Sayaka Fujiwara

Sayaka Fujiwara is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo. Her research focuses on rehabilitation science, pediatric prosthetics, and sports medicine, with a specialization in improving physical activity for children with upper limb deficiencies.

• Specialties: Pediatric rehabilitation, prosthetics and orthotics, sports medicine, orthopedics
• Research Themes: Prosthetic development for children, brain function evaluation using NIRS, motion analysis

She leads multiple projects funded by Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, including studies on the impact of prosthetics on neurodevelopment and physical activity in children. Her work bridges biomedical engineering and clinical rehabilitation.

Research Grants:

• Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) 2021-2024 (PI): Prosthetics and training methods for upper limb deficient children
• Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists 2018-2019 (Co-I): Brain function in upper limb deficient adults/children
• Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) 2018-2020 (PI): Prosthesis effectiveness for upper limb amputee children
• Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B) 2015-2017 (Co-I): Neurodevelopment-promoting prosthesis for congenital limb deficiency