Greetings on the opening of Department of Psychiatry and Implementation Science, Toho University Faculty of Medicine
Takahiro Nemoto, MD, PhD
Professor and Chair
Department of Neuropsychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Implementation Science, Toho University Faculty of Medicine
Humanity is facing many crises related to natural science, including global warming, loss of biodiversity, and pandemics. Toho University, whose founding spirit is “Nature, Life, and Man,” is working hard on research that can lead to solutions to these problems. On the other hand, the “evidence-practice gap” has been recognized as an important issue in the medical field. Implementation Science aims to link evidence-based interventions (EBI) to clinical practice, that is social implementation. Implementation Science is expected to be the key to solving a growing number of problems.
Against these backgrounds, Toho University Faculty of Medicine and Nippon Life Insurance Company entered into a joint research agreement. Then, on April 1, 2023, we established the Department of Psychiatry and Implementation Science as Toho University’s first social collaboration department. With the aim of social implementation of EBI related to mental health, we will conduct research and practice to establish and disseminate early consultation and support services in the community.
With the spirit of establishing a new discipline, “Psychiatry and Implementation Science,” we will do our best to achieve the global goal of “Leave no one behind (LNOB).”
Signing ceremony for the opening of the Department of Psychiatry and Implementation Science,
Toho University Faculty of Medicine