Mieko Kamiya

Born: January 12th, 1914 in Okayama city, Okayama prefecture
Died: October 22nd, 1979

Education

Doctor of Medicine, Osaka University (1960)—Her academic dissertation was “Rai no seishin igakuteki kenkyu (Psychiatric research on Hansen’s disease)”
Graduated Tokyo Jyoshi Igaku Senmongakko (1944; Tokyo Women’s Medical Vocational School)
Graduated Regular class of Tsuda English cram school (1935)

1923 Lived in Geneva, Switzerland
1938 Entered Department of Science (Premed), Columbia University, the U.S.
1941 Transferred to Tokyo Jyoshi Igaku Senmongakko (Tokyo Women’s medical Vocational School)
1944-1949 Entered Psychiatry office of Tokyo Imperial University
1952-1960 Researcher of Clinical psychiatry in the Department of medicine, Osaka University
1954 Associate professor of Kobe College
1957-1972 Adjunct staff at National Sanatorium Nagashima aiseien
1959 Associate professor at Kobe College
1960-1964 Professor at Department of Sociology, Kobe College
1963-1976 Professor at Tsuda College
1965-1967 Medical director of Clinical psychiatry, Osaka University
Adjunct staff at Tsuda College

She contributed to clinical psychology in Japan, and also helped patients who suffered from Hansen’s disease in National Sanatorium Nagashima aiseien.
She also suggested breath of life and improved understanding of Hansen disease by publishing books.

Hiroshi Oizumi (2003). Nihonshinrigakusha-jiten. Tokyo: Kabushiki Kaisha Kress Shuppan.