Dr. Ryoma Kayano, Technical Officer of World Health Organization Centre for Health Development in Kobe of Japan (WHO Kobe Centre), had attached to CCOUC as a visiting fellow for a month in April 2019 to strengthen mutual understanding and collaboration between the two institutions.
Dr. Kayano’s research focuses include health emergencies, mental health, disaster mental health, dementia, non-communicable diseases, and disaster risk management for health. In addition to various meetings to discuss research collaborations, he gave an in-house presentation to CCOUC members to introduce the works of WHO Kobe Centre on 10 April 2019.