About

Frog figurine

Research

The Harada Laboratory works toward a society in which no one is left behind, including during disasters and armed conflict. Our research on disasters relates to several of the Sustainable Development Goals.

  • Coordination across health, medicine, public health, and welfare during disasters
  • Support for humanitarian and disaster responders

Nahoko Harada

Professor, Okayama University

Education

  • 1998BSN St Luke’s College of Nursing, Tokyo Japan
  • 2009MSN University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Adult Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
  • 2015Ph.D. in Nursing Boston College William F. Connell School of Nursing

Academic appointments

  • 2012–2013Project Assistant Professor, School of Integrated Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
  • 2013–2014Project Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, University of Kochi, Kochi, Japan
  • 2014–2016Jr. Associate Professor, Department of Adult Nursing, National Defence Medical College, Saitama, Japan
  • 2016–2017Jr. Associate Professor, Department Public Health Nursing, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Miyagi, Japan
  • 2017–2022Professor, Department of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, University of Miyazaki

Professional societies

  • Japanese Association for Disaster Medicine
  • Japanese Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
  • World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine
  • Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing
  • Japan Academy of Nursing Science
  • Japanese Society of Public Health
  • Japan Association for International Health
  • Japan Primary Care Association
Okayama University faculty profile