Laboratory of International Wastewater-based Epidemiology
Research Center for Water Environment Technology
School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
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- 2025/02/28
[Media] Nippon Suido Shimbun's 70th anniversary special issue (Profs. Kitajima, Katayama, Kasuga)NEW
Discussions and contributions articles from WBE-related members were published in February 19th's Japan Sewerage Newspaper commemorating the company's 70th anniversary.
●Discussion: "The Future of Water and Sewerage Systems by Academics" Project Prof. Masaaki Kitajima
●Contribution: "Future Prospects of Water and Sewerage Systems in the Period of Change"
Project Assoc. Prof. Hiroyuki Katayama, Project Assoc. Prof. Ikuro Kasuga- 2025/02/21
[Publication] Paper on confirmed COVID-19 cases at hospitals and SARS-CoV-2 levels in municipal wastewater (Project Pro. Kitajima)NEW
The following paper, co-first authored by Project Prof. Masaaki Kitajima, has been published by Environ. Int. (Booklet version is published in March)
Kagami, K., Kitajima, M., ... & Ishiguro, N. (2025) Association between confirmed COVID-19 cases at hospitals and SARS-CoV-2 levels in municipal wastewater during the pandemic and endemic phases. Environment International, 197, 109342. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2025.109342- 2025/02/21
[Publication] Advancements in global water and sanitation access (Project Pro. Kitajima)NEW
The following paper has been published in Sci. Rep. as a joint result with Project Prof. Masaaki Kitajima, Prof. Taikan Oki (RECWET Adjunct member/Special Advisor to the President), and others.
Hiroki Ando, Masaaki Kitajima, Taikan Oki, Michio Murakami (2025) Advancements in global water and sanitation access (2000–2020), Scientific Reports, 15, 6399. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-90980-7- 2025/02/20
Joint research on practical application of wastewater-based epidemiology surveillance in aging facilities (Project Prof. Kitajima)NEW
In order to prevent the spread of infectious diseases in private nursing homes, a joint research project has been launched by RECWET, the School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo (Project Prof. Masaaki Kitajima), HYUGA PRIMARY CARE Co., Ltd., and AdvanSentinel Inc. (co-funded by Shimadzu Corporation and Shionogi & Co., Ltd.). (TSE PR disclosure)
HYUGA PRIMARY CARE Co., Ltd. Feb 20th IR info.(PDF)- 2025/02/14
[Lecture] Invited lecture at APIC-ADVA Summit (Project Prof. Kitajima)
2nd APIC-ADVA Asia Pacific Summit on Infectious Diseases and Immunization (11-13 Feb, Singapore) was held. On the second day, 12th February (Wed) 15:00–16:00, Project Prof. Masaaki Kitajima gave an invited speech at the APIC Educational Symposium on RS Virus management.
Symposium title : RSV Reboot - Revolutionizing RSV Management : From Wastewater to Immunization -- 2025/02/05
[Lecture] 2 lectures at University of Yamanashi (Project Prof. Kitajima, Dr. Angga)
Special Seminar about “Frontiers in Wastewater-Based Epidemiology” was held on January 21 (Tue), 2025 at Interdisciplinary Centre for River Basin Environment (ICREuy), University of Yamanashi, and Project Prof. Masaaki Kitajima and Dr. Made Sandhyana Angga (JSPS International Research Fellow) spoke at the seminar.
Lecture title:
Latest knowledge on wastewater-based epidemiology (Project Prof. Masaaki Kitajima), After PhD: Pursuing Postdoctoral Fellowship (Dr. Made Sandhyana Angga)- 2025/02/03
[Award] Project Prof. Masaaki Kitajima was selected for Stanford University and Elsevier’s World’s Top 2% Scientists List（Project Prof. Masaaki Kitajima）
The latest edition of the “Updated Science-Wide Author Databases of Standardized Citation Indicators”, a list of influential scientists in various fields, created by Stanford University and Elsevier, was released on September 17, 2024. This list was compiled based on data from Scopus, analyzing over 5 million researchers worldwide who have published at least five papers across 22 scientific fields and 174 subfields. A composite metric combining several citation indicators was used to evaluate researchers with high citation counts. The top 2% of scientists in each subfield were identified. The analysis was conducted in two categories based on the citation period: “career-long” and “single recent year.” Project Prof. Masaaki Kitajima was selected for both the “career-long” and “single recent year” categories. This is the fourth consecutive year that Project Prof. Masaaki Kitajima has been selected in the “single-year” category, following 2021, 2022, and 2023.
Reference:Department of Urban Engineering, The University of Tokyo, news (in Japanese)
