Health Management (ARCH Project).

2022: Head, Co-creation Center for Disaster Resilience, IRIDeS, Tohoku University
2020: Assistant Director, IRIDeS, Tohoku University
2019: Steering Committee, WISE Program for Sustainability in the Dynamic Earth (SyDE), Tohoku University
2019: Steering Committee, International Joint Graduate Program in Resilience and Safety Studies (GP-RSS), Tohoku University
2015: Director, Post Graduate Course, Human Security, Tohoku University
2014: Head, Disaster Medical Science Division
2012: Professor, Division of International Cooperation for Disaster Medicine, IRIDeS, Tohoku University.
2006: Associate Professor, Division of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Tohoku University
1999: Visiting Research Fellow, Division of Surgical Oncology and Biological Therapy, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute
1995: Ph. D., Tohoku University
1993: Staff Scientist, Growth Factor Division, National Cancer Center Research Institute,
1987: Graduated from Tohoku University School of Medicine

Awards and Honors:

2017: Publons Top Reviewers for Tohoku University
2015: Presidential Award for Human Security Course at Tohoku University
2010: Best Doctors in Japan
2009: Educational Award, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine

Memberships:
Japanese Association for Disaster Medicine, Japanese Society of Public Health, American College of Surgeons, Japan Surgical Society, Japan Pancreas Society

Recent International Speech:

2023: International Conference on Science and Technology for Sustainability 2023 - Transforming Society to Become Resilient and Sustainable Beyond Catastrophic Disasters - Moderator of High-Level Panel Session
2023: Egawa S. Human resilience in disaster science: Is it possible to leave no one behind?University of Washington-Tohoku University: Academic Open Space (UW-TU: AOS) Symposium.

Selected Publications in Disaster Medicine:

1.: Tsuboi M, Sasaki H, Park H, Usuda Y, Hanashima M, Saito M, Takahashi S, Sakisaka K, Hibiya M, Kiyota K, Hatsugai K, Nishizawa M, Sugawara Y, Tsuji I, Egawa S. (2023) Evacuation at Home Delayed the First Medical Intervention in Minamisanriku Town after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. Prehosp Disaster Med. 38(3): 301-310. doi: 10.1017/S1049023X2300050X.
2.: Saengtabtim K, Tang J, Leelawat N, Egawa S, Suppasri A, Imamura F. (2023) Universal health coverage mitigated COVID-19 health-related consequences in Asia Oceania. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 92:103725. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2023.103725
3.: Egawa S. (2022) Disaster medicine for older adults. Pp208-210. Fusion of the West and the East, Harmony of Human and Technology. Edited by Kenichi Meguro, Tomonari Koto, Mobuko Kawabata, Mari Kasai. Tohoku University Press, Sendai ISBN 978-4-86163-380-5.
4.: Wahidin M, Pane M, Purnama TB, Maemun S, Egawa S. (2022) Health System Disruption at the Primary Health Center Level Affected by Earthquake, Tsunami, and Liquefaction in 3 Districts of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2022 Mar 28;17:e95. doi: 10.1017/dmp.2021.368. PMID: 35341484.
5.: Hung KKC, MacDermot MK, Chan EYY, Mashino S, Balsari S, Ciottone GR, Della Corte F, Dell'Aringa MF, Egawa S, Evio BD, Hart A, Ishii T, Ragazzoni L, Sasaki H, Walline JH, Wong CS, Dalal S, Kayano R, Abrahams J, Huda Q, Graham CA. (2022) Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management Workforce Development Strategies: Delphi Consensus Study. Prehosp Disaster Med. 1-14. doi: 10.1017/S1049023X22001467.
6.: Fujii S, Kunii Y, Nonaka S, Hamaie Y, Hino M, Egawa S, Kuriyama S, Tomita H. (2023) Real-Time Prediction of Medical Demand and Mental Health Status in Ukraine under Russian Invasion Using Tweet Analysis. Tohoku J Exp Med 259(3):177-188. doi: 10.1620/tjem.2022.J111.
7.: Adeoya AA, Sasaki H, Fuda M, Okamoto T, Egawa S. (2021) Child Nutrition in Disaster: A Scoping Review. Tohoku J Exp Med, 2022;256(2):103-118. https://doi.org/10.1620/tjem.256.103
8.: Nomura, S.; Kayano, R.; Egawa, S.; Harada, N.; Koido, Y. (2021) Expected Scopes of Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management (Health EDRM): Report on the Expert Workshop at the Annual Conference for the Japanese Association for Disaster Medicine 2020. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 18, 4447. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18094447
9.: Hung, K.K.C., Mashino, S., Chan, E.Y.Y., MacDermot, M.K., Balsari, S., Ciottone, G.R., Della Corte, F., Dell'Aringa, M.F., Egawa, S., Evio, B.D., Hart, A., Hu, H., Ishii, T., Ragazzoni, L., Sasaki, H., Walline, J.H., Wong, C.S., Bhattarai, H.K., Dalal, S., Kayano, R., Abrahams, J., Graham, C.A. (2021) Health Workforce Development in Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management: The Need for Evidence-Based Recommendations. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health, 18, 3382. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18073382
10.: Egawa S. (2021) Progress of Disaster Medicine during Ten Years after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. Tohoku J Exp Med. 253, 159-170. https://doi.org/10.1620/tjem.253.159
11.: Alifia, R. R., Rahma, F., Hamida, U., Koesoema, A. P., Irawan, Y. S. and Egawa, S. (2020) "Tsunami Fighters: Collaborative Multilingual Mobile Game for Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster Preparedness Education," 2020 IEEE 8th R10 Humanitarian Technology Conference (R10-HTC), Kuching, Malaysia, pp. 1-6, https://doi.org/10.1109/R10-HTC49770.2020.9357038
12.: Egawa S, Sasaki H, Suppasri A, Tomita H, Imamura F, Nagami F, Kanatani Y, Eto A, Koido Y, Kubo T, Kato H, Kim Y, Mashino S, Kayano R. Historical developments in Health EDRM policy and research: the case study of Japan. Chapter 1.3 in WHO Guidance on Research Methods for Health and Disaster Risk Management. Available at https://extranet.who.int/kobe_centre/sites/default/files/pdf/WHO%20Guidance_Research%20Methods_Health-EDRM_1.3.pdf
13.: Chagan-Yasutan, H.; Hanan, F.; Niki, T.; Bai, G.; Ashino, Y.; Egawa, S.; Telan, E.F.O.; Hattori, T. Plasma Osteopontin Levels is Associated with Biochemical Markers of Kidney Injury in Patients with Leptospirosis. Diagnostics 2020, 10, 439. doi:10.3390/diagnostics10070439
14.: Nakamura Y, Suda T, Murakami A, Sasaki H, Tsuji I, Sugawara Y, Nishizawa M, Hatsugai K, Egawa S. Sleep Disturbance of Evacuees in Minamisanriku Town after Great East Japan Earthquake: Risk Factors and Treatment. Tohoku J Exp Med 2020; 251(3): 207-216. doi:10.1620/tjem.251.207
15.: Sasaki H, Maruya H, Abe Y, Fujita M, Furukawa H, Fuda M, Kamei T, Yaegashi N, Tominaga T, Egawa S. Scoping Review of Hospital Business Continuity Plans to Validate the Improvement after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. Tohoku J Exp Med 2020; 251(3): 147-159. doi: 10.1620/tjem.251.147.
16.: Suda T, Murakami A, Nakamura Y, Sasaki H, Tsuji I, Sugawara Y, Hatsugai K, Nishizawa M, Egawa S. Medical Needs in Minamisanriku Town after the Great East Japan Earthquake. Tohoku J Exp Med. 2019 Jun; 248(2): 73-86. doi: 10.1620/tjem.248.73. PubMed PMID: 31178539.
17.: Egawa S. Preface. in Human Security: Social Support for the Health of the Aging Population Based on Geriatric Behavioral Neurology. Meguro K. edition. Nova Medicine & Health. 2019; ISBN-13: 978-1536137798
18.: Egawa S, Jibiki Y, Sasaki D, Ono Y, Nakamura Y, Suda T, Sasaki H. The correlation between life expectancy and disaster risk. Journal of Disaster Research 2018; 13(6): 1049-1061. http://doi.org/10.20965/jdr.2018.p1049 or https://www.fujipress.jp/jdr/dr/dsstr001300061049/
19.: Jones-Konneh TEC, Suda T, Sasaki H, Egawa. S Agent-Based Modeling and Simulation of Nosocomial Infection among Healthcare Workers during Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak in Sierra Leone. Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine, 2018; 245(4): 231-238. DOI https://doi.org/10.1620/tjem.245.231
20.: Pascapurnama DN, Murakami A, Chagan-Yasutan H, Hattori T, Sasaki H, Egawa S. Integrated health education in disaster risk reduction: Lesson learned from disease outbreak following natural disasters in Indonesia. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2017.07.013
21.: Jones-Konneh TEC, Murakami A, Sasaki H, Egawa S. Intensive Education of Health Care Workers Improves the Outcome of Ebola Virus Disease: Lessons Learned from the 2014 Outbreak in Sierra Leone. Tohoku J Exp Med. 2017 Oct;243(2):101-105. https://doi.org/10.1620/tjem.243.101 PubMed PMID: 29033398.
22.: Egawa S, Suda T, Jones-Konneh TEC, Murakami A, Sasaki H. Nation-Wide Implementation of Disaster Medical Coordinators in Japan. Tohoku J Exp Med. 2017; 243(1): 1-9. doi: http://doi.org/10.1620/tjem.243.1 PubMed PMID: 28890523.
23.: Dapat IC, Pascapurnama DN, Iwasaki H, Labayo HK, Chagan-Yasutan H, Egawa S, Hattori T. Secretion of Galectin-9 as a DAMP during Dengue Virus Infection in THP-1 Cells. Int J Mol Sci. 2017 Jul 28;18(8). pii: E1644. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms18081644 PubMed PMID: 28788062; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5578034.
24.: Murakami A, Sasaki H, Pascapurnama DN, Egawa S. Non-communicable diseases after Great East Japan Earthquake: Systematic review 2011-2016. Disaster Med Public Health Prep 2017 Oct 16:1-12. https://doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2017.63 PubMed PMID: 29032775.
25.: Egawa S, Murakami A, Sasaki H. Healthy Community Resilient against Disaster. Pp 139-152, In Santiago-Fandino V., Sato S. & Iuchi K. (Eds.), The 2011 Japan Earthquake and Tsunami: Reconstruction and Restoration. Insights and Assessment after 5 Years. Switzerland: Springer, 2017. DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58691-5_9 ISBN 978-3-319-58691-5
26.: Pascapurnama DN, Labayo HKM, Dapat I, Nagarajegowda DD, Zhao J, Zhang J, Yamada O, Kikuchi H, Egawa S, Oshima Y, Chagan-Yasutan H, Hattori T. Induction of osteopontin by Dengue virus-3 infection in THP-1 cells: Inhibition of the synthesis by Brefelamide and its derivative. Front. Microbiol. 2017; 8:521. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00521
27.: Kuriyama S, Yaegashi N, Nagami F, Arai T, Kawaguchi Y, Osumi N, Sakaida M, Suzuki Y, Nakayama K, Hashizume H, Tamiya G, Kawame H, Suzuki K, Hozawa A, Nakaya N, Kikuya M, Metoki H, Tsuji I, Fuse N, Kiyomoto H, Sugawara J, Tsuboi A, Egawa S, Ito K, Chida K, Ishii T, Tomita H, Taki Y, Minegishi N, Ishii N, Yasuda J, Igarashi K, Shimizu R, Nagasaki M, Koshiba S, Kinoshita K, Ogishima S, Takai-Igarashi T, Tominaga T, Tanabe O, Ohuchi N, Shimosegawa T, Kure S, Tanaka H, Ito S, Hitomi J, Tanno K, Nakamura M, Ogasawara K, Kobayashi S, Sakata K, Satoh M, Shimizu A, Sasaki M, Endo R, Sobue K, Tohoku Medical Megabank Project Study Group T, Yamamoto M. The Tohoku Medical Megabank Project: Design and Mission. J Epidemiol. 2016 Sep 5;26(9):493-511.
28.: Hattori T, Chagan-Yasutan H, Shiratori B, Egawa S, Izumi T, Kubo T, Nakajima C, Suzuki Y, Niki T, Alisjahbana B, Telan E. Development of Point-of-Care Testing for Disaster-Related Infectious Diseases. Tohoku J Exp Med. 2016; 238(4): 287-93.
29.: Pascapurnama DN, Murakami A, Chagan-Yasutan H, Hattori T, Sasaki H, Egawa S. Prevention of Tetanus Outbreak Following Natural Disaster in Indonesia: Lessons Learned from Previous Disasters. Tohoku J Exp Med. 2016; 238(3): 219-27.
30.: Egawa S. Executive summary. pp3-4, in IRIDeS Fact-Finding and relationship-building mission to Nepal.
31.: Egawa S, Murakami A, Sasaki H. Medical and Public Health Management. pp47-66, in IRIDeS Fact-Finding and relationship-building mission to Nepal.
32.: Aitsi-Selmi A, Egawa S, Sasaki H, Wannous C, Murray V. The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction: Renewing the Global Commitment to People's Resilience, Health, and Well-being. Int J Disaster Risk Sci 2015; 6(2): 164-176.
33.: Matsumura T, Osaki S, Kudo D, Furukawa H, Nakagawa A, Abe Y, Yamanouchi S, Egawa S, Tominaga T, Kushimoto S. Water supply facility damage and water resource operation at disaster base hospitals in Miyagi prefecture in the wake of the great East Japan earthquake. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2015; 30(2): 193-198.
34.: Ashino Y, Chagan-Yasutan H, Egawa S, Hattori T. Ebola Virus Disease: Preparedness in Japan. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2015; 9(1): 74-78.
35.: Maezawa S, Kudo D, Furukawa H, Nakagawa A, Yamanouchi S, Matsumura T, Egawa S, Tominaga T, Kushimoto S. Radiology diagnostic devices under emergency electric power at disaster base hospitals during the acute phase of the Great East Japan Earthquake: Results of a survey of all disaster base hospitals in Miyagi prefecture. Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2014 Dec 10:1-5.
36.: Usuzawa M, O Telan E, Kawano R, S Dizon C, Alisjahbana B, Ashino Y, Egawa S, Fukumoto M, Izumi T, Ono Y, Hattori T. Awareness of disaster reduction frameworks and risk perception of natural disaster: a questionnaire survey among Philippine and Indonesian health care personnel and public health students. Tohoku J Exp Med. 2014; 233(1): 43-8.
37.: Egawa S : Position Paper of the International Symposium on Disaster Medical and Public Health Preparedness: Review of Hyogo Framework for Action. http://www.preventionweb.net/english/professional/publications/v.php?id=38336
38.: Egawa S, MacIntyre AG, Beadling CW, Walsh JT, Shimomura O. International symposium on disaster medicine and public health management: review of the Hyogo Framework for Action. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2014; 8(4): 357-358.
39.: Burkle FM, Egawa S, MacIntyre AG, Otomo Y, Beadling CW, Walsh JT. The 2015 Hyogo Framework for Action: Cautious Optimism. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 2014; 8 (3): 191-192.
40.: Egawa S. Safe hospital should be... Disaster Medicine and Public Health 2014; 8 (3): 188-190.
41.: Egawa S. Section 30; National Preparedness of Disaster Medicine as Tertiary Risk Reduction. Pp 51 and 65 in Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters. HFA IRIDeS Review Report Focusing on 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. May 2014. http://irides.tohoku.ac.jp/media/files/HFA_IRIDeS_ReviewReport_Web_20140612%281%29.pdf
42.: Egawa S. Section 34; DMAT as the First and Long-lasting Responder. Pp 56 and 66 in Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters. HFA IRIDeS Review Report Focusing on 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. May 2014. http://irides.tohoku.ac.jp/media/files/HFA_IRIDeS_ReviewReport_Web_20140612%281%29.pdf
43.: Izumi T, Egawa S. Section 36; Preparedness for Low-frequency and High-impact Disasters from a Medical Perspective. Pp58-59 in Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters. HFA IRIDeS Review Report Focusing on 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. May 2014. http://irides.tohoku.ac.jp/media/files/HFA_IRIDeS_ReviewReport_Web_20140612%281%29.pdf
44.: Egawa S, Kodama M, Sasaki H. Installation of medical and public health coordinator in Japan. Proceedings of 9th APRU Research Symposium on Multi-hazards around the Pacific Rim, 2013.
45.: Egawa S, Sasaki H. Curriculum planning of disaster medical coordinator educational course. Proceedings of 8th APRU Research Symposium on Multi-hazards around the Pacific Rim, 2012.
46.: Murphy RR, Srinivasan V, Henkel Z, Suarez J, Minson M, Straus JC, Hempstead S, Valdez T, Egawa S. Interacting with trapped victims using robots. IEEE International Conference on Technologies for Homeland Security (HST) 13 (14), 32-37; 2013