Ms Makiko Kato MacDermot
Consultant
Research area
Health Emergency and Disaster Risk reduction, Health Workforce Development, Public Health, Community Health
Bio
Maki Kato MacDermot worked as a registered nurse in intensive care units in Japan and the United Kingdom. Maki also completed BSc Psychology at Middlesex University in 2000 and an MSc Global Health Policy at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. She has worked as a public health researcher and a healthcare consultant at The Chinese University of Hong Kong since 2014 where she was involved in various international research and education activities, such as health impacts of natural / man-made hazards, community health promotion, and developing a series of online courses for public health principles and climate change. She was also responsible for coordinating a WHO funded research on workforce development in Health Emergences and Disaster Risk Reduction.
Publications
Hung KKC, Mashino S, Chan EYY, MacDermot MK, Balsari S, Ciottone GR, et al. Health Workforce Development in Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management: The Need for Evidence-Based Recommendations. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2021;18:3382. https://doi.org/10.3390/ ijerph18073382
Hung KKC, MacDermot MK, Chan EYY, Liu S, Huang Z, Wong CS, Walline JH, Graham CA. CCOUC Ethnic Minority Health Project: A Case Study for Health EDRM Initiatives to Improve Disaster Preparedness in a Rural Chinese Population. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 5322. https://doi.org/ 10.3390/ijerph18105322
Colwell J, Kato M. 2005. Video game play in British and Japanese adolescents. Simulation & Gaming. 36: 518-530.
Colwell J, Kato M. 2003. Investigation of the relationship between social isolation, self-esteem, aggression and computer game play in Japanese adolescents. Asian Journal of Social Psychology. 6(2), 149.
Online Resources
E-learning modules:
‘Research Methodology for Disaster and Medical Humanitarian response’. Available at: http://www.hkjcdpri.org.hk/elearning/d03-1research-methodology-disaster…
‘Core Public Health Concepts for Health Emergency and Disaster Risk Management’. Available at: https://www.hkjcdpri.org.hk/d05-4-core-public-health-concepts-health-emergency-and-disaster-risk-management
‘Climate Change and Health’. Available at: http://www.hkjcdpri.org.hk/elearning/climate-change-and-health