*The affiliations and job titles of the researchers are as of the time these events were held.
Institutional Coordination Meeting
"FY2025 2nd Institutional Coordination Meeting" has concluded.
iCROWN Regular Workshop, Hosted by JIHS
| 14th iCROWN Regular Workshop, Hosted by JIHS | Date and time: Tuesday, December 16, 2025, 16:00–17:00 |
| Format: Online (Zoom webinar) | |
| Topic: MERS 1) Perspectives from basic research/key topics (Kazuya Shirato, Department of Respiratory Viruses, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, JIHS) 2) Perspectives from clinical practice/key topics (Hase Ryota, Japanese Red Cross Narita Hospital) | |
| Registration: <Registration URL> https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_CG3AnZlSQ-y7nB_7FoMevg <Deadline> Monday, December 15, 2025, 10:00 a.m. |
Training Seminar
"FY2025 Training Seminar for Designated Medical Institutions for Infectious Diseases" has concluded.
iCROWN Hospital Training for Nurses, Hosted by JIHS
| iCROWN Hospital Training for Nurses, Hosted by JIHS For Beginners!! "Learn about clinical trials! The role of nurses in clinical trials" Note: The application period has been extended. | Date and time: Wednesday, December 17, 2025, 13:00-17:00 | |
| Format: Online (Zoom webinar) | ||
| Target participants: ・Nurses at hospitals participating in iCROWN ・Nurses at the National Research Centers for Advanced and Specialized Medical Care ・Individuals with experience caring for clinical trial patients or those interested in clinical trials | ||
| Capacity: Approximately 100 people | ||
| Registration: <Application period> Wednesday, October 15, 2025-Wednesday, December 10, 2025 <Registration URL> Request form for the application form （https://forms.office.com/r/tuY6eztUCq） *We will send the application form (including a pre-training questionnaire) to the email address you provided within one week from the Training Department. If you do not receive an email from the Training Department, please contact the inquiry desk. The viewing URL will be provided separately by the day of the training. |  | |
| Inquiry: Training Department, National college of Nursing, JIHS E-mail: kensyubu-edc@adm.ncn.ac.jp TEL: 042-495-2211（representative） *For more details, please see the flyer. | ||
Symposium
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Past Events
November 20-21, 2025: FY2025 Training Seminar for Designated Medical Institutions for Infectious Diseases
| Designed for Designated Medical Institutions for Infectious Diseases and focusing on classroom lectures and desktop exercises related to infectious disease response. |
| For program details, please refer to this [PDF]. |
November 21, 2025: 13th iCROWN Regular Workshop, Hosted by JIHS
| We held it jointly with the "FY2025 2nd Institutional Coordination Meeting" and the "FY2025 Training Seminar for Designated Medical Institutions for Infectious Diseases." |
November 20, 2025: FY2025 2nd Institutional Coordination Meeting
| Host: Teiji Takei, Director, Japan Institute for Health Security (JIHS) |
| iCROWN: progress and future outlook (Norio Ohmagari, Director, Disease Control and Prevention Center, JIHS)/iCROWN: collection and utilization of specimens and data in the iCROWN Repository Research (Nobuaki Matsunaga, Disease Control and Prevention Center, JIHS)/Research system development support for Research-Implementing Institutions: lessons learned from COVID-19 (Masashi Kondo, Professor and Sumi Banno, Section Chief, Center for Clinical Trial and Research Support, Fujita Health University School of Medicine)/Current status of SARI collection in iCROWN (Takehisa Sano, Director, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Shizuoka City Shizuoka Hospital)/Current status and system development for SARI Collection in iCROWN: approaches for selecting target cases (Hideharu Hagiya, Department of General Medicine/Department of Infectious Diseases, Vice Director, Okayama University Hospital) |
| For program details, please refer to this [PDF]. |
October 7, 2025: 12th iCROWN Regular Workshop, Hosted by JIHS
| Topic: measles |
| 1) Perspectives from basic research/key topics (Tomimasa Sunagawa, Director of Infectious Disease Surveillance Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, JIHS) 2) Perspectives from clinical practice/key topics (Michinori Shirano, Director of Department of Infectious Disease, Osaka City General Hospital) |
September 9, 2025: 11th iCROWN Regular Workshop, Hosted by JIHS
| Topic: AMR |
| 1) Perspectives from basic research/key topics (Aki Hirabayashi, Antimicrobial Resistance Research Center, JIHS National Institute of Infectious Diseases) 2) Perspectives from clinical practice/key topics (Yumiko Fujitomo, AMR Clinical Reference Center, JIHS National Center for Global Health and Medicine) |
August 12, 2025: 10th iCROWN Regular Workshop, Hosted by JIHS
| Topic: Pertussis |
| 1) Perspectives from basic research/key topics (Nao Otsuka, Department of Bacteriology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, JIHS) 2) Perspectives from clinical practice/key topics (Kei Yamamoto, Disease Control and Prevention Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, JIHS) |
July 9, 2025: 9th iCROWN Regular Workshop, Hosted by JIHS
| Topic: Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) |
| Chair: Hideki Ebihara, Department of Virology I, JIHS National Institute of Infectious Diseases |
| 1) Perspectives from basic research/key topics (Ken Maeda, Department of Veterinary Science, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, JIHS) 2) Perspectives from clinical practice/key topics (Koichi Izumikawa, Professor, Department of INFECTIOUS DISEASES, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences) 3) Perspectives from public health/key topics (Hirofumi Kato, Applied Epidemiology Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, JIHS) |
July 9, 2025: FY2025 1st Institutional Coordination Meeting
| Host: Teiji Takei, Director, Japan Institute for Health Security (JIHS) |
| The role of iCROWN within JIHS and outlook for 2025 (Teiji Takei, Director, JIHS)/Current status of support for Research-Implementing Institutions and future plans (Hiromi Hibino, Chief of office, Department of Planning and Coordination, JIHS; Masahiro Kazama, Senior Researcher, Department of R&D Collaboration, JIHS)/Current status of SARI collection in iCROWN and revision of research protocol (Nobuaki Matsunaga, Deputy Director, AMR Clinical Reference Center, Disease Control and Prevention Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine)/Report on SARI collection in AMED research (Nobuaki Shime, Professor, Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Hiroshima University)/Progress report on the phase II investigator-initiated clinical trial of favipiravir for influenza (Norio Ohmagari, Director, Disease Control and Prevention Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine)/Regarding FF100 (Masahiro Ishikane, Disease Control and Prevention Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine; Yuki Tsuchihashi, Applied Epidemiology Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases; Kenichiro Takahashi, Laboratory and Diagnostic Technology Research Division, National Institute of Infectious Diseases) |
| For program details, please refer to this [PDF]. |
February 14, 2025: FY2024 Infectious Disease Clinical Research Network Project Symposium
| Advancing pharmaceutical development during a health crisis ~Lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic: Issues surrounding placebo-controlled double-blind comparative trials~ |
| Host: Wataru Sugiura, Director, Clinical Research Center, National Center for Global Health and Medicine (NCGM) |
| [Session] What happened in clinical trials during the COVID-19 pandemic (1) Norio Ohmagari, Director, Disease Control and Prevention Center, NCGM; Sho Saito, Disease Control and Prevention Center, NCGM; 2) Yohei Doi, Professor, Department of Microbiology/Department of Infectious Diseases, Fujita Health University School of Medicine); Ethics of clinical trials during public health emergencies (Shimon Tashiro, Professor, Graduate School/Faculty of Arts and Letters Tohoku University); Considerations regarding clinical trial design of pharmaceuticals for infectious disease treatments (Keita Kawaji, Office of New Drug IV, Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency); [Panel Discussion] Preparations for future pandemics (Moderators: Wataru Sugiura, Director, Clinical Research Center, NCGM; Daisuke Tokita, Director, Clinical Research Promotion Department, Clinical Research Center, NCGM; Panelists: Sho Saito, NCGM; Yohei Doi, Fujita Health University; Shimon Tashiro, Tohoku University; Keita Kawaji, PMDA) |
December 4-5, 2024: FY2024 Training Seminar for Research-Implementing Institutions
| *Speakers omitted |
| Clinical side: [Lectures] Trends in infectious diseases important for crisis management/Trends in vaccines and treatments for major diseases; [Group Discussion/Presentation] Issues and solutions regarding the acceptance of emerging infectious diseases; [Comprehensive Discussion] Comprehensive discussion based on model case scenarios and checklists for initial response |
| Research side: [Lectures] Regarding the Clinical Research Network/Regarding FF100/Regarding REBIND/Regarding utilization; [Case Studies] Rinku General Medical Center/Japanese Red Cross Narita Hospital/Nagasaki University Hospital; [Comprehensive Discussion] Discussion based on model case scenarios and associated checklists |
October 18, 2024: FY2024 1st Institutional Coordination Meeting
| Host: Teiji Takei, Director, Bureau of Strategic Planning, National Center for Global Health and Medicine (NCGM) |
| Overview of the project (Teiji Takei, Director, Bureau of Strategic Planning, NCGM)/SARI collection using the Infectious disease Clinical Research netwOrk With National repository (iCROWN) (Nobuaki Matsunaga, Deputy Director, AMR Clinical Reference Center, NCGM)/SARI research using the Infectious disease Clinical Research netwOrk With National repository (iCROWN) (Nobuaki Matsunaga, Deputy Director, AMR Clinical Reference Center, NCGM)/Pilot clinical trials (Norio Ohmagari, Director, Disease Control and Prevention Center, NCGM)/From basic research to clinical practice, from basic research to basic research (Tadaki Suzuki, Director, Infectious Disease Pathology Department, NCGM) |
| For program details, please refer to this [PDF]. For a glimpse of the day’s events, please watch this video [on YouTube]. |