{"id":2,"date":"2014-01-17T11:42:11","date_gmt":"2014-01-17T02:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uhc.jp\/en\/wp\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2016-11-10T02:10:44","modified_gmt":"2016-11-09T17:10:44","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.uhc.jp\/en\/about.html","title":{"rendered":"About UHC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>United Health Communication is a health communication innovation compnay, which provides evidence-based\u00a0healthcare solutions to heath consumers, patients, clinicians, pharmacies, and pharmaceutical companies. United Health Communication was founded in 2013. Prior to our start-up, we successfully developed and launched several evidence-based adherence solutions in pilot studies as a industry first trial. Our industry leading experiences in this field enable our clients provide cutting-edge\u00a0healthcare solutions to our customers.<\/p>\n<p>Our solutions are based thoroughly on behavioral science and latest internet technologies.<br \/>\nOur expertise is accumulated especially around IT-based healthcare programs. Our strengths are also seen in\u00a0\u00a0end-to-end services capability, from designing to operating healthcare solutions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<section>\n<h2><strong>Our Team<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3>Yasuto Shirataki (CEO, Founder)<\/h3>\n<p>Over 15 years experience in research and management consulting in the Gallup Organization, Link Consulting Associates Japan Co. Ltd., and ITOCHU Group companies (IML Co., Ltd., etc.), Shirataki founded United Health Communication in 2013.<br \/>\nUniversity of Manchester Master of Business Administration, (Manchester Business School)<\/p>\n<h3>Sora Hashimoto (Chief Science\/Operating Officer)<\/h3>\n<p>Hashimoto has extensive experiences as a researcher and professor in\u00a0\u00a0health phychology.\u00a0After spending\u00a08 years in one of the most\u00a0renowned\u00a0university continuously producing cutting-edge research in\u00a0his field, he joined United Health Communication as a leading scientist and dirctor of service operation.Hashimoto\u00a0finished Ph.D program at\u00a0Waseda University, Graduate School of Letters, Arts and Sciences.<\/p>\n<h3>Hongzhi Yang\u00a0(Technical Lead in Artificial Intelligence)<\/h3>\n<p>Yang has extensive experiences in artificial intelligience techonologies, especially, around speech recognition and machine learning. His various carrier as a\u00a0professor at universities, and R&amp;D\u00a0researcher\u00a0and enginieer\u00a0in vourious companies has led his outstanding recognition as an AI specialist. He joind UHC\u00a0as a technical lead\u00a0in 2015.<br \/>\nEarned Ph.D. at The University of Electro-Communications<\/p>\n<h3>Akiko Hida (Project Leader)<\/h3>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"pB40\">Hida dedicated herself in drug manuacturing process development at a pharamaceutical company for over a decade. She joined UHC 2014 exploiting her expertise in pharmaceutical business arena.<br \/>\nEarned master in biology at Keio University.<\/p>\n<h3>Yoshie Yamaguchi (Project Assistant)<\/h3>\n<p>Yamaguchi\u00a0joined UHC after engaged in\u00a0nero science at Prime Research Institute\u00a0of Kyoto University.\u00a0Her research area is especially around\u00a0evolution of social behaviour patterns commonly seen in primates and man.<br \/>\nYamaguchi earned M.S at Kyoto University, Graduate School of Science.<\/p>\n<h3>Kumiko Yanaba\u00a0(Clinical Researcher)<\/h3>\n<p>After earning a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology and engaging in patient support at cancer centers as a clinical psychologist, Yanaba joined United Health Communication in 2014.<br \/>\nTokyo University and Graduate School of Social Welfare, Department of Clinical Psychology Research, Tokyo; Ph.D.<\/p>\n<h3>Tomoko Sakurai\u00a0(Clinical Researcher)<\/h3>\n<p>Started her carrier as a nurse in the area of acute care,\u00a0Sakurai\u00a0successfuly developed her expertize not only nursing practice but also education as an assistant professor at Department of Nursing at Chiba University.\u00a0Sakurai\u00a0joined United Health Communication in 2016. She earned master degree at Department of nursing, Chiba University.<\/p>\n<h3>Kanna Miyajima(Clinical Researcher)<\/h3>\n<p>Miyajima accumurated\u00a0rich\u00a0experiences as a medical social worker specialized in intellectual disability and developmental disorder.\u00a0In addition, she has developed her specialty in aromatherapy to treat these patients in her entire carrier. Miyajima joined UHC in 2014.<br \/>\nBachalor at Department of Phychology,\u00a0Sophia Univercity.<\/p>\n<h3>Masahiko Shin (Engineer)<\/h3>\n<p>Exploitting his mathematical skills and deep understanding in computer science, Shin focuses his\u00a0expertize as an enginieer especially in AI area. He also has rich experiences in medical writing, which allows him to apply AI technologies in healthcare field.<br \/>\nShin earned Master degree at School of mathematics and materials science, University of Tsukuba.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<h2><strong>Advisory Board<\/strong><\/h2>\n<section class=\"clB\">\n<p class=\"imgLAD\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/en\/wp\/wp-content\/themes\/responsive_036\/images\/advisory-board_img01.jpg\" width=\"97\" height=\"97\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ofH\">\n<p>Akira Tsuda, MD, Clinical Psychotherapist, Professor at Kurume Department of Psychology, Kurume University, Expert of Health psychology, Clinical Psychology<br \/>\nA Main Research Themes\uff1aStress Management, Health Psychology<br \/>\nAcademic Societies\uff1aJapanese Association of Behavioral Science (Chairman), The Japanese Association of Health Psychology (Chief executive officer), The Japanese Society of Behavioral Medicine (Chief executive officer), Japan Society of Stress Management (Chief editor), The Japanese Association of Stress Science (Director)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"clB\">\n<p class=\"imgLAD\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/en\/wp\/wp-content\/themes\/responsive_036\/images\/advisory-board_img02.jpg\" width=\"97\" height=\"97\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ofH\">\n<p>Miwako Kamei, Professor at Nihon University Department of Pharmacy, Master of Business Administration, PhD of Pharmacy, Health Communication, Community Pharmacy, Pharmacoeconomics<br \/>\nA Main Research Themes\uff1aHealth Communication, Health Outcomes (Community medicine, medication support), Pharmaceutical Benefit Plans<br \/>\nAcademic Societies\uff1aJapanese Society of Social Pharmacy (Executive director), Pharmaceutical Communication Society of Japan (Supervisor), Pharmacy Society of Japan (Councilor)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>United Health Communication is a health communication innovation compnay, which provides evidence-based\u00a0health &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.uhc.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.uhc.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.uhc.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.uhc.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.uhc.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":41,"href":"http:\/\/www.uhc.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":291,"href":"http:\/\/www.uhc.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.uhc.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}