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Affiliation
Director, Gerontechnology Research Center, Research Institute of Sciences and Technology, Kogakuin University
Degree
Doctor of Engineering(The university of Tokyo)
Postgraduate Diploma on Health Facility Planning(Council of National Academic Awards, UK)
Bachelar of Engineering(The University of Tokyo)

J-GLOBAL ID
200901010228630997
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1000012048

YASUSHI NAGASAWA, Dr. Eng., Dip. HFP, JIA
Director, Gerontechnology Research Center, Kogakuin University.
Specially Appointed Professor and Professor Emeritus, Kogakuin University
Professor Emeritus, the University of Tokyo

Biography
Past President / Honorable Member of IFHE (International Federation of Hospital Engineering), Past President / Honorable Member of JIHA (Japan Institute of Healthcare Architecture), Past Vice-President / Honorable Member of HEAJ (Healthcare Engineering Association of Japan), Past Vice-President / Advisor of JAHMC (Japanese Association of Healthcare Service Management Consultants), Past Director-General, Global University Programs in Healthcare Architecture (GUPHA), Directors Board Member, International Union of Architect, Public Health Group (UIA/PHG). Directors Board Member, Japan Facility Management Association (JFMA).
Born in 1944. Graduated from the University of Tokyo in 1968. Designing various buildings as qualified architect, Senior Research Architect at the National Institute of Hospital Administration (NIHA), Ministry of Health and Welfare, Japan. Post-graduate Diploma in Heath Facility Planning (Dip. HFP) UK in 1978 at Medical Architecture Research Unit (MARU) in London as a British Council Scholar. Short–term Consultant for WHO in 1980s and 90s. Doctor of Engineering (PhD) from University of Tokyo in 1987. In 1989 Associate Professor, Department of Architecture, the University of Tokyo. In 1993, Architectural Institute of Japan (AIJ) Awards and full Professorship, Graduate School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo until 2007. Then Professor Emeritus, the University of Tokyo, Moved to Kogakuin University as Professor / Chairman of Department of Architecture. In 2009, Vice-President and Dean, Faculty of Engineering. In 2011 established the first School of Architecture in Japan, and Dean, School of Architecture until 2015. Then Professor Emeritus, Kogakuin University, Directors Board Member of Kogakuin University until 2017. In 2018, Specially Appointed Professor, Kogakuin University, and in April 2019 appointed Director, Gerontechnology Research Center, Kogakuin University.

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