5098780Trends in Joint / Commissioned ResearchIn addition to providing psychological support for local residents, this Center was also established as an institution to carry out practical education and research activities in psychology. The Center provides support for psychological issues such as child rearing, human relationships and stress, using methods such as psychological consultations (counseling), psychological examinations and cooperation with specialized institutions. It also functions as a location for practical education and postgraduate students aiming to become licensed psychologists also take responsibility for psychological consultations. It carries out activities so that it can make a contribution to the psychological health of local residents in a concrete way, based on the results and knowledge accumulated through psychology research so far.The Kobe Gakuin University Cooperative Research Center of Life Sciences (LSC) was established when the University was chosen by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology to participate in its Academic Frontier Promotion Program. It is currently exploring five research themes, with a focus on the Strategic Research Foundation Grant-aided Project for Private Universities (2012 to 2016), which followed the Academic Frontier Promotion Program. Over the approximately 13 years since its founding, the Center has worked to build structures facilitating collaboration with a broad range of experts both inside and outside the University, and it has played a role in achieving the City of Kobe’s goal of becoming a center of the medical industry. The Center works for the commercialization of research findings with the aim of conducting creative research activities.The Center’s research theme is “The coexistence of the University and the community.” Teachers and students of the University proactively leave the campus to identify various problems in the community and search for solutions through practical research. The center was subsidized by the Academic Frontier Promotion Project of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology for eight years from 2002. It was selected for the “Strategic Research Base Development Program for Private Universities” in 2011 and promoted a large-scale three-year research project. The aim is to become a university that works together with the local region to create a rich regional society based on these experiences.We are carrying out various types of research on locomotion from a biological viewpoint, focusing on “muscles” as the central topic of study. Since 2020, we have been conducting research on a muscle atrophy treatment method that impedes the functions of the muscle growth inhibitor myostatin, under the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED), Practical Research Project for Rare/Intractable Diseases. These results are expected to establish a revolutionary new treatment method for muscle atrophy. Another subject of our research is a protein known as titin which is contained in muscles. We have clearly shown that in muscular diseases such as Duchenne muscular dystrophy, titin is broken down and excreted in urine, a finding which is now attracting attention as a new candidate for clinical test items. In addition, evaluations of muscle collapse which use urinary titin as an indicator are being expanded to the field of nutritional science as well as kinematics.Since its founding, our University has focused on various forms of international exchanges and language education with the aim of “developing human resources with an international viewpoint.” In addition to our study abroad programs, opportunities for international communication within the University can encourage cross-cultural understanding which will help cultivate international awareness and new senses of value - qualities that are highly valuable for developing global human resources. One of our unique oharacteristics is that students are able to learn at their own level while also experiencing personal growth since there are many programs and levels.Study abroad and training programsWe have concluded exchange agreements with 52 universities in 16 countries and provide long-term study abroad programs and short-term overseas training programs which many students participate in every year. We also actively engage in exchange activities such as dispatching and accepting instructors and researchers.Joint / Commissioned ResearchAs an educational and research institution, our University is working to resolve social issues and actively participate in research promotion projects, while also returning their results to society on a wide scale. In addition to acquiring competitive funding, we promote the acquisition and utilization of patents as well as industry-academia-government collaborative activities, and support researchers so that they can provide their diverse and outstanding academic research across the world. We will introduce two cases that were selected for competitive research funding in 2023. First, Professor INAGAKI Fuyuhiko of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences was selected for "Hiroshima Carbon Circular Project, Type is solve prefectural company issues related”. This project is a system that supports research and corroboration of CR-related technology in Hiroshima Prefecture for the purpose of developing the prefecture’s economy and contributing to worldwide CR. Second, Lecturer KIKUKAWA Hiroyuki of the Faculty of Contemporary Social Studies was selected for the "University’s Urban Innovation Kobe" project. This project is subsidizes research activity expenses for young researchers, with the goal of resolving regional and administrative issues of the City of Kobe. The period is 2 years (AY2022-AY2023). Furthermore, the number of joint and commissioned research projects conducted at our University with corporations and other parties, and their research expenses, have shown an increasing trend in recent years.Diverse international exchange programs aimed at “developing human resources with an international viewpoint”(Established in April 2006)(Established in April 2002)(Established in October 2007)(Established in April 2013)(Projects)504540353025201615104,020515,1402014Amount of funding for joint research (thousand yen)Amount of funding for commissioned research (thousand yen)Number of joint research projectsNumber of commissioned research projects35292237,2391619,29011,40894,15991,313523,0462019118,300201717,940201616,580201526,17820184945140,0004336,195120,00039100,00033,69228,92680,00060,00040,00020,00039,253202070,447202149,5162022Funding (thousand yen)16KOBE GAKUIN UNIVERSITY14Cooperative Research Center of Life Sciences Center for Area Research and Development Clinical Psychology Counseling CenterResearch Center for Locomotion Biology Research InstitutionsResearch Activities
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