WHO I am: Expertise
Briefly explains Nori's profile and expertise as well as publication lists.
【life】Clean monorail for fine Thai cuisine.｜高級タイ料理にはきれいなモノレールで
On Saturday the 6th, the members of the “KL Rikuryo Kai” (the alumni association of Osaka Prefectural Kitano High School is so called after the school’s hexagonal emblem) had yet another gathering and this time it was fine Thai dinner. Man, we get together rather a lot. And we drink a lot, too. Each of
【project】Smartphone app to improve the QOL of chronic asthma patients coming to a climax!｜慢性喘息患者のQOL向上スマホアプリ開発いよいよ佳境に！
This project is one of the efforts at Universiti Malaya as part of the RESPIRE project led by the University of Edinburgh Medical School in the UK. We are currently in the process of reviewing the interface and core functionality of the app, and are now entering the climax of the project, incorporating feedback from
【project】Hands-on session of our clinical registry builder for specialists｜専門医のための臨床レジストリビルダーの説明会と録画
As we have previously reported, our eHealth Unit registry team at the Faculty of Medicine has been working with faculty from the Software Engineering Department to develop a system that will allow specialist doctors to design a clinical registry easily and flexibly. Now that the beta testing has been completed, we have started to put
【project】stakeholder engagement meeting for asthma app｜喘息アプリのための関係者フォーカスグループ会議
On the 29th of the leap year, we had a stakeholder engagement meeting (so called focus group) with patients with chronic asthma, who are the intended users of a smartphone app that is currently being developed by our mixed team of the Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Computer Science at the University of
【webinar】What is “SDM”: A lecture for medical professionals and patients/families vol.1｜医療者・患者/家族向けの「SDMとは」講義その1
Last night, as part of a seminar series titled “Blood Cancer Know-it-all Night” organized by CNJ (Cancer Net Japan), I gave a two-hour talk on “Shared Decision-Making (SDM),” a framework for reaching a consensus that is acceptable to both medical professionals and patients/families in a difficult decision-making setting in healthcare. I am in charge of
Deep security risk of generative AI｜生成系AIの深すぎるリスク
https://govinsider.asia/intl-en/article/organisations-scarily-unprepared-for-generative-ais-security-risks-extrahop-report Generative AI can be a very powerful supporting tool in company operations, but it continues to be compromised with little or no thought given to security. Still, it is amazing that “81 per cent of Singaporean organisations report their employees are using generative AIs in the workplace”. Wow. workers in Singapore are basically using
【project】Beta Testing of a Generic Clinical Registry Builder｜汎用臨床レジストリビルダーのベータテスト
Since last July, a very interesting, meaningful collaboration has been going on with the Software Engineering Department of Universiti Malaya, where I am affiliated. It is a rather complex project that also serves as an assignment project for PhD students there. In short, we are creating a “builder” that can help us design clinical registries
【webinar】Bioethics in healthcare research｜医学研究における生命倫理
Recently, I have been touching on bioethics, or rather ethics in medical/healthcare research. Yesterday, I participated in a lunch talk, “Why the World Needs Bioethics and Why Bioethics Needs the World,” hosted by the Master of Health Research Ethics (MOHRE) at the University of Malaya (UM) Faculty of Medicine. The lecturer was Prof. Dr. Jeffrey
Comprehensive Strategic Agreement between UNIQLO and University of Malaya｜ユニクロとマラヤ大の包括的戦略協定
https://um.edu.my/news/uniqlo-and-universiti-malaya-forge-partnership-to-nurture-future-leaders Late last year, the top Malaysian university and UNIQLO entered into an in-depth and comprehensive strategic partnership. I am not involved, by the way. LOL. If I were to use a Japanese analogy, it would be like the partnership between the University of Tokyo and GAP. The purpose of the partnership is “comprehensive leadership
Relationship between gut microbiota and cognitive development｜腸内細菌叢と認知発達との関係
It appears to be a partial study, but this year just like last year, we will continue to see research on the significant influence of the gut microbiome on cognitive function and brain structure. Sure, there is a lot of genetic inheritance taking place here, but we are learning more and more how the gut