Table 1.
Panel member list of the Subcommittee on Novel Coronavirus Disease Control.
| Name | Role | Gender | Physician | Specialty | Affiliation | H index |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | Chair panelist | Male | Yes | Public health | Chairperson of the Japan Community Healthcare Organization (national institution) Chairperson of the Advisory Council on Countermeasures against Novel Influenza and Other Diseases (government advisor) COVID-19 advisory board member of Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare (government advisor) |
4 |
| B | Co-chair panelist | Male | Yes | Infectious disease | Director of the National Institution of Infectious Disease (national institution) Panel member of the Advisory Council on Countermeasures against Novel Influenza and Other Diseases (government advisor) COVID-19 advisory board chairperson of Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare (government advisor) |
67 |
| C | Panelist | Male | Yes | Infectious disease | Director of infectious disease, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital (public hospital) Panel member of the Advisory Council on Countermeasures against Novel Influenza and Other Diseases (government advisor) COVID-19 advisory board member of Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare (government advisor) |
11 |
| D | Panelist | Male | Yes | Public health | President of the Kawasaki City Institute for Public Health (public institution) Special Advisor to the Japanese Cabinet (government advisor) Co-chairperson of the Advisory Council on Countermeasures against Novel Influenza and Other Diseases (government advisor) COVID-19 advisory board member of Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare (government advisor) |
32 |
| E | Panelist | Male | Yes | Microbiologist | Full professor, Tohoku University, Department of Microbiology (national university) Panel member of the Advisory Council on Countermeasures against Novel Influenza and Other Diseases (government advisor) COVID-19 advisory board member of Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare (government advisor) |
32 |
| F | Panelist | Male | Yes | Pediatrics | Executive Director of the Japan Medical Association Panel member of Ministerial Meeting on Measures Against Avian Influenza (government advisor) Panel member of the Advisory Council on Countermeasures against Novel Influenza and Other Diseases (government advisor) COVID-19 advisory board member of Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare (government advisor) |
2 |
| G | Panelist | Male | Yes | Infectious disease | Full professor, Toho University, Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (private university) President of Japanese Society for Clinical Microbiology Former president of Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases Panel member of the Advisory Council on Countermeasures against Novel Influenza and Other Diseases (government advisor) Panel member of Ministerial Meeting on Measures Against Avian Influenza (government advisor) COVID-19 advisory board member of Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare (government advisor) |
42 |
| H | Extra panelist | Male | Yes | Co-president of Japanese Association of Medical Care Corporations President of the medical corporation HOSPY group (for-profit company) COVID-19 advisory board member of Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare (government advisor) |
– | |
| I | Extra panelist | Female | Yes | Public health | Co-president of Japanese Association of Public Health Center Directors Director of Katsushika City Health Center (public institution) Social medicine specialist/ instructor |
– |
| J | Panelist | Male | No | Health communication | Healthcare communication planner Former official of the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare (government official) Former panel member of the Advisory Council on Countermeasures against Novel Influenza and Other Diseases (government advisor) |
– |
| K | Panelist | Male | No | – | Deputy executive director of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation Former chief general secretary of the Tokyo Electric Power Worker’s Union Former executive director of the Federation of Electric Power Related Industry Worker’s Unions of Japan Panel member of the Advisory Council on Countermeasures against Novel Influenza and Other Diseases (government advisor) |
– |
| L | Panelist | Male | No | Economist | Professor, Osaka University Graduate School of Economics, Department of Scientific Information and Public Policy (national university) Panel member of the Advisory Council on Countermeasures against Novel Influenza and Other Diseases (government advisor) |
26 |
| M | Panelist | Male | No | Insurance | Chamber of the Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry Vice president of AXA Life Insurance Co., Ltd. (for-profit company) Panel member of the Advisory Council on Countermeasures against Novel Influenza and Other Diseases (government advisor) |
– |
| N | Panelist | Male | No | Economist | Principal Investigator of the Tokyo Foundation for Policy Research (Private nonprofit think tank) Visiting Professor, Keio University, Faculty of Economics (private university) Panel member of the Advisory Council on Countermeasures against Novel Influenza and Other Diseases (government advisor) |
5 |
| O | Panelist | Female | No | Lawyer | Lawyer of Kasumigaseki Law Offices Panel member of Ministerial Meeting on Measures Against Avian Influenza (government advisor) Panel member of the Advisory Council on Countermeasures against Novel Influenza and Other Diseases (government advisor) Former panel member of Administrative Appeal Committee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (government advisor) Former panel member of research misconduct and conflict of interest committee at the Institute of Statistical Mathematics (public institution) COVID-19 advisory board member of Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare (government advisor) |
– |
| P | Panelist | Male | No | Politician | Governor of Tottori Prefecture in Japan Panel member of the Advisory Council on Countermeasures against Novel Influenza and Other Diseases (government advisor) |
– |
| Q | Panelist | Female | No | Journalist | General Manager of the Research Division of the Yomiuri Shimbun Tokyo Head Office (for-profit company) Panel member of the Advisory Council on Countermeasures against Novel Influenza and Other Diseases (government advisor) |
– |
| R | Panelist | Female | No | Public Health | Professor, Department of Public Health, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo (national university) Panel member of Cabinet Secretariat Health and Medical Strategy Promotion Expert Committee (government advisor) Panel member of the Advisory Council on Countermeasures against Novel Influenza and Other Diseases (government advisor) COVID-19 advisory board member of Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare (government advisor) |
13 |
| S | Extra panelist | Male | No | Jurist | Professor, Keio University Law School (private university) Public Interest Member of Central Labor Relations Commission, Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare (government advisor) Panel member of the Advisory Council on Countermeasures against Novel Influenza and Other Diseases (government advisor) |
1 |
| T | Extra panelist | Female | No | Travel industry | Chairman of the Board of All Nippon Airways Research Institute (private institution) Former senior vice president of the All Airways Co., Ltd. (for-profit company) Director of East Japan Railway Company (for-profit company) Director of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. (for-profit company) |
– |
| Total, n (%) | Male: 15 (75.0) Female: 5 (25.0) |
10 (50.0) | Median: 18.5 Interquartile ranges: 4.5–32 |
COVID-19 = coronavirus disease 2019.