The Japan Society for Menopause and Women's Health

Since 2008 the JMS has developed a certification system to authorize clinicians and medical professionals in this field with advanced skills and specialized knowledge.

Scientific meeting is held annually.

Upcoming events

Workshop is held annually.

Upcoming events

The JMS awards prize to one researcher per year for the achievement in research that contributes to the development of the menopausal health care.

The JMS gives encouragement awards to two researchers per year that are presented at the annual meeting of the JMS and are evaluated as excellent research.

Financial assistance is provided for the purpose of funding excellent research project on menopausal health care.

The JMS has been participating in the epidemiological study which focuses on the lifestyle and health of women, "the JNHS (Japan Nurses' Health Study)", since 2002.

With the support of the Japanese Nursing Association and nursing association in each prefecture, the participants were recruited from those women who are at nursing professions, aged 25 years or more. This study investigates the effects of lifestyle and healthcare on women's health. Since the study was initiated in 2001, approximately 17,000 women have been participating.

The journal is published twice per year.

The newsletter is published three times per year.

"The guidebook on menopausal health care (edited by the JMS)" was published in November 2008, as a practical guide for those individual who study and practice menopausal health care. This guidebook provides a broad range of each disease related to menopause and the treatment, and the history of menopausal health care and its background.

In cooperation with the board of reproductive endocrinology of the Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the hormone replacement therapy (HRT) guideline was published in June 2009. This guideline was created to organize the knowledge and understanding on HRT, and to use HRT in a safer manner.

Domestic:

Social Insurance Union of Societies Related to Internal Medicine

International:

• 1. Regular member of the International Menopause Society (IMS),located in the UK / since 1999
• 2. Regular member of the Asia Pacific Menopause Federation (APMF), located in Hong Kong / since 1999

Regular member of the Council of Affiliated Menopause Society (CAMS), located in the UK / since 1999

Hosted the 9th International Menopause Society World Congress on the Menopause (Yokohama, Oct 1999)
The 5th Scientific Meeting of the Asian Pacific Menopause Federation (Tokyo, Oct 2013)

The 8th International Congress on the Menopause (Australia, November 1996)
The 12th World Congress on the Menopause (Madrid, May 2008): conducted symposium hosted by the JMS ; "lessons from Japan nurses' health study"