(Since 2003.11) What's New >>> List..   The Plan for establishing the Global Strategic Center for Radiation Risk Control in Nagasaki University has been competitively accepted by the Japan Society for Promotion of Sciences (JSPS). Based on assessments of the 21st Century COE Program,"International Consortium of Radiation Medical Sciences and Medical Care for Hibakusha"in Nagasaki University from 2002 to 2007, and verifications of its results, our Global COE Program will establish the World-top class Center for Radiation Health Risk Control together with a new education and research functions of graduate schools, which will foster highly creative young researchers. The selection results and outlines of the projects for 2007FY Global COE Program have been introduced at the homepage of JSPS (http://www.jsps.go.jp/j-globalcoe/) and related information on human recruitment to our Global COE Program will be appeared at this COE homepage soon. Report of activities from October 2002 to March 2007 was published (in Japanese). Radiation Risk Perspectives: Proceedings of the Second Nagasaki Symposium of the International Consortium for Medical Care of Hibakusha and Radiation Life Science, Nagasaki, Japan, 26-27 July 2006 was published by Elsevier, Amsterdam. "Progress Reports Meeting 2007" was held on 1 March 2007. "Chernobyl 20 Years beyond Scientific Evidence and Novel Therapy for Radiation-exposed Victims" will be held on 30 November 2006 at the Japanese-German Center Berlin. Person to contact for futher information: Shunichi Yamashita, MD WHO/HQ SDE/PHE/RAD, Tel +41 22 791 4312, E-mail: yamashitas@who.int Noboru Takamura, MD Department of Public Health, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Tel +81 95 849 7066, E-mail: takamura@nagasaki-u.ac.jp "The Second Nagasaki Symposium of International Consortium forMedical Care of Hibakusha and Radiation Life Sciences" will be held on 26-27 July 2006 at Nagasaki University School of Medicine, and a one-day satellite meeting on 28 July 2006. Person to contact for further information: Prof. Yoshisada Shibata, Department of Radiation Epidemiology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Tel: +81 (0)95 849 7171 / Fax: +81 (0)95 849 7131 E-mail: yshibata@nagasaki-u.ac.jp "Late Health Effects from Radiation Knowledge gained from the 60 years experience in Japan" was held on 9 September 2005 at the WHO/HQ. Person to contact for futher information: Shunichi Yamashita, MD WHO/HQ SDE/PHE/RAD, Tel +41 22 791 4312, E-mail: yamashitas@who.int Noboru Takamura, MD Department of Public Health, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Tel +81 95 849 7066, E-mail: takamura@net.nagasaki-u.ac.jp “Young Scientists Organizing Nagasaki Symposium of International Consortium for Medical Care of Hibakusha and Radiation Life Science” was held on 7-8 March 2005 at Pompe van Meerdervoort Hall, Nagasaki University School of Medicine. Person to contact for further information: Nakashima Masahiro, Management Committee Tissue and Histopathology Section, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Tel: +81(0)95 849 7124 / Fax: +81(0)95 849 7130 E-mail: moemoe@net.nagasaki-u.ac.jp Japanese CD-ROM version of "Medical Preparedness and Response (Educational Material)" jointly sponsored by IAEA and WHO was published by International Consortium for Medical Care of Hibakusha and Radiation Life Science. "21st Century COE Workshop: Clinical and epidemiological approaches to radiation-associated thyroid and breast cancers" was held on 9-10 March 2004 at Pompe van Meerdervoort Hall, Nagasaki University School of Medicine. Person to contact for further information: Prof. Yoshisada Shibata, Department of Radiation Epidemiology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Tel: +81 (0)95 849 7170 / Fax: +81 (0)95 849 7172 E-mail: yshibata@net.nagasaki-u.ac.jp Radiation and Humankind: Proceedings of the First Nagasaki Symposium of the International Consortium for Medical Care of Hibakusha and Radiation Life Science, Nagasaki, Japan, 21-22 February 2003 was published by Elsevier, Amsterdam. Contact Secretariat International Consortium for Medical Care of Hibakusha and Radiation Life Science Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences 1-12-4 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8523, Japan Tel: +81 (0)95-849-7177 / fax: +81 (0)95-849-7199 e-mail: consortium@ml.nagasaki-u.ac.jp