Hisao Nakai | Public Health Analytics | Best Researcher Award

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Dr. Hisao Nakai | Public Health Analytics | Best Researcher Award

Faculty of Nursing, University of Kochi | Japan

Dr. Hisao Nakai is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Nursing at the University of Kochi, specializing in disaster nursing, disaster management, and GIS‑based risk assessment. Holding a Ph.D. in Health Sciences from Kanazawa University, he has published 28 documents, which have been cited 107 times by 96 documents, resulting in an h-index of 7. His research centers on vulnerable populations—such as medically dependent children, older adults, and people with mental illness—and uses participatory ICT/IoT systems like K‑DiPS, which he helped develop, to support personalized disaster readiness, evacuation planning, power backup, and business continuity. He has applied GIS to simulate evacuation routes (e.g., for tsunamis) and assess environmental risks, especially for those with special needs. Academically, he has held roles at Kanazawa Medical University and Kochi University and has received awards including a Japanese Public Health Society poster prize. He has also led national surveys on disaster information sharing among caregivers of children requiring medical care. Through his interdisciplinary, community‑oriented work, Dr. Nakai is advancing equitable disaster resilience for people often overlooked in traditional emergency planning, combining practical applications with innovative research in disaster preparedness and nursing science.

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Featured Publications

Nakai, H., Oe, M., Nagayama, Y., Tokuoka, M., Yamaguchi, C., & Tanaka, K. (2025). “A retrospective study on evacuation and long-term displacement among home-visit psychiatric nursing service users in the aftermath of the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake” in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

Oe, S., Nakai, H., Nagayama, Y., Oe, M., & Yamaguchi, C. (2025). “Factors associated with worsening post-earthquake psychiatric symptoms in patients receiving psychiatric visiting nurse services during the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake: A retrospective study” in Psychiatry International.

Nitta, Y., Hashimoto, R., Shimizu, Y., Nakai, Y., & Nakai, H. (2025). “Adherence to outpatient care among individuals with pre‐existing psychiatric disorders following the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake: A retrospective study” in Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences Reports.

Nakai, H., Oe, M., & Nagayama, Y. (2024). “Factors related to evacuation intention when a Level 4 evacuation order was issued among people with mental health illnesses using group homes in Japan: A cross-sectional study” in Medicine.

Nakai, H., Ishii, K., & Sagino, T. (2024). “Turnover intention among staff who support older adults living alone in Japan: A cross-sectional study” in Social Sciences.

XiaoQi LI | Qualitative Research | Best Researcher Award

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Ms. XiaoQi LI | Qualitative Research | Best Researcher Award

Ms. XiaoQi LI | Qualitative Research – huazhong agriculture university | China

Professional Profile

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Education

Ms. LI XiaoQi is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in Landscape Architecture at Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China, where she focuses on spatial and ecological planning. She previously earned her Master of Landscape Architecture from South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, where she engaged in cultural landscape studies and planning strategies. Her academic journey began with a Bachelor’s degree in Physical Geography from Hengyang Normal University, laying the foundation for her expertise in environmental systems and terrain analysis.

Experience

Ms. Li has actively contributed to multiple national and institutional research projects. Notably, she participated in a project on the spatial planning and organic renewal of rural ecological livability, funded by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China, where she conducted historical image interpretation, rural settlement analysis, and development strategy formulation. She was also involved in a National Natural Science Foundation project focused on the landscape zoning and spatial structure of traditional settlements in the Wuling Mountains. In addition, she has been an invited speaker at national conferences, including the 12th Landscape Architecture Conference in Henan and the Conference on National Parks and Landscape Recreation in Shanghai, presenting on topics related to agricultural landscape change and public health-oriented park design.

Research Interests

Her primary research interests lie in agricultural landscape change assessment, sustainable landscape management, and the ecological dynamics of karst mountainous regions. She specializes in the use of geographic information systems (GIS), remote sensing image analysis, and historical landscape interpretation, integrating both qualitative and quantitative data approaches. Her work seeks to enhance the understanding of land use transitions, rural revitalization, and ecological planning under environmental stressors such as drought.

Awards

Ms. Li has received numerous recognitions for her academic and project excellence. She was honored with the Three Good Graduate Student Award and the Excellent Student Cadre Award at the school level in 2023. During her master’s program, she was a recipient of the First Class Scholarship. Her design and planning capabilities have earned her the Third Prize in the Excellent Urban Planning Competition of Guangdong Province, the Silver Prize in the International Ai Jing Landscape Design Competition, and First Prizes in both the Science and Technology Innovation Competition and the Hunan Urban-Rural Planning Design Competition. Additionally, she was acknowledged as an Excellent Communist Youth League Member during her undergraduate studies.

Publications

Li, X.Q., & Li, C.F. (2024). “Changes in agricultural landscape patterns and their influencing factors in karst mountainous areas under drought stress” in Ecological Indicators (In Revision).
Li, X.Q., & Yang, Q.C. (2024). “Scientometric insights into human settlements in karst landscape areas: Trends, challenges, and future directions” in Journal of Cleaner Production (In Revision).
Li, X.Q., Yang, Q.C., Lyu, X., Ye, Y., & Zhang, B. (2023). “Multidimensional framework for analyzing the distribution patterns of traditional villages in the karst landscape regions of China” in Ecological Informatics, 77, 102184.
Li, X.Q., & Zhao, J.H. (2023). “Study on the revitalization and protection of the Southern Guangdong Ancient Post Road from the perspective of study tourism—Taking the Xijing Ancient Road as an example” in Modern Urban Research, 04, 49–54.
Zhao, J.H., & Li, X.Q. (2022). “Public participation in the construction of Auckland Botanic Garden in New Zealand” in Chinese Landscape Architecture, 38(10), 44–49.