Academics
Recent News
- September 30, 2023: Dr. MANIRAKIZA Felix, a recent graduate of the Department of Tumor Pathology, has returned to Rwanda after completing his studies. He now serves as a Senior Lecturer at University of Rwanda, School of Medicine and Pharmacy and as a Pathologist at University Teaching Hospital Of Kigali.
- October 2, 2023: We administered a pathology final exam to sixth-year medical students.
- September 30, 2023: Dr. MANIRAKIZA Felix, a recent graduate of the Department of Tumor Pathology, has returned to Rwanda after completing his studies.
- September 21, 2023: Dr. NZITAKERA Augustin, a graduate student in the Department of Tumor Pathology, presented his research on gastric cancer in Rwanda at the English Oral Session during the 82nd Annual Meeting of The Japanese Cancer Association.
- September 14, 2023: Dr. Shinya Katsuragi, a graduate student in the Department of Tumor Pathology, has successfully passed the 2023 Pathologist Examination.
- September 11, 2023: The Department of Tumor Pathology began teaching pathology to second-year medical students.
- June 6, 2023: Dr. Ryosuke Miyazaki of the Department of Tumor Pathology presented his research and pathology methods at a technical presentation organized by the Technology Department of Hamamatsu University School of Medicine.
- August 31, 2023: Assistant Professor Yuji Iwashita of the Department of Tumor Pathology completed his tenure at Hamamatsu University School of Medicine. He has since joined the Cancer Prevention Research Department at the Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute.
- August 24, 2023: A farewell gathering was organized for Dr. Yuji Iwashita, who served as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Tumor Pathology, and Dr. MANIRAKIZA Felix, a graduate student of the said department.
- August 10, 2023: We have started recording videos of supplementary lectures before the graduation examination of the 6th year medical students (Pathological Diagnosis scheduled for October 2). Seven supplementary lectures are planned for the Department of Tumor Pathology. They will be uploaded sequentially to the educational support system of Hamamatsu University School of Medicine. All seven lectures are expected to be completed by the end of August.
- August 1, 2023: Dr. MANIRAKIZA Felix (Pathologist), a graduate student in the Department of Tumor Pathology, has successfully defended his thesis for the award of PhD degree.
- July 24, 2023: Supplementary exams of pathology course were administered to third-year medical students.
- July 11, 2023: The study on Gastric cancer in Rwanda, submitted by NZITAKERA Augustin, a graduate student from the Department of Tumor Pathology, has been selected for the English Oral session during the 82nd Annual Meeting of The Japanese Cancer Association.
- July, 01 2023: A research paper entitled " TP53 mutations in Romanian patients with colorectal cancer " has been published in Genes and Environment. The article is now available on PubMed. The first author of this paper is Dr. MANIRAKIZA Felix (Pathologist) a graduate student in the Department of Tumor Pathology.
- June 12, 2023: We administered the pathology course examination to third-year medical students.
- May 22 and 24, 2023: We conducted a tutorial on Problem-Based Learning (PBL) for third-year medical students who were under the responsibility of the Department of Tumor Pathology.
- May 16, 2023: A research paper entitled "Clinicopathological Characteristics and Mutational Landscape of APC, HOXB13, and KRAS among Rwandan Patients with Colorectal Cancer" has been published in Current Issues in Molecular Biology. The article is now available on PubMed. The first author of this paper is Dr. MANIRAKIZA Felix (Pathologist) a graduate student in the Department of Tumor Pathology.
- May 11, 2023: A research paper entitled "Evaluation of the widths of the mucosal strips in pathological examination of specimens of endoscopic submucosal dissection for early gastric cancer" has been published in the journal Gastric Cancer. The article is now available on PubMed. The first author of this paper is Dr. Shinya Katsuragi (Pathologist) a graduate student in the Department of Tumor Pathology.
- April 4, 2023: Prof. Shinmura participated in the lecture and ceremony for the inauguration of Dr. Yoshiro Matsumoto as Chairman of the Japan Medical Association.
- April 17, 2023: The department of Tumor Pathology began teaching pathology to third-year medical students.
- April 3, 2023: The Department of Tumor Pathology began accepting 6th-year medical students for elective hospital training. (This year, the acceptance period lasted until June 16).
- April 13, 2023: Prof. Shinmura gave an oral presentation at the 112th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Pathology (title: Examination of primary cilia in lung tumors: High-frequency identification of primary cilia in small cell lung cancer and its function).
- April 12, 2023: "Primary cilia are frequently present in small cell lung carcinomas but not in non-small cell lung carcinomas or lung carcinoids", a research paper by Shinmura et al. has been published in the journal Laboratory Investigations and the article is now available on PubMed.
- April 1, 2023: Dr. Shinmura was appointed Professor.