April 2025
Satoru Konnai
Dean, Graduate School of Infectious Diseases
Message
Hokkaido University WISE program for One Health Frontier Graduate School of Excellence started April, 2019. This program promoted by Hokkaido University’s Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine and Graduate School of Infectious Diseases, produces experts who can design and implement solutions involving One Health.
With the invention of more effective antibiotics and vaccines and improvements in sanitation and public health, the downward trend of many infectious diseases has accelerated, and it is hoped that infectious diseases can be completely eradicated from the earth. However, with the emergence of new zoonotic diseases and drug-resistant pathogens, several infectious diseases remain one of the world's largest health problems.
As was seen in the COVID-19 outbreak cases, the threat of the emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases to the human society and economy has been increasing. Accordingly, the demand of the training for the specialists who deal with the infectious disease research works and its control is raising. To fulfil the social demand, Graduate School of Infectious Diseases pursues the mission to develop the human resources who has the wide knowledge of infectious diseases, flexible imagination and comprehensive decision, making ability to contribute the development of the infectious disease research and education field as well as infectious disease control around the world with practical ability and leadership.