Xanat Vargas
| Position | Program-Specific Researcher |
|---|---|
| Group name | Fujita Group |
| Research Field | Kansei Sciences, Media and Communication, Research Ethics |
| Awards | 1st place Undergraduate student research competition, SIGGRAPH (2022), with Murakami Takahito, Torii Maya Grace and Ochiai Yoichi |
| ORCID | https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2581-8514 |
| Personal Website | https://ktdesignbox.com/ |
| Joined | Apr. 1, 2023 |
Research Overview
Participative engagement of collaborators in biomedical research
The purpose of this research is to survey public and medical staff attitudes and behaviors towards human tissue related biomedical research. By taking into account principles of consent and service design, it is planned to employ quantitative methods in social media and qualitative methods in workshops with interested parties.
Biography
Vargas Meza Xanat moved to South Korea and obtained her Master degree in Media and Communication at Yeungnam University (2014). She moved to Japan and obtained her PhD in Kansei Sciences from the University of Tsukuba (2019). She has served as Assistant Professor and Researcher in several Japanese educational institutions.
Publications
Vargas Meza Xanat, Shimojo Shigen and Hayashi Yugo (Accepted). Cognitive networks across life: A Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning case study from Japan. International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning.
Vargas Meza Xanat, Oikawa Masanori (2024). Japanese Perception of Organ Donation and Implications for New Medical Technologies: Quantitative and Qualitative Social Media Analysis. JMIR Formative Research, 8: e55797. DOI: 10.2196/55797
Vargas Meza Xanat, Oikawa Masanori (2024). Japanese Perception of Brain Death and Implications for Communicating New Medical Technologies: Quantitative and Qualitative Social Media Analysis. JMIR Formative Research, 8: e54025. DOI:https://formative.jmir.org/2024/1/e54025
Vargas Meza Xanat, Hayashi-Simpliciano R. Shizuko, Yokoyama Takumi, Nishimura Chieko, Nishida Ryohei and Ochiai Yoichi (2023). YouTube Itak: a description of Ainu-related videos. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 10(1): 1-15. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-023-02336-z
Vargas Meza Xanat, Shimojo Shigen and Hayashi Yugo (2023). Cognition Networks in Collaborative Learning among Japanese Youngsters and Elders. The 13th International Conference on Cognitive Science. Seoul, Korea/online. August 24th.