Profile Information

Affiliation
Research Fellow, Department of Public Policy, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo
Degree
Ph.D. (Sociology)

Contact information
saoriwatanabeims.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Researcher number
00828999
J-GLOBAL ID
201401018585107144
researchmap Member ID
B000239121

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Saori Watanabe is a Sociologist at Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, who specializes in research on Rare Diseases and Medicine.

The title of her Ph.D. thesis is "A Study on Rare Diseases Policy in Japan: Public Expenditure Medical Care by Diseases-Category-Based Model." She has been researching the historical and sociological analysis of Rare Diseases Policy in post-war Japan and other countries.

Currently, she has also conducted qualitative and quantitative surveys on ELSI of Rare Diseases, one on Patient Involvement in biomedical research based on Genetic Citizenship and the other on SES (Socio-Economic Status) of Patients with Rare Diseases. Her recent research has been funded by KAKEN (Japan's Grants-in-aid for Scientific Research) and several foundations.  In addition, she participates in joint research projects funded by AMED, JST, and the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare concerning ELSI.

 

Website: https://sites.google.com/view/saori-watanabe/

Researchmap: https://researchmap.jp/saori_wata/

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.co.jp/citations?user=TPZVKhQAAAAJ&hl


Contact Information

Department of Public Policy

Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo

4-6-1 Shirokane-dai, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8639, Japan

Email: saoriwatanabe@ims.u-tokyo.ac.jp

http://www.pubpoli-imsut.jp/

https://www.ims.u-tokyo.ac.jp/imsut/jp/


Papers

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Presentations

  40

Research Projects

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Books and Other Publications

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Misc.

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Social Activities

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