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BOARD MEMEBRS

Board Members of the International Society of Nature and Forest Medicine (INFOM)

Adviser

Takashi TajiriMD, PhD, Emeritus President of Nippon Medical School, Emeritus Professor of Nippon Medical School

President

Michiko ImaiMD, PhD, Mountain Climber, President of the Japanese Society of Forest Therapy, Tokyo, Japan

Vice-President

Qing Li MD, PhD, President of the Japanese Society of Forest Medicine, Clinical Professor, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan
Hannu Raitio PhD, Professor, Director, Finnish Forest Research Institute, Finland
Won Sop Shin PhD, Professor, School of Forest Resources, Chungbuk National University 48 Gaesin-dong, Heungduk-ku, Cheongju, Chungbuk, Korea

Secretary General

Qing Li MD, PhD, President of the Japanese Society of Forest Medicine, Clinical Professor, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan

Scientific Committee of INFOM

C. Y., Chang Ph.D. Professor, Department of Horticulture, National Taiwan University, Chinese Taipei
Gallis, Christos Dr., Researcher, Forest Research Insitute, GR-57 006, Vassilika, Thessaloniki, Greece
Carol Colfer Scientist, Center for International Forestry Research CIFOR, Indonesia, Permanent Address: 21 Etna Lane, PO Box 280, Etna, New York 13062-0280, USA
Mark A. Ellison Ed.D., Researcher, author and founder of HikingResearch.com. Continuing education instructor, Cabarrus College of Health Sciences, Concord, NC USA.
Oleg Glazachev MD, PhD, Director of the International Institute of Social Physiology, Professor,
Dean for the international students, First Sechenov Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia
Tellnes Gunnar Professor M.D. PhD MHA, University of Oslo, Institute of Health and Society, Oslo, Norway
Hideki Hirano PhD, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Tokyo, Japan
Koji Hongo Director-General, Forestry Agency, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan, Tokyo, Japan
Michiko Imai MD, PhD, Mountain Climber, President of the Japanese Society of Forest Therapy, Tokyo, Japan
Tatsuya Kajiya PhD, SGEC/PEFC Japan, Executive Director/Secretary General
www.sgec-pefcj.jp
Koichi Kanetani MD. Ph.D., Minamimachida Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
Walter Kofler PhD, Professor, President of International Academy of SDcience- Health and Ecology, Austria
Kalevi Korpela PhD, Professor, School of Social Sciences and Humanities/Psychology, FIN - 33014 University of Tampere
http://www.favoriteplace.info/Korpela_Kalevi.htm
Juyoung Lee PhD, Korea Forest Service, Government Complex 1, Korea
Qing Li MD, PhD, President of the Japanese Society of Forest Medicine, Clinical Professor, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan
Alan C. Logan ND, Naturopathic physician, Invited faculty in Harvard's School of Continuing Medical Education Courses, Boston, MA, USA
Julia Africa MAOM MDesS, Program Leader, Nature, Health and the Built Environment Program, Center for Health and the Global Environment at the Harvard School of Public Health, Boston Massachusetts
Natalya Mikhaylichenko MD, PhD, International Medical Centre «Nevron» , CEO, consultant neurologist, epileptologist, Vladivostok, Russia
Richard Mitchell Professor of Health and Environment, Public Health and Health Policy Section, University of Glasgow, 1 Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow G12 8RZ, UK
Bum-Jin Park PhD, Associate Professor, Lab of Forest Environment & Human Health,
Department of Environment & Forest Resources, Chungnam National University, Korea
Hannu Raitio PhD, Professor, Director, Finnish Forest Research Institute, Finland
Bernadette REY Lecturer as a guide in Forest Therapy, UQAM (Universite du Quebec a Montreal), Quebec, Canada
Dino Riccio Accredited and certified professional trainer by the government of Quebec in kaizen techniques, tour operator specialized in Asia, Quebec, Canada
Eva Selhub MD, Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Patricia Shanley PhD, Senior Research Associate, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), NJ, USA
Won Sop Shin PhD, Professor, School of Forest Resources, Chungbuk National University 48 Gaesin-dong, Heungduk-ku, Cheongju, Chungbuk, Korea
Vicki Simkovic ND, Naturopathic Physician, Borealis Naturopathic Health Centre Naturalist, Hike Leader & Workshop Instructor (Ecotherapy Certificate Course, CCNM).
Morimasa Takayama MD, PhD, Executive Vice President, Director of Cardiology,
Sakakibara Heart Institute, Japan Research Promotion Society for Cardiovascular Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
Liisa Tyrväinen PhD, Professor, The Finnish Forest Research Institute Metla, Unioninkatu 40 A, FI-00170 Helsinki, Finland
Sjerp de Vries PhD, Dept. of Landscape/Spatial Planning, Netherlands
Peiyu Wang MD, PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Social Medicine and Health Education, School of Public Health, Peking University, China
Jong Min Woo Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Inje University School of Medicine, Seoul Paik Hospital 85 Jur-Dong-2-Ga, Jung-Gu, Seoul, Korea
Yiwu Yu Professor and the Dean of School of Tourism and Health, Zhejiang Agriculture and Forestry University and the Dean of School of Tea Culture which was set up by China International Tea Culture Institute uniting with Zhejiang Agriculture and Forestry University, China

Founding Committee of INFOM

Hideki Hirano PhD, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Tokyo, Japan
Michiko ImaiMD, PhD, President of the Japanese Society of Forest Therapy, Tokyo, Japan
Tatsuya Kajiya PhD, SGEC/PEFC Japan, Executive Director/Secretary General
www.sgec-pefcj.jp
Qing Li MD, PhD, President of the Japanese Society of Forest Medicine, Clinical Professor, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan