Lisa Kawatsu

Profile Information

Affiliation: Graduate School of Nursing International Health Nursing, Nagoya City University

Degree: 博士号(London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine)

J-GLOBAL ID: 201801019794075795
researchmap Member ID: B000317277

小学3年生の時に渡英。London School of Economic and Social Sciencesで国際関係論を学ぶも、感染症が地域の安全保障に与える影響に興味を持ち、London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicineで感染症対策で修士課程を修了、同大学で公衆衛生政策学で博士号を取得。LSHTM、ロンドンオープン大学にて研究助手、エイズ予防財団にてリサーチレジデント、東京大学院にて技術補佐員、公益財団法人結核予防会結核研究所にて研究員経て、現職。

Research Interests

Research Areas

Life sciences / Healthcare management, medical sociology / infectious diseases, tuberculosis

Education

Sep, 2001 - Jun, 2008

Department of Health Services Research and Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Sep, 2000 - Jun, 2001

MSc Control of Infectious Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Sep, 1997 - Jun, 2000

Department of International Relations, London School of Economics and Social Sciences

Committee Memberships

Nov, 2022 - Present

Editorial Board, Plos ONE
Aug, 2018 - Present

編集委員, Public Health Action
Jan, 2018 - Apr, 2023

委員, 大阪市結核対策評価委員会

Papers

Ensuring continuous TB treatment across Asian borders

A. Ohkado, S. Lee, A. Yoshie, K. Sugiura, S. Kasuya, K. Uchimura, A. Querri, A. P. Nguyen, I. A. Prayogi, K. Doi …

Public Health Action, 14(1) 20-25, Mar 1, 2024
Epidemiology of latent tuberculosis infection in Japan-born and foreign-born children in Japan

Saori Kasuya, Akiko Imai, Kazuhiro Uchimura, Akihiro Ohkado, Lisa Kawatsu

Western Pac Surveill Response, 14(4), Nov, 2023 Peer-reviewedLast author
Health communication issues related to latent tuberculosis infection treatment support for the foreign-born in Japan

Journal of International Health, 38(3) 69, Oct, 2023 Peer-reviewedLead author
Tuberculosis in older adults: challenges and best practices in the Western Pacific Region.

Alvin Kuo Jing Teo, Fukushi Morishita, Tauhid Islam, Kerri Viney, Catherine W M Ong, Seiya Kato, HeeJin Kim, Yuhong Liu, Kyung Hyun Oh, Takashi Yoshiyama …

The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific, 36 100770-100770, Jul, 2023
Global, regional, and national estimates of tuberculosis incidence and case detection among incarcerated individuals from 2000 to 2019: a systematic analysis.

Leonardo Martinez, Joshua L Warren, Anthony D Harries, Julio Croda, Marcos A Espinal, Rafael A López Olarte, Pedro Avedillo, Christian Lienhardt, Vineet Bhatia, Qiao Liu …

The Lancet. Public health, 8(7) e511-e519, Jul, 2023
Use of local data to evaluate TB contact investigation in Malawi.

K Kaswaswa, L Mlauzi, J Mpunga, C Mandambwe, L Kawatsu, K Uchimura

The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, 27(5) 408-410, May 1, 2023
Tuberculosis in older adults: case studies from four countries with rapidly ageing populations in the western pacific region.

Teo AKJ, Rahevar K, Morishita F, Ang A, Yoshiyama T, Ohkado A, Kawatsu L, Yamada N, Uchimura K, Choi Y …

BMC Public Health, 23(370), Feb, 2023 Peer-reviewed
A qualitative exploration of tuberculosis patients who were lost to follow-up in Malaysia.

Peter Seah Keng Tok, Li Ping Wong, Su May Liew, Asmah Razali, Mohd Ihsani Mahmood, Thilaka Chinnayah, Lisa Kawatsu, Haidar Rizal Toha, Khalijah Mohd Yusof, Rozanah Abd Rahman …

PloS one, 18(9) e0289222, 2023
Practices and attitudes towards tuberculosis and latent tuberculosis infection screening in people living with HIV/AIDS among HIV physicians in Japan.

Lisa Kawatsu, Noriyo Kaneko, Mayumi Imahashi, Keisuke Kamada, Kazuhiro Uchimura

AIDS research and therapy, 19(1) 60-60, Dec 3, 2022
支援者からみたWeb版結核療養支援ツールの操作性と有用性に関する検討

浦川美奈子, 河津里沙, 太田正樹

結核, 97(3) 201-209, May, 2022 Peer-reviewed
Epidemiology of coinfection with tuberculosis and HIV in Japan, 2012–2020

Lisa Kawatsu, Kazuhiro Uchimura, Noriyo Kaneko, Mayumi Imahashi

Western Pac Surveill Response J., Jan, 2022 Peer-reviewedLead author
Public health activities and COVID-19

Lisa Kawatsu

86(1), Jan, 2022 InvitedLead author
結核登録者情報システムからみる本邦のエイズ合併結核の状況(1)

河津里沙, 宮本かりん, 内村和広, 吉山崇

結核, 96(4) 118-118, Jun, 2021
結核登録者情報システムからみる本邦のエイズ合併結核の状況(2)

宮本かりん, 河津里沙, 内村和広, 吉山崇

結核, 96(4) 118-118, Jun, 2021
Trend and treatment outcomes of latent tuberculosis infection among migrant persons in Japan: retrospective analysis of Japan tuberculosis surveillance data.

Lisa Kawatsu, Kazuhiro Uchimura, Akihiro Ohkado

BMC infectious diseases, 21(1) 42-42, Jan 9, 2021 Lead author
Tuberculosis among the socio-ecoomically vulnerable persons in Japan

Lisa Kawatsu, Kazuhiro Uchimura

Kekkaku, 96(5) 139-144, 2021 Peer-reviewedLead author
本邦における外国生まれ肺結核患者の背景と治療非成功における成績と患者のリスク因子の検討 2009年から2018年新登録患者のコホートデータ分析

李祥任, Myo Nyein Aung, 宮本かりん, 河津里沙, 湯浅資之

グローバルヘルス合同大会プログラム・抄録集, 2020 162-162, Nov, 2020
日本入国前結核健診における健診実施医療機関の現地査察に関する検討

河津里沙, 大角晃弘, 内村和広, 濱口由子, 吉山崇, 高木明子

グローバルヘルス合同大会プログラム・抄録集, 2020 150-150, Nov, 2020
Delay in health-care-seeking treatment among tuberculosis patients in Japan: what are the implications for control in the era of universal health coverage?

Reina Yoshikawa, Lisa Kawatsu, Kazuhiro Uchimura, Akihiro Ohkado

Western Pac Surveill Response J, 11(2), Jun, 2020 Peer-reviewed
A Cost-Effectiveness Study of Tuberculosis and Latent Tuberculosis Infection Screening in Prisons in Japan

Kawatsu L, Uchimura K, Ohkado K

24(5) 506-511, May, 2020 Peer-reviewedLead author

Misc.

入国前結核スクリーニングにおける課題~外国出生小児潜在性結核感染症患者の現状~

糟谷早織, 大角晃弘, 河津里沙, 今井明子

日本公衆衛生学会総会抄録集(CD-ROM), 80th 444-444, Nov, 2021
COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS OF TB SCREENING FOR YOUNG FOREIGN-BORN STUDENTS IN JAPAN: A CASE STUDY OF TB SCREENING TARGETING JAPANESE LANGUAGE SCHOOLS IN SHINJUKU CITY, TOKYO

Kazuhiro Uchimura, Lisa Kawatsu, Ikumi Takahashi, Sumi Kaguraoka, Aya Kaebeta, Yu Watanabe, Keiko Ishihara, Kiyohiko Izumi, Ohkado Akihiro, Nobukatsu Ishikawa

RESPIROLOGY, 22 131-131, Nov, 2017
ANALYSIS OF TREATMENT DURATION FOR MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULSIS PATIENTS IN JAPAN

Kazuhiro Uchimura, Lisa Kawatsu, Akihiro Ohkadoa

RESPIROLOGY, 22 63-63, Nov, 2017
TO ASSESS RISK FACTORS FOR "LOST TO FOLLOW-UP" IN THE TREATMENT FOR TUBERCULOSIS - ANALYSIS OF JAPAN TB SURVEILLANCE DATA

Lisa Kawatsu, Kazuhiro Uchimura, Akihiro Ohkado, Seiya Kato

RESPIROLOGY, 22 13-13, Nov, 2017
TO ASSESS TREATMENT OUTCOME OF MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS IN JAPAN-ANALYSIS OF JAPAN TB SURVEILLANCE DATA

Lisa Kawatsu, Kazuhiro Uchimura, Akihiro Ohkado

RESPIROLOGY, 22 62-63, Nov, 2017
ICTを併用した結核患者療養支援の効果と課題

浦川美奈子, 永田容子, 島村珠枝, 太田正樹, 河津里沙, 石川信克, 大嶋圭子, 久田剛志

ITヘルスケア誌(Web), 12(1) 90‐93, May 27, 2017
Tuberculosis annual report 2014 -(1) Summary of statistics on tuberculosis notification and foreign-born tuberculosis patients

Lisa Kawatsu, Kazuhiro Uchimura

Kekkaku, 91(2) 83-90, Feb 1, 2016

Books and Other Publications

Essential Tuberculosis

(Role: Contributor, Tuberculosis in the Elderly)

Springer Link, 2021 (ISBN: 9783030667030)
SAGE Research Methods Cases: Medicine and Health

Lisa Kawatsu, Uchimura Kazuhiro (Role: Contributor, Utilizing Data Linkage Method Within a Conventional Tuberculosis Cohort Analysis: Opportunities and Challenges in Evaluating Treatment Outcomes of Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis Patients Using Japan’s Tuberculosis Surveillance Data)

SAGE Publishing, 2020 (ISBN: 9781529724776)

Presentations

日本入国前結核スクリーニングの概要

河津里沙

オックスフォード・イムノテックライブウェビナーシリーズ2022（第三回）, Jun 24, 2022 Invited
日本の行政機関による外国出生者を対象とした潜在性結核感染症に関する情報提供の現状

Akiko Imai, Akihiro Ohkado, Lisa Kawatu, Saori Kasuya

Dec 21, 2021
入国前結核スクリーニングにおける課題~外国出生小児潜在性結核感染症患者の現状~

Saori Kasuya, Akihiro Ohkado, Lisa Kawatsu, Akiko Imai

Dec 21, 2021
外国生まれ結核患者が帰国後も治療を継続するための支援が困難であった事例の検討

Akihiro Ohkado, Lisa Kawatsu, Karin Miyamoto

Dec 21, 2021
Impact of COVID-19 on the epidemiology of TB among migrants in Japan

Lisa Kawatsu, Kazuhiro Uchimura

25th Annual Congress on Asian Pacific Society of Respirology, Nov 20, 2021
Yield and Effectiveness of Tuberculosis Household Contact Investigation in Malawi

Kaswaswa K, Mauzi L, Mpunga J, Chafulumira H, Mmanga M, Mandambwe, Kawatsu L, Uchimura

52nd World Conference of Lung Health, Oct 19, 2021
A quantitative study on MOTIVATIONS for entering and remaining/exiting in Community-based TB care among volunteers in Yangon, Myanmar

Kyaw Htet, Saw Thein, Yin Myat Thwe, Saw Nwe, Nwe Myint, Lisa Kawatsu, Kosuke Okada, Nobukatsu Ishikawa

52nd World Conference of Lung Health, Oct 19, 2021
結核登録者情報システムからみる本邦のエイズ合併結核の状況（１）

Lisa Kawatsu, Karin Miyamoto, Kazuhiro Uchimura, Takashi Yoshiyama

Jun 19, 2021
現状～欧米先進国の状況・疫学状況・入国前結核健診・Bridge TB Care

Lisa Kawatsu

Jun 19, 2021 Invited
帰国時の結果樹医療連携支援

河津里沙

令和2年度全国結核対策推進会議, Feb 6, 2021 Invited
Epidemiological shift of Tuberculosis in Japan

Lisa Kawatsu

22nd Joint National Conference of Pulmonary Diseases of the National College of Chest Physicians (India) and Indian Chest Society, Jan 28, 2021 Invited
入国前結核健診における健診実施医療機関の現地査察に関する検討

Lisa Kawatsu, Uchimura Kazuhiro, Yuko Hamaguchim, Takashi Yoshiyama, Akiko Takaki, Tetsuhiro Sugamoto, Hiroko Matsumoto

グローバルヘルス合同大会, Nov 2, 2020
the first step in Japan in bridging care and support for foreign-born persons with TB who are returning to countries of origin

Lisa Kawatsu

the first step in Japan in bridging care and support for foreign-born persons with TB who are returning to countries of origin, Oct 23, 2020
A Nation-wide Survey of Cross-Border Referral Assistance (or lack thereof ) for TB Patients in Japan

Lisa Kawatsu, Akihiro Ohkado, Yuko Hamaguchi, Azusa Yamaguchi

51st World Conference of Lung Health, Oct 21, 2020
Characteristics of migrants to Japan with TB and implications for pre-migration TB screening

Lisa Kawatsu, Kazuhiro Uchimura, Yuko Hamaguchi, Takashi Yoshiyama

16th World Conference on Public Health, 2020, Oct 12, 2020
入国前結核健診対象国出生患者の臨床・疫学的な属性について

Lisa Kawatsu, Akihiro Ohkado, Kazuhiro Uchimura

第178回日本結核・非結核抗酸菌省学会関東支部学会, Sep 12, 2020
若年層における外国出生患者と日本出生患者の疫学的相違点について

河津里沙, 内村和広, 濱口由子, 大角晃弘

第78回日本公衆衛生学会総会, Oct 23, 2019
Tuberculosis Control in the post-second world war in Japan

Lisa Kawatsu

15th International Conference on the history of science in East Asia, Aug 21, 2019
欧米諸国における入国前結核健診の現状と課題

河津里沙

第94回結核病学会総会, Jun 7, 2019 Invited
Young, but dying of tuberculosis in Japan – analysis of Japan TB surveillance data 2010-2015

Lisa Kawatsu

The 7th Asia Pacific Regional Conference, Apr 23, 2019

Professional Memberships

Research Projects

Development of risk communication on infectious diseases for Vietnamese migrants in Japan: tuberculosis response by digital health approach

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2022 - Mar, 2025
Use of local data to evaluate contact investigation for tuberculosis in Malawi

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2022 - Mar, 2025
Study on LTBI treatment support for foreign-born persons in Japan

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2020 - Mar, 2023
Building cross-border collaboration and continuity of care for tuberculosis patients in Asia

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2019 - Mar, 2022
Construction of Knowledge Learning Model for Tuberculosis Contact Investigation Using Bayesian Network

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2017 - Mar, 2020

Uchimura Kazuhiro
Cost-effectiveness of LTBI screening among incarcerated population in Japan

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2016 - Mar, 2019

Kawatsu Lisa, Ohkado Akihiro
結核対策と喫煙対策の連携はいかに有効か？フィリピン都市部貧困層における検討

基盤（C）, 日本学術振興会, Apr, 2016 - Mar, 2018

大角晃弘
刑事施設における潜在性結核感染症スクリーニングの有用性

基盤（C）, 日本学術振興会, Apr, 2016 - Mar, 2018

河津里沙