2026/03/16
Professor Maria Lohan (Queen’s University Belfast / UNESCO Chair in Masculinities and Gender Equality) has joined HIAS once again under the HIAS BRIDGES Distinguished Program. She will spend the next two months working with colleagues at the Research Center for Health Policy and Economics (HIAS Health) on ongoing research and educational activities.
(BRIDGES members list: https://bridges.hias.hit-u.ac.jp/en/member/)
< Professor Maria Lohan >
Professor at the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen’s University Belfast, and UNESCO Chair in Masculinities and Gender Equality.
She is internationally recognized for her research on gender equality, men’s sexual and reproductive health, fatherhood, violence prevention, and the development of intervention programs.
She has served as a consultant for the WHO Human Reproduction Programme and has led international projects on masculinities and sexual and reproductive health.
Her work is known for its strong policy impact, drawing on diverse methodologies including randomized controlled trials and qualitative research, and she collaborates widely to advance evidence‑based interventions in educational and healthcare settings.
HIAS Bridges Distinguished program
The HIAS Bridges Distinguished program started in 2022 as a part of the HIAS Bridges, which aims to strengthen HIAS into a “base of social science” where top-level researchers form a multi-layered research network. The HIAS Bridges Distinguished program aims to further deepen and sophisticate research at HIAS by inviting world-class researchers to HIAS internationally and conducting joint research with HIAS researchers.
Program Overview: About HIAS BRIDGES – HIAS Bridges