Takemi Program in International Health Names 1999-00 Fellows

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October 14, 1999

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The 1999-00 Takemi Fellows have been named by the Takemi Program in International Health. The fellows will spend the 1999-00 academic year in residence at the School of Public Health. The Takemi Program offers midcareer fellowships for highly trained individuals from diverse disciplines to carry out research on critical issues in international health.

The Takemi Program is named for Taro Takemi, the physician-scientist who served for more than 25 years as president of the Japan Medical Association. Core funding is provided by the Japan Committee for the Takemi Program, and financial support for individual fellowships is provided by external agencies. The Program is directed by Michael R. Reich, Taro Takemi Professor of International Health Policy at the School of Public Health.

The 1999-00 Takemi Fellows come from seven countries and represent the 16th group of fellows since the Program's inception in 1984. The Takemi Fellows network now includes 130 Fellows from 39 countries.

Brief descriptions of the 1999-00 Takemi Fellows and their research follow.

Ogoh Alubo, M.A., Ph.D., University of Jos, Nigeria: Adolescent Sexuality and Reproductive Health in Nigeria;

Stacie Colwell, M.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign: Fertility and Mortality Trends in Colonial Kilimanjaro;

Hidehito Imamura, M.D., Ph.D., vice president, Jiakai Foundation, Japan: The Changing Accountability of Japanese Health Care Organizations in the Era of Global Health Care Reform;

Lola Dare, M.Sc., M.B.B.S., Ph.D., University of Ibadan, Nigeria (arriving in November for a three-month stay): Health Reform and Reproductive Health in Nigeria;

Sidika Kaya, Ph.D., Hacettepe University, Turkey: Developing a Utilization Management Program for the MOH Hospitals in Turkey;

Chwan-Chuen King, D.P.H., National Taiwan University, Taiwan: Evaluation and Improvement of Surveillance of Infectious Diseases;

Taiwo Lawoyin, M.P.H., F.M.C.P.H., College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Nigeria: Sexual Networking Among Married Men in Southwest Nigeria;

Zhengzhong Mao, B.A., West China University of Medical Sciences, China: Experimental Study on Establishing Cooperative Medical Systems in Poor Rural Areas of China;

Bodavala Ranganayakulu, M.B.A., Ph.D., Administrative Staff College of India, India: Developing an Integrated Health Management Information System in India for Effective Health Policy Making and Implementation;

Naoko Sakamoto, Ph.D., Ministry of Health and Welfare, Japan: Childhood Obesity as an Emerging Epidemic in Developing Countries;

Durairaj Varatharajan, M.Sc., Ph.D., Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, India: Improving the Efficiency of Public Health Care Units In Tamil Nadu, India: Organizational and Financial Choices;

Frances Vavrus, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison: The Relationship Between Schooling and Fertility in Tanzania.