Research field (2)：
Hygiene and public health (non-laboratory)
, Cultural anthropology and folklore
Research keywords (5)：
Ethnography
, Africa
, Global Health
, Global Aging
, Medical Anthropology
Research theme for competitive and other funds (14)：
2023 - 2026 Inequalities and Care during the COVID-19 Pandemic
2019 - 2022 Policy research on challenges of the urban elderly people in Sub-Saharan Africa
2018 - 2022 Future Population Ageing in East Africa: A Cross-Disciplinary Study of Social Welfare and Elderly Care
2013 - 2019 Interdisciplinary study on post-traumatic resilience and dementia of elderly people after tsunami disaster: Toward a fruitful aging society
2013 - 2018 Anthropological Studies on fluid social spaces constructed by the activities of NGOs: Case studies in Ethiopia
2013 - 2017 Interdisciplinary Research on the Rapid Aging and the Variety of Care in the East Africa
2013 - 2016 The positionality of minorities in the representation of memories of war: Nagasaki as a field
2011 - 2014 Anthropological Study on Public Spheres of Religious Communities in Ethiopia
2011 - 2014 多元的医療行動の民族誌的記述とその活用に関する実証的・理論的研究
2011 - 2013 Study on Ethnographic Description of Pluralistic Medical Behavior
2008 - 2011 Development and State Domination : Conflicts between Development Agents and the State at the Federal Republic of Ethiopia.
2008 - 2010 Research on Peace-making condition of ethnic conflict : case studies from Lower Omo, Ethiopia.
Hana Tomoi, Sharon J.B. Hanley, Heidi J. Larson, Hiroaki Tomoi, Ken Masuda. Determinants of human papillomavirus vaccination decision-making in Japan: a scoping review exploring contextual, social, and adolescent-specific influences. Vaccine. 2026. 72. 128111-128111
Kana Kobayashi, Ken Masuda, Joseph T. Wu, Leesa Lin. Impact of digital communication message on HPV vaccine decision-making among Japanese mothers: A randomized controlled trial. Vaccine. 2025. 61. 127327-127327
Ken MASUDA. Community-based Memorials to the Atomic Bomb Victims in Nagasaki On the Extinction of "Experiential Memories. Journal of Global Humanities and Social Sciences, Nagasaki University. 2025. 11. 15-46
Kanako Kon, Atsuko Imoto, Sabina Faiz Rashid, Ken Masuda. Barriers and facilitators for treatment-seeking among women with genital fistula: a facility-based qualitative study in Bangladesh. Tropical Medicine and Health. 2025. 53. 1
Rio Harada, Atsuko Imoto, Louisa Ndunyu, Ken Masuda. The reasons for and influences of unintended teenage pregnancy in Kericho county, Kenya: a qualitative study. Reproductive Health. 2024. 21. 143
Ken Masuda, Reiko Hayashi, Yuka Shimamura. 8th African Population Conference. Journal of African Studies. 2020. 97. 97. 63-65
Ken Masuda. Samuel Tefera, Livestock Mobility, Rangeland Use and Sedentarization among the Hamer in Southwest Ethiopia, Kyoto: Shoukadoh Book Sellers, 2017, 99 pages. Journal of Nilo-Ethiopian Studies. 2018. 23. 48-50
Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Barriers to Schistosomiasis Prevention in Kwale County, Kenya
(40th Annual Conference of the Japan Association for Global Health 2025)
ubstance Use and Structural Vulnerabilities among Street Children in Lusaka, Zambia
(40th Annual Conference of the Japan Association for Global Health 2025)
Exploring perception and practices of food choices among adolescents in Kericho, Kenya: A mixed study
(40th Annual Conference of the Japan Association for Global Health 2025)
Older Persons in Africa: Living Arrangements, Social Connections, and End-of-Life Practices Revealed from a Rural Research in Kenya
(2025)
Ceramic Road - Hizen Imari Ceramics World Wide -
NOGAMI Takenori, MASUDA Ken 2022 - 現在
Nagasaki Chinese - Check it out! Localization and Recreation -
WANG Wei, MASUDA Ken 2021 - 現在
Education (3)：
1995 - 1998 Tokyo Metropolitan University Graduate School of Social Sciences Department of Social Anthropology
1992 - 1995 Tokyo Metropolitan University Graduate School of Social Sciences Department of Social Anthropology
1988 - 1992 Seijo University Faculty of Arts and Literature Department of Cultural History
Professional career (1)：
博士(社会人類学) (東京都立大学)
Work history (30)：
2024/04 - 現在 Nagasaki University School of Tropical Medicine and Global Health Professor
2014/02 - 現在 Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp Lectuere
2009/04 - 現在 Kobe City University of Foreign Studies
2015/10 - 2024/03 Nagasaki University School of Tropical Medicine and Global Health Associate Professor
2014/04 - 2024/03 Nagasaki University School of Global Humanities and Social Sciences Associate Professor
2019/04 - 2020/03 Kobe University Faculty of Intercultural Studies
2018/10 - 2019/03 Tohoku University Graduate School of Environmental Studies
2018/04 - 2019/03 Osaka University School of Foreign Studies
2008/04 - 2016/09 University of Nagasaki
2015/04 - 2016/03 The Open University of Japan
2013/09 - 2015/09 University of Tsukuba Faculty of Medicine
2011/04 - 2015/09 島原市医師会看護学校 非常勤講師
2008/04 - 2015/09 Nagasaki University Department of International Health Development Associate Professor
2004/10 - 2014/03 Nagasaki University Faculty of Environmental Studies Associate Professor
2010/04 - 2013/03 Tokyo University of Foreign Studies Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa
2005/04 - 2011/03 Nagasaki University of Foreign Studies
2008/04 - 2008/09 Osaka University School of Foreign Studies
2006/04 - 2008/03 National Museum of Ethnology
2005/04 - 2008/03 Nagasaki College of Foreign Languages
2005/04 - 2008/03 県立長崎シーボルト大学 非常勤講師
2003/04 - 2008/03 Kobe City University of Foreign Studies Faculty of Foreign Studies Department of International Relations
2000/04 - 2004/09 Tamagawa University
2000/04 - 2004/09 Aoyama Gakuin University
1999/04 - 2004/07 The Open University of Japan
2004/04 - 2004/05 Kanagawa Prefectural Hiratsuka College of Nursing
1998/04 - 2004/03 横浜美術短期大学(トキワ松学園横浜女子短期大学) 非常勤講師
1999/10 - 2003/03 Kanagawa University Institute for the Study of Japanese Folk Culture
2002/01 - 2002/03 Tokyo University of Foreign Studies Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa
1998/04 - 1999/09 民族学振興会 研究員
1999/01 - 1999/02 Tokyo Metropolitan University
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Committee career (6)：
2018/10 - 現在 社団法人多文化医療研究所 理事
2018/10 - 現在 Japan Association for Global Health Delegate
2007/04 - 現在 Japan Association for Nilo-Ethiopian Studies Sercretary
2022/04 - 2024/03 The Japanese Society of Cultural Anthropology Delegate
2015/04 - 2024/03 日本アフリカ学会 九州支部長
2015/04 - 2022/03 日本アフリカ学会 評議員
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Awards (1)：
2002/04 - Japan Association for Nilo-Ethiopian Studies Takashima Award
Association Membership(s) (6)：
Population Association of Japan
, 日本公民館学会
, JAPAN ASSOCIATION FOR INTERNATIONAL HEALTH
, JAPAN ASSOCIATION FOR NILO-ETHIOPIAN STUDIES
, JAPAN ASSOCIATION FOR AFRICAN STUDIES
, THE JAPANESE SOCIETY OF CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY
