A Place for Co-Creation with Full Diversity Hokkaido University COI Site : innovative Food & Healthcare MASTER The Innovative Food & Healthcare MASTER center was launched in FY2013 with the aim of realizing a healthy society. Since November 2021, it has worked with the new Life Design Cocreation Center for the Mind and Body to create a society in which everyone can live happily while further developing its past efforts. A new challenge has begun, looking ahead 10 to 20 years into the future.
A society where mothers and children can live in good health and with peace of mind. The Innovative Food & Healthcare MASTER center develops industry-academiaregion collaborative activities at the Global Research Center for Food & Medical Innovation in the Hokkaido University North Campus. Adopted by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) and the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) as a Center of Innovation (COI) in FY2013, it has been established with the University of Tsukuba and Kitasato University as satellite sites, more than 10 universities and research institutes, over 30 food- and health-related companies, and local governments in Hokkaido and Iwamizawa City.
Smiles for the community “We are striving to create a society where everyone has a smile on their face,” says Visiting Professor Masanori Yoshino, project leader of the Innovative Food & Healthcare MASTER center. Its goals are to reduce the number of children born with low birth weight, to make mothers and children healthier through food and exercise, to realize a society that is friendly and enjoyable for mothers and children, and to overcome the problem of declining birth rates by reducing the burden of child rearing.
emmy fes.: event 0 in December 2021 (in a hybrid format of online and in-person communication). Professor Akiko Tamakoshi of Hokkaido University speaks during a talk session under the theme of Social Needs and R&D. She serves as the research leader for the Innovative Food & Healthcare MASTER center.
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Litterae Populi Spring 2022
