Welcome to the Asia Summer School
Asia is one of the most vulnerable regions to climate change in the world.
​This course introduces research tools to examine evidence on the health risks associated with environmental risk exposures and to assess the health benefits of mitigation policies in Asia.
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Contents

About previous editions
Time-series regression analysis is nowadays a key tool in public health for investigating the short-term health effects of environmental exposures. The course offers an introduction to the ecological time-series design and the statistical modeling process for the most common environmental exposures (e.g., temperature, air pollution, dust, haze) in Asian countries.​

Who should attend

The course is designed for postgraduate students, early career researchers, and personnel from universities, as well as researchers and practitioners working in public and private institutions across various research fields and nationalities. ​Places are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. The course will be taught in English.​

​Faculty

​Our faculty includes professors and researchers from Japanese and South Korean universities with extensive experience in environmental epidemiology.

Venue

​​The course will be held on The University of Tokyo main campus, conveniently located next to Ueno Park with good access to three subway stations and in close proximity to many museums, hotels, and restaurants.
The 1st edition in 2023 drew nearly 40 participants, while the 2nd edition in 2024 comprised 30 participants. The 3rd edition in 2025 brought together 42 participants from Japan, South Korea, China, Taiwan, Philippines, Singapore, India, Italy, France, and the US. The attendees included postgraduate students and researchers from public health, environmental epidemiology, and infectious diseases epidemiology.​

What participants said

Participants gave the course top ratings for satisfaction and expressed their intention to recommend it to others.
  • Fantastic course for early-career researchers!
  • I learned new methods that I plan to use in my research, met potential collaborators and like-minded researchers.
  • I enjoyed the atmosphere of the lectures and between the lectures.
  • It was the most organized course/lecture series that I have attended in Japan so far.​​