HICARE dispatches Hiroshima University student to IAEA as intern
Oct. 2, 2013
by Dai Nakajima, Staff Writer
The Hiroshima International Council for Health Care of the Radiation-Exposed (HICARE), an organization formed by Hiroshima Prefecture, the City of Hiroshima, and other entities, will dispatch one student from Hiroshima University Medical School to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), located in Vienna, Austria, as an intern for three months starting on October 1. This first dispatch of a medical student is part of a collaborative effort between the two organizations to nurture human resources and joint research.
Haruka Yamazaki, 22, a fourth-year student at the medical school and a resident of Minami Ward, will be the IAEA intern. Until December 27, she will serve at IAEA’s Human Health Division, assisting the research staff and writing reports and her dissertation on radiation use in cancer treatments. The costs of her internship will be shared by the two organizations.
In August 2010, HICARE and the IAEA concluded an agreement to work together in such areas as cultivating health care personnel to treat victims of radiation exposure. When HICARE sought an intern from among the students at Hiroshima University Medical School, Ms. Yamazaki was the only applicant. After the interview process, she was accepted as the first intern.
Ms. Yamazaki said, “I plan to study hard to learn about radiation therapy at the IAEA, and contribute to the future medical care of people who have been exposed to radiation.”
(Originally published on September 26, 2013)
The Hiroshima International Council for Health Care of the Radiation-Exposed (HICARE), an organization formed by Hiroshima Prefecture, the City of Hiroshima, and other entities, will dispatch one student from Hiroshima University Medical School to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), located in Vienna, Austria, as an intern for three months starting on October 1. This first dispatch of a medical student is part of a collaborative effort between the two organizations to nurture human resources and joint research.
Haruka Yamazaki, 22, a fourth-year student at the medical school and a resident of Minami Ward, will be the IAEA intern. Until December 27, she will serve at IAEA’s Human Health Division, assisting the research staff and writing reports and her dissertation on radiation use in cancer treatments. The costs of her internship will be shared by the two organizations.
In August 2010, HICARE and the IAEA concluded an agreement to work together in such areas as cultivating health care personnel to treat victims of radiation exposure. When HICARE sought an intern from among the students at Hiroshima University Medical School, Ms. Yamazaki was the only applicant. After the interview process, she was accepted as the first intern.
Ms. Yamazaki said, “I plan to study hard to learn about radiation therapy at the IAEA, and contribute to the future medical care of people who have been exposed to radiation.”
(Originally published on September 26, 2013)
