Mercury exposure is crucial in the medical world for its high susceptibility to bioaccumulation through the food chain and for its toxic effects on the central nervous system. Exposure of MeHg to fetus through its contaminated mother can cause syndrome such as cerebral palsy. Mercury water contamination in Indonesia has been reported to have crossed threshold. Numerous cases have been found in several regions that the diseases and disabilities among its residents are allegedly associated with mercury exposure. At and advanced stage, it is suspected that mercury contamination may trigger genetic changes. Based on those findings, mercury examination in human as sample, especially pregnant women and babies, is crucial to determine the causes of arising health problems so that early prevention and treatment could be generated to further prevent severe disorder. Internationally collaborating with National Minamata Disease and Kagoshima University, Medical Faculty of Diponegoro University (MFDU) is conducting international research to overcome the mercury exposure in human. Through this study, it is expected that in the future MFDU could be the health center for mercury toxicology in Indonesia.
Initial research since 2011 (PhD course at the Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Kagoshima University) Return to Undip and continue your research from 2017 until now.
Collaborator:
- Megumi Yamamoto, National Institute for Minamata Disease (NIMD)
- Chihaya Koriyama, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine,Kagoshima University
Research Leader: Muflihatul Muniroh, M.D., M.Sc., Ph.D.
Research team members:
- Julian Dewatiningrum, M.D., M.Sc., Obstetrician
- Ariawan Ditya Birawa, M.D., M.Sc., Obstetrician
- Mulyono, M.D., M.Sc., Pediatrician
- Saekhol Bakri, M.D., M.P.H.
- Hardian, M.D., Ph.D.
- Yora Nindita, M.Sc.
- Ainun Rahmasari Gumay, M.Si.Med
- Arwinda Nugraheni, S.K.M., M.Epid.