| Co-Representative Director, Institute of Trauma Recovery. |
| Sachiko Kita, PhD, CNM, RN, PHN |
Profile
Ph.D. in Public Health (The University of Tokyo)
Co-Representative Director, Institute of Trauma Recovery.
Director, Multicultural Study of Trauma Recovery Consortium (MiStory)
In 2002, during her third year of university and just a year after the enactment of Japan's Act on the Prevention of Spousal Violence and the Protection of Victims, she first learned about domestic violence (DV) and the lack of sufficient support for survivors. Deeply moved by the suffering of women and children affected by violence, she became determined to dedicate herself to helping them, which led her to pursue a career as a certificated-nurse midwife. After obtaining her midwifery license at the Graduate School of St. Luke’s International University, she worked at an obstetric hospital in Tokyo. There, she introduced DV screening into prenatal outpatient care and published a study in an international journal reporting the prevalence and risk factors of DV during pregnancy. This experience strengthened her passion and resolve to reach and support more victims and survivors. After earning her PhD of Public Health at the Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, she served as an assistant professor and then a senior lecturer at The University of Tokyo from 2015 to 2024. In September 2024, she began her term as a visiting scholar at the University of Michigan, and in April 2025, she established this research institute as a representative director.
Her area of expertise is gender-based violence (GBV), including intimate partner violence, child abuse, and sexual violence. Since 2016, she has served as a board member of the Multicultural Study of Trauma Recovery Consortium (MiStory), a trauma recovery research team spanning 13 countries. She has been committed to advancing research that sheds light on trauma recovery processes and develops effective intervention strategies.
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