The Consortium of Universities and Institutions in Japan(CUIJ)

Department of Nuclear Medicine and Tracer Kinetics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, JAPAN

About CUIJ

On the occasion of the Nuclear Science and Technology Ministerial Conference which was held at IAEA headquarters (Vienna) in 2018, the Consortium of Japanese universities and institutions (CUIJ) and the IAEA signed a practical arrangement with a view to strengthening collaboration in human resource development in the field of nuclear medicine. This agreement is to collaborate in the training of nuclear medicine professionals from developing countries in the consortium (a total of 11 institutions).

Under the agreement between the Graduate School of Medicine / Osaka University Hospital and IAEA concluded in May 2016, numerous nuclear medicine training programs and international workshops were hosted. These achievements are highly appreciated in IAEA, and lead to the collaboration as a consortium to cooperate in human resources development in developing countries. Such a large framework agreement is the first case for the IAEA and great expectations were being received to expand for the development in other fields.

 After a great success of the previous three-year partnership between the IAEA and the consortium, a new agreement was signed with IAEA on March, 2023 under its Rays of Hope initiative, to strengthen the nuclear medicine workforce in Asia and the Pacific. The arrangement aims at harnessing a range of technical expertise to provide more training opportunities and share research outcomes, to help hospitals improve the diagnosis and treatment of cancer, particularly in developing countries. The IAEA’s Rays of Hope initiative was launched in 2022 to support countries to establish or scale up safe, secure and effective radiation medicine capabilities, to bridge a major shortfall in equipment and highly skilled personnel in many developing countries.

1. About CUIJ: signing ceremony

(29 Nov 2018, at the IAEA Headquarter Office)

2. About CUIJ: Aim

Scope of Cooperation –

  • Collaboration in the training of nuclear medicine professionals
  • Collaboration in the organization of meetings and workshops on clinical nuclear medicine practice and related research
  • Provision of technical expertise and support from the Universities to the IAEA and its Member States for the development of capacity building concerning clinical applications in nuclear medicine
  • Exchange of data of mutual interest and relevance