{"id":2942,"date":"2025-10-17T17:51:39","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T08:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.giar.gunma-u.ac.jp\/eng\/?p=2942"},"modified":"2025-12-01T14:00:59","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T05:00:59","slug":"international-symposium_uq2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.giar.gunma-u.ac.jp\/eng\/international-symposium_uq2025\/","title":{"rendered":"\u3010Information\u3011The GIAR International Symposium (International Open Laboratory, The University of Queensland)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #333333;\">(Updated:19 Nov)<\/span><br \/>\nOn December 4<sup>th<\/sup> 2025, GIAR will host the International Symposium of Gunma University Initiative for Advanced Research (GIAR) titled &#8220;<strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">A Life Course Approach to Women&#8217;s Health<\/span><\/strong>&#8220;. It will be held on-site and online. We look forward to your participation!<br \/>\nThe latest information will be posted on this website.<\/p>\n<p>\u3010Date\/Time\u3011<strong>2025.12.04 [Thurs.] 10:00 AM &#8211; 5:30 PM<\/strong><br \/>\n\u3010Venue\u3011Gunma University (Millennium Hall)&amp;Online\u3000<span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">\u203bOnline simultaneous distribution available<\/span><br \/>\n\u3010Pre-registration\u3011<a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/YJZBHR4Lg2KitCL18\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Required\uff08https:\/\/forms.gle\/YJZBHR4Lg2KitCL18)<\/a><br \/>\n\u3010Organizers\u3011<br \/>\nProfessor Minoru Hanaya (Director of GIAR)<br \/>\nProfessor Gita Mishra AO (PI of International Open Laboratory(The University of Queensland), GIAR)<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u3010Timetable\u3011<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">\u203bLectures in English<\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 97.7571%; height: 372px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 10px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 4.36332%; text-align: center; height: 17px;\">Time<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.8382%; text-align: center; height: 17px;\">Program<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 47.2176%; height: 17px; text-align: center;\">Speakers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 50px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 4.36332%; height: 10px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.34px;\">10:00- <\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.8382%; height: 10px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Opening Remarks<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 47.2176%; height: 10px;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Prof. Yasuki Ishizaki<\/span><br \/>\nPresident of Gunma University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 50px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 4.36332%; height: 10px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.34px;\">10:05- <\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.8382%; height: 10px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Introduction<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 47.2176%; height: 10px;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Prof. Kunihiko Hayashi<\/span><br \/>\nDistinguished Professor, Gunma University Initiative for Advanced Research (GIAR)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 60px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 4.36332%; height: 49px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.34px;\">10:15- <\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.8382%; height: 49px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Lecture<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 47.2176%; height: 49px;\">&#8220;<strong>A Life Course Approach to Women\u2019s Health: from Research to Policy and Practice<\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Prof. Gita Mishra AO<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Centre Director, Australian Women and Girls&#8217; Health Research Centre, NHMRC Leadership Fellow, School of Public Health, the University of Queensland (Australia)<br \/>\nAdjunct Professor, GIAR (Japan)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 20px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 4.36332%; height: 10px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.34px;\">11:15- <\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.8382%; height: 10px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Break<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 47.2176%; height: 10px;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 60px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 4.36332%; height: 49px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.34px;\">11:25- <\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.8382%; height: 49px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Special Lecture<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 47.2176%; height: 49px;\">&#8220;<strong>Australian Women\u2019s Experiences of Heavy Menstrual Bleeding and its Management: Lessons for Improvement<\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Prof. Jenny Doust<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Clinical Professorial Research Fellow, Australian Women and Girls&#8217; Health Research Centre, School of Public Health, The University of Queensland (Australia)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 20px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 4.36332%; height: 10px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.34px;\">12:25- <\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.8382%; height: 10px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Lunch Break<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 47.2176%; height: 10px;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 80px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 4.75157%; height: 10px; text-align: center;\">14:00 &#8211;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 15.0161%; height: 10px; text-align: center;\">GIAR UQ Lab Session<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 49.5144%; height: 10px;\">&#8220;<strong>Study on Menopausal Symptoms in the Japan Nurses&#8217; Health Study<\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Dr. Yuki Ideno<\/span><br \/>\nAssociate Professor, Gunma University Center for Food Science and Wellness\/ GIAR (Japan)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><\/span>&#8220;<strong>The Association Between Race\/Ethnicity and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in Women Varies by Body Mass Index: A Pooled Analysis of 15 Cohort Studies<\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Dr. Kazue Nagai<\/span><br \/>\nAssociate Professor, Gunma University Center for Food Science and Wellness\/ GIAR (Japan)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><\/span>&#8220;<strong>Association of Trajectory of Body Mass Index with Knee Pain Risk in Japanese Middle-Aged Women<\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Dr. Ayumi Ito<\/span><br \/>\nAssistant Professor, International Open Laboratory(IOL), The University of Queensland Laboratory, GIAR(Japan)<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><\/span><br \/>\n&#8220;<strong>Endometriosis and Menopause: Insights into Type and Timing from the InterLACE Consortium<\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Dr. Hsin-Fang Chung<\/span><br \/>\nResearch Fellow, School of Public Health, The University of Queensland (Australia)<br \/>\nAdjunct Collaborative Researcher, IOL, The University of Queensland Laboratory, GIAR (Japan)Q&amp;A 10 min<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 60px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 4.36332%; height: 49px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.34px;\">15:00- <\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.8382%; height: 49px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Lecture<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 47.2176%; height: 49px;\">&#8220;<strong>Fertility Issues in Endometriosis<\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Prof. Akira Iwase<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Professor, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine (Japan)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 20px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 4.36332%; height: 10px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.34px;\">15:20- <\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.8382%; height: 10px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Coffee Break<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 47.2176%; height: 10px;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 60px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 4.36332%; height: 49px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.34px;\">15:40- <\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.8382%; height: 49px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Special Lecture<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 47.2176%; height: 49px;\">&#8220;<strong>Life Course Factors Associated with Age at Menopause<\/strong>&#8221;<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Prof. Rebecca Hardy<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Professor of Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University (UK)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 40px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 4.36332%; height: 10px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.34px;\">16:40-<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.8382%; height: 10px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Closing Remarks<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 47.2176%; height: 10px;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Prof.Minoru Hanaya<\/span><br \/>\nDirector of GIAR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 40px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 4.36332%; height: 10px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.34px;\">17:15 &#8211;<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.8382%; height: 10px; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Networking Dinner<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 47.2176%; height: 10px;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/13Z7TzR2XXbQrN4T24yoPd3OLfcpQN3Fg\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.giar.gunma-u.ac.jp\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/GIARIntlSymposium20251204.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"724\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4703 size-large\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u3010Links\u3011<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.giar.gunma-u.ac.jp\/eng\/laboratory\/international-open-laboratory\/the-university-of-queensland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GIAR, International Open Laboratory, The University of Queensland<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunma-u.ac.jp\/information\/214625\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gunma University (Japanese)<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13pt;\">[<span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.34px;\">Contact<\/span>]GIAR Support Office<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 13pt;\">E-mail: kk-kensui4\uff03ml.gunma-u.ac.jp<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">(Please replace &#8220;#&#8221; 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